But the arsenic went in a meal of sage and gruel and the first victims went down. Sure enough, Mary withdrew some cash not long after the woman’s death. But she would have been free and returned back to normal life, rather better off, had it not been for the suspicious death of someone else: a Mrs Hannah Jickels. In this case, there was no financial gain. The only explanation is that Mary did not like the woman. In this case the woman died from eating pancakes, and a long and elaborate questioning was given to ascertain the whereabouts of any remaining pancake mix, so studies could be done on them.