The Springdale news., 1889-10-11


 from his wife for several years, his present place of residence being at or Lear Butler, in the Indian Terri tory, he having arrived here on Tuesday morning in answer to telegram. It seems that his not livlng with hls wife was partly the result ot inproper conduct between her and Drake and that Mr. Swaney i had at one time driven Drake from the place and threatened to kill ;! him if he ever came back again. After the seperation of Swarey and his wife tho disturbins element in the shape of Drake returned to the Swaney reside nee and that he con- tinued to call and spent much of his time there, in company with Mrs. Swanev, being represented as a brother, brother.in.law, nephew, or some other near relative of Mrs Swaney, but In reality they were no kin whatever.
 On last Satur lay Mrs. Swaney went to Fayet teville, in company with her little son to attend the cir GUS which exhibited there that day, and while iu Fayetteville rnet Drake whom it is said she attempt ed to shnn on several occasions dur. ing the day. Sine told him she was going homo Tn the afternoon, but remained Tn Fay yetteyille most of the night, returning home on the o'clock train Sunday morning, and on gong to her home she was sur prised to find that Drake had pre- ceeded her and was then in ono of her beds where 10 all appearances he had spent the night. But little if anything is known of what oc- cured between them Sunday and Sunday night, c Seept that a gentle m?n who had called on her at some time during Sunday heard some one in an adjoining room and inquired 10 know who 1t was. Mrs. Swaney replied in substance that 1t was Claud Drake and that he was in the "poutso because she had stunned him In Fayetteville the day before, and that she hoped she could keep him in that condition.
 Monday morning was the first time DIS tol is known to have fig ured in any of the acts of this mys terious tragedy, and the various ac- counts off are somewhat conflict iEg One of Mrs. Swaney's htte boys says Chat he camo into the i house where hs other was and started to go in the Ecxt room, when she stopped hlm, saying. "Don't gon't go Tn that room. Claud (meanlng Drake) is m there and has pistol. He night shoot you, "
 No one saw the shot fired except the woman and Drake. he beng Tn the room with her at the tune. He says that the pistol was lying in the till of the trunk, and that Mrs. Swaney Tn hurrledly getting q handkerchief or some garment out of the trunk jerked the pistol ua, letting 1t fall back with sufficient force to explode the cartridge. Parties who have examined the trunk and the pistol say that 1t is impossible for her to have received such wound from pistol fired from the bottom of tn trunk till as explained by Drake.
 Mrs. Swaney explained that sho had shot herself acci dentally in much the same manner as explained by Drake, but q few hours before her death she declared that Drake, had shot her, but left the impres- sion that she thought 1t was acci- dental. She stated that he four ished his pistol and repeatedly pro scented It at her, and that she beg ged him not to do so for fear it might shoot, and that it was fired from hls hand Tn that way
 The plsUoI was the property of Drake, and itis thought improba- ble that his pistol would be in her trunk at that particular time even