The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-29

Raymond Dawes, hueo4nd OF
Mn. Lsets Dave6, received $500
from his wifs's paranour, in t.
turn for which he consented to
permit her to receive the mans
attentions without molestation or
interference. Testimony to this
effect was made yesterday It the
inquest Of Mrs. Dawes, . resident
Of the Avalon apartments, Rock
IslAnd, who was found dying We'd
nesday Afternoon In : dell In Bet
tendoSf with . chloroformed hand
kerchief covering her face.
Following testimonies made be-
fore Coroner Clarence Ebert In the
once Of Justice ". W. Scott, Dav-
export. the Jury returned a YER
dict that Mrs. Dawes game to her
death by inhaling ether and chloro-
form, accidentally administered by
her own hand.
Sensational statements wore
made by the husband Of Mrs.
Dawes and by A., W. Weimer. the
companion with whom she was
riding in an automobile on the AZ
tefnoon Of Wednesday, when she
requested thst the car b stopped
that she might take . nap" by the
side Of the road.
They revealed q tragic history OF
two broken homes, faithless wife
and careless husband, and a third
member of the triangle, who con-
fessed that, although he had found
1t . financial strain, he had been
willing to pay $500 to the hus-
band as the price Of intimacy with
Mrs. Dawes.
Had Chloroferm Habit.
They also revealed that Mrs.
Dawes had become addicted to the
habit Of inhaling fumes OF chloro-
form and ether, in order to induce
q pleasing sleep. It was with the
intense desire to enjoy the sensa-
ton of this repose that she COM
manded Weimer, her companion, to
stop the car in which they were
enroute to a street carnival at Bet
tendorf, Wednesday afternoon at
about 2 O'Clock. A robe was spread
on the grass in a shady nook IN
the Riverview addition where she
went to Sleep"
The woman had purchased q bot
tie of the chloroform and ether al
. Rock Island drug store before
starting with Weimer and her lit
tie SON on the trip, according to
the story told by Weimer. He beg.
ged her not to use it, he said, but
she insisted. He finally permitted
her to alight and left her reposine
with a handkerchief saturated with
the liquid pressed to her face while
he and the little boy returned tt
the car left standing some distance
away.
After tinkering with the car fol
some time, Weimer's story goes, hi
returned to where the woman wal
lying, and spoke to her, asking hel
whether she could not sleep. HI
said she replied that she had no
slept much. He then took the DO!
in the car and went for a ride. re
turning for the second time a
about $3.50 O'Clock. 1t was then b
, discovered that she was dead.
j Hand Reveals Secret.
According to Weimer. he knew
. Is he approached her that some
: thing was wrong because Of tn
D peculiar blush color of her hand
/ She was lying on her back, wit
4 her face turned sideways. He
I hand was pressing the saturate
handkerchief tightly to her face.
q He drew the hand away, he sale
: lifted up her head, when she CAV
: one little gasp, and fell back deat
. At an autopsy performed on th
/. woman's body, it was found tia
, her lungs had been badly affecte
: by the chloroform fumes, this az
cording to the testimony Of DR.. ]
H. Lamb, being the cause Of dealt
Her face was also severely burne
by the liquid. Her body, the phys