East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-29
indications Point to His lnten-
ton to Murder Wife, but
Deadly Poison Prevents
DOMESTIC TROUBLES AND
STRYCHNINE TELL THE TALE
When Drug Begins 10 axe Effect, Eel
low Begs Bystanders to Save Him
From Death-Coroner May Hold
Inquest.

=. A. Andrews lies in the local
morgue, dead by his own hand, and
his wife is living only by virtue of a
Kind providence which called her
away to the bedside of a sick friend
at an hour when to remain at home
meant probable death. Such al least
is the belief of the authorities and
friends for when the poison which he
had taken had completed its deadly
work, the victims clothes were
searched and loaded revolver found
in back pocket with which, it is
believed, he intended tor murder his
wife.
III such were his intentions he
mad laid his plans carefully to cheat
the gallows for he had swallowed a
hait teaspoonful of strychnine half
an hour before he arrived home last
night so that its effects could NOT
be counteracted. When he found his
wife away and when physician
mad been summoned by persons who
had heard his groans. he begged thar
an antidote be given him but already
ne had had two convulslons and the
death he had invited could not be
repelled
Family Troubles Cause.
Inc cause of the suicide can only
be surmised for he would make no
statement before his death and his
widow is extremely reticient How.
ever, II ~ known that there had been
IahliIy trouble. His widow was the
WIuoW OF John James and had mar
ried Andrews two or three wears spo
against the wishes of her parents who
I'VE in Athena. Their name is woods
1t seems from report that the lat.
.i htu never become reconciled to
Andrews and their daughters second
marriage proved anything but happy
she has been working at the Troy
laundry for some time and il is de.
ciared, earned most of the monav
Tor the support of herself and hus.
band.
Long Distance Phone.
yesterday while at work in the
laundry Mrs. Andrews received q
lohg distance telephone call and II
is supposed that it came from he,
husband as he had driven ont n,
town. During the rest of the da,
employees at the laundry declare sh,
was very nervous and the theory 1.
mat Andrews made some kind OF :
threat to her When she saw he,
husband dead and .ound the loadof
reVoIVer she remarked that she wa,
lucky TO be alive.
Groans Call Assistance
Andrews arrived back in the elf,
about $3.50 last night and mt hi
team up at the Carney & Bradle,
parn where he remained for som,
twenty minutes before going to hi
home at 701 East Court street. Whe,
he arrived there, his wife was ava,
at the home Of a sick friend. He tool
Off his shoes, washed his feet an,
theh lald down on the bed with tn
remainder of his clothes still on.
II was shortly after 9 O'Clock, an
parently, when the poison began I,
do its deadly work. Passersby wer
attracted to the house by his groans
followed by cries of agony. The,
Immediately summoned DR.. Il. z
Ringo, but when he arrived the vic
tim was already in the throes o
death.
Refuses to Tell Reason.
Up until his arrival, none of tb
people who had gathered there guess
ed that the mans pain was the resul
OF suicidal intent. A piece of GU
bologna was lying in the room an
they supposed he had been poisone
by eating it. However, DR.. Ring
soon discovered the unmistakabl
symptoms of strychnine Upon bein
questioned, Andrews admitted takin
half teaspoonful of that poso
shortly before reaching town. Whe
asked his reason he answered, "
don't know" and refused to the las
to throw any light on his tragi
death He retained his consciousness
up until his last breath, for strych
nine is a mental stimulant. He, sui
fered intense agony, the poison dis
torting his face and causing his limb
to convuslively twist and writhe ur
I'll the last paroxysm left them rigi
and tense.
left a Short Note.
After his death. note was foun
which had evidently been write
after he returned homeob but 1t tellsAli
tie to anyone not knowing the seer,
of the tragedy. 81 tried to get hel
sooner" he wrote, did the best
could. Tell all forgive them"
Inquest May BE Held.
Coroner Folsom has not yet deci(