NOTE: Only the following brief report on Pancevo Poisoning Gang uncovered in 1908 has been located so far. While the identity of the members of the gang are not mentioned the case is included in the Female Serial Killers List because the Pancevo case is likely to follow the pattern of similar Serbian cases, involving women selling poison for the elimination of husbands, relatives and others. It is hoped that details from Serbian sources will become available. A Frau Nikolits poisoned her husband, but there is no indication in the brief report that she was a ringleader.
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FULL TEXT (translated from German): From Agram, the 17th. It is reported: The police in Pancsova discovered a gang of poison-mixers who had engaged in a lively trade in poison. Yesterday the widow was arrested after Nikolia, a fiacre driver who had died shortly before, and admitted after long denial that she poisoned her husband. As a result, the police tracked down a whole gang of poisoners. There are numerous other arrests pending.
[“A Poisoning Gang.” (Eine Giftmischerbande.), Arbeiterwisse (Graz, Austria), 19. Juni 1908, p. 3]
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Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Панчево, pronounced [pâːntʃeʋo], Hungarian: Pancsova, Romanian: Panciova, Slovak: Pánčevo) is a city and the administrative center of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Pančevo is the fourth largest city in Vojvodina by population. According to the 2011 census, a total of 76,203 inhabitants live in the urban area, while the city administrative area of Pančevo has 123,414 inhabitants. [Wikipedia]
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FULL TEXT: Aus Agram, wird vom17 .d. berichtet: Die Polizei in Pancsova hat eine Giftmischerbande entdeckt, die einen regen Handel mit Gift betrieben hatte. Gestern wurde die Witwe nach dem kurz vorher verstorbenen Fiakerbesißer Nikolie verhaftet und gestand nach längerem Leugnen, ihren Mann vergiftet zu haben. Dadurch kam die Polizei einer ganzen Giftmischerbande auf die Spur. Es stehen zahlreiche andere Verhaftungen bevor.
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For links to other cases of woman who murdered 2 or more husbands (or paramours), see Black Widow Serial Killers.
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