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Thomas Luke person

id: p_thomas-luke_b98f97

also known as: Mr. Luke

Probable 70%
Summary:  Husband of Mary Luke, who accused her of poisoning him.
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Claims (6)

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accusing Mary Luke of poisoning
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-10 (1891) · +1 more
d. 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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Mary Luke married_to Thomas Luke

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