Wichita eagle., 1888-03-02
A DASTARDLY DEED.
A Servant in San Antonio, Tex, Attempts
to Poison Family.

SAN ANTONIO, lex, March lily En-
gineer s. p Maury and his family have
miraculously escaped from recent system
attic efforts on the part of a servant TO poi
son them Mr.. Maury lives about mile
and half from the city, ON the Rock
Quarry road, and his family, including
hims elf and three little children, have for
the past week been ailing with a form OF
illness which baffied their family physi-
cian Maury himself was confined to his
bed with severe headache and no remedy
administered seemed to have the
desired effect. Nothing unusual
was suspected until yesterday, when the
servant girl brought him cup of tea she
beverage to his lips and detected a foreign
and most unusual taste to it, gave it to his
wife and asked her to see what it con-
contained. Mrs. Maury Immediately
repaired to the kitchen and openly charged
the girl with putting something in the
tea, which she confessed was true, adding
that she had done it for The purpose of
the contents of a bottle of vapor cressa
line, deadly decoction used for extermi-
mating vermin. Upon being ques-
tioued as to her motive, the
girl replied that she didn't know She ad
mitted that she had been well treated and
used the poison because Of an old woman
named Eliza Warren had given her direc-
tions and told her to do it. Mr.. Maury
Immediately had the girl arrested. She is
colored and has been employed in Mr..
Maury's family as housemaid for nearly
a year. Her name is Lizzie Biz. On
Monday she gave Mr.. Maury slice
of toast with LAYER of something
on it which, Immediately caused his
stomach to revolt and vomit up what
ha bod nboh w oh,
on Rats" and several times the tea and
drinking water had the same effect The
instiSator of the girls action, so she says,
is Eliza Warren, an old woman about %
years old, who was employed with her IN
the Maury family several months ago.
Her strange demeanor and threats to muir
der the various members of the family
caused her to be discharged. and by cruel
treatment and queer stories she managed
to exercise great influence over the negro
girl. She has several times lately been
seen talking to the girl. Since her dis
charge she has been making saffidavits
against various persons for chasing her on
white horses. An affidavit was made
today charging her with lunacy. She was
and lodged in Jail. An affidavit against
Lizzie Biz for poisoning was also made.
DISCOVERED BY A DEATH NOTICE.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, March AFTER
covering his tracks for nearly year, Alex
ander Garden, who was wanted for safe
robbery in this city and heavy larcency in
Baltimore was assessed this morning
through the mediumship OF death notice
in morning newspaper
On the 18th of April of last year, the safe
in the house of Mrs B. r. Carkey, of Oak
land Station, was broken open, and about
S15 in cash and pair Of diamond ear
rings valued at $50 were stolen. The Job
was evidently performed by novice, and
in the morning, when it was
discovered that Alexander Gar
den, the coachman, had mysteriously
was found that Garden had left the city,
and that none of his friends knew of his
whereabouts A few DAYS later a telegram
was received at detective headquarters
from Marshal Frey, asking for the capture
of Gardner on the charge of stealing $40
in Baltimore. The dispatch stated that
Garden was concealed in this city, and an
other effort was made for the purpose OF
locating him, but without avail. This
morning Detective Eckstein picked up
morning paper and began carelessly run
ming over the advertisements. His sur
prise was unbounded when among the
death announcements he read that Alex
ander Garden S funeral was to take place
at III o'clock from his late residence at No.
152 North Twelfth street.
He determined to attend the interment
and satisfy himself that Garden had really
died, and while in the Sixth district met
Special Officer Lenoir whom he invited
along. When the detective and his com
panion arrived at the house they were
about to look at the corpse as it lay in the
casket, when Eckstein's attention was at
tracted to a man who appeared to be one
of the chief mourners. While circulating
among the people he learned that the man
was the son of the deceased, and that his
name was Alexander Garden Hastily
consulting the description of the alleged
safe robber, which he carried with him,
the officer made the astounding dis
covery that the mourner and the fugitive
charged with robbery and larceny. were
identical. After the services, the two oifi-
GERS slipped ont of the house without eX-
citing suspicion, and waited on the oppo-
site side of the street. After the funeral,
and while Garden was about entering his
home, the officials walked up to him and
quietly said that Chief Wood wanted to
see him. Seeing that resistance was use
less, Garden quietly submitted to arrest,
and without causing any comment among
the people who were standing on the pave
ment. On the way to the Central station
the prisoner asked what were the charges
against him, and when informed by the
officers, it is stated, admitted that he was
guilty He is in iail awaiting trial