The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-11
MURDER THEORY
IS ABANDONED
BY PROSECUTION IN MAGiLL
CASE AND SUICIDE COMPACT
SUBSTITUTED.
|W|Ft'S DEATH FASTENED
BY MaaiI In Order That Rc Might
Marry Miss Graham With Whom
He Was Improperly Intimate Il.
is Charged.

Decatur H., OF. 1o.--Jndge w. G.
Cochran, presiding In the Magill case,
received the news yesterday Of his
favorable mention for United States
Senator TO succeed Ia. q. Hopkins.
Two hours later he WAS seized with an
acute attack Of indigestion. Last night
he announced he will withdraw from
the Magill trial after the completion
Of the jury.
Judge w. G. Johns OF this city will
take UP the case when the testimony
begins. Eight ilirymen have been se-
lected. II is believed the other -four
will be secured by tomorrow night
Ninety-six talesmen have been exam
ined. The present yenire is exhaute,l.
Fifty more men were summoned to.
day.
The state viii introduce more than
fifty witnesses. Among these Is Miss
Maude Fellner, deputy county clerk Of
Denver. who will arrive tomorrow.
She had already sent her deposition.
but it was thought best to have her
here in person She VIII say that in
applying for a marriage license Magill
swore he was a resident OF Decatur
ILL.,. and that Miss Graham was from
Chicago.
The prosecution has abandoned its
original theory OF the murder. Dr.
Adolph Geherman of the Columbus la.
boratory who analyzed the organs OF
the dead woman, says there was no
poison there. But the prosecution VIII
attempt to prove suicide compact
and that Magill contributed toward
Fastening his wife's end by HIS OBJ
vious infatuation for Faye Graham
The proserstfon salso expects to prove
of Magill and Msis Ora
ham before Pet Magill's death.
Magills attorneys asy each venire-
man If he would be influenced by testi.
mony showing that the couple, prior
to marriage had improper relations.
None oft he men examined confessed
that he would.
Mrs. Della Glengnagle Of Dayton.
o., sister Of Pet Magill, arrived ycster.
day She spent some time In confer
ence with the states counsel. Last !
night she went to Clinton to confer
with Mrs. Nellie Pond, Fred Magil's |
sister. Mrs. Pond is insistent that her
sisterin-law went to her death glad |
10 escape from the bitterness of her
married life.
Mrs. Glengnagle was with her sister |
lust before she died She will say
the letters found after her
leath are genuine. Mrs Glengnagle |
lid not see Magill today. but Marguer
te Magill dined with her aunt at the
ST. Nicholas Hotel In the party was
Clyde Long, Mrs. Glengnagle's son, Of
Chicago
Daughter Stands BY Father.
For the first time since the mys.
erienIs death of her mother Miss Mar.
yuerite Magill told a reporter today |
Ter belief as to how that death oc-
,urred:
II know positively that my father
md my stepmother are inocent," she
declared. MY mother took her own
ife by her own hand and they had
lothing to do with Il"
This statemnt is the first and only
word from Miss Magill to the public
iince her mothers death.
II was made today, just before
Judge Cochrane, who was sick yester.
lay and announced that he would call
n another judge. decided to go ahead
With the case to the end to prevent
lelay.
Miss Magill's declaration disposes OF
III speculation as to whether she will |
De witness against her father and
Ifs bride. Believing In their innocence
he will testify in their behalf II she
esiifies at all. The defense Is hoping
hat at the close ofthe States evl.
lence the case will be thrown out Of
.ourt. The state is relying upon the
etters found I'm the clothing of Mrs
Pet Magill after her death. and hopes
o convince the jury that these letters
we're forged by Fred Magill In imita-
ion Of her band writing.
Case Hinges on Her Letters.
The case really hinges upon these
etters. II they are proven 10 be gen
line it is candid there can be no doubt
hat Mrs. Pet Msgili committed SUI.
ide. n they are forgeries there can
'e no doubt Of the guilt Of Fred Ma
ill