The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-11-12

went upstairs to his room. In o 1UW
minutes he came down stairs and told
his mother that he had taken acid
and was going to die. Throwing his
arms about her he said: Goodbye.
mother, DEAR" and after kissing her
returned to his room. At the time
she did not believe he had actually
taken acid and told him so but, sp-
prehensive, she followed him upstairs
and found him on his bed. Goodbye.
mother" he said again. and she fed
to summon assistance. When neigh
bors came he was unconscious and
died in a half hour.
Suspect Suicide Paot.
johnson apparently did not take
pure carbolic acid. A bottle which had
contained hniment and in which there
were traces OF carbolic acid was tho
only receptacle outside tho glass the
fluid had been poured into that Coro-
ner Peirce could find.
This fact is significant in establish
ing the theory that the deaths OF Mrs
Dayton Maupin and johnson resulted
from suicide pact. for no carbolic
acid bottle was found at the woman's
home. She had apparently taken a
drug containing carbolic acid out Of
bottle which at one time had con-
tanned rheumatism medicine. The
burns on both bodies were very slight.
even about the tongue and the roof Of
the mouth.
The theory formed by the police was
that when Johnson went up town last
night he purchased some carbolic prep
aration and then went to the home of
Mrs. Dayton-Maupin. This can not be
proved. however. because young
Bowles left home shortly after supper.
and there was no other person at the
house until his sister arrived and found
the body. 1t is believed that when
johnson went up town this morning he
heard of the woman's death and re-
turned at once to his own home to
end his life
Discuss Relations.
Although no information pertaining
to Johnson's alleged relations with
newspaper men at the Neal home this
morning, members of the family were
more frank in discussing tho affair
with other people.
From such sources It has boen a.
certained that for some time johnson.
who had been employed at the Wayno
Works until three weeks ago. had
been in the habit Of giving not only,
much of his own money to Mrs. Dayton
Maupin. but had frequently se-
cured money from his mother.
In the presence of several people,
this morning, Mrs. Neal, it 10 reported;
by them. said that yesterday morning.
he asked her for $40. saying that he
had to have 1t. She told him that she
did not have the money to give him.
and he left the house greatly irritatsA
not returning until the afternoon.
AS has been stated, Johnson TN
his mother this morning that MA
Dayton-Maupinh had threatened to gee
him into trouble with the police n he
did not get some money for her. This
appeared to greatly agitate him. It ~
said.
Absolve johnson.
Neither the authorities nor John
sons friends give the slightest cred
ence to any theory of the Dayton muT~
der which might involve johnson. who
boarded at the Dayton home about the
time of the murder. but believe that
Mrs. Dayton-Maupin found an easy
dupe in him because OF his weakened
mentality, and was able to terroriso
him into paying her money for fear
she might get him into trouble with.
the police.
Mrs. Dayton-Maupin was not IN A.
tractive appearing woman, but she had
a strange influence over many men.
She was three times married and Jo-
seph Snyder, the man accused Of tho
murder of her second husband. was
said to have been infatuated with her.
A few months after the finding Of
Dayton's body. Mrs. DAYTON married
DR.. George c. Maupin. whom she d.
vorced about a year ago on q charge
of desertion. Other men are said to
have been in love with her and John