The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-10
TIE ELDERS SINFUL LOVE.
PRETIY LORTLLI PtDDOCK IND THE
REIEREND PRTSONER.
Interesting Evidence at the Trial Of Elder
Mrs'hce for the Murder Of His wire kis'-
Ing In :, Grove Frogs aud Stry chninc.

chasrs and his wife's death from poison. and
the discovery OF strychnne in the rcnans-are
still mistaken. This morning the crowd in
attendance was larger than usual. AZ time
wore on II Increased. There were moro women.
old and young. congrcgated to get look at tho
interesting parson on trial Tor murder.
Alice Bates. bright miss of about 1S years Of
age, testified that last winter (the date she did
moi remcmber) there was given her 10y her aunt
n small envelope marked poison. which the lat
ter mad picked up on the street in Ashton. She
(Alice) took it over TO the doctors. The doctor
WIS not there. His wife said Throw it into
the stove" which witness did Soon after she
went over to McGhcc's-it was right across the
street and told about IT, McGhce said he WIS
glad found it, for he had lost IL tho night be-
fore. He was glad II was burned up. His wifr
aud daughter were present when Mcuheo sad
this.
aspect. with low forehead. dull eyes, and the
AR of a small ASST -tiut at prOtrnctrd meetings,
his acquaintance with NJ tihee hrgun with his
tThroop'sl a,ting ns Moderator al "A religious
d"hhtr between VI rGhecandu an Advent preacher.
Tint was 100 Ill. winter of $50 In January,
1877. went TO Cnpron with him to II pr"ira,t"d
meeting. stayed about iour weeks, ana sl'lt
with him during that time. ono n ght ho sgid
i have lett friends IN the East. AMI have found
friends here. but probably tnr hardest thing
Will have to undergo. that cNpect. VIII ho TO- b,
called upon tO bury my wife in thu West
-u1i. WHY UO NNu fhlfik she WILL Iu irlHi ANuf
Sh" Is NOT -lok now II" said That is tru'. hut
You know She Is moi woman OF strong con-t-
Mis-. Susan Wood. another Of tho women who
wore M VI 'Ohr''- house after the d'nth If hi-
vile tine whui" town. 10y ~. way. seems to hay"
gone thrr,l. t.-tln 81: NJ Ghcc SAID It was
strange people should ne 'u-c him of POISONING
his wife ] said Yes. hut such things have
been Done H. said If he had. how were They
going To prove II against hun. II they proved
it They could only imIrIson him for if" II"
said they would find strv'huinel ~ her stomach.
but II they did. Or. Brown put II there by ms
Nina Bly, pretty miss with plump checks.
rich hrunett" complexion, ana SOFT eyes. 'sti-
fled that she sat up with the, corpse the night
after Mrs. MrGhcc's death. VI Chez WIS .ng
WIS sorry he had done it. He snid 1t Ia VI ~
Acres She said she WIS. sorry too. lie was
mumbling To himself Ike IN hall d2l.'
VI ~ Acress answer seemed 70 rouse HIM
Some hours beforo that he SAID he knew If they
nj the body TO Chicago they would nnd POISON
in II.
Gcorgo Wash. Acres ypung man who also
eal un with the corpse. toscth,r wlh the picuy
Versation with McGhee that night, in which Nc,
Ghce said lac had not supposed people could
think h. had poisoned his wife. | told him |
didn't think 50. lie said he believed though,
That l hS WIFE h @ @a& Been pa%n haa g S'
said Brown had commenced giving her chloro-
irishtrned. IL tMrGhesi tR"agGt The doeior
stomach went Ia Chicago he WIS certain poison
| would be- found in il. The next evening asked
] VI tine" how many tunes llt bought rlIy'Hh ne
at Lg"ch's drug store; lie said he never
bought any strychnine there in his life. hut that
once Leccil gave him some for rats. and that he
! threw i away. lie was glhd 70 nhd next Jay,
| that it had been picked up and burned.
