Show POISON MAilED LED TO IDAHO GIRL TWIN FALLS WOMAN SUCCUMBS TO OF IDE OF MERCURY Dead Dud Girl Had Hid Caused Arrest of Murder Suspect In fn 1922 On Statutory Charge Twin Falls Foils Ida Ida Poison murder mystery which bids fair to rival riyal the celebrated Southard case culminated here when Mrs Cecil Hurst Blackburn Black Dlack- burn wife of ot MelvIn Melvln Blackburn of ot Filer lIer died at the Twin Falls general hospital Thursday morning us S a result result result re re- re- re sult of ot taking a dose of ot two sixty-two grains ot of of mercury three weeks ago The was re re re- through the malls Her Der husband from whom she was separated admits admIt that he sent her medicine through the malls mails but says says that it was only calomel lIe He has been In jail ever since the poisoning was reported to the officers charged with contributing to an an- abortion He lIe denied persistently since his arrest that he had any criminal Intent latent In sending the tM medicine denies that he sent poison and declines decline to disclose the tho person from whom he received the alleged eged calomel Early In tho the fall tall of 1022 Blackburn m was arrested on complaint ot of Cecil Hurst the victim of the poisoning Shortly afterwards Blackburn mar married mar sled ried the girl and aDd the charge was stricken from the court docket though the case has never been for formally formally for for- mally dismissed After living with his wife a short time it U Is said that they separated and have not lived 1 together regularly since It is reported reported re rev ported that Blackburn has made a number of statements relative to his reason for tor sending his wife the calomeL calo cab mel met |