, 1890-04-10
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
Poisoning of an Entire Chi
cago Family.
DEATH OF TWO OF THE VICTIMS
A Servant Girl Supposed to Have
Committed the Deed-Placed
Under Arrest

CHICAGO, April 5.-Gcorge II. Noonan,
OF Englewood, and wifo died this morn
ing, and his daughter was seriously III
from the effects of poison that 1t is
thought was administered last night.
The servant girl, Emma Stark, who is
suspected Of the crime, left this morn
ing for La Porte, Ind. The police have
been teleyraphed to arrest her, A girl
resembling tho servant bought rough
ON rats at a drug store near the scene
of the poisoning yesterday afternoon,
A grown up son of Mr. Newman was
also poisoned, but Is out Of danger.
The girl had only been in the iamily's
employ one day. Yesterday afternoon
she complained OF toothaclie, and went
10 drug store, ostensibly to get some
thing TO relieve 1t. IL Is supposed that
while on this trip she procured the poi
son. What possible motive she could
have had for the poisoning is mystery.
The doctor examined the can OF corn,
from which the family had partakcn at
supper, and does not believe there was
any injurious matter in II. This is rem
dering more positive the belief that Lhe
poison was put in the food by the girl.
THE WOMAN PLACED uNDER ARREST
This evening woman answering the
suspected servants description was ar
rested at the Park thenter. She denied
all knowledge Of tho poisoning, or Of the
Sewland family, although she was posi-
lively identified by number of per
SONS as being the suspected girl. The
prisoner said that she was variety
actress under the alias of Dclls Foster,
and that her real name was Mrs. Will
lam Ray, ler husband. from whom she
had been living apart, being a bill-poStor
at Fort Wayne, Ind.
She tells a rambling story of having n
sister who Is an sxact picture of herself
both in appearance and dress, aud who
Is the wife of % railroad man named I'd
favoriie, Of Peoria The police took but
little stock in the sister story, and
promptly placed the supposed poisoner
behind the bnrs.
CucAao, April Matilda starkc, the
woman arrested last night suspected OF
having poisoned the Newland family,
to-day, under crosa-eNaminRtion, told
the police an entirely different story.
Yesterday she denied that she wus ever
in Hyde Park, aud said that the person
suspected must he her sister, hogreatly
resembled her. etc. To-day she admitted
having gone TO Newland' to work, and
having bought rough on rats In q TIT
OF dependency, intending to Kill herself.
but asserts that she did not put any of
II in the food. She SAYS that
there must have been something wrong
with the corn. She ate little OF II her
self, and was sick. When all the family
began TO he sick she was scared, aud
made up her mind to get out. Shc as
serts tnat she took the box of poison
with hor and threw IL away. The police
are at u loss to know whether sho Is in.
sane or not.
TitE tSorEsT POSTPONED.
CHICAGO, April THE corunor's in
quest into the cause OF the death OF Mr..
and Mrs. Newland, oi t,nglewooG, has
been adjourned until the 18th, in order
to givo time for the ANALYSIS of the
stomnchs and some OF the food par
taken of at the fatal supper.
TilE fNsANtrY DODGE.
The domestic, Matilda Starke, played
the insanity dodge for q time this morn
ing, and nitcrward told some more con.
Trajectory stories. She prolcssed to be
able to lind the box of poison whore she
threw IT, but on being tGkon 10 the spot,
failed. She has been proved to be
loose character, having been intimate
.,ith different men in Lafayette, Fort
Wayne ana Chicago.