The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-02
HELD FOR MURDER
A FORMER PORTLAND WO-
MAN SUSPECTED OF POI5-
ONING HER HUSBAND.
husband and Wife Had Quarrelsd
Recently Because of the Atten-
tions Paid Her by a La
horer-Other News.


q. c. Sutton, formerly of Portland
Or, are being held by the lolice Of
this city in connection with the
death of Mrs. Bowers husband, who
died on Tuesday last, apparently
from arsenical poison. 1t is alleged
that after the death of her husband
Mrs. Bowers withdrew several
thousand dollars from the bank
and deposited it in another concern
in htr own name, and that Mrs.
Bowers and her husband had quar-
relied recently because of the attsn-
tions paid by laborer to the wo-
man.
At the coroner's inquest drug
clerk testified that six days prior TO
the death of Bowers, Mrs. Su ton
presented a prescription calling for
arsenic. DR.. McLaughl n, whose
name was attached to the prescrip-
tlon, denied having given such a
prescription, and writing expert
gave it as his opinion that the pre-
serintion was written by Mrs. Bow
ers. She admitted having purcnss-
ed medicine, but denied that it was
arsenic. Mrs. Bowers, in stale
ment, admitted drawing the money
from the bank, but added:
II am limo ,ept. I know moth
ing of any arsenic. I did not write
that prescription"
Bowers was Mrs. Bowers third
husband. He was bridge builder
and carpenter.
Today's developments in this sto
ry of crime have placed the sister
in more serious position. Cir
cumstantial evidence is becoming
so strong that it will be impos ible,
in the opinion of TIE police, for the
women to obtain their liberty with
out the formallty of trial.
A note book was among the eff
fects fund in Mrs. Bowers room to-
day. In a torn page of this note
5cuk the paper on which the pre-
scfiption for arsenic was written, it
% said, fitted peri. city.
This fnd is ioaked upon by the
police to be the eliminating link in
the chain of evidence woven abou.
hhe woman.
Bowers died on Tuesday af or
noon, after an illness cf five weeks.
A few hours before bis death he
was taken by Alta Lodge, I. O. o
b., against the wishes of his wife,
to the German hospital. His death
at rnce aroused suspicion, and Har-
~ Bowers. brother of the dead
man. eh 'ryet that he had been
pois, f5d. His statement was in
part corrobor4ted on the following
day by the city chemist, " ho found
enough arsenic in the dead mans
stomach to have killed six men,
and now comes the forge prescrip-
Hon and the Identification of Mrs.
Sutton as the woman for VIII. N the
drug clerk fllsd it.
Mrs S1tton who conducts lodg-
ing house at 154 Eddy street, was
taken into custody yesterday morn
ing by Detective Thomas L. Ryan.
after he secured the pre- cription
fsom the drugstore Conducted by ].
Askenasky, at 301 Fifth street. 6.
S. Peterso l, the clerk who filled it,
was requested 10 go to the,city pris-
on, and he remained there until
Mrs. Sutton arrived, with Mrs.
Bowers, the dead mans wife; Mrs.
Harry Bowers and Mrs. Sutton In
line, he was asked to point out the
woman who had purchased the
poison.
THAT is the woman," he said
without hesitancy, as he indicated
Mrs. Sut on. The woman gasped
at the unexpected charge, but soon
recovered her com posure and sought
to minimize the effect of the
Identification by making light of it.
Mrs Sutton is a tall comely wo-
man, a trife slender than her sis
sister, but of much the same appear
ance. When taken to the prison
she was dressed in mourning. A
heavy black veil con cealed her fea-
lures, but as she became excited
she cast it aside.
Mrs Sutton was reared in Port
land, Or, where she married her
present husband. He divides his
time between the stage and the bar.
Part of this time be is employed as
vocalist and at other times as a
barkeeper. She states that they
have not lived together for several
years. and that.she does not know
his present Whereabouts.
Mrs. Elizabeth Byers, of 435
East Burnside, Portland, Or, is
mother of Mrs. q. c. Sutton and
Mrs. Bowers, held for the murder