The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-29
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
A Wife Found Dead by Her
Husbands Side.
THE HUSBAND UNDER ARREST
A Quarrel Supposed to be the Cause of the
Uxorcide The Examining Physi-
clan Interviewed.

| PARIS, Idaho, Aug. Is Special TO The
HERALD 1.-The little settlement Of Ovid,
lying about midway between Montpelier
and this place was the scene of a terrible
occurrence on Saturday last which has
thrown the whole vicinity in a high state
of excitement. The circumstances as near
as they can be learned, are as follows:
Oscar QuarseIl, Swede shout forty
years old, was at Montpelier on Saturday,
accompanied by his wife who was about
the same age. They make regular trips to
Montpelier, their business being that of
peddling and shopping. After concluding
their business for the day, they set out for
home, and on the way it is known
that there was an alteration be
tween them, the man being addicted
to drink and his wife demonstrating with
him. On reaching home some of the
friends and neighbors of the couple were
called in and, by mutual consent, the
differences were referred to them, both
agreeing to submit to their decision which
was to be given at some future time. The
neighbors then left, thinking everything
was amicably adjusted. This was about 6
o'clock in the evening. About an hour
later the town was startled by the appear
ance of a little girl, daughter Of Andrew
johnson. She came flying down from
QuarselPs house with the news that Mrs
Quarsel was lying dead on the floor of the
house with her husband by her side. A
party was Immediately formed and
the woman was found, as des-
eribed, quite dead. The man showed
signs of life, and on being reused, recov-
cred himself at once and told the following
strange story: He said his wife had taken
strychnine aud that, having lived with her
as loving husband should, he was deter
mined that he would die with her and he
had accordingly taken chloroform. This
was his story; but it was notorious that
his relations with his wife had always been
of quarrelsome nature; and it is signif-
can't that no odOr of chloroform was appar-
ent. Furthermore, the woman's body has
evidences of violence, the neck partlcu
larly showing signs Of bruises.
The man was taken in custody by Con-
stable Bolton, in the absence of Sheriff
Jones, and is now lying in jail here, await
ing further Investigation. girl named
Helen Elm, aged about sixteen years, who
has lived with the couple for the past
eight years, was also arrested on suspicion
of knowing more than she is willing to di-
vulge and is also held in custody as wit
ness.
The woman was buried on Monday, after
a post mortem examination by DIR. G. A.
Hoover, of Montpelier. The doctor has
made careful examination of the fluids
and tissues of the stomach and bowels, but
he would give nothing as the results of his
investigation. He left last night for Salt
Lake to make further analysis and in
vestigation for the presence of strychnine
The examination of Quarsell will prob
ably be held before Justice Smedley in
Paris on Saturday next, when full report
of the chemical analysis and other evidence
bearing on the case may be looked for.
A HERALD reporter found DIR. Hoover at
the Cullen last evening, and asked him for
what further information he possessed in
this case. He replied that he had no COM
munication to give before the hearing,
which he thought would be on Saturday
next at Paris.