The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-11-04
A FIENDISH CRIME

On last Saturday, two weeks
ago, young girl living with her
mother in Cameron's parish lost
her life at the hands of an unscru-
pulous young man who after en-
ticing her by 4 promise of marriage
robbed her of her virtuous woman
hood.
The facts related to US are thus:
Mr.. Arthur Henry, twenty-one
years old, son of Hon. S p. Henry,
member of the legislature had
been paying attentions for the last
five years to young lady, Miss
Alice Chadwell, twenty-five years
old, and under a promise of mar
riage, an undue intimacy had
grown between them until the
young girl became to be in critic
al condition.
Henry not wishing to keep the
promise made to her sought to re-
lease himself, by doing away with
the gill. In this he found an ad-
wiser in chum of his, Sidney De-
barge, former resident of Lafa.
yctte parish. This latter one. .coun-
seled him to poison the girl and
offered to procure the poison for
committing the crime 10 this cf-
feet he (Debargej repaired to
.Grande Chenierc where he called
upon DR.. Brown asking the ply
sician to compound for him a dose
of poison. The doctor refused.
Debarge entreated him to furnish
him with the stuff, offering even
one hundred and fifty dollars for
the stuff, but the doctor was not to
be bought ard the dose was not
furnished.
The above facts were revealed at
the coroner's inquest after the death
Of the unfortunate young girl Miss
Alice Chadwell
A few days after the visit OF De-
barge to DIR. Brown, young Henry
went to see Miss Chadwell and
found her quite sick. She COM
planned of being feverish. Henry,
then took capsule from his pocket
and offered it to her saying that he
very often used it himself while
feverish. She took it and told her
mother about it, and notwithstand-
ing her mothers advice she swal-
lowed it.
elm thirty minutes she felt burn
ing sensation in her breast and fall
ing to the floor became uncons-
cious.
DR.. Carter, coroner of the par
ish and her family physician and
DR.. Brown were called in but all OF
! their efforts and skill were without
avail.
She fingered for five days and
then died, never having spoken a
word.
An autopsy was held and the
post mortem examination revealed
I the atrocious fact that she had been
poisoned.
AS soon as tine facts were known
young Henry and his chum De
: barge were arrested and lodged il
Jail; Henry being charged with thu
poisoning and Debarge as acces
) scry, this being the findings OF tn
!, !. coroner's jury.
In learning of the action com
mitted bv his son. his father, Hon
!. S. p. Henry refused to interfere 4
any way with the findings OF tn
coroner's jury.
1t leaked out at the inquest tina
: Debarge in counseling Henry t
poison Miss Chadwell had CYNICAL
remarked that the act would Great
. fuss for few days, but that every
: : thing would be all right in yer
:, short time.
= How the poison was obtaine
. has not been learned as yet!
fact OF the prominent position {
the father Of the poisoner the abo'
facts were not made public.
The Advertiser CLEANED tt
y above facts from a well known Q
= fetal OF this parish.
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