The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-13
ARSENIC ron ELEVEN.

A Fangeiul lever ~ Lancaster Pots
0ns che DFinhIng nuekai- IiIa Ia'
Am0raia Drinhs and Narrowly Ls-
eapes death,
Last night about ton O'Clock the
reporter fell heir 10 the facts Of a
most dlab0lleal attempt 10 poison the
family ot Mr. w, y Nance, who TO-
Sides In Lancaster, Learning that the
gentleman waa Ia tho 81 y, stopping
al tho Windsor, he called upon him
aud oblained the following particulars
concerning The matter Monday night
Mn jennie MeC0mmes, the houses
keeper after arising from The supper
table, stepped out on the porch whore
the water bucket was, 10 got n drink
Raising the dlpper 10 her mouth,
aud after taking several swallows, she
felt something touch her mouth, and
carrying the dipper into the house
~ The light 10 ascertain what II was,
discovered n package wrapped up IN u
paper, Lifting II 10 see what II was, u
quantity NJ white substance ran out
Into the dipper ON looking closer nj
the paper, Il was found 10 he labeled
"arseniop A doctor was Immediately
called In who pronounced II IN such,
and Ia n few minutes tho woman
began 10 exhibit unmlstaknble signs
of being poisoned, Anlld0les were
administered, with very little effect NJ
FIRST, aud about two o'clock that night,
she vas dellrlous yet on repeating the
antldoleh she began 10 rally aud II was
not long before she was out of danger,
Ia Mr. Nance'u family there
arc five persons, which, together with
that Of his brother who Ia visiting
them, make eleven. II IL supposed
that the poison was dropped In the
bucket while they were all At supper,
or directly after they arose from the
table. His wife ana several members
Of the family who had taken u drink
Tut few minutes before Mira. Mo.
Commea, felt no effect whatever from
II, and II IL evident that the package
had been dropped into II IN tho In
term, and also that the perpetratol
had been In great haste from the fact
that the package had not been opened,
From whore the bucket sits on the end
OF tho porch, II can bo easily reached
from the outside, aud whoever IL was
that attempted The heinous deed must
have been scared away by the mp
proach Of some member Of the family.
MIR, Nance thinks he knows the party
who eesayed the net aud we with
hold the name IN he Ia exerting him.
self to ferret out the matter He brought
the paper which contained the writing
to this city ana went the rounds OF
the drug stores, In hope OF getting
better clue to the matter. Showing
It to Mr.. Gayle, OF the firm OF Gayle
" Bright, that gentleman at once re-.
cognized the hand writing M that OF
his partner Mr.. Bright remembers
the circumstances cf selling the ar
senlo TO II man, but IL doubtful as to |
whether or not hc would remember
his face. Mr. Nance, upon being fur
ther Intercepted by the reporter,
stated that the person he suspects of
the crime IL IA man who sought the
hand Of Mrs, McCommes, who IL n
widow lady, In marriage, and on meet
Ing with n positive refusal vowed to
her he would be revenged, and has
thus attempted to kin her. The party
In question also vowed vengence
against Mr.. Nance and his wife,
that they had pres
Judiced the woman against him.
There are other facts connected with
the case, of private nature, which
the reporter deems hest to omit. 1t il
to he hoped that the perpetrator OF the
deed, whoever he ia, may he found,
and the punish ment which he no
richly merits melted out to him.
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