The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-10-10
..Al5SIJI(,IIDE..
EIss HARFIELD BELIEVED u HAVE
TAKEN P0IS0E-TERDICT II
IlRf : PROBABLY
CYANIDE.

The jury Of inquest summoned to
inquire into the circumstances sur
rounding the death Of Mss Lila l.
War1eld met On Wednesday 1T
Ritter.s Hotel n syEesYIlle. and after
delIberaiInE ten minutes rendered 4
verdict of death due 10 poison taken
By herself. The inquest vas con
Quoted By Justice Theodore I. Brown
aud States Attorney l. Q. WeanI.
Mra. Mary J. Ward. sister Of Miss
Warfeld, came to sykeaYIIle from
Baltimore in an auto, but owing 70
her nervous condition Haa not called
npon 70 testify.
Dr. y. j. >. pennIman. state chem
1t said that no traces Of cyanide Of
potassium we're found IN the YIaeera
Of The dead uoman but that death
had not been due 10 natural causes.
nor % N IrnIlanI poison. 4 .az ex=
planned thai cyanide i not an
IrTIIanI poison md that the BODY
Haa % veil embalmed It would
have been impossible 10 find any
traces Of the drnE had Mlaa WafheId
swallowed an d i. The testimony
~ coTToboTaled by III. sIandlHL he
eIeary. sho performed the autopsy
aud Hho aIso assisted IN the analysis
OF The organs removed from the
soman'a body.
States Attorney Neant. IN reading
Ihe statement made u hin b Hra.
Ward. Haid Hle declared 10 him that
her sister NaH worried over financial
difficulty. incurred IN N attempt 10
purchase The firm where ahs lived.
which Raa owned - the late GoTnaIIa
Jenkins
The first Witness called Haa Henry
Jackson. e0IoTe1. GaTeIaEer Of the
Jenkins farm. HIHa Carrie T. Blown.
: trained nurse testified that ahe
heard Mra. Ward talking - Dr. Daniel
!. anTeeneT n : IoH voice. She aIHo
said thai Afa. Ward conducted son=
fersaIIon Nth Coroner Miller IN N
nnaeTIons and That 1T. spreeher de-
sldsd % IHHne death certificate CIV
m acute indigestion az The cause.
NIHH brown told o. finding nHpera. IN
Ma NarfIsIdaa writing deaE. She
aid EhaI Home 81 the papers sere
taken b Mr.. Ward and zecreIad IN
her nIEhlEoNn. .IIHH Brown zase
one noIe I1aI H1e found 70 Dr.
Eurs1n.r=
ThIz note usa Ihen introduced b
ar. NsanI Il read.
AarY Joe.
81 HaI stand conditions an
lanE.T. ToaT failure . eome InIo
The maHaH It5Ia onIY another burden.
The nIace mnaI - HoId md money IN
vested for mother. Ella.
The litter which - taken b Mr..
Hard and IaIer delivered n her eoun=
- 4Z4AI = -
The letter ~ noI dated and - IN
HIKued. hnI he impression EiYen n
IIH InTx - InHI he letter ~ HTII=
tn h MIzH NarfIeId. i read.
The failure n YouT sale N TexaH
nd Your inability u % into
til afTalT maEeH M realize ths IN
dsFIaEInk of lhla place Is too much
EItH N On affairs n the shape theY
HHa. THeFe III be enough 10 care
Iar mother Hnd ! naEs 1ans III. aHIf
md ! eHn Hland conditions NJ longer.
! naFH InIa Yon about HHfe denoHII
matters nd - IN communicate
With MT. Graham y II other Affairs
aud locate MIHH TIlEnman - % aTII-
elHa stored 18th n.r. ! hope some
day yon ma enjoy The things you
crave aad thai Yon III be able II
HIraIgHIsa out Jour Affairs nth what
mother lsaxea unused.
IT. snraehHr testified thai HhLn he
arrived MIHa WarfIaIa xaa dead. lie
Hald h wanted IN inquest nul that
Coroner Miller aid I was not neeeH-
ar. DT. spreeher HaId MrH. Ward
told hin she hHd EIfen MIaH WarfIeId
! doe of aromatic Spirits oT ammonia.
but thai later MEa. ward denied IhIH.
n. !. Nsale rarke IsaIIIIed thai :
dsal naa under xay u purchase the
Jenkins property ~ MIaa WarfIeId.
md hat MTH. Ward "a u aI1 her
zIHIsr - The extent q buying i IN.
anI EaH trying II realize money On
her TaxaH property y meet the ex-
nenHeH.
Walter saIIman. former care
Iaker. testified IhaI h had heard Miss
Na11eId declare Yeaf aEo lhaI she
would commit suicide i she had 10
naHH another year lie thai Of IaIz.
sellman said MIaa WarIleld waa
worried over The condition Of her
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