Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-17
GIVES HERSELF Up
Miss Viola Horlocker Returns to Hastings to
Face Her Accusers
WILL APPEAR BEFORE The COURT TODAY
Arrest Will Be Made and Bonds Given for
Preliminary Hearing,
CASE TO BE PUSHED FAST AS POSSIBLE
Accused Has Been Under strio, Espionage
During Her Absence,
FEARED THAT SHE MIGHT COMMIT SUICIDE
Mrs. Morcy aud Mrs. Gnslin. the
Women who Ate of the Poi
soncd Candy, Are Vow out
Of Danger.

HASTINGS, Neb, April 16.-(special
Telegram Miss Viola Horlocker returned
to hastings tonight in company with her
mother and friends and will face tho
charges of having attempted to kill Mrs.
c. f. Morey by sending her box of bon
bons containing arsenic
The accused, in company with her attor-
neys, win go before County Judge Bowen
tomorrow morning. where the sheriff will
read the warrant and place her under ar
rest She will furnish a sufficient bond for
her appearance at the preliminary hearing,
and will then return to her home. This is the
plan far arranged by her legal advisers,
one of them informed The Bee corre-
spondent tonight. 1t is the intention OF
the attorneys to push the case as fast as
possible and not put anything in the way
to delay an early trial. The defense is
all ready and fully prepared, while the
plantif may ask for IA little time in which
to gather more evidence. But the evil
dence so far secured is strong against
her and there has not been person found
| to question any evidence SO far disclosed
/ there cannot be much of a delay made on
( that account.
| Miss Horlocker has been in safe hands
! during her absence and a constant watch
( has been kept over her, it was feared she
would take her life. County Attorney Nc
| Creary, who took the poisonous candy to
| Lincoln to have it analyzed by chemist of
| the State university, says the result of the
! analysis will not be known until Tuesday.
The pieces that were analyzed by a local
chemist contained about four grains OF
arsenic in each piece and there Is little
doubt that the report from the chemist of
the State university will corroborate this
analysis This will go to prove that the
/ perpetrator of the crime was a novice in
| mixing arsenic with candy, as two grains
to each piece would have been sufficient to
| kill person, while four grains is an over
/ dose and acts as an irritant TO the mucuous
membranes of the stomach and provokes
vomiting, especially so on a full stomach, as
in Mrs Morey's case. This will further
prove that there can be no doubt as to
the guilty person being desirous of making
sure work to kill Mrs. Morey.
1t has Just developed that Miss Horlocker
contemplated resigning her position as
stenographer with Tibbetts & Morey, as she
was desrous OF securing the position OF
music teacher in the public schools Of
Hastings. In order for her to have filled
this position she would have been compelled
to resign her position with the law firm
before long and go east and take special
course in that line of work. This she in
tended doing as soon as she was assured
by the school board that she could have the
position of music teacher in the public
schools next fall.
Mrs. Morey and Mrs, Gasln, the two VIC
tins of the poisonous candy, have been
resting well today and are now entirely out
Of danger. Mrs. Morey was able TO sit up
for a while today, but was soon compelled
to retire TO her bed.
Miss Zora Gladys Horlocker the cele-
brated contralto soloist of New York City,
arrived in Hastings today. She is a sister
to Miss Viola Horlocker.