The sun., 1878-08-18
riRnIR y.iN 4nsrIyA.s DEirm
The Man who was Poisoned by his wIfe aner
his Release from Prison.

Or Charles VI. Cro-~on. the chemical cv-
p.ri - this city. has Just received the stomach
u man supposed 90 h1yr died Il poison. nour
~ Village ~ Startuora. iu the u0r,hrrn Uatt ~
Wayne county Pa, on July ~ last Tho cir
cumstdu 'ss of the death point TO u case of iun-
two years agn Andrew J. Van Al-tinc. u farmer.
Ent into quarrel with ucighhpr named Hicks
and struck him on the head with board ruin
INK tho sight ~ one oye. Van Al-tiua was ar
r. si"t and tried and sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment IL III" county Jail. Pre-
m"nts would h" entered against his farm. hrcon-
ysy"d y to hi- son. who IN turn conveyed Il g.
Prison Mr.. Van Alstino employed n man named
Samuel Every 20 work Tor Her on the farm. lie
was man - bad reNu2iloh. having wife and
family in OneontR. y. y. and having been ar
rested and punished f0rruining u young girl in
Damascus. soon after Every entered the scr
vice oi Mrs Van Alsfine tho hitter censei attend
bols thal she aud Every were living H. man and
WIFE H. coi the most If the property In lis
nnme ami had entlr" charge oi tho Van Alstiuc
Affairs. Mr.. Van Alstine. when her husband
was first convicted had the sympathy Of the en-
signed very generally. With the appearance Of
ceased and Mrs. Van \ lstinc discontinued all
COMMUNICATION with her husband. Her conduct
oThsi nod gron' nndHl IN the community. and
l"r o,t time nei.np9rs and friends ceased v!-
o. Juiy 10Th last. Van Als,nes sentence hav-
inG expired. b" Appeared IN Carbonate. ON his
way home. twnniy miles distant. Finding that
there would he no train On which he could ee
~ Slurrurrh without waiting twelve hours, he
WIZ go anxious To- SOC his wife and children
that he could not wait iOr the cars. and h.
siarndo IN inodlhrough the woods after night for
chans ha hi ksn %s I aac IN I Es ran, Tam.Sb59 Si M
II" reached home early next morning. only To
b" rrruI-cI by his wife and told by her thnt she
dld not intend a. b" wlfo to him any longer
She said the farm was her property and he
could only remain as q guest. Van ,Alsiinc
Almost crushed nY thr discovery that his wife
hfil boon tultllpSa md that Ip upuui-
!nss. thought that 10y remaining he could bring
lls VIE !" reason The man Every on tho re-
dny o. his return homo. Van Alstinc was at.
tackled with violent gonNusion and vomited
rrntuscly. His son. John II. of Ararat. came t.
strangely, he told his father that hc had been
poisoned A lhy-iclan Mas called in, He pro
OF az overdose 81 arsenic. and treated him for
it., Ina few days he was, around. feeling well.
away from home. and MAS gOnN a good pnrt Of
inc day. Tho next day her husband was again
evening. Tho suddonne,s Of his death and thg
circumstances attending It. aroused sus piciun
81 ioul play and some Inquiry was maio into
Yam Alstine had purchased Il railroad ticket at
Starrucen l9r IhPmpI,on tho neAt station be
Xon,d. Slo had visited Mcstoon 5 lrug store IN
thn' village. and asked for II quantity Of -tryrh-
nlnr. Sho said that her name was Flora Howe
OF Starrucra. AMI that the poison was wanted TO
kill mt WITH II was sold toher., Sho paid for
i with coin that was identified by her son a.
being one of several curious coins that had
been IN the family Tor years. On these facts
being sworn TO by John II. Van Alstnr
Nor son, a warrant WAS issued on his COM
plant. and she was arrested while leaving
husband She at once proirssed To- Ice suffering
from the stme symptoms manifested by him,
mud nj tho bearing hrforc tho Justice attempted
toslow that lac had poisoned himself and ad-
ministered the drug t. her also in some way.
Ia. put her out Of the way. TOO. She was COM
mittcd. however but protesting 10 be too III t.
be moved. WAS kept by the constable AT his
house until II wn~ plain that she was not sniier-
ing from any poison. She was accordingly
taken 10 lIoncsdalc t. he lodged in Jail. Being
soon 10 become n mother however. she was
given room in the lailers house instead of
being plNted in n cell. She will he tried in
Dcc,mhor. Every has not been scru since tie
death Of Van Alstiuc. The case has created
the greatest excitement IN the neghbOrhood
and tho feeling against the uniaithiul wfo is
intense.