The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-14
WHAT A ROW.
DR.. J. NJ. Tobias and His Di-
vOrced Wife
Indulge in Mutual Recrimina-
tiOns About Those Wells
THAT WERE POISONED.
Statements Of Each Require a
Large Allowance.
Each Says the Other is Trying
ito Persecute.

DR.. ]. N. Tobias has not left Topeka,
as has been reported A JOURNAL re-
porter found him at his Office this morn
ing He says that he ia not surprised
at the reports that have gained currency
connecting him with the poisoning of
the we'll at DR.. Sheldon's hospital and at
400 East Sixth street
sit ID simply scheme of my divorced
wife to ruin me. She has made her
threats that she would and this is part
of the plan. l have not left the city
and do not intend to- l was gone on
business for three weeks but returned on
the 9th of last month and l have been
here ever since.
Il am as innocent of placing poison in
the wells as any one can be. know
nothing about it, and could only hazard
guess. 1t is very strange that the
poison should have been discovered in
both cases before any harm was DONE l
believe that if there was any POISON in
the wells that the woman pul it there
herself, to ruin me and place the sus
picion on me.
"If they knew 1 committed the crime
why was not something done. 1 under
stand that the poisoning was done sew
eral weeks ago. / wonder what kind of
poisons could have been put in a we'll
that would turn water green
Neither prussic acid nor corro-
| sive sublimate would have that eff
feet. Copperas would, but it is not
poisonous Paris green might. or blue
vitrol might, but l do not understand
that they were found in the water. Prus-
sic acid is very bitter and il would take
a great deal TO make well dangerous,
and it could be readily detected by the
taste. Corrosive sublimate would not
i'm part any color " hatever 10 the water.
MY wife has been prosecuting me for
some time. She has been up here to my
office twenty or thirty times and wanted
me to marry her again. and l ordered her
to stay away. l made great mistake
when l married her, and her own folks
will have nothing to do with her l get
letters from them now, and they think
more of me than they do of her l doc
tored the family long time in Illinois,
and they are very nice people.
"a short time ago she had me arrested
and the only Thing on earth l did was to
ask her if she would not return some
silver ware which belonged to my first
wife. She said that I threw beer
bottle through the window. That is
good deal like the benzine story.
She says that some one threw an
eight ouncs bottle of benzine into the
window which had bunch of matches
tied to it. How did she know what it
was if she would not light lamp. l do
not know that benzine would ignite. If
she had said gasoline it would have been
different, but | hardly believe that a half
pint of it would saturate the atmosphere
in a room.
'1ohe has heard that intend to marry
again and she is determined to prevent
me doing SO if she can. She has threat
| hat oh a would r11ia
and she is trying to do l have done
nothing to be afraid of and 1 will stay
right here in the city"
Miss West, formerly Mrs. DR.. Tobias,
and now matron in DR., Sheldon's hospi-
tai at 205 East Eighth street, when seen
by STATE JOURNAL reporter this morn
ing, said: No, l really did not know
DR.. Tobias was in the city last Friday l
had been told he had gone away, but he
was here Saturday morning.
II was out on the porch washing win
dows when he came by on the pavement.
| had my back to him and had the hose
| in my hands, but l know 1t was he for
he called to me several times. l did not
turn around because l did not want to
have anything to do with him.
"Of course he says he is just as inno-
cent as lamb. but | am just as positive
as anything that he isn't
"If he is still in Topeka l will be com
PEELED to have him arrested for my own
protection. He is doing this to try and
make me lose my place. 1t makes him
mad because l get along so well, aud he
has threatened to fix it so that no one in
Topeka would employ me.
~ have sometimes thought l would
60 away from here and change my name,
but if he stays here l will be just COM
PEELED to have him arrested; l can't
stand this,
81 am sorry this has got into the
papers. 1t made DR.. Tobias awful mad
because got tenant for my Parkdale
property 50 readily, and they have rented