The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-01
Physician Under Surveillance
After Wife'S Death
SHE WAS CHLOROF0RMED
DR., cIeminsOn Says That He, Too, Was
Dragged and He Says That He and
His Wife Were the Victims Of
Burglars.

Chicago, June l.--Dr. Haldane Clemin-
son, the young physician whose wife
was found dead from chloroform poison
ing Sunday in her home at 4lss Wayne
avenue, is still in the Alexian Brothers
hospital under police surveillance. He
still insists that his wife was the vic
tim Of burglars who drugged both her
and himself before ransacling the house.
The detectives say that many Of the
things enumerated as being stolen were
found in a pair Of discarded trousers
in a closet by the police
Lieut.. Cullinan said yesterday that
DR.. Cieminson had made several con-
Trajectory statements, among them be-
ing two distinct stories Of how the burg.
lars effected an entrance. One, according
to the lieutenant, was that they pried
open the dining room window, and the
other was that he found both front and
rear doors Of the fiat wide open. Later,
Dr.. Cleminson told others that he didn't
know how the supposed burglars gained
an entrance.
DR. Cleminson appeared dazed, but
showed no fear and little emotion when
be was told that the police suspected
him in connection with the death OF his
wife, and he merely remarked: Well,
that's unfortunate, but the thing will
have TO solve itself" Coroner's Physi-
clan. Reinhardt held an autopsy and
later conducted an analysis Of the or
gans Of the body.
The pair have two children, Haldane
CIeminson, years old, and John Nor
gan Cleminson, years old The stork
was expected to visit them again in
August, it is said.
Dr. Cleminson says he was aroused
out Of his sleep By nausea about $
o'clock in the morning, and reached over
to awaken his wife, when he discovered
she was dead. He Immediately tele-
phoned to DR.. Paul HuIdhorst, who ex-
pressed the opinion that the woman had
been dead several hours.
George Hildebrecht, who resides at
4lO2 Wayne avenue, told the police that
he and his wife played at cards at
window not more than six feet distant
from the Cleminson bedroom until Sat
urdav midnight, and be was sure no
burglars had molested the Cleminsons
M to that hour. Mr.. Hildebreht was
one Of the first men on the scene ana
assisted The police in seeking possible
burglars tracks
N. Pomeroy, residing at Also Wayne
avenue. told the police he saw Mrs
Cleminson lock the rear door Of the
house about 10 o'clock on Saturday
night. On the strength Of these two
statements and the opinions Of the ply
sicians named, Capt. Kane has concluded
that Mrs. Cleminson met death within
an hour or two after retiring.
Ceminson admitted that his wife
locked the screen door Of the kitchen
about 10 o'clock, and said that he was
taking bath when she retired. He
showed the police a piece Of gauze com
monty used by physicians and said that
was what he found under his wife's nose. I
He said the burglars found this cloth |
In ransaeking his medicine cabinet. a
half dozen burned matches were strewn
about the floor and they were Of The
same manufacture as were contained IN
a case on the dining room table. Several !
drawers had been pulled out Of their