Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-04-29


tEeless. to make sure. inquired of
every doctor in town if he had ever
prescribed arsenic as remedy for
him. Not one of the profession re-
membered having even been called
upon to treat him. then eliminated
the druggists in the same way. Not !;
druggist had ever sold him a particle
of medicine. But one of them had
sold Mrs. Haywood considerable
amount of arsenic with which To ez
terminate rats. AT least this WIS her
reason given for buying it. ih.S dru.
gist's evidence had been given ut the
trial and had much to do with the con.
viction
Now. if Haywood had been used IL.
buying medicines in the ln.,n Mapn
be wanted them my hope uf proving
that he had bought the arsea' VIII. Il
poisoned him would have l,e,i ex-
tinguished. Mrs. Haywood,s ~. -
fender had stopped at this pom ei.!,sr
not considering the fact th;tt The q"
ceased had bonght no medicine IN ne
town at all. or If he had it i."ha!siy
did not occur to him that i's~wa {.
might have bought all his dl,,-- >t,n.,.-
where else.
pains is it will pay them to i;s;" ald
no nlore i@'haeyer take Is.
this does it for love. I sm,ae,se /.
must admit that love VS. ~ ~ ~
tive. Ny enewies We're heii ~ II
proving TINT Haywood had htnshi ~
drug that ki,lcs him ana hl
fallen in love With the wnnlail .
had been convicted of Killing 49, i
would not have entered upon Ire i.II.
ter at ALL
Haywood having been u hyln@Ta,-
driac. did moi e,ieve that he ea'l j.
get on without medicines. !;ut, 81 re
ing he hiu! hough, drugs secrrriv 10
find the person who had sold rhc,: II
him was like lonl.ing for Il need =. i
haystack After inquirine of al ~
druggists i'm town took in Il .ii..n'' t
the neighboring towns IL rn,... n,5h
ing for my pains.
1t occurred to me that !; l"sSil,ie rca-
where he bought his ueti,.in.S vaS
that he was taking some nerve drag
and desired to conceal his h;ilHi a
this case he would buy it secretly AMI
might buy any other drug he " sli. i III
the same place. Haywood Won! hare
likely sent to the nearest large city for
his dope. and that was Il place. ~ ..
mt ti..,., /,
number of Wholesale and retail drli"
! gists
went to the city myself. Spentlin. Il
week there. inquiring of every d.,l::.
/ gist whether he had ever sent HAY.
wood any drug. No concern had In.
30. was about to give vi tii.' ,iisltsi'
| when 1t occurred to me that ,nr MA
would take pains to conceal MS hai I
would not be likely to have the dni 8
| sent to his address direct So | weii
| the rounds again and asked every dili-
| gist if he had a record of sendin. dir -
| to any one in the place where Mas
wood had lived
| found number of druggists wiz
had sent dope III very small ua:nlilr
i \. u.
cry of the postotiice One nf these
druggists had sent Mir ln@ersoIl al
times tonic of arsenic. was struck
/ with the fact that some of this tonic
had been sent the person mot very hong
before his death.
Eager to find whether MIR ln.prs,,i!
and Mr.. Haywood We're one aud IN.
u
and began an investigation. No s,.. il
person as A. r. lngersnlI was or had
been citizen of the place
On inquiry at the postottice ! finally
found general delivery CLERK who had
delivered small packages to MIR lnser
soil He described MIR Haywood
Eureka!
l now went to the attorney who lad
defended Mrs Haywood and gave lli,l
an account Of my Investigations. pro
pounding II theory that tia! Wood IL,l
had drug habit and had bought ur
senic for tonic He communicated
what had learned to the prisoner. ane
new trial was applied for
1t pleased me to turn over the evi
| ueuC0 udU ellCiLeu 10 MIS-. navy OOu
attorney and keep in the dark myself
During the new trial sal in the court
room among the spectators and watch
cd the prisoner as she eagerly dranl
in the evidence had been at so mucl
pains to hunt up without knowing tina
the man who had benefited her wa.
looking at her
When the evidence had all been plac
ed before the court the prosecuting at
torney made motion that the judg'
instruct the jury to acquit the prisoner
The judge assented and the jury &c
quilted her without leaving their seats
| longcd TO go to the released woman
and take her in my arms, but if / die
this preferred that it should not bt
in public.
The next day Mrs. Haywood's attor
ney told me that she had begged o
him to explain how her case had beel
ferreted out and who had taken 81
much interest in her as to do the work
III permitted him to make an appOint