Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05

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Wash, was arrested by city detectives
tonight at the home Of his brother.
c. p Moore, an instructor in Hume.
Fogg High School, Nashville.
WARRANT CHARGES MURDER.
Couple Said to Have Disagreed Over
Woman Friend.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. Septem-
Der 4 Op).-A warrant charging DR..
Paul Moore, a physician of Sequim,
WASH. with first-degree murder In
connection with the alleged poisoning
Of his wife, who died July 20, was
issued here today.
The physician is accused OF ad'
ministering poison tablets to his wife
while she was in a. hospital, attend
ed by two other physicians, one Of
whom, DIR. II. S. Jessup. became sus-
picious too late to save the woman's
life.
Moore and his wife are known to
have disagreed over his friendship for
Mrs. William Kendall Of Sequim. The
physician and Mrs. Kendall disap-
peared shortly after the funeral Of
Mrs. Moore.
Husband to File Charges.
William Kendall, husband Of Mrs.
Kendall, who traced the physician
movements, declared he would f1le
charges against Moore under the
Mann act Mrs. Kendall is reported
to be In Seattle.
While his wife was in the hospital
recovering from an operation for
liver complaint performed by DR.. VIII
Taylor OF this city, Moore is alleged
to have given Mrs. Harry T.: T.
O'Brien. a nurse, % tablets with. in
structions to give them to the patient.
DIR. Jessup said he picked up the
last Of the tablets the day Mrs. Moore
died and tasted it. becoming stlspi-
cious. He replaced the tablet and went
to a drug store where he had three
tablets made up, one containing the
poison he suspected and two others
containing the non-poisonous medi.
cines which Mrs. Moore had been
taking at the direction Of DR.. Taylor.
Without the nature Of any tablet be-
ing indicated, JesSup tasted all three
He handed back the poison tablet
TO the druggist with the remark, he
said. that it tasted just like the one
in Mrs. Moores room. When DR..
Jessup returned TO the hospital Mrs.
Moore had taken the last tablet. She
died within a short time.
Mrs. Moore's body was quietly ex.
humed by the light of automobile
lamps last Tuesday night and brought
here. DIR. p. c. West. a pathologist
of Seattle, performed an autopsy and
took the vital organs to Seattle.
where. after an examination. he re-
ported poison had been found.
The Moores came to Sequim six
years ago from Kentucky.
Mrs. O'Brien and DR.. Jessup de-
clared that after administrat ton of the
tablets began July 10. Moore ex-
pressed fear that his wife would die.
They said they ridiculed his fears.
Comment on Suffering.
After violent convuls:cns began, the
afternoon of July 49, they said. Moore
stated he had seen patients suffering
in that way in Kentucky after such
an operation as his wife had.
Mrs. OBrien added that when she
asked Moore to help her hold his
wife. he refused, explaining that he
could not bear to see her in such
spasms.
Prosecutor John NJ. Wilson said to-
night that he held aff1davits covering
the case.
DR.. Moore after his arrest by City
Detectives Gus keiger and George
Redmond here 80 minutes after his ar
rival at his brothers home said that
his wife was taken i'll on July and
that she died July 20 Of abscess of the
liver. DIR. Moore is said to operate a
priyate hospital at Sequim, Wash. He
declared there had been no trouble be-
tween himself and his wife previous
to her death but that they had
planned a trip east to see his rela-
tives.
After her death he came on alone
three weeks ago and arrived al Cal
houn. Ky. where he visited his
brother J. L. Moore, he said. He left
there this morning. He said he had
heard nothing of any investigation
until informed Of 1t by Nashville de-
tectives. vino had received instruc-
tions late today to arrest him.
DR.. Moore, a graduate Of the Uni
yersity Of Louisville and a native
Kentuckian. was In the Army during
the World War for three years. In
1920 he went ives, and established his
hospital ct SeouIm.