The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-15
POISONED MEN ARE
 SLOWLY IMPROVING Mrs. Lizzie Mccormick Arrest
 ed on Charge of Murder WAS INTENSELY JEALOUS advance the hearing in the Northern She Has Recently Received Several
 Obscene and Insulting Letters
 From Pell's Housekeeper.
WAS INTENSELY JEALOUS

Cincinnati, May 14-William Daley and Louis Burkank. Adams Express company employees, who were poisoned last night along with three others who drank pois- oned whisky from a bottle addressed to Mrs. Kate Nobbe of this city, and which became broken before delivery. are in the city hospital today in q quite serious con- dition. Benjamin Picker, another one, died last night upon reaching the hospital. Two others are still suffering, though not expected to die.
 Word was received today that in re- sponse to q telegraphic request made by the acting chief of police of Cincinnati to the chief of police at Memphis, Mrs Lizzie Mccormick of Memphis has been arrested on the charge of murder. This was caused by the Identification of Mrs. Nobbe of the handwriting on the address card on the package containing the pois- oned whisky. She also stated that Mrs. Mccormick had become intensely jealous of her in connection with Edwin Pell of Memphis, who Is d brother-in-law of Mrs Nobbe. Mrs. Mccormick is his house. keeper. Mrs. Nobbe says she has received insulting letters, obscene pictures and articles by express from Memphis from Mrs. Mccormick showing intense feeling.
 Lives With Her Aunt.
 Mrs. Nobbe has been separated from her husband for some time, and is em- ployed at the Hotel Honing. She lives with her aunt and two children in rooms in the West End.
 Night Chief of Police Corbin today swore out a warrant charging Lizzie Mccormick with murder in the first de-
 
 Memphis tonight with the warrant to bring back the woman to Cincinnati. A telegram from Chief of Police Mason of Memphis says that Mrs. Mccormick will come to Cincinnati without requisition.
 At the hospital tonight it was reported that the four men were resting easy and with the probability of recovering.
 Mrs. Mccormick Talks.
 Memphis, May 14-Mrs Mccormick to- night made a statement to the police in which she says she and Mrs. Nobbe were not on good terms Sh admitted being jealous of the CincnnA.i woman. She said that she was a daughter of William Elrod, a farmer living near Oxford, Miss.
 Mrs. Mccormick has employed N. B. Norfieet and P. M B. Dowuall, formerly of IlSnois, as attorneys. and 1t Is expect ed that habeas corpus proceedings will be instituted tomorrow morning Mrs. Mccormick says she will go to the police in Cincinnati without requisition.
 The Cincinnati officer is expected to ar- rive tomorrow. and to leave on the re- turn trip tomorrow night, unless his de- par ture Is delayed by legal proceedings.
 In an interview today. Mrs. Mccormick denied all knowledge of the poisoned whisky She says Mrs. Nobbe formerly lived in Memphis and was on friendly terms with her After leaving Memphis several years ago Mrs. Nobbe kept up . correspondence Recently Mrs. McCor- mick claims she has been receiving inde- cent and suggestive letters and valentines from the Cincinnati woman. She says Mrs. Nobbe sent her a candy baby by express. and this, she says. is the pack. age she returned