, 1870-02-17
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
A Woman aud Child Fatally Poisoned
in the West Division.
siuruiar Conduct OF the Hoad OF tbs
Family.

A case CT fatal ro:sontnR was. ye4tesday, brought
10 rco, IN the West Division. Two members OF \
fxf,,,y-Uotter and ctid-afc dead, and tgo
o,berf-tnt IAtner and in[6nt-are u Present tn Z
csrsrtons cotd,,ton. Al no tnvee,igauon hn ~
yet heen padr, tie circu un-ta1ces surrounding
TEE EEar sre 70: deduirclJ kpowD, but enough
Was reverted at = partial ex1mntton made
IN the xt,& rnuop, to ~aItant the assertion that
a.ser.c Va. TIE oruT which produced tbs dread
rthr.L Where tho poison TAa ootatned, or who
aduln1te1cn It, IL yet to oe d:scovnred Susp!cion
potcIs 70 the TIER, hu. HhcSne1 he Ia guilty OF
Tot vii have 10 nc determined bT the Coruoefa
,ury. Ire lac,s connected E,tn the cuse 10 IL ~
Anoo1 s'x nou'ns ago = usu nauea Aaron
Btclrtr AID hts fanu,. then consisting Of nls
w!e and ole chLt, noren into the one.atory
i,.t S1''a e,s; ~ Nom. Laes e. .sfes They ocsa-
isolt rsrt. shorty after tneJ took possession Of
TIE f1rni.es nuoshcr colld ~as n1nn. The coapls
ls,h haPp y iocethcs: the uet9aoora s:a.e tuey
lie IL oud. carr er, Ao1, though niA earning hare
been luz small, the proprietor OF the coenc{
grocery SAWS be q a:wAyR paId his tests prompt
L. s;,1 ste' consequently Is man Of s0'' ea'r'
>aos,'s sfter O'Clock ,estenisr morning The
n:sn VITO fupp!i-t the laHlJ with mllE Knocked
a. .he coo:, nus,eo che coming ou:-he wrut <av.
Eeu1E1tT 10 aoouE zn hour he tuocket atatn, with
q l'4a 1etu!f. corcicd1pg thai the family were
asleep ne returned noIe few minute. Detoro
OF JonDeun street, ana sad taa. hts vile aud
cSilIrc1 II he hlh been Il~ore y and req 1es:e1
thai physician tie stn; fer, IS be felt very had.
10y WAS despatched ios one, but he could not
come.
a few minutes sts.1 II O'Clock little eri &C
cos:eo Policeman naEret. a. be was Walking so1.h
OF Na!stc s'rtct, ma told h;m 1aa. there wxs
roscs srs csse At house on Like street
Ee p1xttdsd 70 the h3use indlca:-d. aud
,osna .ests teiets h'p ,,e!r on1s;s k;9dsisa
in 'se q. = ie ,o'd sn e ass sssse 1sssea
=. .sg.s sot hstn5 s5s Ieas 10 g.
To pat h!In Ito 40 e1pfeta wagon a1d no1d him
u1itl hle cottase ~aa fea-h.d. Ehen taken INTO
stomach. aad D.s. Wanzef aud Botcor, WHO haI
been suu ninntd ty ZONE one, did III tncJ could
10 ,ei'esr n strong enetsc uls gwen hin
4cd he vouitt1t- 4 8soTICh p7Q1p WAS then >
psrd. sIo. sfttr the removal OF ererJ tutux the
aEouasn Contained, te said be feIs better. he
Was qoest,oned A:o1t the death OF h!s vile aud
ch.,n, a'u STD all be knew about It Was that the1
kad al eatsn some farley Rru>t on Tuesday night,
acd tba: shortly thereafter his wife and little one
Ecr1ine. ns and tae oaoe lid sIepi % ID tne a same @
bed Wtn tnem. ~ he did Lot seem incuced 10
esJ ary' hing Toits hs was sent to the Couoty
less llopes are enter Atued tia, both will recover
T. poeAcle thai the babe did Eoteat much Of the
sEEeL
bed N tre sack room. lying side nJ side The
little ore's f5ce aud tod} we're much swollen and
very red, but the mothers were not The
Corr orr sfrlved shouts O'Clock In the afternoon,
IN company With Dr. Miller, Who made pettiat
1..t rrtyttsH eSsElnsuc1 Of the renaina Ee
Iourd al The oresna IN each healthy, oas those
IN he onss slightly e1Horged. The stom2caa
we're tenoFec,. apa Fiji &c submitted 10 1
cbsm'st icr sral, 1suon- No yotn,t was found In
The loot, but the nps Of the womtn we're covered
wllh suessapre which tescmoied IT, From tntRs
AID the appearance OF the bo1J OF the child.
ccasa IN each instance Is a.cr:bed to arHeulc-
his AHA Becsner TEA s. 1ears tt age, and
Nas beeknrIs second w,le, ne betng = Jea:s Of
Rqe- The dead child. 1zaoeth, Vas ~ years Cd,
and The b8he, Nepry u sged ~ nnnt1l
The Cotorer had tho bodies removed TO the
ceAd-hocae, ard today Will sumu On a jars 10
view tnt n Al an inquest cannot be he'd befote
until 70 Uot7cw, an Lot then uule1s all the wit
re*tes, Of which there Al quite cunber, cAu be
pb'Mned.
Betkttr, 1t Ia ftated, tod the niIkuau thar be
jEs. couc from h's house + hen be called. THIS IL
coE1tAclcted by MAJ Who said be raw him on
The co1net OF Luke aId Hsla.cd s,reeta about .
~ sae ;ds Ts10E ae9g III ns
tie front ct The hcuse, Eatntatned that ste heard
Becsoct WAlkug aoout the ruom II Is O'Clock At
LtcEt
rMrr. Btckrr. and her child El,zabe'h we're IN
Mr.. Nagrer RON On Tuesday afternoon, and
arpeatcd 10 BIZ vel 1t aeems strange this. BECK
nef, Nhea he Uncovered that they were al pol
sotcH. DID not rap ca the wall fot assistance. uad
be done to tue lie of Ills wife aud tae calld might
hare feen ssvet. AtHIu, when he went cat tn The
morb,rE. be Rhoald h1ve Informed some one pass
Ing OF tie eccu.Ietce. Wnxt be von;-cd viii also
he AEa,rZed TO Sec II there are tnF traces OF
poison ii II. To ray the lesst. Beckne, 4 caatact IS
more thai suspicious, tut Az nseless 70 tnduze
IN EFecu'auon The case IL Left vita the Corouerts
Jury, who wtl undoubtedly get at the Truth OF the
natfer and hold him for tt1al X Anything OF q
cstElnai nat1ie il addactd At the i1quest