Show TRIED TO MURDER t P MRS TIP BELCHER DELCHER i Poisoned Bananas Sent to Witness Witness Witness Wit Wit- ness for State Held Held Held-at at County J Jail i. i SULLIVANS SULLIVAN'S PALS ACTIVE Belief Belef Is That They Loaded Fruit to Better Beter Chances of Ex Convict 1 That friends of Joe Sullivan Sulvan the convict x-convict who is again in his cell cel at athe atthe he tho state penitentiary charged with the he murder of Officer Charles Ford For are d ding Ing Ing all al In their power to better beter his chances of ot escape was waa shown a afew afew few ew days ago when p poisoned bananas were sent to Mrs Tip Belcher BeTcher held heldt zt at t the county Jail jai under 1000 bonds is isa as asa as a witness In the murder case cR The attempt to murder this Important Important Import Import- ant mt witness for tor tho the state has has' stirred the sheriffs sheriff's sherif's forces and since the tho scheme was discovered last Saturday night all al of or the tho deputes deputies s have been on the case Who took the bananas to the Jail jai That Is Js the Question question ques que- Ques- Ques tion Jon that Is being asked They were left leC there Saturday afternoon by a friend of ot Mrs Belcher DeIcher with the tho wish that hat the they be bo given to tho the woman The bananas were delivered Saturday Saturday evening c and Mrs Belcher divided I them hem with the other prisoners In tb the JaiL all Four our Nearly Killed Four Pour of or the women ate the fruit and within a few tew moments all al were seized with cramps The Tho turnkey was called by iy a trusty trusty and word was Immediately Imme Imme- sent to Dr W. W R. R Calderwood county physician The coun county y physician a clan cian however dl did not attend Mrs Belcher DeIcher There were several bananas left teft In Inthe the he sack and these were taken by the by-the the Jail jai authorities at at once once A stomach pump was to the women vio were in convulsions and within a short short- time they were In better botter lon condition though Mrs Belcher near nearly died led b be be fore foro she was relieved 1 The Tho remaining bananas w wore ware ra exam examined ined med and It It was wa found that the there e w was ws s sa a n. small qu quantity ot oZ cyanide o ot slum lum Th Tho poison w was 1 leT toy u Ing bac bacK the tho skin of t tb bc 1 enough to Insert inert S i c to n ru on ni ed been boen en et t t b t. t Ju t. t Vl iV ve C byL by y b th Mp olM b U T L Bo o J JIng ww tr-ww t trl- trl t Juit bag bal Ing n if fc some information of r more moro thEm usual t importance to the stat in the caso casa cata a against Joe Sullivan for Cor tho murder of ot Officer Ford IbId Held U Under der l Heavy Bond Do d. d It I was feared by County Attorney y Hanson that Mrs Irs Belcher would bo be prevailed uron uj-on to leave leavo the city the arrest 0 of bC Sullivan and she wis wits was placed under 1000 bonds bon for tor or ber her ap ap- ap Sho She could not raise the and has beon been Kept Jept at the thc cOln county y I Jail The Tho trl trial l of Sullivan begins in tho Third district court March farch 9 9 n and d dIt it Is the Intention of t the county officials off off- oth- oth caI to bavo o Mrs Mr Belcher Deicher there with wih other witnesses to make their case certain certain tain am against tho the cx ex It is known that Sullivan has many ri friends I te on on the outside who will do n er e everything in their power to aid him mm This was shown from the fact tact that that saws were slipped through to him at nt atthe atthe the city Jail and that more were passed to him In jai the county Jail from which h he nearly escaped escaped- It I was after ater he was arrested In his attempts to saw one that he the county Jail of 01 tho the bars at jai the and taken to penitentiary was placed in iii his old cell cel where he lie had for tor burglary serve served five years Has Ins Valuable Information Money has been raised both InsIde walls to local prison and outside of ot 01 aid In the defense of 01 sulvan Sullivan Mrs Belcher Beicher at whoso whose house Sullivan Owens Ow Ow- ens now ens-now now serving 20 years In the penitentiary peal peni and and Garcia tile Mexican before the night of or the Albany shot Officer Ford was b bar r holdup holdun when arrest st when attempting to arr and killed hilled to the the trio As she Is Important state and ond will probably be damaging wi his friends would natu- natu to Sullivan argue really want her out of or the way woy realy those at nt the sheriffs sheriff's sherif's office I this this' argument that It Is through this they I are following up the case with wih such vigor In the hope that Hint they can land this confederate of the desper desperate to criminal now non In the state prison awaiting await await- ing lag trial trial Though the tho attempted murder oc occurred occurred oc- oc last Saturday all al efforts o of havo have the police to land the guilty one polee Mrs Bel Belcher her has recovered re recovered recovered re- re re- re proved futile Mr covered ute and add added d caro care will wi be ex exercised exercised exer exer- r- r from to see sec that she Is protected the friends of or Sullivan who seem cem to tobe tobe tobe be seeking her life Ute |