The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-27
Mrs. Nancy Hill Accused Of Poi
snniug Old Barber to Sc
cure $4,000.
SHE SUES ON ALLEGED WILL.
Wife 81 East st. Louis Saloca.
keeper Arrested in COEnec-
tiOn With Death oI
Fred Sauers.

Mr. Nancy Hill Of 40. IS West Broad
way. East st. Louis. vile q J. I'm. n
saloOrkceper at that place. was arrested
yesterday ON a capias from the Grand
Jury. charging her with the murder OF
Fred Sauers. barber. Il years old. who
died on July OF this yea=.
Sauers let about Sloeo worth Oc prop
erty. and Mrs. Hnl Is now fighting in
the Circuit Court 20 have copy Of a
will. which she alleges h. made. ad-
mittei 10 probate. Probate Judge Frank
Perrin refused 70 admit the Will 10 pro-
bate.
The case has received Considerable at
tenti0n from Chief OF Police George ..
Purdy OF East 81. Louis. who personally
investigated many Of the features. unal-
ly going before the Grand jury, In ses-
sion al BelIeviIle. and laying the facts
as hs had gathered them before that
body.
Mrs Hill IL charged with having given
70 the old man Two doses VI iaudaHum in
cups OF coffee.
SIrs. a. Scharfenboz told chief OF Po-
I lice PurLy and other officers that she had
been sent for the laudaUlm by Alrs. Hill
and described the drug store A. which she
says she purchased the drug
In iIl al BellCyille last evening Mrs-
HilI was interviewed b. Republic re-
porter. Size denied the SLuEN OF LLE poi
souiug and declared that Sauers's death
was due 10 old age.
on July Saurrs became suddenly III
and Doctor NJ :. Carr was summoned
The old man was almost dead when the
doctor arrived. He was told OF the Symp-
toms attending the illness OF the patient
by Mr.. Hill. He left 4 prescription anl
departed A few hours later Sauers died.
Doctor Carr was called On 20 sign the
death certificate ana the uTSt one he
signed gave as the cause Of death. Tn
known u ned THHH
know The City Clerk refused TO issue u
burial certificate on this statement by
Doctor Carr and the certificate was rr-
llFnCl 10 him. Doctor Carr then changed
the certificate TO read that the cause Of
death WIS due TO 'seniity and cOmplica-
lions"
TRYING To GET $1,000.
On July Mis-. Hm appeared at Belle
Vile with what purported 70 be 4 copy OF
Will alleged TO have been made by Sluers
in May OF the year before. Il made her
the sole beneficiary OF Sauers's estate.
which was valued ut about $1,000.
MIS- Hill stated that the original will
WIS destroyed by the high water and that
the copy was certified and was made from
an Office copy OF the VIII which was orig
inally drawn by firm Of East s.. Louis
Judge Perrin refused 10 probate the Will
Z and Alrs- Htlls lawyers appealed the case
10 the Circuit Court. where the case IS
now anc viii be tried. 81 Is expected. the
latter part Of this term.
IN the meantime Chief OF Police Purdy's
attention was drawn 10 the case and he
began an investigation
Mrs. ScharfenbOz said that at the first
drug store she had been refused the pot
son but that at the second she had no
trouble In getting - cents worth Of lau-
danum Chief Purdy says that he has
the corroborutive testimony OF the clerk
IN the first drug store who refused 10 sell
1 her the poison.
Mrs Scharfenbo-. according to Chief OF
Police Purdy. brought the poison back
home and gave IL 10 Mrs. Hill. The latter
Is charged with having divided the poison
into two doses, which she is alleged 10
have given to SaueTs In two cups Of coffee
Mrs. Hill At first declined TO talk about
the case. but she afterward said that she
was innocent OF the charge. She said
that Sauer had lived in her family for
the last two years and that he was good
TO the baby and also a willing worker
about the house She remarked that she
deserved his estate Tor taking care OF