The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-06-16
FLANDERS FALSE FRIEND
strong Evidence of the Murder of q
Georgia Man by His Wife
and Physician

Swainsb boro. Ga, June 16.-Declaring
it's belief that Fred Flanders was kill
ed by arsenic, that the evidence points
to DR.. W. J. McNaughtOn as the one
who administered the fatal potion,
and expressing the belief that it was
with the knowledge and consent OF
Mrs. Matte flanders" the coroners
jury rendered its verdict yesterday in
the mystery which clung about tho
death and disinterment of Flanders.
and which il has sought to solve.
Dr. McNauahton is under arrest at
Augusta, whittier he was trailed by
Sheriff Fields.
Mrs Matte Flanders is a prisoner
in the home of the sheriff here. War
rants charging murder have been Is
sued against them.
History of the Case
Ten miles from Swainsboro, in lit
lie, vine-clad cottage. dwelt in appar
ent peace and comfort Mr.. and Mrs.
Flanders. The couple had no children
but their home was a rendezvous for
all the neighbors in search of a pleas
ant social hour Boarding with them
was Or. W. j. McNaughton, friend and
respected medical practitioner of the
neighborhOod.
For several months rumors, at first
in undertones, began to circulate in
which Dr. McNaughtons attention to
Mrs Flanders figured. These reports
brewed, as reports will until finally
they reached the husbands ears. Loyal
husband that he was he discredited
these reports and assured his wife of
his utmost confidence in her.
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sold one of his farms here. decided to
invest the proceeds in a Sawmill at
Thomasville and to remove there. The
household goods and the apparel of
himself and his wife had been packed
and shipped when he was suddenly
taken violently i'll DR.. McNaughtOn
was summoned to his bedside. He pro-
nounced the trouble as acute nephritis
and Flanders condition quite serious
For two weeks Flanders remained ILL.,
gradually growing worse. DR.. Nc
NaughtOn continued TO be the only at
tending physician and Mrs. Flanders
the only nurse. on June he died and
the remains were inferred at Kemp on
Sunday, his wife appearing at the fu-
neral heavily veiled.
on Monday Mrs. Flanders accOmpa-
MED by DR.. McNaughton, came to
SwainSborO and applied for letters OF
administration on the estate. The re-
ports which had been circulated before
the husband died now broke forth with
new vGor.
On Tuesday these rumorS became
more pronounced. The dead mans
brothers We're determined to have the
body disinterred and an autopsy held
Magistrate J. F.. Sutton acted as cor
oner and a jury was impanelled. Drs
smith and Chandler removed the dead
mans stomach and it was sent to At
! lanta for an analysis by the state
| chemist. The verdict of the jury was
| suspended until yesterday. when the
| chemists report was received.
This case recalls that of the murder
of Mrs. Mary Jane Inman by her hus-
| band Alfred Inman. twenty-five years
| ago. and which is remembered by some
! of the older citizens of the town Mrs
James Grobbs. who was probably the
| wealthieSt man that ever lived in
| Emanuel county. She and her huSba Nc
We're out-riding one day on horseback
| when she was killed. He was found
| guilty of her murder and sentenced &c
state penitentiary. He always con
| tended that she was thrown from hel
| horse and killed, while the evidence
went to show that he killed her with
a lightwOOd knot