The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-07
Arrest Of Mis-. Rivers
Follows Confession
Of Mrs. Woodward

+NA'Nht A9iAH tl' liEmVNl went ~
the cupboard got a cup, filled it with
warm water ID which he dissolved d
portion oi Che raj poison, which he
had leit We were in another room
from where sherman was lying ~
bed When the rat poison was thor
oughly dissolved, fremont went into
the sick room scarryng the cup
followed him as far as the door, where
could stand It ne longer and had 10
turn back heard fremont say,
Here, Sherman, is the medicine your
wife has fixed for yon Drink it ana
you viii feel better Sherman drank
it and a few moments later fremont
left
From that moment on, my husband
grew worse Dir. Leeds was called at
the repeated request OF Sherman aui
made his first visit ON Wednesday llo
came several times that day and lols
about o'clock Thursday morning.
sherman died Thursday morning at
O'clock.
In dividing the insurance money
fremont was to get one third for do.
ing the work and Mrs. Rivers and
myself were to take the remainder aud
start a romlng house
Maintains Innocence.
fremont still maintains that he
does not know anything about the
death Of Mr.. Woodward and made the
statement to Oscar Simpson. county
attorney that he had never been at
the Woodward home but one time.
Later however he said that he and
Mrs woodward had exchanged pic
lures, and following Mrs Woodwards
directions the authorities located Is
picture Of fremont in a bureau draw
at the Woodward home Yesterday.
Declares Not implicated.
Mrs. Rivers says that she cannon
imagine why she is implicated in the
affair, that she knows nothing about
# and seemed much surprised al hes
arrest She stated Saturday night
that She could have had nothing
do with the affair as She was ont oi
the city for some days before tn.
crime was supposed u have becn com
miited.
Yesterday morning one Of the litti,
Woodward children took the authori
ties from The Woodward home oye
The exi,et route. the child claims, b,
took when he went to the drug stor
with a note to. AS the child says, sci
some medicine for papa but whici
medicine the authorities believe. q
have been the raj poison from the ei
fects OF WHICH Woodward died
Two Poisons Found.
In telephone conversation yestel
day from Norman, Prof Edwin Dc
Barr stated to Oscar simpson(that 3
BIS analysis Of Noodward's stomao
he found arsenic and corrosive sul
1 Innate. both Of which. be said. wer
importaa' ingredients IN RAJ poison.
Oscar Simpson stated this mcrnin
that within two hours after Woo,
wards DEATH information was tell
phoned to them and work was star
ed al once 'We had nothing 10 wor
from. said Mr. Simpson, "and whe
arrests did not follow immediatel
some oi our iniormants became in
patient and thought we were not wor
Ing. We had the very able assisiani
81 The sherilfs force ana iu come
lion Detective ellison employed
the american Canning company. SIM
our FIRST Information, We bave
been working night and dag on e
case,
The preliminary hearing sill
probably next Thursday or Friday,
Or. sHnson's Statement.
Dr. J. y. Stinson made The folio
ing statement.
q notice IN the Sunday 0klahom
Mrs Woodward's so-caned confessii
IN Il she states that was called
q day after Mr Woodward ate the S
dimes. There is little truth in
confession concerning my diagnosis
lh8 date OF Mg ATTENDANCE The ia
oonciseiy suited are: he ate
sardines on Monday evening, Ma
nth l was called about l2.SO p,
on Thursday, March 20th three d
and a BALI after the possible ptoma
lngestlon, with a History Of consi
vomiting during All this time. aaI
her why she allowed him to rem
SO sick this length of time with
calling physlciani she said they
pecfed him 10 get better az the VI
chen asked her what She had q
him: she said two grain calomel
lets in capsules. lasbed her VIII
capsules her answer was that
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