The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-08
TRIAL OF ELDER M'GTIEE.
rURDEROrs Result or 4 PdsTORs
SCINDILOUS ARA CHNENT
A Rich Farmers Daughter Infatuated with n
Prcnchrr-The Preachers WIFE Poisoned
to Death ~ ith strychninc- a Cool Criminal.

Prcnthcr-Ihe FrcutheFh WIG
to Death with strychnine a Cool Criminal
I,,r. N, clia1, Tt''m.
Dryov. H.. Juno This pretty little
town half lost among the trees. and with sur
roundings that might belt an Aoania. ~ IN
ihnt of The Rev Samuel ii. McGhcc. indicted for
the murder OF his wife. About year ago the
congregation OF the Christian Church at Ashton.
n town about fifteen miles from Dixon. ani con
tanning some 300 inhabitants listened to the
test scrmons-that is. sermons delivered ~ II
sample Of what he could prcnch-dciiNcrrd 10y
NJ Chico lle wns n nutty little mnn. s'rulu-
lousy neat and more than II trine dnndyisli in
his attire. had "a smooth voice. did not advance
any dangerous hcrcsics, and. all in all. made u
male portion of the congregation. The result
was that he received q call. and shorty removed
from Huntington, Ind g. Ashton, ana entered
upon the ministry at the Chrsiln 'hurrh.
McGhce. who il somewhere about 10 years OF
age--he looks younger-was accompanied 10y
his wife and daughter about 10 years Ot age.
The latter was introduced IN the nciEiihorhood
ms Mrs. Jenny Morris. She had an infant
was UNDERSTOOD 10 be- somewhere East
During The few days Of hiss lqyat Ashton.whic
the house OF wc-to-dO farmer named Pad
dock Paddock - daughter llilln. fresh, hand-
church. it was Observed seemed deeply inn
pressed with the new minister. And McHh.r
was mo-. bs ,DIC Wien s w.,
after. McGhec returned ~ Ashton there sprang
up an intimacy between them that was rapdy
hevoloping iutoa scandal 81 the lrst mhsniudr
The girl, everybody IN IN" congregation could
see was madly in love with the minister And
the minister. with his pastoral prcrOgatiyrs and
privileges used to that end. was making love To
lilia in way that the old iolks AZ said must
sooner or later lead To mischief, But altcr IN"
manner OF churches. the moro the matter was
talked about the more Jealous were the pnrti-
sans Of the patson in sustaining nun. ana, NJ
pcr-ccutod individual. he ondcared himself the
more to the female portion ot the ilock, and. OF
course. was more than ever IN object Of interest
On The 7ii Of February last M.Ghccs wife
WIZ seized with VI llcn ~pnsns, attended with
inrrlNlp nuiUs and vomiting. In about iNIiN
eight hours she recovered, On the 18Th She
was again seized 10y frightfu commissions. last
ing about three days. The third week she be-
gan to conValo see. But ON the evening of Feb.
bG The srn-m- rraurred with unusual violence.
McGhcr ~ the time was at chur N. conducting
revival services. His forte seemed 90 be- ms "a
reviynlist. lie WIS sent for. as also was the
doctor. The latter compounded d single pre-
scriptou-caomcl md biSmutii- which he
divided into four dgses. admin''tcring, one
powders should b. given every two hours. Two
hours passed, and ncighl@r-a woman who
the second powder The patient. th,usl sui
icring cXtremo pain; complained oi the bttrr
The third bowler vas ENch hcr. WY MlS
Is like the one IN" doctor gave. said Mrs. NJ
Ghcc. az size swallowed IT, The cN'laindiiuu
leads To- thu ini'rru" that ihc POOR woman i,nii
SUSPECTED she WaS being foulb trult with An
other couple of hodr9 pn,ori Inc iast NJ inr
four powi' IT, was XIV d her ny nnplh,r vI ih,
neighhor women, who was attending her. and
Mrs McGher. with her worst susWrivns evil
Cnd." few hours aiterward she expired in
great agony. her SYMPTOMS being those of poi-
The charge Wa, at once mad that McGhco
hal poisoned big wife n order that hc might
form oyon invaded IrGhoe's own hous" whilc
he stood there before the ilf'lc-- remains of his
wife. and he responded something tp the oirrrt
that the dead woman had not been without 0au-e
for jealousy. \ po.t-morrm eNaminaon was
had. and the cont MS of the stomach. and the
sponn with which the medicine had been adj
Hush Medical Collog, Tor examination and
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