The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-13
N HIS LAST BREATH.
rdrard Darling Accused His
Wife of Poisoning Him.
urp A DOCTORS ASSISTANCE.
.,er parFIng'- Death the Widow Mar
rsesi the Doctor D8riings> Mother
Wants Them Indicted

49, york Nay e The dying s8ettArz-
- ~ Fsszara Irving Daring. the corr
- Azz heen fled win other 9oc8-
- IN ne district attorneys office 81
- 80 r. gaier Flora Adams Darling.
.-..her 81 Fss5NaTt irsinE Daring aecases
= snranzsr 81 having poisoned her son.
- .ft~T fae death - Daring. Or
1890 married his widow They are
- e California TIE afl1avit was
.-sss 3,v Blizzard irving Darling AM writ
- rszrflv rs himself lG the presence %
- a Tea hagrs ssefgre MS death.
re- statement sells hoa 8u DeccTu teg.
90 A. me- win an accident while a.
.e-scfsvg 20 save property for q aru be
- w.lra ga Detroit. fgr -. 3esz was
- sarE-on and Or Spranger the
-zxsseaan VINO attended him Ii declar-
- shzt iHtiTra - between IlT. Springer
- As-e Daring. hts wife. began during
- illness Concerning this intimacy
f,.rslag alleges. Prior 10 her acaaa3n-
.arFe 9gta pr. spranger We had lived
aanelly. From that date she vas
rhxrget woman
I,arifaz SAID that this was IL the spring
~ sssz. ana up 10 that time hts health
nxs perfect Early in March ae had a So
gsvs attack o. what vas called cholera
rorbns DT. SpranEer, ~ SAID, frequent
Is gave him medicines which seemed 70
srer4 temporary relief. nut Ultimately
l.fs aim Ia worse condition. he Uas
ssek without being able % ind out what
va fhe matter. and continues: June /,
Ise Miss Clayton came 10 nay house 10
urf.a ~The viking We continued al the
sork ungil July 8 when my wife came
into absolute possession Of an estate
Welding a. income o. about Si2.099 annual
Is. We left Tor Washington city july ;.
sad vent ~ the Eboitt house. The sec
Al 4
violent attack. nearly dying. We re-
turned 70 Detroit or july Is ] WAS TOO
al 70 ST. NJ and had 20 le IN my sleep
az apartment all the WAY. and have
been regarded as a dying mar ever since. 3"
Darling declared mat MS wife continued
10 grow Vlndlctive and abusive without
the slightest provocataon- The affidaEit
continues a. follows. The variety and
quantity o. drugs he tDr. spranger1
poured into me was suffl lent to justify
chasing me as An annex 10 MS laoora-
tory. failed rapidly. The effect pro-
DICED Was constant state ~ irritation
of the stomach Ms mother IS witness
that she saw nv wife pour the contf IS
OF a small Vial Of yellow powder into the
decantsr that sat hy me a. ms bedside.
Darling stated that ~ became worse.
and Or. Spramger came 20 ~ with
drug whleh ne said no had received from
-
drug drove him crazy. tie SAID thai Nc
talked for nineteen hours without ceas-
sng. The statement continues with che
assertion that Darling found his wtfe had
a private letter b0x- He also discovered
that his wife ard 8or. Sprauger were elf
eulaflnzs Has report that ne WaS drinking
himself 10 death. II dNwned on him that
he mas uos being property treated ana
he refase5 any more medicine lie began
20. vssrs.rss~ .fsa~ November pc
ieft so~ Nsew York
CONCLUDING. the statement declares. In
Nogeus2er I vas improved. but * any
man suffered the torsneHts o. the damn
ell VAS crushed. hart. atIrnlllated and
crucIaed. vas az that time by Mrs. Oar
Ing. She decided 20 close the house !
iest for New YORK. Sne. with the chill
dren was 10 50 20 Washington City. she
at1 not go. As soon 50 ( left she filed
otu for absolute divorce Tor drunkenness.
non support. cruelty an4 cesar ION. which
divorce she expected - cfats1z with ALI
snony. thnDsAgh defa9lt 90 da1Iary =
she loined me Ia %aw York. ca-e 20 ny
looms OF her cxn accord an1 Ne-<8 Nish
me as a devoted wife uut1 AEarea =
had improved IN health. We wera ~ Work
GA The viking The day s.t 1s<s { a.
taken seriously 81. and have fss. SLOW
n bat surely. ! am dying Stas-- asQe
OF hurry.
John quincy AaAAHat N+" ~tF - +.t -
Flora Adams Daring. % thts 1ttF. sas
seen las, night he said thai th@ 3Hclar-
ssisn 81 Daring had been plsC@t n rae
hands % Assistant Disrsct Attor1eg SAL
lie he also said that under fhe atree -s2a
a. the district attorneys offace an aeAi1-
sis vas being mada % the medicine
taken from the Walls used ia admins er-
ing drugs % Daring The result - These
analyses wlll be submitted % the district
attNrney tomorrow.