Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-30

wealthy farmer they would ask II he
would take charge of the library. If he
would. they asked him to write his name
on piece of paper. which was "to be
sent to the County Auditors" The men
then cut the sheet into slips, turned them
over and wrote a note of hand on TIE
other side, leaving the farmers name to
back it. They served half dozen farm
ers this way, writing notes o. $50 or $50.
to run thirty days, and signing any name
they pleased, so long as the note had a
good endorsement. The notes were after
wards discounted at tie bank. and the
thieves fed.
WE have to record this morn ing the
details of a shocking story of connubial
infelicity in Butler, and deliberate at
tempt to poison man and his children
With no desire to prejudice the case
Of parties now under arrest for supposed
completely in the crime. we merely 'state
what are known to be facts.
Last Friday morning. Mr. John Sny
der and two of bis children, living in
Springdale, in the borough Of Butler,
were taken violently ill at the breakfast
table, with all the symptoms of having
been poisoned. Medical men were
at once called in and administered an
tidotes. The patients after few hours
were much better, and tia physicians
pronounced them out on danger. The
opinion of the physicians was that poi
son of some kind had been administered
or taken in a mistake, but in such large
doses as to produce nausea sufficient to
counteract its deadly effect According
ly, an analysis was made of the different
articles on the breakfast table. The re
suit discovered large quantity of arsen-
c in the coffee This furnished salts
factory cause for the illness of Mr. Sny-
der and the children, but light was still
wanting on the question of who put the
poison in the coffee 1t was suggested
by come of the neighbors that Mr. Sny
der should at once move away from his
own house, to that of one of his rela-
tives, and take his children with him,
but he refused to do so.
The condi,ien of the three persons
poisoned on Friday continued to improve
until Saturday evening. when Mr.. Sny-
der was uddenly taken i'll again with
the same symptoms as before. Again
the ply sicians were summoned, and they
at once pronounced it an other case of
poisoning by arsenic. But as in the
previous case to much had been given
and the violent vomiting saved the life
of the intended victim. On Sunday
Mr.. Snyder was removed to the house of
his brother in the south end of the
borough. in accordance with the repeat
ed demands of his friends.
An investigation was then begun as
to the sale arsenic in the different drug
stores, and resulted in an important
piece of information. One John w.
Foreman had recently bought quanti-
ty of the poison for the ostensible pur-
pose of killing dog. and euspicion at
once fastened on hir. This suspicion
was strengthened by the fact that Fore
man lived in one part of the double house
the other part of which was occupied
by Snyder and his family. 1t is also
said that Foreman of late bas paid more
attention to Mrs. Snyder than to his own
wife, and that the latter left home two
or three weeks sin ce on account ef Dg-
lect aud harsh treatment.
Foreman was arrested on Sunday
night, on an formation made before
Justice Keck, and lodged in Jail Yes
terday Mrs. Snyder was also arrested
and committed to the same safe keeping
II is understood that the accused will
have a1hearing at once.
Mr.. Snyder is about thirty FIVE years
of age, and steady hard working man.
He says that until Sunday last, he
never had the remotest suspicion of the
loss of bis wife's true affection. He has
always regarded Foreman as friend and
treated him accordingly. The separa-
ton of Foreman and his wife he suppo-
sed to be wholly on account of differen-
ces Of their own, which in no way con.
cerned him.
Foreman is younger than Snyder.
Mrs. Snyder is near the age of Fore
man. She is said to put bold front on
the matter Of her Imprisonment, and to
be rather defiant otherwise.
The usually quiet town of Butlar is'
very naturally. greatly excited over the
crime.-Ptts Comm. July %.
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