, 1876-06-16
A Man Poisons Thirteen Members
of His Brothers. Families.
Four Dead at Last Advices, and Others
Not Expected to Survive.
Ths Culprit Attu,ed Of Inning Also nurdegtd His
Father, Mother, wife, and Child.


tn pitch Of excitement never hcforc known
In their history, The tragedy was The
POISONING or THIRTEEN rgHsoss,
members of the families Of two hrotheEs and
nephew, by IAnnc u. Charles, b resilient Of Ada.
and latc City Treasurer Of Ada; man who har, up
to short period, bnrne m excellent reputation,
and who Inns bccn regarded as conrIrtcnt member
Of the Methodist Church, and a. an honUrabio man
md valuable citizen.
In order to Observe pruper aeqnence Of events,
1t will be necessary 10 20 back rrvcral years in the
narsutLye. Isaac Charles, ss.. ono Of thu old
set,lcrs Of Alien County ind, in the course of lic
time Of frpgalt,y. tard labor md Energy an,n.,rd
foy sos h 'HFE Eu John anoe
Older than all three whn ulcl G''oh inany ycats
.so ess"s boy Theme" T.'. who Tss
feT te pate,na, ROOT nna .c,jnsIEilnh and ehn IL
1sSS %n csany say sass is .asf IF e f. atn sSn
the ranc manner as had their father required cach
odernse a,nannt OF r11s,rty m ,,a TIL IL fols
md the children likewise became mcinhrrs of that
sclisiaus orKnnlzation: laanc, 70 fas as !. known
T G1ef 1t az e a. 3 % 40 u, .nns so9 m
his habits Of business pA tik brothers, md pms
scssed Of d desire for sprcnfation, which he In.
cially. At The time mentioned he hreAme tnextrica.
bly, Involved IN debt nnd, IN hs desperation, gave
his notes fos various amounts asgsesAtins, 1t liz
FORCED Ills Fathers NAMK
al an Endorsement. This became known In the
% and he i il IL Il suprossd informed Tic fathef of lii
sons rascality. At any rate Tie two bud meet
Ing, and stormy scene cn:ucd; and tic foEscd
no.u was replaced With one bearing genuine s's-
Shortly after, about the time tbut The other forged
noscn wire supposed to be approaching maturity,
sI1or WAS FIRED
Into the window Of the old mans house. b. Fome
rafh 'asna H. m sd e
| rcncc was a lIiue .days' wonder. a. the old man
| tain't un enemy in the world, It was supposed.
revolver at hardware store H Ada. saying tnat lie
| WIS going On journey. and would need rnch an
Instrument. Thai night he was absent from home,
and The next day he returned the weapon, do.
iIE HAD CHANGED HIS MIND.
About this time Ienac again visited hr fntler. 10
talk over Tic amir Of The note, aud they Ecnarca
to barn tngcthcr. Shortly aftet he returned and
reported that
Tie old gentleman was found lying tn the barn
acIselcrs, and with IN ugly wound Iii the hack q!
c a fSw s.y 10 oa ts ssw Re
denly a viS!eniiy H. YIN grief 1t was 4uid aud
AND WAS BURIED WITH HER HUSBAND.
These events excited no comncnt at tho limo,
Tsaacr Sfnry Of the lenil OF hts aged pArenta being
uccrudtcl as trne by his bruthcrs and the commu.
| nifty NJ iarga. .-.
ny ,nars startling eplrqde va. yct II store tor
hald youny girl somc III or II yrnrs old, aud Of
sudden nhc vi. sent nway 10 Columbus. Fur what
frason It docs nut appear, hut II Is now said IN
order that III r~..... .....
AnoRrloN MIGHT DE PERFORMED.
During hrs absenct, laaac'" wifn and child were
suddenly taken M and IT, "sr so1y y b',Sf 1s
| so suddenly.
nj hfz tHffefa H11fh nJnrrrt h[N rt1
| Etlll tho community was not aroused.
In tho meantime 1saac had sought and obtained
pnnt,ncnt VI htnlsolf administration of Ills faith
crh estate, unit, proceeled to settle ~ hfs n1Hfrs.
