The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-13
A cbain of
Circumsfances



science Of medicine. When he was at
the proper age 10 study he had not the !
means. When he got the means he
considered himself too old.
sam wooed and won Anna Guernsey.
One afternoon he called on her and
found her suffering with headache.
accompanied by fever. He induced her
to permit him to bring her some pow
ders IN the evening. on his way TO
his room be stopped at drug store
where lie was very much at home, and,
the druggist having gone TO dinner
leaving boy In charge, Sam made up
the powders himself aud after dinner
took them to his fancee ana gave her
one. In ten minutes there was a hurry
call for a doctor. a pump was inserted
in Annals stomach. and among other
things arsenic was brought up. The
two remaining powders were found TO
be harmless. Anna recovered, and
Sam was arrested.
The ease excited great deal of at
teniion. The newspapers spurred on the
authorities to make sure of cienden-
ms conviction, and the prosecuting at
torney made up his mind TO win rep
utation by hangifsg him. Before the
trial came or the attorney had conclu-
siye evidence that Sam had already
been married to Anna Guernsey and
was interested in getting her out of the
WHY that he might marry fortune.
The lawyer failed TO entrap Anna into
acknowledging the nsarriage, but An.
mas, mother, who was firm believer
in Sans guilt, signed statement Civ
ing certain circumstances that had led
her TO believe her daughter had been
secretly married. When all the evil
dence was ready there was no other
conclusion TO be drawn from 1t than
that Sam had tried to poison his wife
for a purpose. There was no written
evidence against him worth mention
ing. but witnesses in plenty TO prove
the motive. Indeed the bare fact of
his bringing three powders, taking
care that the two he did not admins
ter Should be harmless, was quite
enough TO prove case OF Attempted
poisoning. One flaw in the chain of
circumstances pointing to Sans guilt
was not taken account of, and that
was that Sam was not fool. Only a
fool would give person arsenic, forit
is sure TO be found wherever It is
placed. But murderers usually sur
prise us In leaving some door wide
open for their conviction.
When the case was called the prose-
cutting attorney introduced ample evil
dence TO prove that-Sam clendenin had
been guilty of one of the most diaboli-
cal murders ON record. The defense
brought forth absolutely nothing to
show that he had not poisoned Anna
Guernsey except that he had always
borne an irreproachable character.
This, however, was met by witnesses
who sworc that Sam had been seen by
them in gambling and drinking saloons
frequently for months prior 10 the
attempted murder
Just before the case was closed the
defense introduced new witness,
Thomas Biggs. detective. whose state
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was gwen an ilico'iliete iist Oh those
VINO aineu u. the same liine anu pro
s ,vl 70 ger q crew. On examining
air. seymour overcoat round IN
corner OF one OF the pockets tiny
package done up In a leaf evidently
torn from a memorandum book. Mr..
seymour declared that no such pack,
ige was IN MS pocket at the time of
tne roonerS. ana NJ once concluded
tiiat There had been an exchange OF
'oats. me coat was ready made one
y farnum Y Emke's, who had sold
sre'it number OIL the same pattern dur
ing the previous autumn. There dined
At the same restaurant on the same
evening, each wearing one of those
coats. Anthony Seymour Joseph Mil