The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-06-12
LEFT TRAIL Of DeAr.
Mrs. Mckniant, Accused ot
Has a Rpmarkahi. Murd,

~ 2 nemarkabie Record ~,
Grayiing. Mich, June 9.-Mrs
Mcknight, who is in the KALI, AafY
awaiting examination on ,hs jail
of numbering her brother. To- chasgs
ply, of Fife Lake by poisontns = &ut.
been pursued in the last ten IN has
such misfortunes that the esfs BY
evils which have befallen bas fo Of
paiiing. Following is the list - IS ap.
that have afflicted her since oeaths
marriage: her first
Three children BY her first h.,
they were named. dled befors.
Jane Ambrose, aged I ve.rs
Knights daughter. "s' Mrs. Nc.
da MAY AmDrose, aged 5 years, auo,,..
James Ambrose. Mrs. McKnirbt. .
Eliza ChaIker. her niece. d,ed A.
Sarah murphy, her sister, Fehr,m,aay, le
Noyem I. stss her second h hush ny;
Mrs. Schneeburger, a re,atiro
riage. In Saginaw IN 1888. ASe by mar.
MRS: Curry. daughter Of Mrs s,,
burger, In Saginaw. - ochnee.
Dorothy Jensen, guest =,
knight, Coed Friday, 1902. Aafs. Nc.
William Murphy, shot ~
lses, BY Asa Valentine. NoSembes,
Saoy Mgrpny daughter of John Mur,h.
bed in May last. Aooio dead In
Mrs. John Murphy, died the SAW
heart disease. 80 seiAe Gay Of
John Murphy. died suddenly a v.,,
Children Died in Infancy,
Little is known Of Mrs. McKn,.s.,
history PRIOR TO her coming TO Gratis
as WldoW some fifteen years ago shs
,oio ner trends here that her hushs y
James Ambrose, a painter In uAIppaha,
had been Ill with consumption fon npeha,
and that for six months prior - lars
death he had not left his bed H nus
first three children had died rer
diately after birth, she said not nine
living long enough to be bantizad I nv
eldest. child lived to the e Of : Inc
n had gone on a visit to her pr .va,s
mother at Monroe, when she was ssiz.
with dtphtherfa and died. This se, ~.
the story told by Mrs. McKnight 70 va Va,
friends here. " hel
She stayed with her sister, NJ,
marriage to Ernest McKntehtu her
then went to Alpena with him t Tau
couple lived there a short time .
g was In 1892, after thew haa
turned here, that the first of the strin.
OF deaths thai have occurred hero toa.
place. She was visiting at the bo wv
OF her sister, Mrs. William ChaIker . ams
sat down to e with the family. El Iaa
the 14-year-old daughter of No
Chaaker, seemed ~listless and did me-
eat anything. LEFT the room and . f 4us
minutes later they found her in snas m -
her limbs Writing mr. twisting in =
peculiar manner. The girl died
in a few minutes. u'eu
Didn't See His Fortune,
The following February another Inf.
party gathered around the same tahis
ana the same mysterious occurrence
was repeated. In this case the victim
Was Miss Sarah Murphy, the is-vear.
old sister OF Mrs. McKnisht and Ave
Chalker.
The next TO die was Ernest No.
Knight, Mrs Meningitis husband. Ha
came home from his work in the faiss
in November, 1885, having taken his
lunch with him The horses slIonad
up to the house and he was carried in.
side. deathiy sick. This was on sa,nr.
day. Monday he grew better, but Tues
Gay he died.
Mrs. Mcknight was here three years
ago. when she received word that a
friend. Mrs. Mckenzie OF Saginaw,
Mich. had died in g hospital there as
the result of an operation. The rals-
rtonship between them was remote.
Mrs Mcknight went to Saginaw as
soon as she received the message and
helped 10 take are of the house. Mrs.
SchnesOssgsT, q worlan of 81 years,
was 50 much broken down by the death
Of her grandGaughtsr that she. too,
died Scon after Mrs MchnighTs ar
rival Her daughter. Mrs Curry. had
been most ssssaacas In her attention
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