The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-16

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trials of wife poisoning IN the
- annals Of Scottish criminal iur-
i%sprudcnco was that ct Eugene Marie
Chantrclle The convicted poisoner
was a Frcnchman by birth who on
August H. iSGS. married Elizabeth
cullen Dyer In EdinburE. one of his
pupils in a fashionable boarding
, hool In which he was a teacher o.
ths languages.
Hcforc going to scotland. Chan
%trcllc had spent several years in
America, although 81 his movements
and occupations In this country
nothing d. definitely known. Almost
from the first tho marriage was an
unhappy one. Again and again the
wife was compelled 10 take refuge
with her mother. Chantrellc had
several times threatened 10 take her
life. only the wifcs deep affection
Tor their four children kept her from
t separation.
To poison his wife had been Chan
ltrcnc's avorite form Of threat. In
loctoher. 1851. ne insured the life OF
his wife for $50 the policy being
500 framed as 90 take effect only In
case of her death by accident IN
to Ncw Years day. 1878. Madame
Chantreiic had been In good health.
She hud allowed her servant a holl-
day on that day. n with her hus-
band and children remained at
home.
ON the return Of the servant she
found her mistress ~ bed with her
baby beside her. h complained Of
being ~ and the servant admlnls-
I, tered to her. n went to her "
room She left the light burning
and heard nothing more during the
n.pht
When thu scrvani arose the follow
ina morning she heard . moaning
sound proceeding from the room of
her mistress. and went To see the
cause. and discovered that Madame
IChantrclle was unconscious. The girl
at once summoned her husband. who
was asleep w an adjoining room. or
~apparcnily ~. lie came 10 his wife'g
bedroom and sent tho servant out Of
the room on n preteyt, me when she
returned she found that there was a
verr strong smell OF gas. which she
+ had not previously noticed.
The husband went FOR n physician
ana also directed that his wifo's
{ mother should be- brought "a tho
g house The dying women was sent
% io the Royal i%nfirmary. where Pro-
~f"ssor Nncleycn upon examination.
found tho symptoms were not indl-
% r1'iVe ~ gas. but Of narcotic pots.
r %oning. Madame Chantrclle died thai
afternoon. without regaining con-
9 sciousness
ON the following day u post-mor-
tenn examination was held and sub
%seduent Information confirmed the
general suspicion awakened by ths
%necullar circumstances attending tho
4 decoased's hlness aud death. and On
'he afternoon 81 SATURDAY. Januar,
o 1875. Immediately after the wife,
g funeral Chanirelle was arrested ans
q
d France and iauSsia-anord support Il
a ti~pt"Ximutciy three hundred th1us
a. ana persons and are capitalized al "a
most $50 million dollars.
Born az Central Bridge. schohari
County. Ncw York, October G. isi.
he removed with his parents ten year
later 60 Schenectady. white attendm.
the public ghools he founJ much Ur
90 tinker about his fathers machin
shJr and az % years ne lad invcnte.
u rotary engine. Four years lator n
CON. tructcl "a device FOR replacing DC
. uicd steam cars. Then. when 3
jo'rs old ne sought the nnun b.
backing 81 the late Commodore Coz
nclius Vanderbilt. the greatest raj
road man of that period for his nj
brake which he had perfected ate
- uhrce years of labor.
The Vanderbilt Interview.
HIS famous Interview with Wander
,r btt - worth reteliing. Wostinghous
lid the talking. the "a lroad man ~
aaa listened. lie waxe eloquent OF,
- his device aud painted a great fuiDI
Ter 3d.. Thu commodore listened pi
tlcntiy Cor Il while AID then intel
rEpicd;
N DO you wtun TO - nd thctc an
tcit me that you can stop a ra1rta
Or. IN by wind he ASKED.
well, yer, in ar much az air
nc wind. suppose you might put u m.
way" returned The youthful inVcnto
II nave no lint 10 waste Wit
IA fools. was The substance OF Mr. Val
N'IhAit lliNA'NNAAt NtAAAANhtANH az
the interview ended abruptly.
b. But Westinghouse kept on. D
could not ma hackers, even thoua
o. he WAS a most persuasive person,
risk their money on his wild inn
- Walton" some 81 his friends did M
hesitate to eau him a crank. Th'
branded Tim. too, as the IMAM of OF
idea, and even vent so FAR as Go d.
him playfully Crazy George
SucCcss 40 last.
Jus before 1885 he had invented
railroad frog. as well AZ a device q
rctracking dcrailed ears. which a
pealcd 90 railroad men at once. VIII
in Pittshurgh making arransemen
~ with a steel company 10 nave q
frogs manufactured, he became "a
quainted with q trio of young men
'ge Andrew Carnegie. Ralph Hagiey, al
ia Robert Pitcairn Of the PennsyiNan
are milroad TO talked about his brai
of Al last B1gi,y, who owned "a found
ed agreed. lea return for a one-hfth
ire %tcrest 20 make an apparatus "a ECU
lB "a single Train. Tho superintendent