Daily Republican., 1884-12-05
The Boaswrighe Pot sour.g.

The case of Wyatt G. BoatwriRht,
and Mrs. Ella Miller, charged with At
tempting to poison Martha Boat " right,
wife Of the former, in August last,
while living In Darby. Delaware
County, Pennsylvania, was called up
in the Court Of that county at Med IL,
on Wednesday afternoon. at 2 O'Clock.
The defendants were both represented
by counsel, Mrs. Miller by John M.
Broomall, and Boatwright by v. G.
Robinson, Esq. The counsels for de-
fendants endeavored TO have the CASES
tried separately, but the District At
torney objected TO this, as 1t would con.
sumo too much time, and he was sus-
tanned by the court, and both ordered to
be tried together. The jury was called
and several were challenged. by the de-
fence.
The first witness for the Common
wealth was detective Alexander Gray,
tho well.known Philadelphia poles
detective. He detailed the arrest Of
Boatwright arrested him At his place
Of business.
Martha A. Boatwright WAS then
called, and said she was the wife Of
Wyatt G. BoAtwright. She had been
married to him about 10 years. She
then told substantially the same story
rs has already been published In regard
to her husband selling their home
In South Chester for 81 900, after meet
ing Mrs. Miller. or giving her $500
and going out west with the rest OF the
money. The rest of her story did not
differ materially from that heretofore
published.
Clara Boatwright, Squire Preston,
DIR, de Lannoy and Charles Suthard
were also called by the prosecution.
The medical testimony of DIR. de
Lannoy was interesting, and was con.
tinued ut some length. He said the
powders supposed TO have been taDper
ed with were nameless. One of tn,
bottles found in Boatwright's trunk
contained poor quality of Fowler's
solution OF arsenic. Six drops In .
quantity of soup would produce no sp-
parent effect upon the person eating it.
bout q teaspoonful would be fatal
dose.
The prosecution closed their side at 6
o'clock, and the defense called Squire
Preston, Samuel Rhodes, w. II. Whitney,
as we'll as Mr.. Boatwriqht and Mrs.
Miller. Mr.. Robinson presented Mr..
Boatwright's case 10 the jury, and was
iOiiOWtu ny MI DTOOuhiI NO jury
returned verdict of guilty In both
cases this morning, with a recomm en-
dation of mercy for Mrs. Miller.
Henry Miller. the lawful husband Of
Mrs. Ella Miller with his, two children
resides In this city in the neighborhood
of Sixth and Lombard streets.
He with his wife resided here several
years, prior to removing TO Chester
about two years ago. In the latter city
Mrs. Miller left her husband and went
to live with Boatwri. Int, hence the
supposed motive for the attempt to
poison Mrs. Boatwriqht and get her out
of the way. The recreaut and unfaith-
full wife of NJ Miller is u relative of the
Crouch family OF Delaware, and Is
said TO be very good looking
woman.
Though she had lef. her husband and
children, and had gone off to live with
Bostwright, she wrote to her husband
in this city on Monday, entreating him
in the most endearing strains to employ
the best counsel to defend her, but as
she had of her own accord, aud without
cause left.him to try her fortunes with
another man, not her husband, Miller
concluded that he was the man to get
counsel for her, snd that so far as he
was concerned she might sweat.