The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06

oAoI0 que cdlle0 my husband over
to her house. She made a state
ment after he was dead about the
cause OF his death. She said that
she did not know what was the mat
ter with him; that he usually ate a
hearty breakfast, but on that morn
ing ne did not eat anything and
drank only half as much coffee as
usual; that he usually drank two
cups, but on that morning he drank
but one; that after breakfast she
was going out to milk and asked him
to help her, but he declined, saying
that he was sick. Mrs. Atkinson and
Will Glaze did not get along very
well. | have heard them quarreling
very often. l think it was in July
last that Mrs. Atkinson came over
to my house and asked me for some
strychnine. She said she wanted to
kill dog with it. did not let her
have any"
She Noticed Something Wrong.
Mrs. Edgar Todd was sworn, and
said: Il live near the home of Mrs.
l.. j. Atkinson, and have seen a good
deal of them during the last year
or so. Mrs. Atkinson and Will Glaze
did not get along very we'll; in fact,
she and her husband quarreled a
good deal. / have heard her say
several times that she was tired
waiting on Will Glaze, and on one
occasion said that she was going to
leave there next year. / went over
to the house on the morning VIII
Glaze died. l saw some disturbance
over there, and called my husband,
who went and helped get the boy up
off the floor and on to the bed. Mrs.
Atkinson said that day that she did
not know what was the matter with
VIII, but that she noticed at break
fast that something was wrong with
him, as he had a curious look about
his eyes; that he did not eat break
fast, and only drank one cup of COT
fee. Will was having commissions
when l saw him. I did not hear
him make any statement at ALL"
Heard Good Deal of Quarreling.
Mrs. Brown testified: Il run a
little store in Chickasawhatchee and
see a good deal of Mrs. L. j. Akin
son and her family She and her
husband and Will Glaze have lived
over there in a house together. |
have heard good deal of quarreling
over there. l saw Will Glaze the
morning before he died He was
down at my store, and appeared to
be in good health and in good physi-
cal condition"
Mary Lizzie Thomas testified: 81
went into the home of Mrs. L. J.
Atkinson the day Will Glaze died,
and saw Mr.. Stephens trying to get
him up off the floor Glaze was hav-
ing a fit, and would rear back so
hard Mr.. Stephens could not hold
him"
The case was concluded at the
close of the evidence introduced by
the state, as not only was no testi-
mony offered by the defense, but the
defendant, on the advice of her at
torney, did not make statement.
The Motive Alleged.
VIM. Glaze, who was deaf and
dumb and unmarried, was a half
brother of l.. J. Atkinson, who, with
his wife, lived with Glaze in a house
the latter owned together with LAG
acres of land in the village of Chick
asawhatchee, and it is the opinion of
those who suspect the woman of the
alleged poisoning that the incentive
was to get rid of Glaze and gain pos
session of this property.
Brought to Jail.
AT times during the trial Mrs. At
kinsOn showed considerable emotion.
She is about thirty years of age,
and has no children. She is the
daughter of a former well-known
and highly esteemed citizen of this
county, who moved to Thomas coun-
ty some years ago. She has nothing
to say except that she is innocent,
and knows nothing of poison of any
description being given the dead
man. If there was any strychnine
on the place, she says, she did not
know it.
AT the conclusion of the trial
Bailiff A. E. Johnston of the Sasser
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