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R. S. Allen person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q16009497id: p_r-s-allen_01d43f

also known as: Col. R. S. Allen, R. S. Allen

Probable 70%
Summary:  A Colonel who took dinner at the Holloway place along with Ed Moulton.
Completeness: 85/100 Grade B
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Claims (5)

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Holloway place
cited from A Poisoning Case (1891)
. Piper was still preparing the meal when Mr. Shelly asked him why he put quinine in his bread. Mr. Piper immediately became alarmed and told him to quit eating it as some- one tried to poison him some two weeks ago, and he was suspicio…
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-02-06 (1891)
the house he was so effected by the poison that he could not talk. He lived only a short distance from the Holloway place, so hurried on home, melted some lard and swallowed it, which saved his life, although for nearly two weeks he was …

dined_at

Holloway place
cited from A Poisoning Case (1891) · +1 more
A Poisoning CaseThe details of a case of attempted poison- ing on the Gila was this week brought to this city by the residents of that section. It seems that Mr. Piper, who has the McMillen place leased, prepared dinner for Peter Shelley and an…

witnessed

cited from Juan Ferguson’s testimony was corrobora-… (1891)
I asked Barney how it happened: he said he didn’t remember anything; tried to separate them once.” Juan Ferguson’s testimony was corrobora- tive of the preceding witness, with the exception that Barney told him that Scotty and Jimmy had a rack…
inquest on Jimmy Kerr
cited from R… (1891)
R. S. Allen testified. On the evening of Friday the 24th, I was notified that I was one of six jurors to attend an inquest on the remains of Jimmy Kerr. We got a team and proceeded to the ranch, arrived there about 10:30. Dodd, Ferguson, Brow…

Sources (5)

A Poisoning Case

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

A Poisoning Case

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Juan Ferguson’s testimony was corrobora-…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

R…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

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