Thomas Luke person
also known as: Mr. Luke
Summary: Husband of Mary Luke, who accused her of poisoning him.
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charged_with
accusing Mary Luke of poisoning
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-10 (1891) · +1 mored.
A Serious Charge
Wednesday evening about 5 o’clock, Mrs.
Mary Luke, wife of Thomas Luke, was arrested
on a warrant sworn out by her husband on the
charge of attempting to poison him. She was
placed under bond of $1000 by Judge Givens.
S…
commenced_a_suit_for_divorce
cited from and left the house, sometimes remaining away… (1891)
and left the house, sometimes remaining away
all night. He states that only a short time since
he became afraid of his wife and refused to take
medicine or food from her hand. At the time, he
was stopping in Dr. Slough’s residence, about
two …
lived_at
cited from An Enterprise man called on Mr… (1891)
An Enterprise man called on Mr. Luke,
who has been at the hospital for the past week,
and from him obtained the details of the trouble
between himself and wife. Mr. Luke states that
for the past eight months his wife had given
him morphia w…
cited from and left the house, sometimes remaining away… (1891)
and left the house, sometimes remaining away
all night. He states that only a short time since
he became afraid of his wife and refused to take
medicine or food from her hand. At the time, he
was stopping in Dr. Slough’s residence, about
two …
sold_to
Dr. Slough's residence
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-10 (1891)being drugged. On several occa-
sions he awoke during the night and found his
wife lying on the bed with her clothes on. He
was sure that she was disrobed early in the
evening, at the time he retired. He was satis-
fied that after he fe…
witnessed
cited from An Enterprise man called on Mr… (1891)
An Enterprise man called on Mr. Luke,
who has been at the hospital for the past week,
and from him obtained the details of the trouble
between himself and wife. Mr. Luke states that
for the past eight months his wife had given
him morphia w…
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and left the house, sometimes remaining away…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
An Enterprise man called on Mr…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-10
1891 · newspaper · public-domain