Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-02
CHLOROFORM ROUTE
WAS ONE WISHED ON
WONANj She OBJECTS
Strangers in Prescott Get Tang
led up With the Law; Wife
Charges Husband With Desire
to Murder Her While She Slept.

PRESCOTT. Nov L. Charged with
intent to kill his wife by administering
chloroform to her while she slept, j.
r. Blair of Texas, was arrested early
yesterday morning and placed in the
county Jail. Although Blair is held a
prisoner no complaint was sworn out
yesterday Deputy County Attorney
j. II. Morgan stated that one viii be
lodged by the wife before Judge Nc
Lane this morning Both the man and
his wife are strangers i'm Prescott,
they having arrived on the outskirts
of the city In their camping wagon
from Kingman late Thursday after
noon
According 70 the story related yes
terday by the woman at the sheriff s
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 kneeling
over her with a bottle in his hand,
which she could tell was chloroform
by the odor, some Of it already having
been placed on her face below her
nostrils Noticing that she mover her
husband lay back and feigned sleep.
In some manner or other she 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 bot.
tie in her hand she war followed by
her husband who realized that she
was going for help The wife. seeing
that her husband was following her
started TO rum crying murder" AS
she neared the hospital she threw the
bottle of chloroform over the fence
Her husband catching up with her
then attempted 10 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 Grow
er Kastner with a six-shooter was the
first to- appear He saw the woman
first and then the man who was coat
less and barefooted Others appeared
on the scene and the man was held
prisoner under guard of the lead-pil
distributor until Sheriff Young and
Deputy Guy Bozarth. who had beer
called by phone, arrived. The mar
was turned over to the officers anC
the woman remained i'm the county jail
until Daylight 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 iorty-hye years old while the hus
Band is probably aged fifty
q search Of the hospital yard by the
authorities verified the story of the
woman to the extent that a bottle con
tanning a weak solution of chlorofom
was found The woman stated that hei
husband has carried the bottle i'm his
3 cSet for nearly a month and that
when she had questioned him about
it he replied that he kept it to keeE
off the hoodoos
Both the woman and the 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 i'm theiI
wagon. The woman says they have
been in California, Oregon Washing
ton. Utah Wyoming Nevada and ma
NY other states. She stated that she
is the mother Of a grown-up family By
another husband VINO is dead. She
sold her property in Texas before they
commenced their trip and she saws
that after two years Of travel they are
about out Of funds.