Evening journal., 1890-01-07

MRS, A. kNAFfN had gone DR. kniI-
fin went into the bathroom and Mr., Purcell
prepared 70 60 to bed, as he and DR.. Knifiin
were 10 sleep together Mr. Purcell got into
bed, and some time afterward heard DR..
Kniffln come in and lie down.
Knitfin kept rolling about the bed in such
a nervous manner that Purcell could not
sleep.
with Razor and Poison.
A short time afterward he heard noise |
III the room where he had left DR. Kninln, |
and he hurried into the room, finding Knif- |
fin sitting on the bed with his night shirt
covered with blood, which flowed from
wound on the right side of his throat. Dr.
Kniffln told Mr. Purcell that be had first
swallowed dose OF aconte and then sashod
his throat with razor while In the bath
room.
Nothing to Live For.
When Mr. Purcell asked him why he had
attempted to take his life he replied that be
had nothing to live for. He said that he had
| thrown OF the poison soon after he had
| swallowed IT, Mr.. Purcell sent for Drs
| Shepard and Cooper, who are both intimate
friends OF Dr. Knifiin, and when they ar
rived they said that as Kninin had got rid
OF the poison they did not regard his condi-
tion as dangerous. as the wound in his throat
was not serious one Knifin told the doc
tors that be had become Respondent because
his friends had gone back on him"
An interrupted Tete-a-Tete.
After Dr. Kniffin had been attended BY
the physician he became more cheerful, and
after daylight took light breakfast De-
tective Leahey entered the house about 8
o'clock He says that when he went into
the room DR. Knifiin was lying ON the bed,
and Miss Purcell, who was sitting on the
bed, was conversing with him in low tones.
Detective Leahey told Miss Purcell that she
would have to 20 with him before Justice
Mathison DR. Kniiiin rnised his head and
excitedly exclaimed: 'What Is she wanted
forr The detective told Kniiiin that friends
OF Miss Purcell were with the judge TO look
after her Justice Mathison had q talk with
Miss Purcell but what was said could not
be learned.
The Inquest Adjourned.
Coroner Bower has adjourned the inquest
until Wednesday at 10 o'clock The coroner
said that the reason OF this was that he did
not in any way desire TO interfere with the
funeral OF the murdered woman The in
yestigation promises 70 be a long one, as the
coroner has summoned many witnesses 10
testify, particularly as to the movements of
, Dr. Kniffin and Miss Purcell before and since
the murder.
Arrests TO BE Made.
I Chief McChesney has men stationed IN
: front Of the Knifin house. and it is believed
that after the funeral OF the murdered wo-
I man some arrests will be made. Although
County Physician Leavitt will not make
I public the result of the autopsy, he admitted
/ that in his opinion Mrs Kniffin was killed
by chloroform or ether, as indicated by ths
/, purplish tinge about the lower part Of th'
= face
The Prosecutors Odd Theory.
Prosecutor of the Pleas Stockton says tina
he would not be surprised IL it turned on
that Miss Purcell, in attempting to cause
: sensation, chloroformed Mrs Kniffin so tha
! she would DO found unconscious, and whicl
I would lead to the belief that burglars ha,
: been in the house. Prosecutor Stockto
thinks that perhaps 1t Is true that Miss Pun
cell Is OF very emotional temperament, an
: that If she administered the chloroform t
4 Mrs Kniffin It was done to startle the CON
! munity, as she had previously caused consic
!. erable excitement by announcing that burf
4 lars had entered the house with knives an
I pistols on the night OF Nov. 80
Driven to IL BY Trouble.
While preparations were being made to b,
gin the inquest DR.. Knihin was seen BY r.
d porter at his residence. He did not appea
a to have suffered much from his attempfe
a self destruction.
g doctor, they say your attempted suicid
le was a fake; that you never really meant 3
y take your life, said the reporter.
r He earnestly, calmly and deliberately SO
"a about making his interviewer believe this
q. he really had intended to kin himself, an
that he was driven to do 50 by his grief an
trouble He said he was not sorry, and
t, he is really in earnest about killing hinse
O. there is no reason why he should not do !
I'd yet, as be is not guarded in any way In b
be room.