Evening journal., 1913-10-24
SAYS
SISTER DIDN'T
GIVE POISON
Murray Says Drug That Al
most Kills Him Was Taken
on His Own VOIitiOn
COURT HOLDS WOMAN
DESPITE THE SURPRISE

Mrs. Addie Quimby. who on Sunday,
September IA. Is accused of giving
to her brother, Arthur Murray, two
lbichloride Of mercury tablets and
taking two herself, was arraigned in
City Court today on a charge of at
tempted murder. Murray who still
shows the ravages of spell of
typhoid fever. and of the poison, on
the stand today said he took the
tablets out of a pill box himself af-
ter his sister had taken two of them.
The pills. he said. were in box used
for a purgative. and his sister had
taken them for that purpose. Mrs.
Quimby, who was represented by J..
Frank Ball, was not called to testify.
and was held In $4,000 bail for the
grand jury. while Murray, although
not good witness for the State. was
held under $500 bail as a witness
Murray was the first witness called
today and he told how his sister had
attended him during his typhoid
fever illness until he was sent to the
Delaware Hospital. On the morning
of September IA he told how be was
sent home in the Phoenix ambulance
at the orders OF a Dr. Conn, then at
the hospital for refusing to take med
icine for his stomach. When he ar
rived home he said Mrs. Quimby. his
sister, attended TO him that day and
was kind to him. He said she did not
talk suicide TO him, and about ten
o'clock. while suffering pains in his
stomach, Murray said his sister took
two pills from the pill box on a stand
near his bed, saying they we're for
the stomach. Shortly afterward she
complained of having severe pains
and. thinking they would help her.
he remembered was being carried
from the house on a stretcher.
Wilson Marvel a drug clerk said he
sold woman hichloridc tablets that
day and while he could not identify
the defendant, he said the woman had
signed her name in his register A. Tho
book was not in court Marvel was cx
cused while he went after it, He re-
turned later and while the book showed
the name OF Addio Quimhy, Mr Mar
vel was not positive that the defer
dant was the woman. The duggis
said the woman who bought the poiso
was warned 20 be careful Of H.
Dr. Llewclyn Thomas. resident phys
clan at the Delaware Hospital, sal
that on the Sunday evening in questio
he attended the woman and boy whei
brought 60 the hospital AZ the tim
he asked the woman what kind of poi
son she had taken. At first the physi
clan said. Mrs Quimby said il was bi'
chloride but when pressed for the ex.
act words. by Mr.. Ball, DR. Thomas
said the woman said Murray was com
planning of pains all DAYS and she had
given him two tablets and took two
herself At the same time she asked
that her brother, who is 10 years Of age,
be treated first
The physician then told how the
stomach pump had been used on the pa
tients and how the contents Of the stonr-
achs were later taken to the laboratory.
Just what this examination revealed the
doctor could not say
Police Sergeant Lyons. who arrived
at the house when the patients were
being carried out. said he heard the
woman tell man named Prettyman
that she was sorry for the boy and
Prettyman said she should have Thought
Of that before. The officer was then asked
10 identify a letter secured from Pretty
man az the hospital. Mr.. Ball objected
as the woman was not present at the
time, and the officer could not identify
the handwriting of the woman. The OBJ
lection was sustained.
After the State closed, Mr. Ball urged
that the case be dismissed, saying that
Murray had admitted taking the tablets,
hut the court declared it was evident
he was irving to shield his sister. The
two were then held under bail.