Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-03-07 | Page 1 | Find Grain of Strychnine in Mrs. Pepoon's Stomach

FIND FINn GRAIN OF STRYCHNINE IN N MRS STOMACH Husband Jr Ir I Under Arrest in Connection I ion tion tb n With Death of off f v i His Wife W fe Portland Or Ore March 6 Dr Ralph R Matson 1 atson city ci bacteriologist to today today day dRY made public p the fact that th t he had found about one grain n o of strychnine ch nine irne in a portion of the stomach of Mrs Edith whose husband George GeorgeL I is under arrest at Northport Wash in connection with his wife death The chemist stated that when the rest of the viscera vis era Is Js analyzed he he expects to i I find enough eno gh strychnine to have killed 4 several ral persons The h he death of Mrs Mr Pe Po f peon occurred at ro p on August Augusti 5 i C 1909 A few tew ew weeks week afterwards atte Mrs V W D n Wolcott ef f this city mother of ot Mrs was waA informed by a friend that the death lisA been unusual Mrs Kr olcott tt begun began be n work on the ca cape a e and as asa asare asa a are result was placed u der arrest arr st t hd bd d a warrant was Issued for Ray Wil Wilcox cox CON c t an alleged former convict who was said to hava hav been a druggist Wilcox has not been apprehended At this Urn time Airs In body was 1 t exhumed d and her bel stomach sent to Port Portland land lanil for tOr analysis The day of ot her death Mrs is Js said to have havo been indisposed but b t toward night lt felt better bett r While entertaining frends friends during the evening she sho was given givena a lose doso of ot medicine and a few tew momen a later it ia is 1 stated Mated ted she sho died In Jn convulsions c Wilcox left Northport shortly after Mrs death sad and has lias not been seen since Three months after his hig s loath death married a woman of whom Mrs rL was said to have hae been jealous j Tha Tue Th first Mrs Irs joined an n Insurance society a month before be foro her death and Is is isI I said to have carried flOCO lQ death c t