The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-06
ALL READY FOR
MACiLL' 3 CASE
COURT OPENS MONDAY I'M MAJ
COW COUNTY AND CASE Is
SECOND on DOCKET.
SENSATIONS ExpECTlD
Daughter Still Firm IN Her Friendship
For Her Fathcr--prosecut,on
Feels Sure OF Con.
yicticn

Il, Iecatur, H.. Oct B. Everything Ii
ready for an early trial of the Fol
MagilrFay. Graham murder caa,
n which has been brought to Macnn
countN IN change pf venne from rc.,
WIT county. The ease III tho second
cn the criminal docket, which viii BIZ
the first 70 be taken np when ccnft
| meets nest Mondas Tho aftcrna i
| foi the defense say the accused are
Ilcady 70 face the har of justice ana
are confident that the resuIt uf Thu
trial Will be complete vindicat or.
ION the other hand rosecuting After.
ney Miller Of Dewitt county. who Il
~ active charge Of the prcsecrtitn,
believes that he has strong caap
/ particularly against MagiII Whatever
the rsult may bo, the trial III bound ID
attract ~ much attention as ever cen.
tered IN i criminal case In this rart
VI illinois,
Erred MaRil And hts wifa. formerly
Fay Graham, come from two az the
Nc pit ttnent families Iii the state.
'aglll ansl his first wife had nsvar
'eaFl able 10 get along and ii was
commfn talk that he was paYiie IA
tcntiun to ether women uf CSi1ts il.
especially Miss Fay Graham, who had
acted as his stenographer. On May
u of this year Mrs. Magill who wag
familiary knawn as Pet Magil
u sN'ls fciu1d araa Al her home III GIN
fssng ANIL II sTas HI ilrSt supp saa tiat
she had cntnnitted suicide,
The circumstances surrounding tie
rasn were ef strsge nature. but the
aushcritits raid no attention To ii ~
fu the news ramo to Clinton that
Fred Magill and Fay Graham had
been married IN Denver. and this lut
little over four weeks after his first
Eifes death. II developed that few
lays after the death OF his wife Magii
lad disposed of his property. drew his
money from his fathers estate aad
With Miss Graham and his daughter.
Marguerite, aged IL. left Clinton Miss
'rahani. who is the daughter Of w.
" Graham. a well known resilient IL
'itnton, led her parents to balIe
nat she was going to Chicago to M.
ure work as stenographcr and
light also visit relatives in EanEa
ee.
When word was received that the
tll nlp hal h1of, ~, "a 3.rts,4 d. Ta..w,..-s..
liy an active investigation was
arted by the Clinton authorities and
ie result was that MagiIl and hts
ride were arrested IN San Diego.
al. ON July 10. and brought back TO
linton and indicted by the grand
Try. The charge was first dsY,t
nrder. The investigation. II Is sa a.
lowed that Mrs. MagiIl had been
lisoned by chloroform.
When brought back to Clinton. Ma.
II brought forth letters which be
aimed had been written BY his wife
fore her death in which she lauded
m TO the skies as the best OF hus-
nds, and in the final letters. which
C lalmed were written just before
r death. she spoke IN glowing terms
Fay Graham and even went so far
to advise him TO marry her.
10 contradiction 10 the statements
Msgill tho friends Of the dead wo-
an declare that she was Of cheer.
disposition and a woman extreme
unlikely To Nil herself on the
,ht before her death she hal been
ling with her husband and appear
in a cheerful frame of migd. u
= Nagill who found her dead body
IT morning when he said he rad
nd the notes pinned to her Bight-
sss. These notes the pr@sreuti n
pects to prove forEerisE The cor
sr's inquest NJ the hebsst Of Ne
!. was conducted with secrecy the
oner refusing to make any Of tie
ails public
he Maein family Is one Of the
ATHEIST in Clinton. and prominent
The social AMI financial world Fred
gill inherited $50 oel IN 1899. but
n got away with H. eBfore he
It Rest with Miss Graham he ras
about sseo0 On a prospective bg-
ince their return to Ciinfrn Ma
and bis bride. with the i5ysar-
laughter. have been STAYING at
home Of n W Graham. aud have
AIRED on the street hut little The
shtef. Marguerite. stoutly main
; that her father Is innocent and
is expected to b. one q the rnr-
lrtant Witnesses IN the case The
nse vii b eOnducteJ ~ . star
4 prominent ATTORNEYS. TIE prrse-
a VII also b well fortified ~ the
having engaged one Of the most
inent attoraeys in Illinois 10 ss-