Mrs. Martha Smith an old woman who lived
| near Ashton. test fled that NJ rGhee spoke To her
"duriu- his wii,'S illness about getting "A place
| in the country for his daughter Jenny He SAID
! b" wanted also to get a. pIa.e ~ the country for
his hoy Danny AT supper tim" that ev"nin.
] uh.- WAS az our house near Ashton he said h"
wanted o. hnd homes for tue children, Tor he
tT.f IN lI..a a
/ H.. felt Il his du'v Ia proNii" homes for his
I children. Ihl- was "a week before Mrs. MeGhr''
/ died. When VI Guer WIS under arrest b" was
T hruusi a. our house. II" then snid h' iii n
i know how this would t"rmlnnfH with him. II
expected they would flnd poison an hi, wife =.
~ ..la do. lut tAr doctor ami tlr dru-list put Il
There. TIN, Wrr, hrYtnors-in-law. and would
! uN 10 hang hun L. el"ar themselves; A. iur
/ poison. he never had su II a thing in his house.
/ have seen McGhec AMI isila Paddock together.
Mover say them do anytn wrong, except IN
| fun" Mr.. Barge-Nhut was that wrong il
/ fun -
An-wer-He was pluckins at her. AMI pin h
lIm. TINS was at church quilting party at his
At this lun lure tho $50 or 800 women who
+ room. 60 tho eNclu- ON of the sterner sex. lis
B tened -o nteniI, thui. a. ia" phras' runs. You
I mon az TINS town and adlarrut county. who are
hanging round a. ~ a look at killn Paddock.
also listened. But that was all TINT the with 49,
/ told about NAUGHTY doinsS IN iun between Elicr
/ VI Ghrr and killa. except that. on rrpSS-eNuini-
/ n iii'n, Mrs. Smth SAM She didn tnlhS VI =
/ enc w"lnd dolnEthlns wrong. ana sue dlur I
! tuhh hillu W"uli 90 anything WRONG, but She
| !hf-. Nihlth woman llkr I" htN' eltl 81 hcrs
n-ionNns around that way WIN man, ~
N,-sl" "l"nn, hnndsonr brunette o. ~. JOS
th"l NM = Nr alS' was ~ VI ,"ntrS nous iut' I
/ ms VIC n.n,n hhi n"arn llm my II" n'N'r
/ iAu any ~lrychnln" luo nou>"' it'r u'-llh'uIY
~ ul- ,,rrlhorhi'd thNi nl u" "'h T Wines -
10 h',r vi Hhr' hl-" -tlh tilnl 20 son WOMB h'
ivnhN IN ne wa. -l'iim,' ~ anu IN" - lor ini
/ ,lhtr. Mi-. NiIhil lhr,," W SMlIh' an ,
asked; l,d YOU oyer see 'rilh idulorh ana
/ NE drl"niant, samuel II. Mcthee together.
| II 80, WuW nn .n.N 10 Aa.,..., ......,.,.... .
AM-W't i 90 ho' 'hihA thh' mas ahyth'hs 10
w W ~ ~, ~. \. - al, 49,. Al. . -. IT.
Answnr-Wnil / s,,w nm enter tho room
| whore Rilla was nlonr
| O-Whnt did Won SEQ thomdo9
fusysr-II. slammed nul nm ,invn his IN 90 ~
| hcts lSnnsttinn Sh. hn,i n hnhv IN her arms
~ thn time | don't know whether he bit her
THIS Wn. msf Iulv
I,la Onhrlin Du-,lnlo "A bright lool;in miss
/ will rr'gt brown ..vos WIS sworn un,l inld I ,
th. ,r,.ut de- I,fntion ni M, thr,nt Tint pnrkptl
III. 'l,urt room how she .uw NJ tthn. III. Rim,
! Paddock III wus ni WASHINGTON Grove Two
/ wears MO This month. Ii wis nif.r C,nferrn ',,
/ meeting in the EVENING, II hnuprned ON tn,
4 pnrch in front of Inc church II was dark lint
/ ms door was or.n nut inc Hght shonr round
I them | WAS AT ne corner of the porch wht n |
saw H."