The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-12-04
1hc Sinister Affair
Sept. 25th

shreveport T;meS.)
FARMEKylLLE. Nov. II, ISL notice
card headed "The S;,ls1cr Affair."" ap-
pear;ng in your columns on he 18th inst,
in which tbs pretended author attempts
TO justify himself in his connection with
the betrayal, seduction AMI death Of Ida
Shnster solely by public dcnuncia ions of
me, and vi thout rclyin. upon facts for
his mitigation.
have no objection whatever to kirk7at-
rick explaining away, if possible fox him,
the circumstances hich point % his crln-
ilal guilt, II t. his convincing the pabli;
of his innocence Of this black disgrace he
has brought upon himself. In justice to
myself, tiat the plb!ie NJ ~ properly nlse
whether have acted honorable or dis
honorable, l am now forced to give ut
least few of the convincing facts con-
pected with this affair, aid upon which
tn. special Of September Is was based.
At the autopsy the jury, with four ply
sicians, returned the verdict, that Ida
Sinister came to her death by strychnine
procured from sources unknown Fol
lowing isn sh ,rt cxtr.sc;ifrom tn. evid n,o
Of some OF tho witnesses before the in
vcsiigating jury:
Mrs. Shustcr sworn. lila could not
get strychninc at home. We had bottlo
but was always very cautious in keeping
it locked from tn, children. Thc night
Lila died she sat with the family ans
company in her usual pleasant conversa-
ti,:n until l0o'clock, then retired as us ,al.
Nothing unusual was noticed. (Corro =
Grated by other witnesses
JAS. NJ. Underwood, clerk in drug store,
sworn: Kirkpatrick toll me some four or
five months ago that hc had intercourse
with Lila. Said he would Away. go in
disguise. He told mo of her pregnancy
and that he hid caused it. Kirk w.s
working up some medicine some two or
three months ago; asked him what it
was for, AMI he said it WAS pills for Ija
lsAw q bot,i. Of luif ext.a i Of cotton
root on Kinks table sad einptied it in the
bottle in drug store. Iheari kirkpatrick
say he wanted to get 4 physician to pro-
cure an abo, ton or LA. have seen him
send medicine TO Sh,i, icr's but don't know
what for. He told me h. had made ar
rangements with Ida to go out of town
and have q physician examine her, al':
h., ..c III H., a., 81, J,oI told hnr ,uOthAr
and she objected. Kirkpatrick tsld me,
when about leaving, to let him know if
anything happened at Shustor's.
Abe Stein KS partner in drug storey
sworn: Kirkpatrick told NE Of Ida's preg-
nancy. He told me he did not want it
known that he was going to leave. (The
witness bought out KS busincss.)
DR.. billiard sworn: ] saw kirkpatrick
fixing up medicine; don't know what it
was, bnt believe it to he medicine to bring
about abortion.
Dr.. Barnes sworE: l was called in the
night Ida died; she died Of strychnine Is
my opininn; Kirkpatrick had previously
toll n.e she waspregnant, and asked Inc
the etfo,t Of certain drugs; he said he
promised to protect her; hc asked my as
sistance snnt, two or three months ago;
he reiterated this request the night before
he left; he consulted me about secretly
meeting him AMI Ida out Of town some
evening. and while out to cause her to abort;
refused; saw y note some time ago in
Kirkpatrick's possession Of about this pur-
port.
.sMr. Kirk patrick: The medicine you
sent me did not have the desired effect;
please send me something to relieve my
trouble or end my life.