The San Francisco call., 1897-11-10
POISON IS
POURED IN
THE WE'LL
Brother and Sister Are
MysteriousIy Slain
at Dixon.
DEADLY MIXTURE IN
THEIR FOOD.
Louis and Susie E. BeleW Sue
Cumb to the Secret Work
OF ASSaSSinS.
BOTH WERE ENGAGED TO
BE MARRIED.
4 Future Invest cation May Reveal
That jealousy Prompted
the Grim :.
Louis and Susie E. BeleW Sue
Cumb to the Secret Work
Of ASSaSSinS.
BOTH WERE ENGAGED TO
BE MARRIED.
Future Invest alton May Reveal
That jealousy Prompted
the Grim ;.
special Dispatch to THE CALL

DIXON, CAL, Nov. "a tragedy was
enacted IT this place which has resulted
in the death of two persons, and third
is lying al deaths door with little hope of
recovery.
Louis Be.ew, who is the proprie or OF
the Arcade livery and feed stables here
has resided for some time past with his
sister, Miss Susie L. Belew, in the south
ern part OF town, the sister keeping house
for the brother. Bruno Klein, a young
man whom M. BeIew employed in his
stable, boarded with them. Mr.. Belew
was in he hab Of going to his meals and
then re urninG to The stable to allow
Ken 10 take his.
Beiew and his sister partook OF tn cir
breakfast yesterday morning. He re-
turned TO the sable as usual, and Klein
went TO his breakfast. When Klein ar
r.ved al the house, which was about three
blocks from the stable, he found Su lie
Belew lying down, apparently very sick.
He partooE OF what the brother and
ster had eaten OF, and hastily LETT for tie
stable to apprise the brother of the
sisters Illness Upon arriving at the
stable Klein found Below suffering from
what appeared to be Miss Susie's ailment
that OF purging and vomiting and COM
planning of intense pain in the stomach.
Only a few minutes later Klein began to
experience the same mptoms. a physi-
clan was summoned, who first thought
that they had eaten something poisonous,
but on examining the ingredients OF what
they had yOmifeG ne found that the vomit
contained sauerkraut, OF which, they said,
ey mad eaten the day before. This led
.ae physician TO believe that he patients
7ere suffering from nothing severer than
an attack OF what lie termed acute indi-
gestion. He adminstere remedies in ac-
cOrdance with his diagnosis OF the cases,
but they still suffered intense pain, Tor
which he administered something of n
soothing nature. Under this treatment
the victims seemed TO be getting along
very well during The day, but shortly
after dark they began getting rapidly
worse and the symptoms became much
more alarming.
Belew succumb bed about u o'clock last
nlsht. His sister die at O'Clock this
morning in great agony.
Mrs. Eugene Ferguson and Mrs. George
Ehmann. two int mate friends of the
young people, who had been at the home
what they could TO relieve the sufferlnps
Of the girl, the brother being confined %
bed al the stable, we're also taken quite
SICK during their stay in the house with
the same symptoms OF the other three
sick people.
They had made some beef broth for the
SICK girl, and, In making it, had used the
water from the well and some salt that
was in the house. They tried to induce
Miss Belew TO drink of it, but she said
she was too ok AM could not. In order
to demonstrate that the drink was pala-
tabla each OF the women took a teaspoon
full Of the broth and both were soon at
tecked and vomited copiously, but to-day
are apparently all right Miss Belew
as to have been married on Thur.day OF
\ lis week TO Char es Ehmann, we'll
known young maa of tins place. Ehmann
had just secured divorce from his form er
wife, with whom he had led very un-
happy life, and is row heart broken over
the loss OF his prospective bride, whom
he is said TO have fairly worshiped.
Louis Belew was engaged to be married
to Miss Clara Ferguson a worthy vounp
lady of Dixon, and she is prostrated with
grief over her bereavement. S,rangelv
enough, this Is the second time that she
has been bereft by accident OF her sweet
bPq~t.
The case is surrounded bv considerable
mystery, there being several cews to the
mysterious poisoning, which the officers
are working up. Tue Coroner held an in
quest to-day, but the jury will be unable
to arrive at Il verdict until an analysis of
the stomachs of the two dead people is
concluded.
The theory - being advanced that the
poison was administered to the family by
poisoning the water in the we'll or deposit
ing i in some article of food. TIE town
is excited over the sudden taking off
so violently OF two of the most respected
young people of the place, and every
thing possible IS being done to ferret out
the perpetra tor OF the awful deed.