The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-03-15

1 would give your pa poison" 1
told her that 1 could not say so, but
that matters looked rather myster.
ious. l took the bottle and placed
it in my vest pocket, the bottle had
RED WRAPPER aroun 1t and
was labled strychnine. My brother
Frank and his wife said that judg-
ing from the appearance of the
bottle, they did not think that it
had been opened lately. Mother
said she had bought 1t some time
ago for father to poison dogs.
Mother asked me several times If
| thought she had given father
poison; l told her I could not say
so. w. e. ENGLE.
TESTIMONY OF VIRGIL ENGLE.
Virgil Eugle being duly sworn
says, 81 saw my father take gui-
nine at the breakfast table. he sat
down at the table and eat some.
He then got up from the table and
sat down in the dining room. 1
finished breakfast, got up and start
ed for school. l was at the school
house when my sisteY.in-law came
there and said my father was sick
and that should go over to Enter
prise and send for DR.. Dye and for
him to bring doctor with him; I
then came home; a half hour after
the doctors came; pa was lying on
a bench in the dining room at the
time l came home. 1 was at the
bookcase about five minutes before
breakfast time and did not see
any person take any medicine
from the bookcase.
VIRGIL ENGLE.
TESTIMONY OF MRS. ENGLE.
Mrs. Engle after being sworn
stated as follows: "Mr. Engle
came down stairs in the morning
first. about six o'clock, then cam e
down right after him and looking
at the time said, Oh! my goodness
here it is ten minutes past six, why
did you not get up sooner, and he
said there is no hurry. Frank want.
ed to go away down on the train;
then he went to the smoke house
to cut some ham to fry for break.
fast and brought it in and sat it on
the table in the kitchen; he then
went to the barn to feed and break.
fast was about ready when he
came back. l fried the ham and
made the coffee and Franks wife
fried the eggs and when they sal
down to breakfast I poured the
coffee out in the dining room;
put the cream in first and then
filled the cups with coffee from the
pot. Frank and Dottie got theil
coffee first, I then gave Mr.. Englt
coffee; he then said, why, is the
cream sour? 1 told him it wa.
sweet, that I tasted it, I said, what
made you ask that? and he said II
came on top; 1 told him it was be
cause the cream was thick; he 60
up from the table and went into
the kitchen and poured out part o
his coffee. When he came back
said, what did you do that for9
said, was the coffee too strong fo
you? He said, no, and told me
now pour some more coffee in;
went into the kitchen and got tn,
coffee pot and poured some in;
asked him then If he did not wan
more cream, he said no, he did no
want any more, I said your coffee
will not be good, you ought to hav,
) more cream in it, he said he hat
all the cream he wanted. He talk
ed to baby sitting at the table ant
seemed cheerful as usual; after h,
had eaten awhile he got up an,
went 20 the cupboard and got tn
bottle and poured out some in hi
hand and took 1t In his. mouth,
noticed that il was the blue bottl,
in which the quinine is kept, short
ly after he took the quinine he be
came sick. Frank asked me IL We
had any Jamaica Ginger and sale
we did not keep any, and Dotti,
asked Frank If he was sick, h
, said no, but that pa was sick;
came down stairs and asked him 4
his misery was in his stomach; h.
said no, it is all through me and
don't know what 1t is; then ask
ed him if it was his heart, he CAV,
me the same answer; / have SOM
cramp medicine in the house, le
me get you dose of 1t, II Away
helped me so quick, he said no,
can't take it. L got the bottle an,
Frank poured some in spoon ant
) tried to get him to take 1t, he sale
he could not take it; then l said
here is a little whisky, here, let M
put some In hot water and tax,
some of that. he sad be could not