The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11
POISON IN THE MILK
Young Bride Charged With
Murder of Her Husband.
A SENSATIONAL AFFAIR
State Chemist Analysed Contents OF
Young Mans Stomach and Founo
Traces of stryehnine-War'
rant Immediately Follows.

John W. Tanner. father of Wiley F.
Tanner, who died under suspicious GU
cumstances at his home in Clinch ais
trict. Hall county, Ca, Saturday, NAY
% swore out a warrant Monday az
ternoon against Mrs. Onie Tanner,
wife of the young man who died,
charging her with murder.
The warrant was Immediately turn
ed over to Sheriff Gilmer, OF Hail
county, and the officer left for the
home of Frank Duncan, father OF the
Young woman, where she was staying,
to make the arrest and return her 20
Gainesville to be incarcerated IN tne
Hall county Jail. 80.
The state chemist Monday morning
forwarded the result of his inVestiga'
tions to DR.. J. D. Mauldin, OF FioWeryg
Branch, who Immediately communica-
ted the same to John w. Tanner at
his home near Chestnut mountain.
Tanner at once hitched up his team
and went to Gainesville, where the
warrant was sworn out at $3.50 o'clock
o M The result of the chemists ana
lvsis showed nine-tenths Of grain ols
strychnine in the stomach and glass
from which milk was drank. This was
sufficient to satisfy Tanner, ana ne ne
at once proceeded to swear out q war var.
rant charging his daughter IN law
with murder.
The case is one of the most sensar.
tional ever occurring in the county,
and has aroused great interest. SAT
| rrday. May %, Tanner sat down to
his MONDAY meal, apparently IN tne
best of health and in the en3oymlenl
Of a contented home, with his BRIDE iol iol.
two months. She had already partars
ken of her meal when he arrived, put
like the happy wife she was SUPPOSED
to be, sat down by her. husband anu
talked pleasantly to him. The meal
had only proceeded a short time swnen
TANNER turned to his wife and re-
marked that there must be sometnng
the matter with the buttermiiK, at Ing ny
same time asking her to taste u.
which she did. She spit out what sne
drank without swallowing any, ana
Tanner poured the remainder IN 2
sion tub, which was afterwards gwen
some hogs, which, after drinking q
the milk, also died.
| In a few moments Tanner was
deathlv sick and, screaming to nus
wife that he was poisoned, Tanner. ran.
to the home of his uncle, Henry Tan
ner a. short distance away, crying 70
| him that he was deathly sick. Wileys
uncle ran toward him and caught nimi
n bis arms as he was about to sink 10
the earth.
To his uncle John Tanner repeated
what he had said to his wife-that ne
had been poisoned. All was done ZOE
| him that his people knew what to 90.
| hut in forty-fve minutes life was e1-
| t,nct his body assuming rigldlW
| that usually follows the administering l.Hs
| Of strvchnine or similar poisons. ING
voung mans death being SO pecuil
! John Tanner, his father, nad Cofoae.'
Dorsey to hold an inquest over Tag
| hodv the Sunday following.
| During the Investigations, 1t was aes
| cided to have an analysis made OF tne
Young mans stomach. Accordingsy
the inauest was suspended until 2
| body Of physicians made the tesa. s,.,
| which was done Monday, Ma! q, Sos g
| nr T. p Ham, DR.. K. A. smith anu
Il. r G. Cover, of Gainesville; Dr.
cooper, Of Hoschton, and DR.. Kennedy, '
of Belmont. ..I
1 The test made, by these pnysic,ans
! did not disclose any poison IN Tan
ner's stomach, and the physicians
made known their Investigations ~
the coroner's jury at the inyeseiganon
on Tuesday following the young mans s
death. .aaa,s
| The coroner's jury failing, 70 ascels
l+ain the cause of young Tanner =
death. John Tanner decided to maze
an analysis made by the state chemiss
of bis sons stomach.