The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-21
SUSPICION or MURDER IN P1TERS on
Two Brothers 4 Accusina One Another OF Kill
Ing the Wire OF One OF Them.

Paterson is excited over an extraordinary
casc Of suspected murder. Tho persons impli-
Gated are Henry and John Ashton brothers.
They profess to bc physicians, and make
Holloway's pills On Monday morning the wife
OF Henry Ashton died suddenly. having suf-
fered no previous apparent Illness. except tho
convulsions that ended in her DEATH She was
dead before the physician sent for. DIR. Myers.
arrived DIR. Myers Is Coroner. and from tho
strangencss of the description OF tho woman's
illness. and the presence OF black and blue
marks on her person. together with tho fact
that the couple had not lived on peaceful terms.
he had his suspicious aroused. He accordingly
impanelled, jury on "Wednesday: The jury
permitted the burial OF the body after they had
John Ashton. tho brother and partner Of tho
Jury that Henry Ashton and his wife came from
England thrge or four years ago and settled in
Fall River. Mass, whore they carried on the
dely qult the place TO escape trial for an, as
sault on q girl. He returned with his wife to
England After CARRYING on the Pin business
in MANCHESTER for while. according TO John
Ashton's testimony. Henry had to quit that
place for the same reason, that he quilted Fan
Riycr. About year ago Honry Ashton and his
wife returned TO America and settled in Pater
son, and for while they worked In mill but
they soon returncd TO the pill business; John
Ashton said that Henry treated his wife very
badly while they lived in Paterson. beating her
almost daily, until finally John was afraid that
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this Henry. armed with n shoe knife. drove
John from the house. and threatened to kill
him II he ever came back again. He told all the
neighbors the same thing. so that John says he
Is in a state Of constant fear for his life John
added that he had for somc time bccn expecting
tohear OF Mrs. Ashton's death AT the hands other
husband. and that there IL n doubt in his mind
that her death has resulted from Henry's
violence.
Henry Ashton. tho husband Of the dead wo-
man, was then put upon the stand He Is q
Hc has an Encyclopedia OF Medical Recipes. y
which he carries around under his arm whor-
ever he goes. While John Ashton had charged
the death OF the woman directly to Henry. Hem
ry as emphatcally charged her death to John:
He said that John had prescribe quinine and
which she was troubled. and that he Henry
had opposed IL because his medical book said
that large doses Of that remedy was apt to pro-
duce congestion Of the brain. Tho symptoms
that preceded Mrs. Ashton's death were pre-
cisely the same as those caused by Qunlne and
iron. She had taken quinine and Iron ior two
weeks before her death. and he had no doubt
that she died from the cifect Qf Johns prescrip-
ton. lIe added that John had threatened to
so that 1t no doubt hastcncd her death. John
had cursed the house and all within it, and had
threatened TO do all he could to verify the curse.
Henry denied Johns charges about the cause
OF his quitting Fall River and Manchester
Assistant City Physician Hurd, who made n
post-mOrtem examination, testified that NJ
though she had liver disease. II was not sum.
bruises on her head aud other parts Of her body
We're sufficient To kill her
The inquest WAS adjourned and both John
anu Henry Ashton Were committed 10 Iall.