The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-10-29
ROUGH ON RATS.
BECOMING AP0fGLkR NEEP0R F0R HyR.
DEE,
A Nan POisOHs lis Family Of FIVE in
Order TO Eujav the CGresses Of His
FagnmGur.

beyond measure last week, by the start
ling information tLat five people We're
dying from poison.
Nine miles southwest Of Ozark, and
three miles northwest OF Newton, sta
ton on the Alabama Midland railroad,
and far from public highway, was en-
acted a drama in which five persons lose
their lives. In a barren spot sat little
log cabin and in that cabin lived Clayton
Lloyd, lis wife, mothcr-in-law, and four
children.
The father, Clayton Lloyd, for more
than two years has left them destitute,
without means OF support.
Lloyd has, for about Two years, been
! employed in Donaldaonville, Ga, as
Waterman Of a sawnin. He, it seems,
was infatuated with a woman of i'll repute
and had in the meantime led her to the
| hymCnial altar. Lloyd has never rendered
bis family any assistance, and they were
in total ignorance of Ills second marriage.
Lloyd, however, determined to break the
ties by death that bound him to Tie wo-
man he first married.
On last Wednesday night he returned
to his old home. and once more caressed
chat wife and embraced those children in
an apparently fatherly manner. tie made
inquiries OF lis wife as to how she was
supplied viii provisions going farther
and proceeding to investigate for him
self, he walked to the meal barrel, " hitch
contained scarcely enough meal for din
ner. Unobserved he empded therein the
contents of q vial which, after analysis,
proved to contain arsenic. After accom-
plishing his tieniish design he hastily
babe his wife and children farewell and
left, he sale, tor his old home in Donald
scnyillc, Ca.
Unsuspactingly tic mother prepared
dinner. In that dinner was bread cooked
nom tie poi o. I'D meal, The wife and
children proceeded to paltalle Of hearty
IcpaS- They did not finish, however,
before they commenced to yomit III the
mos. painful manner and in few min
utca fell from the table in sonseless con
dition.
Medical aid was summoned, and Dr..
A. j, Morris pronounced the patients in
critical condition. Late yesterday even
ing, the youngest, two years OF age, died
from the effects OF the fatal drug.
Another died this afternoon. The
other Two children and the mother have
since died
To-day coroner Windam summoned
! Jury and hold an i,iqliog+ !; IL j,..,
pannelcd rendered the following verdict:
1--WE, the jury cmpanneled, find that
the deceased came to their deaths by arse
mic poison, administered at the hands Of
one Clayton Loyd.'
After accomplishing his purpose, Lloyd
departed for Donaldson Ga, where he
arrived and went to work at his duties
last night After lis crime was diseov-
cred, the good citizens of Newton golun-
tmily raised a large purse, and offered
reward for the ticnd. Nh. AnuersoE
| Sanford, a dock marshal, ii Newton. tel
egraphed to Bainlridge, Ca, to arrest
Lloyd, and upon this telegram he was
arrested, and was brought bao k and lode-
ed in Dale county Jail. Sheriff /. Z.
Patterson Lad him i'll charge He was
arrested in Dop&,dsoRyillc, nine miles
from the scene of the tlime Balls
King, Of Decatur county, made the al
rcst.
From the depot he was followed to the
jail by a hilarious mass Of excited people,
and at one time ii looked as if y nehing
bee was coming,
In the Jail your correspondent sought
IN interview with this second Dick
Hawes.
Lloyd made the following statement:
Il left Donlldsonville, Ga, Wednesday
evening, and came to Newton to pay
visit to my family. twas with difficulty
that | got Leave of absence. / was
Waterman in Donaldscnyile, and my
services were needed, I promised to be
back Thursday, but didn't 90, il having
been seven weeks since 5aw nay family.
Friday morning about 0 o'cloch, after
kissing my vile and little ones goodbye
| jrlt again to return 10 DJntlds0nsi.ie.
went there and went to work. Bailih
King, who is an acquaintance Of mine,
came down and arrested me while on
duty. At fast | thought he was ies;iag,
and il was fifteen minutes before per
lnittcd the arrest. ! was Stocked beyond
| expression. l did not commit the crime,
nor knew nothing of it. My Cod. this
| is terrible to be accused Of fouily murder
ing my own wife and little loved ones.
1t is hard enough 10 bear the terrible
blow, but it is unbearahie to have the
world think, that l, their luaband and
| aher, did the deed
Inc reporter asked him about the re
port about him wishing 10 kill his family
in order to live with his second wife 70
| this he fcIgned great surprise and looked
daggors at the newspaper man for yentur-
ing 10 ask tie question. Lloyd then vol
| u9tnlily resumed.
II luyed my wife and children, and
| defy anybody 20 say that We eycr had
| clCss word. This report about my threat
eniug 10 XIII my wife ami children, IS "a
lie rom lightning to end. J ans innas
| cent Of lhe cliinc, ard GOO knows it---tl.e
people to the contrary
Al the General Conference Of the Nor
n church in session at Salt Lake City
Utah, last week, the official declarati n
OF President woodruff, f,rbidding in g
future, any marriages in violation Of Il c
laws OF the land, was read, and tho con
gregation, numbering nearly 100 pen
sons, including the Apostles, Bishops
and leading elders of the church, by
unanimous vote recognized the authoIi-
ty of the President to issue the manifes-
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