The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-03
PURPOSELY
POISONED
Is THEORY
Widow and Young Shoemaker Ar
rested Chemist will Search
Stomach for Poison Ac-
cused Woman Denies

Following the death Of r, s. Wood
ward On March 21 supposed to have
been from ptomaine poisoning, Mrs.
Ada Woodward, widow Of the deceas.
ga ana John fremont, . young Italian
Shoemaker were arrested last night,
charged with the murder Of the a..
ceased
Ihe body oi Mr. Woodward was al.
humed .oday and the stomach was
taken by John c Lewis, sheriff to Nor
man where d win ba analyzed Ia quest
81 poison upposed to have caused the
death Of Woodward
Tha preliminary TRIAL 81 tito accused
win Be held IN Justice I p. Mores
court the date for which. as stated
by p h Holding. assistant county al-
torney will depend largely upon do
date Of The final examination ami
analysis d Woodwards stomach BY
the chemists at tha state university
at Norman
Regarding the web Of evidence the
state win endeaYor 70 weave ar0ma
the accused. very little information
was given cut today. but e Is a car
tainiy that an effort viii 81 made o
establish Improper relations between
Mrs Woodward and fremont while as
a direct motive. q $1,000 life insurance
policy which Woodward carried, als
vile being named as the beneficiary. B
believed TO q siined 10 play an ia.
p0riaul part
1umor has e That Mrs Woodward
went Joy riding with q party. n
which fremont IS said to have been 4
member Two nights preceding Wood
wards death on Tuesday night March
2s rhis act the state claims to have
established
Nr Woodward has been almost hys
tetcal nec her arrest last night and
hef veapng las been almost inces
SAINT while. batween sohs. she pro.
claims Her Innocence Tier mother
Ais 8 q Boaserieht is here from
her home IA Tulsa. having arrived on
Mafoh zs SHE formerly lived here aaa
the famiiY Waa vel known to Chick
asha peopIc. Mr Boatwrieht died tNo
years am.
D. S woodward aDd Miss Ada Boat
WRIGHT Hefe married ia Chlckasaa
seven years uso and they lived here
during .he whole 81 their married hfs.
Mr. Woodward was a srocerymau and
had been employed by w Wells, the
Hnl Croeefy company and the Abar-
orombie Grocery company where Be
was woFkine at the time Of his death.
Mrs. Woodward has three children. the
youngest babg Two years Of age TIE
children arc beua cared FOR now BY
her mother
This morning. al the Grady county
Jail Ars Woodward talked freely ana
told her story > the death Of her hos
band aMy husband was sick a week
and two days. said Mrs Woodward
"lle was taken - on Tue day nigh'
had nol bcen feeling Meil that day
and for supper ste only slice Of breed
and butter and q lew peach preserves
About o'clock j opened a can Of sar
dimes fer the children They ate tai
contents IF tic can, among 0thal
things, and later went to bed Mr
Woodward came Rome and opened IA
other can oi seranes. which he ats
lie said. Us J was feelih bad. he wouit
only cat a light lunch Some time il
the night M complained that hi
stoma vas paining him and ! got u
and gave him a drink Of water II
kept complaining Of his stomach am
said It was cramping and very painful
The following morning he went 8
work, but came home about o'cloc
and vent to bed Thursday mornht
we called doctor Or. J. d. stinson-
who waited upon my husband the Y
maindef Of that week NV husband toll
, him that if he would wash his stomac
out good, ne would be all right bu
the doctor said that The poison was a
out Of his system by that Time