The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-09-19

the force at the sheriff's Office
has cleaned up and put in con
dition the women's ward in the
county jail, where Mrs. Arnot will
no doubt be i~ncarcerated pending
her trial.
Claims Mistake Caused Death
In the two statements made by
Mrs. Arnot on Wednesday evening
and Thursday morning OF last
week, Mrs. Arnot claimed that her
husband had died at 10:30 p. m
as the result of an accidental
dose of corrosive sublimate, which
he had taken by mistake for stom'
ach powders. Overcome by rear
that she would be suspected OF
poisoning him she claimed in her
first statement that she sought
and obtained the aid Of Mike Sa-
farik IN moving her husband's
body to the basement, where 1t
was covered with papers and rub
bish, soaked with kerosene, and
set on fire. In her second story
she said that she drove to Safar-
ks place of residence, but did
not find him at home, and COM
p1etely exonerated him.
Development of Case
The history of the development
of the case against Mrs. Arnot
goes back to the day OF the IN
quest and reports Of the coroner's
jury on August 18. Sheriff Ben
Olson, after looking into the cir
cumstances surrounding the death
of Arnot, was dissatisfied with
the general aspect of the AFFAIR
and decided to start a quiet inVes-
tigation into the case.
E. o. Evered, local representa-
tive of the Bankers Life lnsur-
ance company, was in the drug
store Of the Lewis-Wedum COM
pany on the Monday evening pr1-
or to the death of Arnot. He was
out of town on the day OF the
inquest, but upon his return re-
ported to Sheriff Olson that on
the previous Monday evening he
entered the Lewis-Wedum drug
department and noted Mrs. J. Il.
Arnot %conversing with Miss Grace
West, clerk in the store. MISS
went to the back of the
store and called Elmer Dodd, drug
yist in charge, and informed him
hat Mrs. Arnot wished to pur-
,hase some corrosive sublimate.
Mrs. Arnot, in the meantime, no.
ed Evered in the store, and FOL
owed Miss West behind the pre-
jcription counter, calling out,
Never mind, l don't want any
.fter ALL" The actions of Mrs.
Arnot at the time were such as TO
rouse Evered's suspicious, and
his he reported to Olson.
This information confirmed Oh
on's belief that something was
7rong with the accidental burning
.eory and assisted by Mr.. Ev-
red a thorough investigation was
tarted. They interviewed Elmer
)odd, druggist for the Lewis We
um company, and learned from
i'm that Mrs. Arnot had not pur-
hased the poison that evening
ut returned the following morn {
lg and purchased some. :
Local representatives OF insur- l
nee companies were notified or |
le sheriff's suspicious and ad-
ised to have investigators ap- i
with instructions to re-
.rt to the sheriff here for infor- q
lation to help them in clearing \
p the case. S
In the meantime the body of c
rnot had been shipped to Park 4
liver, North Dakota, for inter e
Ient. s
Clayton tombstone, local insur- t
adjuster, was named as spe- i
al investigator in the case by \
,veral of the insurance compan- u
S holding policies on the life OF 6
rnot, and he, together with Sher- T
f Olson and Mr.. Evered, proceed r
| to make a thorough check up e
the circumstances surrounding s
10 unusual death. C
An investigation OF the base
ent of the Arnot home after
e fire, according to fire experts n
no examined the property, shows G
at the fire was undoubtedly b
bothered out for want of oxygen. V
of the windows and doors to e,
g basement were tightly closed h
d after burning up the oxygen h
at was in the basement the fire ly
bothered itself out. Had a win D,
w or door been open to admit W
:, according to Investigators, the a
use would undoubtedly have b,
fired throughout by the time OF
rs. Arnot returned from her trip tie
the tourist park. bl
Reports Gas Fumes pt
On Sunday, August II, the day
Arnot's death, at 400 p. NJ,
8. Arnot called the service de- be
of the Bowdoin Utilities pc
s company and told Roy Baker, 81
o was on duty, that she thought
IRE were gas fumes in the house
d that she wanted a service tn
n to come owe to the house Ps
500 o'clock the next morning, tn
,nday, to investigate. Baker ad- ha