Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-07-19
DID MAG|Ll BREAK HIS
AGREEMENT TO
SUICIDE?
Belief General That He En-
tered Into Such Com.
pact With His
Wife.
|LET HER DIE THAT
He MIGHT REMARRy
Startling Theory of Prosecuting
Attorney at Clinton. Ill. Which
He VIII Attempt to Prove
In Sensational
Murder Case.


Clinton, ILL.,, July 19.-,Did Banker
Frederic H. Magill conceive and eX-
ecute an amazingly diabolical plot
In which he, by subtle persuasion, in
duced his wife to agree to commit
suicide in compact with him, he
breaking his agreement at the last
| moment, while she died, thus maxi
| ing 1t possible for him to marry his
pretty stenographer?
This remarkable theory is being in
vestigated by the states attorney who
| has charge of the prosecution of the
prodigal young banker who, with his
present wife, formerly the stenogra-
pher Is being returned to this city
| from San Diego, Cal, to face the
| charge of murder.
Never in the history of crime,
much less in the busy brains of i'm
aginative writer's of fiction, has there
been such a remarkable idea execut-
| ed or exploited.
| If it proves true then Magill mur-
dered his wife by inducing her to
murder herself.
Also, If this sensational theory Is
borne out, Magill, thinking himself
free of the charge of murder, actual
ly assisted his wife in her tragic
preparations and then calmly retired
to his own bed until her sleep should
have become the sleep that knows
no waking. She must have died in
the belief that her husband was ly-
ing by her side.
| Suicide Pact.
Mrs. Magilps mind had been weak
ened by illness, and there was added
melancholy in the fact that she was
aware of her husbands attentions TO
his stenographer, pretty Faye Gra-
ham.
On Decoration day Magill took his
wife to cemetery, and 1t is said
spent the entire afternoon there talk
ing of death and the quiet tomb, un-
til the poor woman's already broken
mind became imbued with that one
idea. 1t is alleged that he then pro-
posed suicide pact, that both should
end everything.
To this, so it is charged by the
states attorney, Mrs. Magill consent.
ed, and on that evening Magill de-
liberately helped his wife in the ar.
rangement of her deafh, and theI
went quietly away until the deadly
, chloroform should do it's work.
, If this horrible tale is true, wha
, can be done with Magill?
1t Is not a criminal act to talk oi
graveyards and of death 1t is no
murder to suggest suicide. 1t doe.
not mean the chair to assist another
in the carrying out of a fearful de-
termination.
Z SDDlicu
Pampered youth, a wasted fortun,
! and mad infatuation Cor a youn.
t and pretty woman We're the stumbl
= ing blocks in MagilPs downfall. I'm
= fortunately, too, Magill does not suf
fer alone, for he has a beautiful IS
r year-old daughter, Marguerite, who's
life has been blighted by the dec
! shadows that have descended owe
1 the home.
: The Magill millions have beel
pledged to the defense of the fam
a ily's prodigal, and one of the bitter
;. est legal battles in the history of tn
state is sure to follow, to save hin
y from the hangman's moose.
o Born of wealthy and indulgent par
= ents, Magill was accustomed in hi
youth to having every wish and whin
e gratitied. In 1892 he was left a for
r tune by his father. After two year
: he was almost penniless. He the
d decided to seek employment and wa
given position as assistant cashie
I in the John Warner bank. Here h
. came in contact with the attractiv
]; stenographer, Miss Faye Graham, ag
u 10. whose charms are said to hav
e caused him to forget his wife, al
though the latter had remained stead
fast during times of both prosperit
: and privation.
r Suspicion Aroused.
o Mrs Maglll was supposed to hav
/. Deen FOUND dead In spare room b
u her husband on the morning OF Ma
e 81. Pinned to her clothing was
Il note saying she had taken drugs an
i no one was to blame but herself. .
d verdict of suicide was returned an
e the case was dropped.
l, shortly after the death of his VIII
II Magill resigned his post at the banl
IS sold his house and lot and drew hi
It last dollar from his fathers estat
: thus accumulating $1,000.
y With this money he left Clintoi
II accompanied by his daughter an
d Miss Graham, who led her relative
2 to believe she was going TO Chicag
to secure work.
10 The first intimation of the ma
al riage of Magill and Miss Grahal
y came in a telegram from Denve
ts Following the wedding the bride an
groom, with Miss Marguerite, left fC
p a leisuTely tour of the west. TIL
u sudden departure aroused suspfcio
m and warrants were issued accusiU
le Magill and his bride Of murder.
~ Sacramento, Calf, July lS.-Go'
le ernor Gillett today issued papers
4 requisition for Fred and Faye Magil
now confined in the county Jail
san Diego, and wanted In Clintol
Il Illinois, upon the charge Of poisonin
le the former wife Of Magill. The re,
uisition papers charge that the We
man was poisoned with strychniT
which was placed in glass Of bee