The Detroit times., 1908-09-10
TRIPLE PACT OF
DEATH TOLD Of
BY WOMAN
MRS. ABelE RICE, WITNESS IN
THE DR.. RUsTiN MURDER CASE,
REVEALS MARVELLOUS STORY
AT THE INQUEST.

was round dying on MS pofCu OHS
week ago, with a bullet through his
body. Mrs. Abbie Rice. witness, told
thrilling tale, almost incredible In
It's sensational details.
The story told was OF three people
all wanting TO die: one because OF his
inability to provide for his wife and
children, although the brightest sur
geon In the west, and further, because
of his infatuation for another woman;
the second, a woman anxious and
willing 10 die because of her love for
the doctor; and the third, young
man wanting TO die because OF insom-
MIA.
The woman refused to die until
after the physician was dead; the
physician could not suicide because OF
clauses In his Insurance policies,
which would prevent his wife from re
ceiving the money therefor. The wom-
an would not murder the doctor be
cause OF her love. and the third man.
according TO the story brought out OH
the witness stand, just simply wanted
poison and was willing to shoot the
physician in return for enough drugs
TO produce death. After shooting the
physician the man was ready TO take
his drug and die. and the woman had
made preparations TO kill herself.
The physician died. the woman and
other man still live, the latter recover
Ing from dose OF dozen tablets OF
morphine and swallow OF chloride of
gold, and the woman arrested betors
she could carry out her portion OF the
compact. Dr. Fred Rustin was tho
physician. Mrs. Abbie b. Rice the
woman, and Charlie" Davis, wealthy.
whose brother Is vice-president OF the
First National bank OF Omaha, Is the
third man.
Without emotion. Mrs. Rice said:
Doctor and | were living at the
Royal hotel then, at least we took
rooms there. and we decided to com.
NIT the deed there instead OF In the
Office; SO We told each other good.
bye and got out the pistol, but In
loading IL something broke and we
could not carry out our intentions
there.
That wasson Sunday. Doctor said
nothing more about me killing him for
a week, and then one day he said we
must do IL at once. SO that day we
went to Council Bluffs and had the
gun fixed We carefully loaded the
gun and | put an extra cartridge In
my purse SO that could kill myself
with IL.
Doctor showed me Just where to
shoot and We waited until street car
was close, so 1t would drown the shot.
DIR. Rustin stood straight In front
OF me and when the car got near. he
said:
Gould Not Shoot.
Now shoot I raised the gun but
my nerve failed and | lowered it.
Il love you too much, so | can't
do It," said.
Doctor got very mad and scolded
me and then he suggested that we go
out TO his house and that | wait In
his barn and shoot him and people
would think burglar had done the
shooting
Il agreed TO that and we took a
street car and went out there. /
slipped around to the alley, but man
came by and | ran away, took car
and came down In town.
Doctor Rustin took the next car
and caught me on the street. He up
braided me so | agreed to go back
and try 1t again.
That time | got TO the barn and
he came through and opened the door
and entered the building.
The gun was all ready and he
again stood up to be shot. Shoot
to hit me right here he said and put
his finger on the place was TO hit
II took good aim and was just about
TO shoot when he suddenly said:
Walt minute. we are too close
1t would leave powder marks and
look too much like suicide. Stand
further back
Then | broke down again and told
him l could not. | told him to shoot
me IL he wanted to, but that | could
not kill him that way.
Found Some One Else.
Tuesday afternoon when | saw
him he told me not TO worry, that he
had found some one else to kill him
and that would not have TO do IT, A
man was coming TO his offlce--a man
named Charley Davis. | was intro
duced to him that day at DR.. Rusun's
Office.
THAT night we met in the doctors
office. He was much depressed. The
man came In about o'clock and |
left them together awhile.
When | came back DR.. Rustin told
me Davis was to kill him In return
for enough poison to kill himself. He
GAGE me drug In a bottle and told
me TO take II when | knew he was
dead and that | would follow him. He
gave me a check for $500 which I
knew was OF no value. Then the other
man came I'm and | left the doctor.
agreeing TO meet him at Sixteenth and
Farnam-sts. later and ride home with
him before the other man killed him
Il met him as j had agreed. The
other man was with him. The doctor
put that man on the car and told him
10 get of on the corner near his
house and go on to his house and
wait for him.
I'VE walked all the way TO his home,
or near there. When we got TO the
separating place, he said goodbye.
told me TO walt for a few minutes. II
everything goes all fight VIII be kill
ed. He said, II his nerve fails him 7
will come back to you
II waited and watched him as he
went down the street until he faded
into the darkness. Then waited half
an hour and knew everything was
all right and that that man would