The daily gazette., 1880-03-18
DetdicdtiOn and Poison.

SHOCKING REVELATION REGARDING
A YOUNG BOSTON MERcHANT-RoB-
BING. THE FIRM IN WHICH HIS
FATHER-IN-LAw TOOK HIM AS AN
EQUAL PARTNER, AND ACCUSED OF
POISONING his WIFE WITH ARSENIC
BOSTON, March l7.-Some terrible
revelations in the life of Homer Wei
ineton, young merchant of this city :.
whose character has hilh-rto been con =
sidered irrepIoachable, have lust come
to light. Five tears ago young Wei
lington, who is well known in socIaJ
circles in Cambridge, was united in mar.
rage 10 Miss Nellie Boynton, the only
daughter Of Mr.. Morris Il. Boynton OF
the Il IN Of Uttley IL Boynton, comn.is
sion produce merchants of Boston
Mr.. Boynton was so well pleased Will
the matrimonial prospects OF his daugh-
ter that he made her present of a
house at Arlington street and Washing
ION avenue, in Cambridge, value al
10000, whore Mr. and Mrs. yelling
Ton have since lived, and also took Wei
lington as an equal partner into the finn.
Several weeks ago Wellington expressed
me disinclination to longer continll-
ing intbusiness, and voluntarily with
drew from the firm.
Mr.. Boyton, to whom Wellington's
indifference to IA position which Weld
ed him an income of at least SO, "A
year was wholly inexplieable, called to
his aid the services of Detectives Wood
and Wiggin, desiring them to ascer-
tain, If possible, the cause of his SON
in-laws's action. The detectives be-
gan at once to watch Wellington
They soon ascertained that every
morning after leaving home he would
walk from his house to another part
of Cambridge and there pass before a
certain house until he attracted the at.
tention OF the occupant, young mar
ned woman. who lives separate from
her husband. Then she wou Id come
to the window and the two would con-
verse together for few minutes. after
which he would start for Boston.-
The same operation was repeated each
evening, and the officers discovered
that Wellington was completely in fat
hated in the woman. After leaving
her he would throw kisses at her and
She would wave her handkerchief in
return In several instances she did
not make her appearance at the win
dow as soon as he came, whereupon he
would walk back and forth in front of
the house until she had discovered his
presence. The next clue was the dis
covery by MIR. Boynton that WelliDq-
ton had stolen between $780, 900 and
$40, QUO from the firm, and had cover
ed up the crime by false entries in the
DGul(g IhIE Mr. Rpr,pt,.., l.
pe ihe principal reason Why Yelling
ton had withdrawn from the firm. .
lie had no desire to prosecute Wei.
lington for that, however.
In the mean time the detectives had
learned that Wellington's wife and her
two young children, as also a cook and
nurse girl, had been mysteriousIv in
for some time in January last and
That one of the children had died and
the officers suspected that noison
might have been the cause of their IN
ness.
Accordingly last evening Wellington
was arrested. lie at first denied Tho
iorgefles, bul, on being shown the hooks.
confessed the false entries. and said thai
be had appropriated between $40. 600
and $4,000 10 his own use, He was
then asked whether he had ever mr.
chased arsenic. He said that he had moi.
nut that a young man named Henry
hallet, who lived IN Waltham, had
bought him some in September last to
use to poison dogs and cats that troubled
nm nights at his home. He said tba
, ne hau put some of the arsenic on some
bread and bones, but he was confident
that none of 1t had ever got into his fa,ne
iiy,s food, or that the servants had cot
loid OF It,. To make his statement moIe
positive, he SAID that after using The
arsenic he took the bottle and threw il
INTO Fort Point Channel, (. ON Federal
street bridge, in December last. AT this
point Mr.. Wiggin put his hand into Wei
~ ,ns.on quo inside Cat pocket, and, much
10 hls astonishment, dr"" r'r'h :. NE
Quo bottle which was ha flu of
arsenic. :" Vi