The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-07

his wife said:
II hope that we will all meet in the
great beyond" This last message, he
thinks, my have preyed on the mind
Of his sister-in-law.
Three Theories Tenable.
There 10 mass Of amazing and con-
flicting facts, and out Of them the po-
lice and the detectives are uncertain
which Of several theories to accept.
All that is known certainly 10 that the
three met death from swallowing cya-
nide Of potassium. or solution Of that
powerful poison, and that the poison
was obtained from loves drug store
through ruse Of Miss Lewis.
Edward Mdlen, 6r.. today got in
communication with Samuel Lewis,
husband Of Mrs. Sarah Lewis and
father OF Janet Lewis and Mrs. Mid
len, and telegraphed the man twenty
dollars for car fare to this city from
Savannah, Ga. Samuel Lewis has been
separated from his wife and family for
nine years.
Three theories Of the tragedy. either
one Of which might be the truth, seem
tenable.
SQlClQe feC6
It ws'Nat first believed that Miss
Lewis. npind unbalanced by grief
over the NS-of her sister, Mrs. Ed
ward Midlehse ksthe German hospital
Monday night,SHz eoisoned her moth
after making sure sses t8ey were % dy.
ing, had drunk the fSte $der of the
poison herself. >n
Later developments incM z to the
theory that mother and daughter
might have formed a suicide pact
and have determined to kill Edward
rather than leave him motherless be-
hind them. -
A third theory is that Miss Lewis,
determined on self-destruction, mixed
for herself the poison, and after swal-
lowing enough Of It to feel certain
she would die, set the glass upon q
table; that little Edward, thinking the
glass contained water, took drink
out Of 1t, and that Mrs. Lewis, noticing
his symptoms Of sickness. tasted the
contents Of the glass to see. II possible.
whether there was anything in 1t to
make the boy Ill.
A taste Of the powerful solution Of
the poison would have been sufficient
to have killed a score of persons.
One Poison Glass
This last theory seems to be bourne
out by the discovery that Of the two
glasses found after the tragedy only
one contained traces of having con-
tanned the poison. One glass was
found in room where the boy had
been playing. The other was found
In the bathroom, where Mrs. Lewis
took the lad when he was sick.
But the coroner's detectives learned
that after the deaths Of the three an
other person had drunk from the glass
which was found In the boys room.
and had suffered no Ill effects. From
this 1t would appear that the three all
swallowed their poison out Of the
same glass.
Detectives today will continue the
search begun yesterday for q letter
which Miss Lewis is supposed to have
been writing just before she killed
herself. One Of the maids in the
house saw her sitting at her desk a
few minutes before the arrival of the
poison from the drug store, and it
was inferred that she was writing.
II this were 80, the detectives be-
!ieve the letter would throw some
light on the tragedy. But after the
trio OF deaths not q scrap of writing
could be found. The carpets in Miss
Lewis room were raised, her waste
basket gone over. her clothing search.
ed, but without success.
The Information given by Miss Sarah
Poihamus, the maid, is the most start
ling that the detectives have received,
The maid said she was at work in the
bathroom when Mrs. Lewis entered
leading little Edward by the hand.