The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-25
WOMAN'S DEATH
WILL Be PROBED
THIS MORNING
Coroner Brasher States Belle
That C. S. Moore Is
Implicated
INTENDED HOLDING HIM
AS MATERIAL WITNESS
Husband and Attending Nurse Have
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Circum-
stances Remain-The Coroner
Makes Statement of Case.

Coroner Brasher regrets that he did
not hold C. S. Moore for investigation
as to his alleged connection with the
death of Mrs. Henderson, or Mrs. Moore,
At the present time the coroner believes
that the man knows considerably more of
the details of the case than he has admit
ted. The coroner is given to understand
that Moore left Birmingham yesterday
morning. He learns, too, that the old ne
gro woman who attended the deceased
has also disappeared.
There is no doubt in my mind but
that C. s. Moore is more or less serious
ly implicated in the death of the woman
which occurred at the Hillman hospital
Sunday"
Thus spoke the coroner to an Age
Herald representative yesterday. He con-
tinued: EARLY this morning Moore, after
visiting the undertaking establishment
and arranging for the shipping of the re-
mains of his wife to Cold Creek, Tenn,
where the father of the deceased, S. S.
Weatherford, resides. quietly left the
city.
Inquest Was Delayed.
Had the inquest not been delayed, it is
probable that Moore would have been
placed under arrest. I believe there is
enough ground to warrant holding him
until the case is thoroughly investigated
But my time was occupied. It is prob
able that after the investigation today
some action will be taken relative to his
apprehension"
The atmosphere of mystery that sur
rounded the death of Mrs. Moore or Mrs.
Henderson, has as yet by no means been
dlspelled.
1t will be remembered that the woman
was received at the Hillman hospital
Sunday afternoon about o'clock in a
very serious condition, and that she died
later. On the death certificate made out
at the time by the Gaudin Undertaking
company the specific cause of death was
written "Poison."
Coroner Brasher was not summoned I'M
til the next morning, when a post-mortem
investigation was made. The physicians
who aided the coroner in the examination
state the immediate cause of death was
the action of some powerful drug, most
probably morphine. DR.. E. T. Glass, the
attending physician, stated that Mrs.
Moore was under the influence of NOR
phine Sunday afternoon when he advised
that she be sent to the hospital. 1t was
the fact that the drug was administered
by neither DR.. Glass or Dr. Torrance that
led up to the theory of suicide or muir
der
At what time the morphine was given is
still matter of doubt In his statement
Monday night Moore claimed that he did
not know his wife had been given the
drug and maintained the belief that she
died during one of the commissions to
which she was subject. The aged negro
who nursed Mrs. Moore during her ILL
ness has disappeared completely, the cor
oner states, and nothing is known of her
whereabouts. In case she is found and
her evidence secured the matter may be
cleared up.
Coroner is Suspicious.
Moores connection is believed the
stronger the coroner explains, when 1t
is remembered that he posed as a single
man while employed at the Duncan Drug
company and left work Sunday afternoon
saying that he was going to visit the sick
wife of friend. When he returned to
the pharmacy Sunday night he said moth
ing of Mrs. Moore's death, DR.. Duncan