Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-17

The Barre Evening Telegram of Tues
day, under the heading WAS Mrs. a. II.
II. Lewis Murdered?" contained the fol-
lowing:
The startling claim is made on the
street that she was not killed through
her own negligence nor by suicide.
1t is stated that this was the theory
from the moment that she had taken
poison. For some time II is said that
Mrs. Lewis had been In fear OF her life
owing to the remorseless war which she
had been waging on the dissipated com
pauions who it is alleged have been drag
ging her husband to spending his money
and causing him to indulge In a great
amount of dissipation.
Within a few days Of her death a mem
Der of the same gang was heard to re-
mark, according to the testimony of well
known business men here, IF had wife
like that around I'd mighty soon see that
she was put out Of the way"
All through the last hours of her life,
after she had taken the poison, Mrs. Lewis
is said to have continually asked who II
was that changed the bottles and as she
was a trained nurse of no mean ability
this is construed to mean that the dying
woman was positive that she had made
no mistake in locating the bottles but
was firmly convinced on her death bed
that the bottles had been changed and
that the one from which she drank her
death dose was deliberately put there for
her to drink from
The story has now gained currency that
certain person was seen to make the
change that Mrs. Lewis was so sure OF
and this taken with the intimation of the
attending physicians that there might
have been other substances in the bottle
besides aconite.
u is understood that evidence is being
rapidly compiled TO bear out the theory
and sensational developments are looked
for hourly.
Statement of Or. Camp.
"The symptoms were such as do not
usually appear when aconite alone is
used"
States Attorney jackson.
NO one has spoken to me in any way
or at any time regarding any suspicious
| circumstances concerning the death OF
/ Mrs. Lewis
Was Mrs. 4. II. H. Lewis murdered
This startling question is being asked
/ by many who have been looking over the
/ facts of the case, many of which up tc
| the present moment have been suppress
! ed. Death was stated to have beer
caused by aconite but according to the
statements Of physicians the amount Of
| aconite she is supposed to have taker
would have caused death in 13 minutes
Meanwhile the bottle alleged to have con.
tanned the death potion is said to have
mysteriously disappeared.
The dying womans last words are saiC
to have been 'Who changed the bottles?'
1t is said that she was soon to have
received $4,000.
At the time of her death Mrs. Lewis wa.
living in new quarters acting on tn,
instruction of her attorneys who ever
| then had fears of her life. She was in
structed to destroy any presents sent t.
her and TO change her place of eating al
often as possible.
A story is current that a relative o
Mrs. Lewis went into her room on tn,
night before she took the poison wearing
Doctor Lewiss coat. He is said to hav,
taken the bottle from his pocket, labelled
'aconite," left It in her room because h,
was afraid the doctor might take it will
the bottle of cough medicine which H.
took up stairs.
Physicians have stated to the Tele
gram that some of the death symptoms
showed that opium or arsenic may hav
been present in the aconite.