Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-10-14
TOOK POISON!
Engineer Lemon and Wife
Weary Of Life.
They Take Poison and the
Wife Dies.
\ sad Case ~ Domestic infchcIty
Ending In Death.
DkTAIlS on IliE rliAuEnN.

atriuSr Engineer Clayton Lennon, aud nc.
rnrlingly summoned another tn take ont
NJ. frr the west. du" tu leave ~ laIn
N. A. eleven u'cl,rk MR. T. W Davis,
rsiding two dunrs north uf ia" Lemon
/ house, was called 10y Mr. Lennon ,p r,u,.
to his h"u"' reporting that h" had found
his wife dead Mir pavis responded.
and with other nrighhurs, entered the
house and found Mrs Lemon lying ulSu
the h"l in the front room, her h,ly
resting ~ IA" right side, the feet hang.
| lng over Va" side the h,d The woman
was fully drrrr'"i, except that the dress, u
black one, wA- ol-'n In frunt I" th" waist.
revealing IA" corset. which was mot quit"
fastened t. the top The h~d cl"thrs
wrir not disturbed and their was u, evil
dencc IL " rtruggl" A bottle ~ sulphat"
II m"rrhia st"h upon the r,And. hrr,hr
a partially "mIti"l glass &c water FRY,
the fact that IA" lrttlc wAa only partially
filled the Indications wrr' that Mrr Lem.
"u hal taken dns" sufficient a. cauS"
| death and that in u matter II hfNc-n min.
utcr after swallowing III" deadly powder
! sh' frll into dr,wsy condition and their.
| upon threw herself upon ia" h"d, r"maIu-
iug IN ia" I'~i,i"n IN which al" was dis
covered Mr.. Lemon upon returning
with ia" n"ighhors had stepped into AL.
other ruum auh laid down on an open
folding bed, withou, removing hiS clothcr
pr. prarc" war summoned and arrived
a, twelve o'cluck and examined the h,-ly
81 Mrs Lemon, prunouucing her AZ being
I lrah several hours, and frnm all appear.
Rncr~ death WAS caused by dos" uf the
murphia iung a. Lemons ru"m Ia"
found him cuu-cioUs and able tr,ony"rs",
but that he could not civ" any clear
statement III" doctor then retired.
Meantime. Undertaken Montt,rt arrived
and awaited the action "f Judge Rurk"
and the cor,nrr'S jury, VIII" merely view.
-d the remains AMI adjourned until min"
o'clock this morning Mr. Mou,frrt then
prepares tie h"iy If MR. Lennon. prior
Ia their disposition NJ hls hands after 'h''
jury could hear testimony and RENDER II
verdict
The Jury L"t bit !, being found inn
inSsiblr in -"cur" w,tr"ss"- II was AL.
journed until ~ T.. m
Various runors were Ahnat a. I" IA"
motives which brought Rh"ut IA" death
~ Mrs Lennon and that If Lemon taking
the deadly poison. From all tina, could
H. CLEANED it appears that they were
married in May. IS2! Mrs. Lemon =
maiden nam" being Fannie Bell and tina
rh" cam" here sam" years aga from ~
which sh" purchased ia" property ut III
South Thrill street, wh"rr stands IA frame
dwelling aud vacant lot Ia ia" south
whrr, neat dwelling was constructed
And which has been occupied 10y the
couple fnr over year past. There has
l'"n more or less strife l"tw""n the pair
aud evidently seriously - sine" Mrs,
Lemon number one returned, after mn nh'
Scncr II many """r- This happened
while Mr. Lemon aud wifi. No. = WE'RE AL,
s"ut un the coast ahout thr'" weeks ago
The h"y. Matt, her son. wen, with hif
mother t"t the home sh" has "stahlish"
near the san Felipe, No. war divorce,
mr. the plaintiff IN III" cas" and II Haii ''
have subsequently married, hut h": new
husband il not here II was presume
tina, owing Ia the pr"s'nr" Il Lemon
= former wife and tina, lac had paid uudu
= attention the woman by assisting. tina
, this lei a. wife NJ. = IN IA state "f fr"ni.
. committing the NJ, by taking poison. ~
. letters or ual~rr have been i"und t" sh"'
" cause
- Lemon, who hAs been AN engineer :"
!. the passenger trains Of the Atlantic Ia
Ii cite Rad fer eight year, past, If mem
,.r in esd standing "f Division NJ" ~
It iirutherhui IL Lrum"tiV" hhgih"'n
= while ~, Gallup, som" year, ago u" ne
y with an accident, from which hc Ian
'e never fully recovered II" came int
l. nrruinrncr last June, IN connection wit
"hold.up" nj ConlhG". when he open"
the thru,tl" aud pulled the train ont Il
Albuaurruuc. l"nving the fireman AN
y. Conductor Crnsr To- parl"y with the higl
" waymrn. For this act he r''criy"d II M"
u" nj. rlnhura," n design and # conridrrNh
" value, fryu the railrad company.
MS STORY,
sunday afternoon Lemon was drive
=" trm nir home to Engineer Morris, "n II
>" Highlands. and there he went I" G1
>" Corr, wAs given him eEd be- was taxi
fora walk. the morphine hr had TAKE
u, during the nigh, canning him I" fall IN
~ drnwuy state, at intervals. IL" went
his sisters. Mrs. II. :, Noncs, on l'r'a'
way. and in the evening h"cam" w"rt
again. I'r. EAsteriay ~as ca!l~
who administered proper rem"'ii""' TIL
~ morning n representative" Of TnE 'ItiL'
" called At the hous. And heard Mr. Len
M on's explanation, he being apparnily
II. u good stat. IL preservation and fully ~
" pard to 10 ahou, As II nothing hal la
:. Iened. PROM his sta,emeu, !, app"a
Dr.. that while On the recent trip a. Calf
'r MA he purchased battle containing
~ grains II sulphRte u morphiA and that
vi hal not advised his wife II the fact.
on Saturday morning he came in from
~ western run and during the day visit