Ihs Sd gentleman m lad 5 6", isM peEs;"naa asn,:
given for uioney with Which sle Metl!udats In his
| neehhnrhood had bu!lt church, arl Which was
course of year il Ireane apparent that iHuas was
administering" the cstate to his own advnntagr;
None OF the txcs Wcrs mi'l and u sa. asccriulned
fos hts pertonai iebts. sls mouths a.o IN ps!i.
tion Of his brother, Isaac was removed from the
s sna F iisi found Hi H. " @ lad
MT ory nquandeFcd ns own portion q f. tic ctta.e.
thnt TIC a1es were unpa!d, but that all tho asss's
ALL TIE DESPERATE cRooKapNEss
| Of lsaac's affairs thrn became known to his rela.
ad ss s as as L. nephew
Mr. Thomas Char'cs. agreed to meet at Elijah
Charles for the purpose u settling al! their ditcul-
Elijah wen, to Ada after Isaac, OH "Wednesday, md
On his wy home gt9rpcl " m!!l f9r % Eth, 81
about mixing hatch oi bread Ia l,e aIri q, thr
morrow. and while 80 dung isaac went IN and out
| Ut shc room where shs w,ls working. frequently,
Suddenly he declared. that ho Aad = b,s.lncaa eli.
| gugcmcnt which wnnld take him back to Ada, and
h. soa no, r.Sy ,s9fH %n' ~, s IN m
down there afler HIN, Accordingly Immediately
site5 dinner on Thui.day ~ W. .iarts.i foE Ala,
bu& had gunr only At0rt distance when TAntIAs
WAS sElzED WITH VIOLENT VOMITING,
aud tu II few minutes Afterwards. Ills uncle. They
supposed that thuy wera suffering from violent
draye to the roals[de and then rolled arouIld a'
n,ost In the agonsr uf dissolution. While IN tl1c
a"t ~ ~ m tISs ssk a sSSbHs iSe eis s driving
THE ESrlNE COMPANY HAD BEEN SEIZED
| N the sntnc inanl1er, They rrtnsntd humr, and
70 To- inison. H ' Dr. Yofaer w was su,n,one3' @ aud
quickly rcpa!red to the scens Of the agony. Thr:.
teen pers1nh were tn yaroas htaksa OF illness nnd
| the physician Immediately announced that
THEY HAD ALI. HEEN POISONED.
A physician from Ada was then summoned, Or:
Sturgeon, anl hc on Saturday, caused portion Ut
the brrad 10 be Anulyxad at thu Normal School. ut
Ada, which brought 10 Light arsenic enough to l,ase
suroiy fastened suspicion On iraac ls. Charles. On
S'nluy night. at midnight. he was arrested, on
warrant sworn out by " Sturgeon; ~. taksn to
ht ~ now nuder HnNra, awaiting trial.
SO soon the lurrlblc trngcdJ burAma known
tremendous excitement arHru both ut Bluf1ion and
Ada, aud the facts ut the death Of the old and
woman, Of Isaac Charles wfa ard CHILD, md Ut
his ussremy marriage, cams 10 light and ths ceM.
| rtruCtfGn was placed upon them stated. Farm.
crs lefi their work aud bug4n Ia gathfT Into Asta
Thu sxan natun Of Charles was act Tor Monday at'
teraoon before aJuatca Of the iuace - kcsdh Chr
nets. Elijah Charts nris'!hon gathered IN .nasse,
and thnrs "as 1trong apprehension that The wEctch
W0nlt! 6e trlrd In
lUDuE IYNtIt'S COURT,
but targe budy of men went out from Ada to ptr.
yGnt ANY such lawltBsuc.r. determined lhut
Charlrs. although undoubtedly guilty, stold have
| fu!s trial. just AZ the r1am!naston VIA 10 conr
! of, wurtl was received thai
MRS. E. ENANLKs AkDA CHILD HAD DIED,
and 1t WAS thcrcuuh postponed to allow the BtEtck
| cn husband and fa1hcr. who had recovered bulnc.
wnt from ts ELECTS of hA portion OF the poison,
10 gu 10 hfs dead. Yesterday two n,t.ru Vt the yir
ttn,s died IN tie grrAcst agony. and IT IL feared
| that others wilt yet die, -.
All fears OF iyncAtng have now subsidized.
Leap for Life.
Rachssftr ~ ~ EIprtst.
Tho stFtaEn knuwn Us Pine Creek has long