The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-10-14
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Mary Yetter. A few of our citizens
have for some time wondered at the sud
denness of the girls death but the
mystery, now seems to be thoroughly
explained, through the untirlng exer-
tions of Detective Johnson, of Easton,
assisted by our indefatigable constable,
Jos S Webb, and two or three other
of our citizens
The readers of the Express will re-
member an account published IN this
paper of the sudden death of girl aged
nineteen years, named Mary Yetter,
which occurred at the Central Hotel,
Easton, on the 9th OF September last.
The girl arrived at the hotel about /
O'Clock in the morning of the 9th from
LehiRhton, Carbon County, accompani-
ed by Mrs. w. ID. Labar, for whom
she had been working as servant.
The girl had been sick for several days,
and as Mrs. Labar intended to visit some
relatives near Bangor, this county, she
concluded to take charge of the sick
glrl and take her TO the home of her pa
rents near Stroudsburg, or at least ac
company her as far as Bangor. Ar
rlving at Easton the girls illness seem
ed to increase, and her companion
thought it advisable to stop here, and
accordingly took n room at the Central
Hotel. During the trip from Lehigh-
ton to Easton the girl had several at
tacks of vomiting which so much in
creased in violence after her arrival at
the hotel that physicians were called in
to attend her, but she grew rapidly
worse, and died at 5 O'Clock that after
noon. Her remains were taken TO Ion
roe County and inferred
The physicians, although expressing
the opinion that the sickness was chol-
era morbus, we're inclined to the belief
that the vomiting was too violent forthat
disease, and this, taken into considera.
tiun with the fact that considerable
blood was elected, reused their suspi =
cions that poison might have been all,
ministered, and they accordingly saved
some of the matter elected from the
stomach OF deceased for analyZation.
The inmates of the hotel, noticing this
ovn observations whilp in the room no.
fore the girls DEATH started the report
that there was some mystery connected
with her death. The newspaper report
ers Of Easton, ever on the watch for in
formatin,. Gained nossessinn of the
facts. so far as known. before he re-.
moyal of the body. and MS there was
suspicion of fonl MAY refrsined from
publishinp the same at the rpoupst of
District Attorney Merrill and the physi-
clans. who feared that yivinu nuhlicltv
to the susplcions mioht possibly pre-.
vent the arrest of paIiips whom fulure
would implicate
In the meantime DR.. Sine and Mr.
w. s. Sweeney. Assistant Chemist at
LAFAYETTE ColIppe. each took a nortion
of the matter elected fran thp stomoch
(sayed by DIR. Sine), and annalyzcd the
same senarately. the result of which
showed the presence of arsenic i'm large
ouani.v. This discovery gave the Dis
trict Attorney some grounds TO work ON.
and the case was nlacrd in the hands of
Detective Johnson. who Immediately
went IN work to ascertain who admins.
trrpd ihe nui.un He ,,o.in q number
of trims to Iphiphtun and manfred into
the standing of thr Labar family. with
whom the Girl lived also as to the ac-
tinns of thp deceased while in service
of the family and the company she
krrt An tGis he had TO ecompllsh
withnpt exciting the suspIrinns of any
one. On arriving at Lehiphton, how
ever. he found that an opinion prevail.
ed there that the girl had died from
noison and this rumor neces,itated still
more delicacy in Mr.. Johnson's investi.
cations. Repeated visits failed to elicit
apytbinc that tended to implcate any
nerson in the affair. Finding All at
tempts TO prohe the matter through oot-
side invrstipatlop futile, Detective John.
son resolved TO interview the Labar
family. and for this purnose an EXPRESS
rpnorter accompapied him 10 Lebiph.
ton
The interview took place Yesterday
mornino. The present servant pirl mt
the Iahar bouse Miss .ornelia Shin
cI.r. was accidentally met at a neigh.
bn,ino house. and. TO the questions OF
the reportpr. answered thus 81 knew
the oirI Mary Yetter look FER place
y, Mrs Tahar,s house, went there
> ,,o days hnfnre she left tn 90 home.
s,ant with her two NIGHTS. The nirbt
f"ro sha Iaft we stavpd nm very late
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