Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-11
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Bosrox. Nov. las-Rsreiy has t.ere been
case Of poisoning. a-cislsrsai or the worx
Of murderer. that has created sneh wiae-
spressG excitement ans. speculation as does
that Of the death of Hannah Toole sna hsx
d.ughfsr Margaret. on Wednesday Right
Tbs absence any a9pa ~nt motive that
would prompt any one to uluries tue I'M
fortunate woman, ard the fact fhas the
family has acs the slightest saspscioa Of a
skeleton. add more darkness 10 the now
inspeastrabi- gloom
Dr. Draper hef. al autopsy upon the
bodies Y, >. n. ar. a. d a. result II becomes
known that raere was touad contained In
the s,omaehs OF both enough potassium
cyanide to kill % parsons. So large vas
the quantity that it was tasty Directed
The effscs Of The p7i-on is very similar TO
that of prusSie aid, oaiy its work as
d. sFrover Is rot 30 sHifr.
he second act in TIE drama OF tie
p.1isou case Is of soInbcr hue The sg &
father, WIN hsd been at the point 81 death
for months. hreathes! his last about
o'clock last night.
There were but four o. The family present
at the belsids Of the diving man when Re
trea,hei his last. These were Joseph,
John. Patrick and Anrie. Stephen,
Michael and Minnie were coniin d at
station 8 charged with the murdsr Of
the mother and Margaret. whose bod
he at the city ho-psyai morgue. he
father passed away without knowing that
his wife and daughter hssi gone before. lie
had beea eoafned TO his b d for months
su ffering from an ineurabie malady.
Wednesday Ii ght he b. "a been watched by
hi. wife and daughter Margaret, and at .
o'clock he fell of into sound sleep. Dur-
ing all the eommCt on which 20. lowed the
L. ath of his wife ami daughter the father
slept on peacefully.
How Did Il Happen
The sl-ahsoyb ng theory in the case is,
How I'D the pois n get into tie liquor
Was il put into the bottle after it was pur-
cha ed. or was il caused By some workings
in the quii ITSELF
As the police understand il, the bottle
Of stout was purchased by Michael, who
tick it home and gaze tito Minnie In an
int Ct condition. Minnie, in turn, without
opening it, took il ~ To her mother and
Margaret, and then left the rom.
That is the last know OF the bottle
until QUE Of the fsm ly, alarmed by The
:
fell to the floor, ran 10 the room il which
they were and found e bottle, about one
third full, standing the table.
The captains desk at station bears
witness to the strength of the poison. as
when the bottle wss br. ught to tie station
a small portion OF t wa, spilled on the
desk. and the mark made by it as it
streamed along is plainly to BE- seen yet.
Jr M ryttl cd H4F hA
dence which the police have gathered is
not of sufficient strengt h To connect two
# the parties under arrest W tn any crime
The station officers do, however place
some credenca in the evi leuce which they
have accumulated agti lst one Of the
three Even he evld nee in this p1rty's
case is said to be Of very ilimsy character,
Some time vest rday two officers went
to the home OF the 1oole' aud it is sa d
searched Minuie's truak WHAT the search
was Tor and what Information was Cleaned
from the cont nts thereof they refuse to
ivulge.
Rumors and Deniaie
A report winch gained wide circulation
in regard to the unfortunate affair was to
the erect thai one OF the son-. it IS not
-tatetl which, had been threatened by the
With disiuheritauCe and Jaat this trouble
.lused some hard feeling IN tue family.
This report, however, is ind gnantly de
nied by the most int mate friends OF tbe
family, who assert that it is but the con
coctiou of some IDLE gossip.
A theory which has many supporters l.
that that fatal bcltir Z ntsinsd some
Joi.on before liquor was put into it. The
dta 5 that in tie brewery waere this
liquor is put IN there us Il some desdly
poison aud that n qu" nti y # this poison
Was placed In one Of these bottles, and
that some cAret IS eDiploye Of The cstab-
lishment in filing the bottles poured
liquor in the bottle containing the poison,
that it WAS then stoppered AMI labelled
aud sent away.
Mr.. Walker from whom the porter was
purchased, sa, 5 thaG hr sold many bottles
OF this liquor from the same lot in which
the fatal bottle came and heard no com
plants.
1t was learned al late hour last night
that DR. Whipple, who attende MIR. Toole
in his las. moments, Reused to grant IA
death C jificale on the denDi e Of Mr.
rcoie Dr. Draper viii h ID al autopsy
IN the TO II OF Mr.. Tooln