Weekly journal-miner., 1915-11-03
WIFE SAYS HUSBAND
 TRIED TO KILL HER
(From Saturdays Daily.)

Charged with intent to Kill h1S Wltc by administering chloroform to her while she slept, J. R. Blair of Texas was arrested early yesterday morning and placed in the county jail. Al though Blair is held a prisoner no complaint was sworn out yesterday Deputy County Attorney J. H. Nor gan stated that one will be lodged by the wife before Judge McLane this morning. Both the man and his wife are strangers in Prescott, they having arrived on the outskirts of the city ill their camping wagon from Kingman late Thursday afternoon.
 According to the story related yes ! terday by the woman at the sheriff : office they made camp late Thursday night and retired to bed in their wag- on, which was stationed near the Mercy hospital. Early Friday morn ing she was awakened by feeling a hand on her face and opening her eyes she saw her husband llneeling over her with bottle in his hand, which she could tell was chloroform by the odor, some of it already hay ing been placed on ner face below her nostrils. Noticing that she nov ed the husband lay back and feigned -IaoD r., co,,,o ,,,o-,a- or otIa- cb n obtained the bottle and dropping it over the side of the wagon made an excuse for leaving and got out of the wagon. Starting for the hospital with the bottle in her hand she was fol lowed by her husband wno realized that she was going for help. The wife seeing that her husband was fol lowing her started to run, crying murder" As she neared the hospital she threw the bottle of chloroform over the fence. Her husband eaten ing up with her then attempted to choke her and thus stop her from gaining help through her cries of murder" Before he could succeed several people in the neighborhood were aroused and Grover Kastner with a six-shooter was the first to ap- pear. He saw the woman first and then the man who was coatless and barefooted. Others appeared on the scene and the man was held prisoner under guard of the lead-pill distributor until Sheriff Young and Deputy Guy Bozarth, who had been called by phone, arrived. The man was turned over to the officers and the woman remained in the county jail until day light, she claiming that she was badly frightened. The husband declared yesterday that the story his wife tells Is not true and states that she is crazy. The. wife is from forty to forty-fve years old while the husband is probably aged fifty.
 A search of the hospital yard by the authorities verified the story of the woman to the extent that bottle containing weak solution of chloro- form was found The woman stated that her husband nas carried the bot tie in his pocket for nearly month and that when she had questioned him about it he replied that he kept it to keep off the hoodoos.
 Both the woman and man agree on the fact that they were married in Texas and state that since they were wed two years ago they have travelled all over the Western States in their wagon. The woman says they have been in California, Oregon, Washing ton, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and many other States. She stated that she is the mother of grown-up fam fly by another husband who is dead. She sold ncr property in Texas be- fore they commenced their trip and she says that after two years of travel they are about out of funds.