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Show pOE THAT THOMAS Immimd suicide Boner's Jury Renders Ver-Jfljct Ver-Jfljct in Poisoning Case at. S Willard Hotel. lI to The Tribune. CHAr CITX. April 30. The mya-BUtrotindins mya-BUtrotindins ilic death of A. .1. Jur, a guest at iho Gnuirtpro hotel aiard, who died from poisoning on 'S, wn HnalJy cleared up today by jncr's Jury thai wiw hi session scv-ours scv-ours this afternoon in Wlllnnl. The verdict read that Thomas came i1 death by strychnlno poson placed ,8tigar hy his own hand. 1 Jury whb composed of Mayor W. cer, Abraham Zundcl and Frank we, and JSpliralm White, acting: jr, all of U'lllard, and the hearing onducted by County Attorney WIl-r. WIl-r. Lowe of this city, lence wan brought out in the h car-da car-da t Thomas hnd purchased olht I of KtrjchnlJie at the Driver dnnr In Opdon on March II. Just a few before aong to U'lllard. lie had Jila name on the poison register B rirup toro as "IT. J. Thomu3, '.Canyon " (omorandum hoolc found in Thom-fectP Thom-fectP bore the namo of the can-cferrc-d to. and the writing' was taJlv tho Fame, tho register being icd'at the hearing and the writing led. The hearing was baaed on oe gathered by tho sheriff's office, r with facts produced In tho re-State re-State Chemist Herman Harms Mi analysis of the stomach and Its 'is. tGranripre. wlfrt of F. A. Grandpre. Mor of the Willard hostelry, tcsfl-taf tcsfl-taf Thomas had been hoarding at jtel since March 1 without having pa board bill hc aaked him for on the night of April 7 and he ted to settle tho next day. Tn the mo he had entered the kitchen and ilic strychnine In tho sugar bowl. y, was the next morning at tho ist table that Thomas took sugar the sumo bowl and placed It on Uali served him and then handed gar bowl to tho other guests. fCoroner's jury was of the opinion PhoniHH had tried to poison hlm-p'd hlm-p'd also all tho othor people at tho Tho testimony also showed Unit irrMfr was not altogether what he had &t!HM t ,c, because ho posed as a AiB' cattleman, hut owned nothing. fnRflencc Hhoi'ed further that Thom-not Thom-not deranged. The Grandpre B?as well as all the boarders at tho Jdl)vcrc exonerated by the jury. ARts or the officials to locate tho A?K;or rclattvs of Thomas have so w'cd f utile, and now that tho case J"Mn ilimlly disposed or it Is likely llKc offlcia'5 vvi" drop the 8carcl1 |