Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-12-02 | Page 2 | Twenty Years in Pen

TWENTY YEARS IN PENMan PEN-Man Who Poisoned Insane Patient Found Guilty J Jacksonville Ill Dec 1Thc jury in tho case of William Webb Ferguson Fergu-son charged with the murder of Dr J L Barnes of Monllcello by poisoning poison-ing the doctor in the Central Hospital for the Insane Jacksonville last May at the alleged Instigation of Mrs Mattie Mat-tie Barnes of Qulney the doctors wife and Mrs McWilliams mother of Mrs Barnes returned a verdict early this morning after being out seven hours finding Ferguson guilty of rhujj 1 del and fixing the term of punishment at twenty years In the penitentiary