The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-25
MRS. TREESE
 IS ARRESTED -e- h Connection With Albright Case. BELIEVED TO BE ACc0MPLICE No Direct Charges Have Been Brought Against Her. The Woman Has Confessed to the County Coroner that She Was to
 Have Married Albright
 Yesterday.

Gadsden, May 24-eSpecial.)-mrs Matte Treese. a young white woman an accomplice of J. G. Albright, now confined in the county jail here on charge of having poisoned his wife. was arrested late Saturday afternoon.
 The Treese woman confessed to the county coroner that she was to have married Albright today. No direct charges have been brought against the woman, the auth critics placing her un- der arrest and holding her as an i'm portant witness in the case which has so stirred Etowah County. The mys- tery surrounding the death of Mrs. Albright deepens, but nevertheless the State is weaving a chain of evidence about Albright which may convict him of murdering his wife.
 Matte Treese, the young woman un- der arrest and against whom serious charges may later be preferred, is a first cousin of the late Mrs. Albright, and is about 22 years old. She mar rfed two or three years ago, but about eight months ago separated from her husband. She went to the Albright home to live. Mrs. Albright being her first cousin. At the home she was treated as a member of the family, and when Mrs. Albright was taken III about three weeks ago, she spent most of her time nursing her. She administered medicine which had been prescribed by the attending physician and gave the suffering woman every attention. &C., cording to the story of the neighbors.
 Body Was Exhumed.
 Saturday, County Coroner Guy Wood Tiff and County Health Officer Dr. c. L. Murphree. went to Walnut Grove the home of Albright, where they exhumed the remains of the late Mrs. Albright. While at Walnut Grove, they learned ka.- the family and of the peculiar circum- stances and decided that she should be arrested and held as a witness, pending further developments. A warrant was secured and a deputy sheriff from this place made the arrest. On the way to the jail, the Treese woman admitted that she had just secured a divorce from her husband. who had deserted her and had intended to marry AL bright Sunday. She expressed no sur prise at her arrest, yet does not appear to be alarmed. Upon her arrival at the jail she was given accommodations outside the prtNoners' cells, and was not allowed to meet or communicate with Albright.
 Conflicting stories are being told re- garding the poison which is supposed to have been administered to Mrs Al bright. The Treese woman and Al bright both declare that Dr. James Hurst prescribed arsenic for the pa- tient. to be administered three times day. pr. Hurst however. declares that he did not write a prescription for the poison, but said that he knew the AL brtghts had arsenic or strichnine in the house. The poison. had been pur- chased at a drug store in Walnut Grove some weeks ago. The case so far depends upon whether or not the stomach of Mrs. Albright contains poi a at nlVSiCiRn that he did not prescribe arsenic will make 1t conclusive that some one ad- ninistered the poison to Mrs. Albright if the stomach of the dead woman is found to contain arsenic or other poi son.
 May Continue Case.
 Coroner Woodliff and Health Officer Dr. Murphree, returned here last night from Walnut Grove, bringing with them ahe stomach of he dead woman, which was prepared this moi ming and shipped to the State Chemist at Auburn for an analysis. This analysis will be made during the week, but the report of the chemist cannot be secured in time for the preliminary hearing, which has been set for Tuesday. It Ia probable that the court will continue the case until the report of the chemist arrives here.
 An investigation of the past life of Albright is being made. According to reports received here by the Solicitor, Albright has been married three times. His first marriage occurred in Cal houn County, where he resided before coming here. This woman died sud denly. after they had been married but a short time. and he was married for the second time. This woman also died suddenly, 1t Is said and under rather peculiar circumstances.
 The State is now engaged in mak- ing a thorough investigation of these deaths. The defendant was a farmer. He resided at Walnut Grove for a num- Der of years and he and wife, accord ing to the story of the neighbors who were acquainted with them. were de- voted to each other. They had four small children and some property. One of the latest developments Tn the case, and one which is creating con- siderable speculation, Is that Albright borrowed money and furnished the Treese woman for the purpose of se- curing the divorce. The authorities have not learned at this time whether fhis transaction took place before or after the death of Mrs. Albright. The State claims to have other strong cir cunstantial evidence which cannot be fa