The herald., 1894-11-08
MATTERS AT SAN BERNARD|NO.
Miss Mogeau Elected County
School Superintendent.
Mrs. Barnes C0nfesses to Attempting
to Poison Her Husband.
The Republicans Roll Up Trsmen OUT
Msjority-Mrs. Barnss' Story of
Her Awful Crime-0ther
News Items.

tioh waIutu nhb nOt dDateQ. All uhy
politicians have been in the streets and
ut headquarters looking for latest news.
The Republican ticket has been elected
straight with the exception OF Miss Mar
gerite Mogeau, who was the Democratic
nominee for superintendent OF public in
structlon and received a fine majority.
She is the first woman in the history of
she county to be elected to any Office,
and while being fully capable Of con.
Quoting the work demanded In her Office
as instructor of public schools of the
county lie also womanly woman COM
manding the respect of every voter. AL
togetht' some 5000 votes were cast and
the Republican majority averaged 800,
an excess OF 800 estimated by the camp
aign leader, Hon. John @. Lynch. cam
ddate for the assembly. j. w. +. Dis5,
candidate for clerk. and A. G. Kendall, >
candidate for assessor, ran beyond the
Thousand mark, all being very popular
men. For sheriff. Holcomb received
majority OF 200 over Booth, Democrat,
,ate incum mbent, the fight for this Office
being very close on the outside, both
men having many friends working tooth
and toe nail for them. Frank Daley,
Republican, was elected district at
oraey by a majority Of 450. 1t was
doubtful II he would get in but HE
friends succeeded in piling up their
majority. The Populists cut q swath,
but failed to elect any candidates. Dur
ing the campaign it was believed they
woue y pull largely from the Republican
party, but when the votes were counted
1t was found their strength came mainly
rom the Democrats. thus giving the
big Republican majority. Returns are
not all in. so the full vote cannot be
gwen.
THE POISONING CASE.
Aside from the election, the atrocious
crime OF the attempted poisoning OF
Samuel Barnes, the livery man, has re-
ceived the attention OF the public here
That a woman could be 30 cold -blooded
as to attempt such a villainous crime is
almost beyond human conception, and
her lille and that of her psramour would
not be safe many hours in the streets of
San Bernardino if they were turned
looee.
Yesterday afternoon the woman, after
spending nearly "a hours in cell in the
county jail, made confession admit
ting her guilt and duplicating the man
Salter, who WAS arrested Sunday night
Her story was that Salter came to their
home when he was i'll, brought there
by her husband. and she nursed
him back to health. While he lay there
on the eick bed suffering, her heart
went out to him and deep love between
the two resulted. until when tho patient
convalesced they could not live apart
and decided to murder the husband.
who had alwaye been indulgent and
loving to the wife and q true friend to
the guilty paramount. At first Salter
wanted to kill Barnes outright, but she
would not coneent to 1t, the wretched,
guilty woman pieferring to sit by her
husbands eide and administer the
deadly drug daily, witness his intense
suffering and see him gradually losing
his life. Her confession is as followe,
made to the district attorney:
1T is now more than four months
ago since we found that we could not
live apart" said che, "and at irst Sal
ter urged me to fly with him, and we
would find among strsngers the home
which we eought. But could not bear
the thoughts of this. and told him l
would not 60 until my husband was
dead. Salter then proposed to shoot
him, and then we would escape. We
would conceal him after he was muir
dered. and before the discovery we
could be miles away. But while l
wanted to 60. could not bring myself
to thus numbering him in cold blood, 30
poisoning was proposed.
ut was Salter who first suggested
this. He said we could put it in food
and in drink. and while its work would
be sure, 1t would seem that some pecu-
liar malady was slowly wasting him
away, and l consented. But many
q time afterward / prayed that the poi
! son might not kill him, even though L
was standing by, or helped him to the
fatal draught.
"Saltar bought the arsenic and
brought 1t to me. Some of it he bought
in Los Angeles, some of it here or in
surrounding towns, and carried it to
the house. We mixed it in everything
he drank. or at least Saltsr put it in the
bottles OF medicine, or in the flask OF
liquor from which my husband drank,
and while was heartsick OF the work
many time. could not back out.
had gone so far that Salter had me com.
pletely in his power. Three or four
times ne had to force me to go on with
the poison. and he did so with revol-
YER, threatening to shoot me if weak
ened in any way.
''As soon as the poison began 10 show
its effects. and Barnes had to take to his
bed, then we thought to make quick
work OF it. The arsenic was put IN all
the medicine. and it did not aeem posi-.
BILE that he could very long escape it's
power, but he was stronger than we
ehought, and though day after day we
kept on giving him the poison, he did
not die. When the nurses were sent by
the lodges, and we were not allowed to
wait on him, we still continued to get
hold of bottles OF medicine and put in
the drug, hoping that he might eiill
succu NIB. and then the evidence OF our
guilt would be out OF the way, and it
was this which led US 10 such desperate
attempt to get the poison into the med
lcine which the nurses were giving him.
we thought ct fret that we could
Keep doctors from being called, and
r onid not allow it as long as possible.
Ut when the arsenic began to strec,
I'M as 1T did we could not oppose q
Mysticism being summoned. When |
Nv my husband lying there and suffer-
x such awful pain, and when my
.Eshns would beg OF ne to break with
oaltsi' would make up my mind hat !
won'o' mt whsn he came again, be-
tween tnreals ond entrea.ies he alwavs
Iorceo me to continue, and could not
escape if.
several times during Barnes' sick.
ness. onIter proposed to shoot him and
be dOue with it, hut nrayo,tod AZ.