The daily gazette., 1882-11-14
POISON In THE FLOUR.
Norristown Still Excited over tho Crime
Funeral of One of the Victims.

YOUNGSTOWN, Nov. 14.-The deeper the
Inquiry goes into the CARRIER poisoning case
at Norristown the greater the mystery be-
comes, Up to this time the one great incentive
for murder-a motive-hasn't been revealed.
The Coroner will probably not begin his in
quest tomorrow afternoon, but so far no
evidence has been obtained which would
point to any one as the guilty party In
placing the arseneal crystals in the crock OF
-four. There are as many theories and
stories relative TO the case as there are resi-
dents Of Norristown, but these are given in
whispers behind the door.
The funeral Of the father of the family,
Charles III. CARRIER, took place yesterday
afternoon from the Lutheran Church. The
services were conducted by the Rcv. Mr..
Weddcl, pastor, assisted by the Rev. DIR.
William l.. Noble Of the Presbyterian
Church. The following gentlemen acted. as
pail bearers J. P. Hale jenkins, Walter
=. Jennings, John W. Bickel, Lewis Childs,
Neville ID. Tyson and Montgomery Evans.
The wife attended the funeral and accom-
panied the remains to the cemetery.
The son Henry, who was also prostrated
by the poison, is recovering slowly, as are
also Mrs Fetterolf and Mrs. Nanderslice,
the two ladies who took supper with the
CARRIERS upon that unfortunate evening.
The husband of the first named lady stated
yesterday that in the vomit which was ex-
amined small crystal-like substances were
found. These are the same as those dis
covered In the -four. The ladies did not cat
of the pumpkin pie, but of cold-slaw, the
sauce for which was thickened with flour.
1t has been asserted that when Mrs.
Boileau, the mother of Mrs. CARRIER, died
she left her daughter all her property, and
cut of her husband and son. The value of
the estate wa figured at $50, 900. The entire
property is not worth more than 81 900, and
the father and son have little interest In
1t. At their death it rcvcrts to Mrs. Gar
Der or her heirs. Henry b. CARRIER attends
to the estate and receives the usual ) per
cent. commission. There has been more or
less bad feeling between the Boilcsus and
CARRIERS over this trihing estate, al Though
they were on speaking terms.
Mr.. Boileau, the father, who is SO years
of age and feeble, told reporter this story
"During the strawberry season Charles II.
CARRIER, now deceased, paid visit to the
Boileau residence, and while sitting on the
back porch told the housekeeper that he
wanted Albanus to come to his (5Ir. Gar
ber's) house and sign document, and prom
ised to give him nice piece of strawberry pie.
Albanus refused to go. The CARRIERS ate
the pie themselves and were taken sick"
The father, in addition, said that the poison
ing of the CARRIERS, to his mind, was the
result of the actions of some persons either
temporarily or permanently insane. He
said he expected he and his son Albanus
would be arrested, and that they were both
ready at any time.
A strange feature of the case Is that Mrs.
CARRIER, who made the pies, did not discover
the crystals in the flour when she mixed the
dough, and that she did not hear them crush
when she rolled the crust. They were as
large as small flints of glass, and could be
easily detected. To show her ignorance Of
the presence of them she also ate of the pie
and cold-slaw like the rest of the family,