The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-16

1t was in the shape in which strychnine
is put up for. wholesale, and one-eighth of
an ounce is enough to
KILL THIRTY OR FORTY MEN.
He took two goblets and dropped half
the powder into one and the rest into the
other. He filled the goblets half full with
water from the pitcher on the washstand.
Taking a goblet in one hand he said:
"I'ndrink this, and you drink the other"
He drank the greater part OF his glass
and held out the other to her. She refused
to take it and moved toward the door.
He again seized her by the throat and tried
to hold her back, but she. being the heavier
and stronger, dragged him along slowly.
Terror gave her strength, although she says
he was 'as strong as bear"
just then he shot her and she fell down.
A few minutes later she recovered and,
being blinded by blood, she groped her way
on her knees to the door and unlocked it.
Then she screamed. She heard no other
shot chan the one which wounded her.
The causes which led to this tragedy are
best explained by Mrs. Rays confession.
made to the coroner on the night OF the
shooting, when she thought she would die.
She said
My husband was insanely jealous of a man
named David Wallace. l have known David
Wallace year. On Wednesday l was in his
room at "a East Twenty second street. l was
mending his clothes We left the room together
and walked up Broadway to Twenty-third
street, and then down to Seventeenth street and
back to Twenty third street. There he kissed me
and said, Good night" l waited few minutes
for a Fourth avenue cur, and went home l
lace at o clock, and was in his company till
o'clock. l have often met him at about the same
time and been in his company for several hours
at time for the last three months. Three weeks
cSI0 NNvh ShSf1H dnJt1I tn
after the furnace When he returned he found
Mr. Wallace standing over me. He had stood up
to arrange the heater. If he knew was in the
habit of meeting Mr. Wallace he would have had
cause enough to be jealous. | was guilty Of
adultery, but did not think he knew it.
Ray and Wallace had evidently had
some explanation, as the following letter
shows.
THURSDAY, November "A, 1885.
Mrs Chas. Ray, 1908 Madison Ave.
am very glad to say the misunderstanding OF
Sunday has been explained satisfactorily, and
trust in the future nothing of the kind will occur
again. Very respectfully,
Ray seemed to have been satisfied for
the time. He wrote this letter nine days
later:
Ny DARLING WIFE: For Gods sake please do
not think anything of what say to you, because
! it is my love for you (ny darling), and If any
mad. My darling, it is all owing to the love
have for you that do and say anything; Have
| trust in me and you will never be lead astray.
enclose facts which you can for yourself lead
| to not having faith in each other. If 1 get the
money l will be home early to take you down
town with me. Your only loving husband,
CHARLEY
A thousand kisses and God bless you,
These letters We found in their room.
| Rays jealous suspicious were soon re-
awakened, and he went to a medium to try
| and learn something from the spirit world
| concerning his troubles. At the mediums
office he wrote this letter on sheet of red
| note paper and inclosed it in a lilaccovered
envelope:
MY DEAR SPIRIT:
Please answer me. by mail if my business is
going to be successful.
! P. S.-Try and do so without opening the en-
| velope.
The spirits did not wait for the mail, but
scribbled an answer with pencil on a sheet
of coarse paper. The medium evidently
| thought it would be a safe guess that Ray s
mother had gone to the spirit land, whereas
she is still living. The answer was
DEAR - Tndecipherable) wished SO
done so if l could have gained sufficient strength
| am dear to you always, and shall now be better
able to come better. Ever your loving
MOTHER.
| This rubbish must have been far from
| satisfactory to Ray, for the business refer.
| red to in his letter to the dear spirit was
| the business OF finding out if his wife was
| unfaithful to him. He had already engaged
Howard's Detective Agency to watch her
| The detectives seem to have begun their
work on Monday last. Operative No. 10, =
+. NJ. Howard by name, met Ray at the
| Morton House in the morning and received
instructions from him. He then went to
Ridley's, found Mrs. Ray there, followed
her to Garry Brothers and thence home
The detective in his report to Ray says
that Mrs. Ray bowed and smiled to q fiool
walker, who was about 45 years old and
had brown moustache. The report o
December 1st is missing. That OF Decem
Ter 3D. Wednesday, was the foolscap sheet
which Ray offered to his wife, and which
fell to the floor when she refused to take it
When picked up it was SO covered with
Rays blood that much Of the beginning is
indecipherable.
| THE DErrCrrvE's REPORT