The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
WITNESS TO
THE DEED
By NJ. QUAD
.s, "a. by the Mcclure
e ..,onl Syndicate

:
... ne parior maid, Knew II
a,.tfnuS and three months
,.f, tln house she WAS caught
.t,.f,ar u,truSe aud owned up to
~, theft However. the CRIME
"..I ana me. and because | made
H,.,,.r and perhaps ilnpulent pro
,. fan. out Of the liui!%e nj
IL, lour's notice ana refused
#r,a,.r was idle tor tie next
.onth$ The first thing demand
vf.,, applied for Il place was ii
Is soon as it waS learned
..,.r r.,ur il WIS useless to talk
.=,bsr II was for this reason that
t.t, n tee to an intelligence
A.. IN N!argatr street and was ut
.,E ,aY' for to take Il place III gen
....>,,Vur&. 1t WIS IN old man
m,1 In>on who wanted me. lie
of.liu. 10 take me without n
',r...,r prrallSc he would nave IL
MS WAGES and because. as ne
.i..sr. .p,.rrtrd. there was nothing ly
i, arannl loose in his house for me
.,.oI As we sat face tn face |
,ig.l him up Is mean and rennrious.
r,, did not see any evil in him lie
fg1 an g.rl and iniirm wife. he told
mo and would be the only servant.
il was not for me to pick and choose
must have Il place and hold it long
,noiI-h Ia get Il character again.
wont with him miles ana miles ont on
H., IIohurn road. AMI we nj last ar
rty.J gt the chcaply built and cheap
,o.sin., cottage ne occupied. 1t WAS
,9,,. devoid Of almost all c0nvcnienccS
ard had been selected for its cheap
rent found the old wife deaf. almost
niul and plSicd. and it was apparent
that she had no care whatever.
soon hal evidence that he was III
olrWirh Il w.d wv in the nci"hborhood.
or at r;Ist he desired to be free so that
he could marry her My natural i'm
npl,r on finding out how he felt toward
tS wife was to flee the house. hut
have explained how was situated.
IN IIIt flUISt III IL 'ouilt VI N'Nh'
Ee declared that the cellar was full of
rat> ald GIVE me money and command
81 me- - huy arsenic He recommend
ed M 10 20 to Il store miles away and
u say that | wanted it for my com
pryirn and to give my own name.
went 10 Il drug store only two blocks
AWAY and gave his name, and when he
discovered this he was highly indi@
nant for Il day. and rather expected
t. he thrown out. However. in the
course If three or four days he devel
nprd another plan. After coaching tn"
I'D wife he left me alone with her for
the first time. and she Ec%gc me to
get her some lAudanum for toothAche
and not to mention the matter to him
Il WAS easy to tell that she had been
coached what to say. and | refused to
buy the drug \ few days later as !
was preparing her soup had to leave
III" Kitchen for Il minute. When ! re.
turned the soup was giving out II
StrlE-c odor. and being satisfied that
her husband had poisoned it /, of
course. threw it away. He scoldcd
ahou nv waste. but when looked
him >lIarrly in the eyes he dropped his
and had Ia more to say,
had bruu with thr DvsonS five wears
when thn climax came The old wo.
nam was holding her own if not yet
ting better ana the husbands impa-
trurr had n savage el..r to if. Their
hrdrnnIu was ON thr north side of the
rnsr All nlour ON that side was n
,!r.n excavation for a factorv.
N IL n'rinoI; IN. uirht law wonder
IN. if In. realty r,rout tp take her life
and n.v ra wnurd Finally orronu,iSh
il pl,n bn,rd Il holf su,urcSsed
>,rra"l from ms roam cot softly out
Of h,t. l,.l v-,ut ia tho farther door.
m4 r,,iuo tnrn,,ot u crnrl; saw
raf tar w.u,,nw wa. mn and that he
>trl ,..,.,r +, with his wife in his
.,r.> Sic. WIS bluoinr on 10 him with
tr ,.r. IL. .t.rl and r,Il;inr n Great
,'r.g... nu.ra him hrnatriur hnnv
81, ami .,.,,ai,,.. and .,rnvIiur rs ne
t..... Y.,. ,i,,....- ,,,.,, I'm, did not
t,. ,yr,t H.. ,,I,ur,l 10 lu t.lI of n
-.,,,h.. 1.. ,t,n-,.rrd IA thn oprn win
q! q. Iul nun, h,r our She screamed
t.., ,,h ,,I In INV