Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-06
a DEADLY DRINK.
Suspected Poisoning Of a Nova
Scotia hiaa by His Wife,
xho asserts aer Innocence. Bal admits Tha,
The Case Locks Bad.


Bsnsskrews, n. s., Feb, -. Tie west
excited aser "a sensational raalsh,ne poison
ihs case
Tvs ntv- iive years aza .FcsHIs McNicls..
a vivaeioas ls;-ss..r-ei,i giri, tu, fully ,it-
yesopet, came down from Eas,port. Me-,
to visit her married sister ~ G,s,leny;ile.
Guysboro. She was well connected and IS
4 sister Of A. MeNiehol lawyer Of Calsis,
Me-, ard Colin McNieiai lawyer of
Esstport
The gold mining boom was at its height
ia Golienville, ami these were many eligi-
be suffers for the hand of the handsome
Yankee girl She chose Alexander u.
Cameron, well-So-sle merchant and gold
miner. who was double her age.
Cameron was masilv in love With his VI ife
and settled money On her. Subsequently
he met reserses in business, but Mrs. CAM
eron's nest egg constantly increased until
today she has SIS 900 in her own right.
Fifteen years ago they came to Bri1gctown,
started in business and did we'll; but al! the
property was in her name and the husband
| completely suhseryieut to the imperious
will Of his wife.
/ lie was prominen; Free Mason. an az
| tive politician. and became very popular,
( but their social acquaiatances were limited,
and Mrs. Cameron had but few friends
| Subsequently she became intimately ac-
qGainiei with .. T. Daniels, It Young law
| ser. aul made him her attorney Tor the
management of her property, The Gamer
ons had no family, and Daniels went tC
board " it'll them. Three years ago Cam
eron began TO break up from nervous
| troubles. became u complete wreck and
addicted to quinine wine.
| The domestic relations of husband and
wife became most wretched, and it is al
! legged that Mrs. Cameron il-treated ieI
| fast-becoming demented husband.
| Meanwhile, Lawyer Daniels who is also
municipal clerk of the county of Annap
oils, continued to be her intimate friend
| Last year Cameron assigned and Daniels
arranged the compromise of 80 cents on tho
dollar with creditors. II is alleged that the
policy on Cameron's life was also made
| payable to Daniels as trustee. Mrs. Cam
1 eron sold out the store and went to Maine
TO visit her friends. Soon after her return
in october, stories of renewed ill-treat-
nent were current, and then she sent her
husband over on the bay shore TO live with
fisherman's family, telling her friends
tina, he would only live short time, and
| she continued to board in town.
She paid bis board some months in adj
vance, but, though only five miles distant,
never visited or wrote to him. Meanwhile
| he began to recover. Three weeks ago, on
| the strength of an old prescription from an
alleged doctor at Eastport, she obtained
some laudanum from local druggist. A
r., Il I.t I'll. Al. Al. Il
broken the bottle, she obtained 30 grains of
morphine from the same druggist. Two
days after she started to visit her husband.
on the seashore. On the way she remarked
to the driver that she had dreamed that her
/ husband would not live until Feb. /. but
she found him in fairly good health. She
remained there Il week.
| ON the morning of the 18th ult. they
guarrelled, and he left the house. He was
brought back, and she gave him cup of
tea. She says his hands were SO feeble
that he could not hold the cup. and she held
| il while he drank. Very shortly after
! drinking il he fell into ca.amose condition,
remaining so for IS hours, and then died
| After his death Mrs. Cameron arranged
! to forward the remains 10 the other end of
the province, Pitou county, for iuterment
hut the Free Mason Lodge investigated the
rumors Of foul play, intercepted the body
at the railway station, had an inquest and
post murIern, the result of which was to
show that the deceased died of morphine
poisoning. Thercupon Mrs. Cameron was
arrested.
She stoutly protests her innocence, hut
admits that Il chain of ctrcumstantial evil
dence has been wound around her that
places her IN u most deplorable position.
The people are against her, and were so
excited that many would have res1ried TO
lynehina upon the slightest encouragement
She admits taking the morphine with her
but suys il was for her own use; that her
husband lrul often said thar lie was tired of
life and wanted 10 die, and if morphine is
found in the stomach he must have got il
himself ont Of her vaiise. When the stories
of foul play circulated she destroyed the
unused portion of the poison.
Mrs. Cameron is handsome WOMAN in
middle life, and is locked up in her room
at the hotel. She has two brothers. attor-
pcy- ut Elstpor., Me-. and one of them is
expected her" tonight 10 interest himself in
his sisters ease, and other prominent coun-
sci has been engaged in her behalf 1t is
said the company in which Cameron had
his life insured will have counsel at the
trial
The ATTORNEY general of the Province or
his assistants win contuct the examination
for the crown As the case now stands
everything points to the death by poisoning
of Cameron through morphine administered
by the hands of his wife, buts the iatter's
friends claim they can show that the whole
affair il conspiracy based on suggestions
and suspicious.