Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-02-20
HUSBAND Is DEAD.
Wife and Partner are Under Arrest
For Murder.


Wife and Partner are Under Arrest
For Murder.
Macedonia. Feb. I'LL. M. Smith
sat spell bound and horror struck In
his wagon at sight OF the terrible
spectacle that met his eyes as he was
riding by the William Tompkins farm.
q half mile east Of this town, about
noon. A man had just staggered from
the house, ais arms were waving wild.
~ over his head, a stream OF blood
WAS gushing from his throat. AS he
tried to utter cries. the blood jutted
far out from his throat in little
stream as from the mouth Of hy-
drant.
"They did it, they did It, they did
it," shouted the terrible human spec.
tacle. as with one hand he beckoned
to Smith to come into the yard and
with the other vainly tried to stay
the streams Of blood that spurted from
his throat
Smith recovered from his stupor.
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about to enter the yard. Another man
and woman rushed from the house
and to him before he could enter the
gate.
Don't come in; we will take care
Of him; he has tried to commit sui
cide," this pair said to Smith. They
would not let him enter. He jumped
back on to lis wagon. fastened to
Macedonia, and notified the authori-
ties and physician. AS he looked
back the bloody man was still beck.
oning to him wildly. When the ply
stefan arrived the man with the Gu.
throat was dead. He was Barney
Mcdaniel.
The man and the woman who pre-
vented Smith from going to his assist
ance are under arrest on the suspicion
of having murdered him. They are
Mrs Barney Mcdaniel and Bert Livix.
Barney Mcdaniel and his wife and
Bert Livix worked the farm together.
There has been some strife between
Livix and Mcdaniel. it Is alleged, over
the actions Of Livix and McDaniel's
wife. For two years the people in the
vicinity have more than suspected
their intimacy and have wondered
that Mcdaniel knew nothing about It.
At the coroner's inquest Mrs. McDan-
iel would say nothing about this In
timacy. She declared that her hus-
band had been very QuarrelsGme and
on the morning of the trouble he arose
In anger.
"He got up at 6 o'clock, went out
of the house and came in a little lat
err" Mrs. Mcdaniel said. HE lay
down on the lounge and told us that
ne had taken strychnine. For four
hours he was in commissions, but we
did not think it was anything seri-
ous."
"Mr. Livix and I left the room for
a few moments. While we were
away my husband took a razor out Of
the bureau drawer and cut himself
twice in the throat. He ran out of the
house and in little while fell down
and died in the snow. Mr.. Livix
went to town after a doctor but it
was too late"
This is the same as the story told
by Livix at the inquest. Smith told
of the portion of the tragedy he saw,
as related above. The coroner's jury
ordered that Mrs. Mcdaniel and
Livix be held for examination.
Mrs. Mcdaniel Is over 30 years Of
age. She has several children.
Macedonia, Feb. I'm the prelim-
mary hearing of Mrs. Barney McDan-
iels and Bert Liyix, who were charged
with the murder of the husband of
Mrs. McDaniels, very strong evidence
was produced against the pair and
they were bound over to the grand
jury without bond by Justice Rayburn.