Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-11-27
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Mrs. Eveline Triplett, whose body |
was found in shallow pool OF water
near her house at Hugo, 10 miles
north OF this city, and who was sun
posed to have committed suicide. came
to her death by accident. or at least
late Developments seem to Prove such
conclusion. The hole of water IN
which the body of Mrs. Triplett was
found did not contain more than one
loot OF water and from all appearances
1t seemed that the woman threw her
self into the shallow water and DELHI
erately drowned herself. 1t was
known that she was partially insane
by her daughter having been commit
It'd to the asylum from here few
weeks ago, and it was supposed that
sac committed the rash deed during
hr OF desponAeny. Late developments
show that she took carbolic acid. The
poison was taken by mistake, evident
ly. There were two bottles on the
kitchen shell OF the Triplett home.
One contained medicine. the other
carbolic acid. By mistake the woman
took a quantity OF the deadly acid:
noting her mistake she hurried out of
the room and across her yard toward
the neighbors. As she was in the act
oi crossing the pool OF water her feet
slipped and she fell, unable to rise.
1t was here her body was found. Mrs.
Triplett was widow Her husband
died by drowning in the Rogue several
years ago. She leaves five children.
two sons and three daughterf.
Gov. Geer today commuted the SEN
tence of John Campbell, who is serv-
ing life sentence for the murder of
J. /. Swearengen, in Crook county, in
1896 Campbell has already served
six years and his sentence has been
commuted to twelve years The Dis
trict Judge and ten trial jurors rec
ommendel The commutation, as also
lid large number of citizens OF
Crook county The facts were that
and his wife were not living
together and Swearrngen was keeping
company with one Campbell's daugh
tiers. Campbell ordered Swearengen
to stay away from the house, hut he
persisted in going. Because OF some
insulting remarks made by Swearengen
the two had some trouble, and when
went to the house one night
where his wife and daughter resided,
he found Swearengen there Trouble
ensued and Crmpbell claims that he
shot Swearengen in sef-defe nse, the
latter having drawn a gun on him.
San Francisco, Nov. 24-The gum
boat Ranger, which has arrived here
from Panama, will 90 TO the Mare
Island navy yard, where she will re-
main two months undergoing repairs.
Captain Potter and the officers OF the
Ranger witnessed some OF the effects
0; the eruption Of the volcano Santa
Maria while passing up the Ceatral
American coast, but at the time were
aware Of the disaster that had fallen
upon Guatemala. In the Gulf OF
Cehuanterec the Ranger was for two
laws in a thick atmosphere with
ounIice stone and ashes covering the
surface of the sea in all directions.
The shore, which was many miles dis
tant from Santa Maria, wa. covered !
Sith white ashes.
Seattle, Nov. Leslie Leroy
Hughes, a 9-yesr-old boy living At
York station, near Seattle, WAS shot
and instantly killed shortly before 81
O. clock tonight by the accidental dis
charge Of % calibre revolver, with !
which he and a party of boy friends
had been shooting at a tin can. They
had used all the cartridges but one,
when young Hughes looked down the
barrell. In some way the trigger
C .ught and the gun exploded, wound