The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-28
POISON BOX GIVES Up
ITS SECRET OF DEATH

whit Of emotion was displayed when
speaking OF her brighter prospects. !
Il don't know what will do when
get out Of here. can't say whether
/ will remain In Keokuk. or whether
i will leave. II leave it will not be
because don't care to face the people,
but it will be because | don't care to
remain In the city where this tragedy
has occurred, to be reminded OF 1t
daily by the things would be forced
to see. There have been many untrue
things said about me, and many Of the
impressions that have been drawn do
me an injustice. / have told things
since this case came up that were hard
for a woman to tell before men. but l
had to do it for the protection OF my
self have not made one single state
ment that was untrue. What have
said about the Keithley people and
the Austin woman was not said to dis
credit them, but was said for the pro-
lection Of myself
A Dying Denial.
I The balance OF her statement this
morning was along lines very similar
| to that given when on the witness
stand at the inquest. Mrs. Armentrout
when testifying, said she noticed a
! very peculiar look on Willie's face
when he insisted that she come and
drink the beer with him. Another
thing, she said today, was that when
she asked Willie the second time if he
/ had taken anything, and told him to be
honest with her, he hesitated before
/ he said no"
Since the arrest of Mrs. Armentrout
AND even before, she has presented
| that same unconcerned demeanor thai
(! she has maintained since the. death
4 On few occasion she has broken down
and wept, and on at least one occasion
!, the weeping has bordered on that o.
Mysteries. All through the case there
has been general opinion that the
4 police were dealing with woman
far above the average in her KNOW
/ edge OF the ways of the world, ana
/ possessed of a cunning which would
/ make the solution Of the death oil
young William Keithley extremely
difficult. Not once did Mrs. Armen
trout contradict herself, and not once
4! did she falter in the answers she gave
the investigators.
To Conclude Inquest Tonight.
County Attorney Craig staten TN.
afternoon that the inquest would BIZ
resumed and concluded this evenin;
at the court house. A number of wit
nesses have peen called and thei
Testimony will be taken. Among thes'
y witnesses is Feeney, who sold Keith
! ley the drug.
At the, inquest this evening it is de
sired to get the evidence of Feene,
before the jury, and the verdict of tbs
i jury is expected to exonerate Mrs
4 Armentrout of the serious charges
and her release will accordingly fol
low.
Thus will close one of the most in
teresting and puzzling tragedies tina
the local police have had to deal will
One that has presented numerous
complications and just as many ugl.
theories. That Mrs. Armentrout wa
the victim of deplorable cirdum
, stances there now remains no room
for any serious doubt. and the mantl
of complete vindication will no doub
be drawn about the frail figure Of
!. woman who has stood the fire an
gaff as few men could have stood II
: and stood it unflinchingly. uncon
plainingly, because, she said. sh
, knew she was innocent, and while
: she acknowledged, things did loo
! dark for her, conditions that were pre-
duced through an uncanny coinc
Idence. Il had a clear conscience,
she said today, and that is how
have been able to stand this ordeal.
5 MRS. NANCY KEPPEI.
e no HAVE HEARING