St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-30
Mrs. Martin. the Three Days Bride,
Placed Under Arrest.
SHE BOUGHT ROUGH ON RATS
With Which Seven Persons We're
Poisoned, So The Police Claim
Her Statement.

by Capt. N SS ana Sergt. hrumWelQe,
of the Third precinct station, OH war
rant charging her with attempting to
murder the persons who ate of the poi
soned food. She was brought to the
central station, where she occupied a
cell last night.
When the poisoning case was first re-
ported to the police Mr.. and Mrs. Zuret-
ski. at whose heuSe the poisoning Oc-
Cured, said they suspecteda boy named
Sweashek Of placing the poison in the
flour, as he had been seen around. But
later Oh, when it was found that the boy
had not been near the house. this theory
fell fiat. Then it was learned that Mrs.
Martin had purchased
Bon OF TROUGH ON RATS"
the stuff with which the people were
poisoned. This, together with the fact
that she had not eaten supper with the
rest on the day the poisoning occurred,
set the police thinking. Finally, when
the partially emptied box Of poison was
found near the residence of Mark
Kahanofsy, where Mrs. Martin has
been most of the time, they became
convinced that she knew something of
the matter. Capt. Ness, Sergt. Krum-
weide and Patrolman Shaffer, of the
Third precinct station. began to work
VIZ luS East. 4Ould tlioI winch
the bridal party arrived from New
Prague and had gone to the Zuretski
residence. there had been quarrel be-
tween AIr. and Mrs. Martin, because
Mr.. Martin was too attentive to pretty
Lizzie Havack. Mrs. Martins cousin. 1t
was next found that at noon Oh the day
of the poisoning woman strongly re-
sembling Mrs. Martin, if it were not
she, purchased box OF Rough on
Rats" at Myers drug store, Oh the
corner of Thirteenth avenue south and
Washington. This box of poison, with
some of the contents gone, was later on
found near the house of Mark K;,han-
ofSky, where Mrs. Martin had been
staying. The refusal of the family to
tell the police anything in regard to the
crime was another suspicious circum-
stance that had led to this arrest.
Yesterday morning the police decided
that Mrs. Martin was the guilty person,
and accordingly warrant was sworn
out for her arrest. When they went to
the Zuretski residence they were re-
fused admission. and not liking TO
break in. decided to wait for few hours
before making the arrest. A few
moments after 4 O'Clock, while the
officers were guarding the place, the
door OpCnad and George Martin came
out. The officers at once entered and
ARRESTED MRS. MARTIN.
When they entered, all the women
present. including Mrs. Martin. tainted.
Mrs. Martins mother, Mrs. Lalla. of
New Prague, was affected the most,
and became decidedly hysterical. The
police finally succeeded in reyiving the
women, only to find that George Mar
tin and Victoria Lalla, Mrs. Martins
,rrlr- nj
to resist the taking away of Mrs. Mar
tin. But she was finally taken away
from the house and locked up in a
cell at the Central station. She
was crying when reporter saw her
last evening. She wore a blue plush
dress which the druggist who sold the
box of Rough on Rats" swearS was
worn by the woman who purchased the
poison from him. In reply to questions
she professed the greatest ignorance
concerning the poison. and was wild to
know who had ever told the police that
she was guilty.
Mrs. MARTINS STORY.
Sail know about the matter" said
she, in broken English, is this: I'VE
arrived in Minneapolis Thursday and
went right from the depot TO Mr.. Zuret
skis house. did not leave the house
hhIit hCAAt OhNi W my OONolii hOuCC
to get a dress to put OF in the place of
the one L had on-my wedding dress.
My cousin is Mark KahanOfsy'S wife.
As started to go back to Zuretski'S,
where my husband was, Mrs, kahanOfSy
asked me to stay TO supper. and 1
stayed. A little while after | was called
home by my husband. who told me all
the people at Mr.. ZuretSki't were Sick
Had you any trouble with your hus-
band?''
mo. indeed, l had not. [ love Inv
husband too much to have any trouble
with him. and ii is cruel to say that |
tried to poison him or any one else.
had no reason to do that. He was good
to ME and did not love any one else.
What made me go out to supper? Why,
just because | was asked to stay at my
Cousins house, when | went there to
get dress to wear.
"Dld you go up town and buy any
poison Oh the day of the pOiSoning?"
No, did not. | did not 90 away
from the house at all until | went over
to my cousins"
The young woman admitted that she
had worn the dress described by the
druggist all day. but declared most en-
phatically that she had not been away
from the house at all. She appeared
nearly heartbroken over the charge
which had been brought against her.and
several times broke down and sObbed
violently. Her story was told with a
simplicity and candor that was not
put on for the occasion, and it was i'm
possible for the visitor to believe, not
WithStanding the circumstances point
ing toward the woman as the guilty
person, that she had made a deliberate
attempt to poison seven people, among
them her husband, her sister, her
cousin and a little baby.
WHAT THE POLICE SAY.
The police have worked the case up
very carefully, and feel certain that
they have arrested the right person.
Their theory is this: After the quarrel
between Mrs. Martin and her husband,
in which all the people at the house
participated, Mrs. Martin purchased the
Trough on Rats" and put some Of it in
the food to be used by the wedding
party. After the family were, sick she
repented of what she had done, and
told the family. who manufactured the
story about the Smeashek boy being
around the flour barrel simply to divert
suspicion from Mrs. Martin.
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