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REVENGEiIs Threatened By Mrs. Witwor.SHE PROCLAIMSHER INNOCENCE,Filing of An Affidavit Againit Her Is Delayed By Authorities.Dayton, Oct. 0. The police were more than dlssatis-1 Bed last night with the character of the evidence against Mrs. Mary BelleW! fcwer, the woma n suspeo ted of w hal e-sale poisoning of husbands, children anil persons by whom she was employed as housekeeper and nurse.The coroner conferred last evening with Sergeant of Detectives Frank. i .McBride and Prosecutors Martin and Dickson relative to filing an affidavit I against Mra. Wlbwer charging murder in tho first degree, her slater Mrs. Anna C. Pugb, being the alleged vie-tlllJ.1 _ THE OFFICERSwere op the eve of swearing to the affidavit, but decided at the last mo-' meat'not to do go on account of the 1 Insufficiency of the testimony at hand. While admittedly very suspicions, the evidence is very indefinite and far from being incriminating.Chief Detective McBride said last night that the body of Mrs. Pughwould he exhumed today and a tbur-ough examination made. ,The bodies of Frank D. Wlbwer, the prisoner's fourth and last husband,and of George F. Keller, who died while Mr*. Wl.twer was his housekeeper,.will alao bo exhumed. It, is understood thatTHE OFFICERSplace little hope in the examinations to he made, as all the bodies were ecabal rued, It ia stated. The poisons in the embalming fluids wifi have assimilated with any that might have been administered to the persona before 'death.Prof. Russell Elliotb submitted the result of his examination of drugs found In Mrs. Vvitwer's house to Chief Detective MoBrJde last eight.TOE CHEMISTfound no poisonous properties except in rough on rats. This drug, how-over, It ia known, was brought by Mrs. Mary Richmond, mother of Mrs. Wttr ; wer. The latter so informed the coroner before her departure for Addison, Mich. The officials endeavored this morning to obtain assurance from the county commissioners tbat the expenses of exhuming the bodies wJJl be guaranteed before the graves will be opened.Only ouee lias Mrg. Witwer shown a sign ofDEPRESSION AND GRIEF.While discussing her life yesterday she berated tillclals and newspaper men and assorted that she could never have been guilty of the charges against her. She says sbe will revenge thepersecution dIreoted against her and square accounts with newspapers for blaokenlDg her character.The only developments of come-quenca yesterday were the reports given by Mrs.Suaan Bausmau,of Rfver-dale,who was a neighbor of the Witwers She thinks tbat Mrs, Witwer twice tried to poison her by giving her lemonade and jelly. After drinking the lemonade Mrs. Bausman wu sick for a week. The officers have alto given their attention to the case of aMrs. Stockman, of Edgemont, who ia said to have died while Mrs. Witwer, then Mis. Stowe, was acting u her
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Hamilton Daily Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Wed, Oct 09, 1901
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