Arizona republican., 1917-06-30
DOGGED
 HERHUSphNDS;
 THREE ARE LOST

The third husband of Mrs. John T. Monahan of New Haven. Conn, to whom she was married two weeks after the death of her second hus- band has died in the same mysterious manner in which the frs. two raSsed away. The first two husbands carried life insurance in favor of the wife. Authorities are Investigating to learn what policies, if any the third hus- band carried. And in the meantime Mrs. Monahan is being held under a charge of giving arsenic to her third husband and causing his death
 In 1913 Mrs. MOnahan was arrested following the suspicious death of a niece, Miss Jennie McNamee Miss McNamee carried life insurance in favor of Mrs. Monahan. The police attempted to establish that Mrs. Mon ahan had given the girls systematical- ly small doses of arsenic while main taining that she was in the last stages of tuberculosis
 Mrs. Monahan was in jail nine months while the investigation was taking place. IL developed that she had opened boarding house in New Haven and asked several life insur- ance agents to come there and solicit business Among th Q to take cut policies was Miss McNamee This first policy was for SAGA A little later Mrs Monahan told the agent her niece wished to take out an additional pol icy, but the company became suspi- cious and refused to issue it. It tried to cancel the first policy by refusing the weekly premium payments. Mrs Monahan went eight miles to Mount Carmel and paid the premium to an agent of the company whom she knew personally
 It was charged that Mrs. Monahan succeeded in insuring the life of her niece some months later in other com panies for $2, ,00G, and that most of the money was made payable to her on the death of Miss McNamee. It was further charged that about the time the policies were taken out Mrs Monahan bought some rat poison the basis of which is arsenic.
 A 13-year- old brother of Miss Me Nance testified that two weeks before his sisters death Mrs. Monahan sent him to 9 drue store to inIv rat poison and had made him return when he brought back rat biscuits and eX- change the biscuits for powdered arsenic.
 When Miss McNamee appegred close to death. Mrs Morahan called in a negro physician, who certified that death was due to natural causes. Later the body was eXhumed and the stomach sent to Yale university for diagnosis. An expert on poisons re- ported he found arsenic crystals. Later examinations showed crystals in the young womans hair
 Mrs. Monahan was liberated for lack of evidence
 All three of Mrs Monahans hus bands died in identically the same way as did the niece, police say. The first husbands death certificate read "dropsy and pneumonia" The second husband was officially reported to have died of gastritis. The physician signing the certificate said that he had left the house and soon after was recalled. On his return he found his patient had died The widow told the doctor the patient had killed him self' She later said he had taken a glass of whisky and that the liquor was too much for him.
 The widow married John T. Mon ahan, brother of her second hus band, just two weeks after the latters death. That was in 1909. He apparent ly enjoyed good health until last De- iOnef. lnen lie was StuueilN Sti lcNSi with what was thought to have been paralysis, and was placed under the care of physician.
 The physician knowing of the ar- rest after the nieces death and the gossip concerning the first two hus- bands. removed Monahan to a hos pital where he was carefully observed by staff physicians. His illness failed of diagnosis.
 Mrs. Monahan is A. stocky, be- spectacled and gray of hair. She glared defiance at detectives who questioned her abo1t insurance pol icies she is said to have tried to oh- tain on her last husband, a factory worker.
 I'm innocent" she shouted at them. You've tried to get me each time, and I've been innocent all the time Go as far as you like"