Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-19
WARRANT SWORN oir WHEN
CHEMIST MAKES ANiIiSIS

IN" warrant Mas not sworn out until
yesterday afternoon. after Dr Whit
h"ld had completed a partial analysis
OF the orange aud had found il Ia
contain POISON. Maris,ra,c T.. j. No
Garthy issued tho warrant upon ihe
statement of Mrs. Carru,hcrs. Dr.
'EaiN VI. Edwards. tn. family phvsi.
cian, aud Dr WhitaelG are mentioned
as witnesses
According to the statement mad. bv
Mrs. Carruthcrs, She Went 10 br.akias,
fIid"S tnoruinI some ten minutes after
her husband had eaten ana gone to
ms office. Sh" found half an orarrc
npon her plate It had already been
Suearcd ANA "aS ready to toe eaten.
She took several spooufuIs out ANA
swallowed ,hem. Within Il few min
ui"s. or before she could nnish tho
fruit. shc hccame dca,hly sick ana
rushed I" th" bathroom. ~hcr. sh. suf-
fcred several COMMISSIONS Sn. said
she suffered for som. tim. from tho
onccts OF Tho poison. aud that there
WAS = dtsaereeablc, bitter taste in her
mouth.
She rcm"nbercd tina, once WITHIN
IN. past few months She had be.r
made d"a;hlv Sick from drinking cot
Fee - that tim" She noticed IN.
same bitter twang. she said this
aroused lcr suspicious. aud sh. de-
cid.d !" Investigate. She called for
her mother. Mrs. w. +. Wright. Of
%la Fifth Avenue, Highland I.ark. ~
came over. Airs. Wrich, suggested
that IN" orang" bc turned over TO III.
city Chemist, after Mrs Carru,hors
htd expressed tho belief that h"r. hus-
band had tried To take her iifc.
SERVANT SAYS THEY
HAVE: IttD aItunr:I.S
The tw" detectives who are invcsti-
G"taE the ease said that tn. courle
hay" been married about = wear ana
that they have not been getting along
We'll together \ scrvan; said mat
They Wee continually wranrliur OYER
something. sh" did not know what.
aud that Mis-. carruthcrs claimed her
husband had beaten her During the
past week. according to the servant.
the Guarrca havc been or unusual
violence.
On Friday morning thu scrvan,
said she prepared the orange for
Carruth"rs. WHO always cats before
MS wife does. and goes 10 his work
Attcr hc had eaten half the orange
lie left the house Soon Mrs car
inthers cam" into the dining room and
IN few minutes the servant heard
her rush to III, bathroom Some time
after that Mrs. carruthcrS came to tho
kitchen and showed the servant the
orange. She asked the servant 10
taste II, and she did. The culored
girl said there was Il bitter taste 10
the fruit. which stayed in her mouth
and throat long time. She said she
tasted only Il few drops. and that il
did moi make her sick
When asked ii the four ycar- old son
Of Mrs. carruthcrs by II former mar
riagc-wnS the cause OF the trouble
between the couple. the maid said no
She said she couldn't see what WAS the
"fnssed" All the time She said the
little boy was away from home on Fri
day morning. having spent the night
before AT his grandmothcr's home. She
said Carruthers had requested that the
boy should not come home until after
the fires had all becii started and the
nome was perfectly warm.
SAW UIM BURN
PAPERS AT STOyI;
She corroboratcd the statements
made by Mrs. Carruthers To the dctec-
tives, insofar as she said Mrs. Car
rnthers told her the same thing when
she brought the orange back to her In
the Kitchen. She said that Carr,Ithcrs
stayed and fused II little longer Than
usual with his wife Friday morning.
and said that Mrs. Carruthers told Ter
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