The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-24
DEATH IN THE CUP
Foreman Moore Expires
After Drinking a Cup
of Tea.
HIS BOARDING MISTRESS ACCUSED
Rumors That He Had Quarrelled
With Her on Account of
His Brother.

the police of this city have had to deal
with in a long time and which is be-
lieved to be murder, turned UP last
night at the stables of the United States
Express Company on Communipaw ave
nue. near the Central Railroad tracks.
Shortly after eleven o'clock, Joseph
Moffet and Edward Jansen who are en-
| ployed at the stables called at the Fourth
precinct station house and reported that
| thirty-four-year old George Moore had
died at the stables at five minutes to
eleven, and that his death was caused
| by tea which he had been drinking but
| a few moments before The Superinten-
| dent of Speers Morgue was notified and
at two o'clock this morning the body of
| Moore was in the Morgue. Detective
Hottie and Captain McKaig who were
| inclined to scoff at the theory that there
| was crooked work in connection with
| Moore's death set out to work the case,
| and before they had gone very far they
| were startled at the development.
Joseph Moffet and Edward Jansen, who
were with Moore when he died, when
| questioned, told stories which agreed in
every detail. Their story is as follows:-
THE TEA WAS BITTER.
| Moore was employed as sort of all
around hand at the stablesy and had full
| charge of the sick horses. Last night he
worked among the horses, preparing
straw for bedding, and at quarter to
| eleven o'clock he quit work and started to
| eat light lunch which he had brought
| with him.. His lunch consisted of sand
| wiches, which were tied up in paper
| wrapper and tea. which he had in a
| bottle. He sat down on a chair. placed
| his lunch on another chair, and started
! in to eat. He took a bit of a sandwich,
| and then a sip of tea. AS he slipped the
| tea, he made a wry face, and called to
| Moffet to come and see if the tea tasted
| bitter to him. Moffet replied that he
| would be there in minute and in the
meantime Moore took another sip, and,
not suspecting that anything was wrong,
| drained the cup of it's contents.
1T tastes queer" he remarked, as he
| poured out another cup and handed it to
| NIoffet, who placed it to his lips and
| just as quickly set it down again.
| There's something the matter with
| that tea. George" said Moffet; sit bites
my tongue terribly"
| Moore smiled and said
AN AWFUL DEATH.
II am going to leave Mrs. Hubbs Sat
urday. l have had enough of it,
| He then threw the remainder of the
| tea on the floor, and went into the small
| room, where medicines are kept for the
| sick horses. He had barely stepped into
| the room when he dropped the floor
and went into convulsions. He suffered
| excruciating pain, and, after kicking
about for about a quarter of an hour,
| died.
| Moffet told the Captain and Detective
| that the Mrs. Hubbs whom Moore re-
ferred to resided at Pine and Maple
| streets, Lafayette, and for some time
| past had prepared Moore's lunch. The
| men employed at the stables knew that
Moore and Mrs. Hubbs were not the
| best of friends. as they had frequently
heard Moore refer to her in uncompli-
| mentary terms.
A WOMAN IMPLICATED.
The Captain and Detective cross-exam-
| ined both Jansen and Moffet, who stuck
| to the above story and could not be con
! fused in regard to the details. Mrs.
| Hubbs' connection with the case was
then investigated, and sufficient evil.
dence was found to warrant the police
in placing her under arrest upon a
| charge of poisoning Moore's tea.
floor of the three-story frame building
at Pine and Maple streets. the lower
floor of which. a store. is occupied by
Mr. Kellers. liquor dealer. She has
three children. one pretty girl, six
teen years old.
| GUARDED BY DETECTIVES.
When a reporter of "The Jersey City
| News called at the house this morning,
the girl responded to the knock for ad-
| mittance. When the reporter asked to
see Mrs. Hubbs, Detective McNally came
1 to the door and refused to allow the
| scribe to interview or even see the ac-
| cused woman. Mrs. Hubbs was not lock-
ed up at the station house, but was al
lowed to remain in her own apartments
a prisoner. Detectives McNaliy and Hol-
tic are taking turns in guarding her.
Chief Murphy, who was notified early
this morning of the case. set out on a
personal investigation, and among the
| many stories told him was one involving
intimacy between Mrs. Hubbs and John
Moore, a brother of the poisoned man.
| George Moore was only table board
er, and slept at No. TIA Pine street, where
he has a furnished room.
John was also employed by the United
States Express Company, and when he
was taken sick a little more than a
| month ago, the superintendent advised
him to resign his position and take a
| rest, promising that he would reinstate
| him when he was well enough to return
to work. John did as requested, and
George hearing of it. visited him and
asked him to go to Washington, this
State, where his parents reside. George
was anxious for his brother to go to
Washington, and offered to pay the ex-
penses of the trip.
MRS. HUBBS INTERPRETED.
1t is alleged that he would have gone
had not Mrs. Hubbs begged of him to
stay with her 1t Is also said that some
| time last week Mrs. Hubbs asked John
to go out and purchase some Paris
green; but he refused.
Mrs Hubbs, when questioned by Chief
Murphy this morning, denied that she
I had given tea to Moore and said that he
must have secured the tea at some other
lplace. She said that she gave him coffee
last night and that there was no poison
in that.
DOSED WITH STRYCHNINE.
Chemist Phillips this morning made a
chemical analysis Of the tea which Moore
left in the bottle, and found large quanti-
ties of strychnine DIR. Phillips said that
the tea had been heavily dosed with this
poison He will make an official report
| of the analysis to the police at six o'clock