Show ROUGH ON RATS terrance sweeney poisoned b by y his HIP wife I 1 for several days a vague rumor was floating around to the effect that mrs terra terry sweeney tf had tried to potton poison her bus husband and by administering rough bough on rats and came hear near succeeding in her fiendish design on thursday the whole matter came out and the woman was arrested while trying to flee ane country the deed was done it is supposed for the insurance carried by mr sweeney and has been in progress tess ct cf consummation lor for sometime some time mr sweeney is employed at the ontario mine and was some weeks ago pronounced as suffering from lead poison and went to the hospital at salt lake being removed from the effects of rough bough on rats kats he soon grew better and returned home after being at home a few days he be again was wag taken sick and has been gradually growing worse borsi and have been murdered bad it not been for the ahe thirteen year old daughter of mr dan martin who discovered what was going on and told mr sweeney the matter was hustled hushed up for the sake of the womans comans family but gradually leaked out wednesday night the woman left town having in her possession a ticket to canada sold by agent nichols Nic bols the fact was discovered early thursday morning mornin and the telegraph set to work it it was learned that a woman and two children had bad taken the train at and she said was going to evanston sheriff allison iwas was telegraphed to and aad he rode over to echo beho and arrested the woman just be fore the east bound train arrived and brought her to park city on the afternoon freight she is now quartered at the park city hotel under guard and will have a hearing friday afternoon thedore the dose that would have finished her work was prepared carelessly evi dently under strong excitement and aid the influence of drink the little girl saw her place the drug in the medicine and ask edner what it wadi wad she said it is pepper 1 alter after the mixture which was in a bowl had bad been prepared she told girl to give it to mr sweeney while she westfor the doctor as he was much worse and she was afraid he would die instead of 01 giving it to the sick man she told him what wait it was and when mrs mra sweeney returned with the doctor instead of fending flad ug a corpse as she fully expected she found her guilt discovered park wy call nov 11 |