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j eMrs. Hughes Describes Meth- iods Considered for Hus- , 'band's Murder\acDURANT. Dec. 6—UPV—Pre-!f liminary hearing of A. J. Eestep: 1 and Mrs. I la Hushes, alleged to have carried out a death con- ^ splracy against their spouses, { charged jointly with murder for!,, the slaying of the woman's hus- c hand, today was set for Decem- %ber 14. 1 ?J. A. Shirley, county attorney,11 said he had received an unoffi- r cial report from the state chem- r ist that another poison had been • ^ found in large quantities in the t viscera of Easteps wife. Sarah.» T He added, however, that he j would not file charges in Mrs. , 1 Eastep’s death until receipt of the chemist’s official report. I Earlier in the week the chemist j I reported finding traces of a slow poison in the viscera.Mrs. Hughes, adding to her , previous confession in a state-: nient made by her today to Sheriff Ruel Taylor, said she and Eastep had planned and discard-I ed three other methods for do-: ing away with her husband before deciding upon the plan used.I that of luring Hogues to a barn ■ for Eastep to club to death and then blaming a horse's kick for his death. iThe woman said Eastep gave!I her poison to administer toHughes but she destroyed it. Then, it was planned, she said, for Eastep to shoot Hughes and,| leave a pistol by his side to make; it appear suicide. The third plan which they considered, she told the sheriff, was to heat Hushes to death as he slept and burn the house.Witnesses questioned at Utica.:wnere the two families lived,, told officers, Sheriff Taylor said, that Eastep was known to have been at the. Hughes home the;1 night of the killing.Mrs. George Reagan, mother of Mrs. Hughes, said the latter' came to her home at 8:15 o'clock the night of the slaying and told her Will, her husband, had been , kicked by a horse. !j “I know dad poisoned mother ; when he gave her medicine.” said i Mrs. Clarence Reagan, daughter j of Eastep.She said she believed he gave I her one poison which caused her to vomit and then gave her another poison which caused her death. A 12-ounce package of apoison, half of which had been j used, was found in the Eastep \ home yesterday by Taylor and Shirley.
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Ada Weekly News
Ada, Oklahoma, US
Wed, Dec 11, 1929
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