History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . notice of Dr. Chapmans death appeared,without date, in one of our county papers and was the first informa-tion the public received of the crime: At his seat in Andalusia, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, Chapman, aged fifty-three years, a native of Buckingham-shire, England, the discoverer of the cure for stammering. A few days prior to Dr. Chapmans death, who died June 23,1831, a Spanish vagabond, representing himself as Don Lino AmilioEspos Y. Mina,i son of the Governor of Lower
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . notice of Dr. Chapmans death appeared,without date, in one of our county papers and was the first informa-tion the public received of the crime: At his seat in Andalusia, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, Chapman, aged fifty-three years, a native of Buckingham-shire, England, the discoverer of the cure for stammering. A few days prior to Dr. Chapmans death, who died June 23,1831, a Spanish vagabond, representing himself as Don Lino AmilioEspos Y. Mina,i son of the Governor of Lower California, came tothe Chapman residence and asked to stay over night. He was takenin and cared for, and Mrs. Chapman being infatuated with the rascalhe was allowed to remain. In a few days, the Doctor sickened anddied under suspicious circumstances. After his death Mina left, butthe interest of the neighbors being aroused, he was pursued, arrested 1 The real name of this villain was Entrealgo, whose family went from theSpanish Main to Cuba, where his father held the ofifice of Fiscal or Constable. 88. MINA, MrRDRRKR OF DR. CHAPMAN. DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 89 at Boston, and lodged in the Doylestown jail Thursday evening,October 6. Mrs. Chapman, who was charged with being a party tothe crime, was arrested at Erie, Pa., and brought to Doylestown inthe stage, Sunday morning, December 11, in custody of ThomasMehaffy. She is represented as large in person, with a stronglymarked and rather forbidding countenance. In the issue of the Bucks County Intelligencer, of September 19,1831, the editor says: We understand that Mr. Ross, prosecuting attorney of thecounty, has had an interview with Recorder Mcllvaine, of Philadel-phia, and there is strong reason to believe that a murder has beencommitted through the means of poison. The individual charged hasbeen arrested at Boston through the prompt measures of RecorderMcllvaine, and the active interference of High Constable Blaney, toboth of
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