The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-19

There was nothing to indicate where it
came from. Miss Anderson told Jailer
Boyle she had gone to her room, num-
Der 80 in the Williams lodging house
in West Galena street, and found the
box of candy on the table. There was
no note. nothing to indicate how it
came or whom 1t came from. Miss An
derson thought it singular. She did not
know of any one who would be likely
to send her bon hons, and the more she
thought about the matter she more sin
gular the circumstances seemed. At
length she opened the box. She noticed
the powdered bottom of the box. That
also struck her as peculiar She did
not remember seeing the powdered
sugaring sprinkled on candy after 1t
was put in a box as this evidently had
been. Then some stroke of providence
caused Miss Anderson to remember
couple of threatening letters that had
come to her last fall. If the candy
proves to have been poisoned, this
doubtless saved Miss Anderson's life.
for otherwise she would have dismissed
the unusual circumstances from her
mind and have eaten the candy. But
it struck her at once that the candy
might be poisoned. Miss Anderson's
only acquaintance in officialdom was
Jailer Boyle. and she decided to go to
him. Asked by Mr.. Boyle if she had
any suspicion of any one who might
have had motive for sending her poi
soned candy. Miss Anderson said the
only thing she could think of was that
some of her enemies who knew she had
valuable mining claims might have
conceived the idea of putting her out
of the way in the hope of getting her
claims. Miss Anderson was asked to
bring the letters she had received and
she left.
Jailer Boyle sent the box of candy
and with the information he had to
County Attorney Connolly, who took
the candy to DR.. George H. Wells and
asked him what the powder on the
candy and in the bottom of the box
looked like. DR.. Wells said it had the
appearance of being one of three kinds
of poison, either PHOSPHORUS. strych-
nine or arsenic. Mr.. Connolly decided
to have the stuff analysed and it is now
in the hands of a competent chemist,
as stated.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Anderson
returned to the city Jail and delivered
to Jailer Boyle one of the letters she
received last fall. Asked how it came
to her. she said little girl named Celia
Lacrosse had brought it. The letter
read:
Butte City-Mrs. Girls Anderson:
Dear Madame-The committee of twelve
have met, and have come to the conclu-
ton to make you pay your honest debt
or you will have to leave the town.
You did not come up to pay the money
you promised to pay last Saturday. This
is the last chance for you. You will pay
your debts or you will be tied to the
rails. (Signed), COMMITTEE.
Accompanying the note was the fol-
lowing bill written in lead pencil:
The generel count
Mrs. Thompson, $3.50; Thomas Heke,
$3.50; his partner $3.50; A. Ledy, S1O''
Miss Anderson said she had been
unable to find the other letter. Detec-
tive Murphy was called in. He found
the child who had carried a note at
the Pullman, a lodging house adjoining
the place where Miss Anderson lives
The child said she was given the note
to deliver to Miss Anderson by clair
voyant living a couple of doors away.
Detective Murphy found the woman in.
She is known as Madame Guy and her
right name is Mrs. c. H. Jewett. She
was taken into custody and County At
torney Connolly notified. A complaint
was at once filed in Justice Harrng-
tons court, charging the woman with
attempting to eXtort money. She was
arraigned and demanded a preliminary
hearing, WHICH was set for next Friday,
and her bonds fixed at 81 900. She was
unable to furnish the bond and was
committed to the county Jail.
While at Justice Harrington's office
Mrs. JeWett confessed to having sent
the anonymous letter to Miss Anderson
but denied having written it. In ex-
planning her connection with it she
said:
Miss Anderson is notorious for not
paying her debts. I had a bill Of S27
against her which was given me by
deaf woman to collect. l was unable
to get any money out Of Miss Anderson,
and one day there happened to be a
party Of ladies at my rooms, all of whom
Miss Anderson owed money. The SUBJ
ject came up and we all agreed some
steps ought to be taken to make her
pay her debts. One lady said the COM |
mlttee or II ought to be called together |
1t was agreed a letter should be written
ana left for me to deliver A day or |
two later l came home from up town |
ana found note under my door ad-
dressed to Miss Anderson. 1 did not
read it, but took it to Miss Anderson's
room. She was not there or would not
et me in, and l went again the next
lay with the same result. Then, think
ng another might find her at home, I
gave the letter to a little French girl |
and asked her to take it to Miss Ander-
son, which she did. That is all | know
about the letter, and as to sending her |
any poisoned candy, guess after seeing |
what that other woman got l would not
Try that scheme"
Mrs JeWett was very bitter at Miss
Anderson, believing Miss Anderson had
her arrested, and said: 'I'll go to jail
and when this matter is cleared up I'll
go after her I'll get some of those |
mining claims of hers"
When asked who the other women
We're who were at her rooms when the
matter of making Miss Anderson pay
her debts was talked over, Mrs. Jewett
said one was Mrs. Miller one was the
deaf woman and the other names she
did not know.
Asked who the deaf woman was, she
said she still had business with her,
but could not remember her name. The |
authorities expect important develop
nents in the case to-day
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