Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-01
WIN. M'CLAIN
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
Office in McHaney Building,
opposite the Postoffice.


|countable for the accident. 1t was
|stated that he was old and partial
ly blind, and that in an unguarded
moment he might have placed the
drug where it produced it's disas-
trous results. There was no sus-
picion that he had handled it with
any Interior motive, and Bob Otey
was in no sense under suspicion.
1t is stated by those who claim
to be familiar with the case that
last Thursday Mrs. Otey cooked a
quantity of green string beans for
dinner, some of which were left over,
and that later on she observed
something green on the beans, very
much resembling Paris green. About
the same time she went to look for
a bottle of pepper sauce which had
been borrowed from neighbor
and found the bottle was gone. AS
result of the same series of in
vestigatiOns, she claims to have
found a small jar of cucumber pick
les which had been saturated with
vat seemed to be Paris green. She
became alarmed, and on Friday
when Otey came home, she spoke
to him about the jar of pickles and
suggested that it ought to be sent
to chemist for analysis She says
that Otey displayed but little in
terest in the subject, and adopted
rather evasive answers suggestive OF
delays. In the meantime, while
searching in the garden, she came
across the lost bottle of pepper
sauce, hidden in a boxed culvert in
one corner of the. garden. Two OF
three of the peppers had dropped
from the bottle and attracted her
attention, whereupon, after looking
under the culvert, the bottle was
discovered. 1t, too, appeared to
have been diluted with Paris green.
She took the bottle away, but on
saturday evening, when Otey came
home, it is stated that he walked
INTO the garden. Mrs. Otey and a
daughter went into the kitchen to
watch him from window, but
fearing that they might be detect
led, determined to watch from the
bathroom. 1t is claimed by Mrs.
lOtey that her husband went almost
to the culvert, stopped down and
made an investigation, as though
searching for something. This con-
WINGED Mrs Otey' that her husband
had been responsible for placing the
Paris green in the pepper sauce,
the pickle jar and the beans. She
became greatly alarmed, and upon
advice of friends went to Prosecut-
ing Attorney Cecil Shane, who swore
out warrant, charging Otey with
the murder of his father. Otey did
not seemed to be disturbed when
the warrant was read to him, but
calmly asked to be allowed to get his
pipe. He protested his innocence
and, according to statements made
by Hon. M. P. Huddleston, whom
he employed as counsel, had abso-
lutely no theory to advance.
Funeral services over the remains
of the unfortunate suicide will be
conducted at the Otey home on
North Fourth street tomorrow after
noon at half past two o'clock and
the body will be buried at Friend
|ship.
Mrs. Otey this morning called and
|gave personal directions with refer
|ence to the selection of a casket and
preparation of the body, and asked
that it be brought home.
The theory most generally ad-
yanced is that Mr.. Otey had be-
come mentally unbalanced, and that.
to very large extent, he was not
responsible for his actions The
method of his deliberate procedure
and his suicide substantiate the
theory of insanity.
The Press this morning asked Mr..
auddleston to dictate a statement.
touching upon his conversations
with Otey and the conclusions he
reached. Following is the statement:
MIR. HUDDLESTON'S STATEMENT.
Len Waldron, the jailer, called
at my home early Sunday morning
before | had gotten up and told me
that Bob Otey wanted to see me
that l would be down between 8
and o O'Clock a. IN. / went down
and stayed with him an hour and
a half or possibly two hours, and
discussed the whole case He stout
ly maintained his innocence. He
was quiet, did not seem to be excited
or even uneasy. He advanced no
theory as to how it could have hap
pened.
After getting the full history of