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
another  gentleman,  who  were  helping  him  chop
up  corn.  Mr.  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  suspicious  that  it  was  another  at-
tempt. The  bread  was  fed  to  a hog  which  im-
mediately showed  signs  of  being  poisoned,  and
soon  died.  Mr.  Shelly  was  taken  with  cramps,
and  got  on  his  horse  and  rode  to  Holloway’s,  a
short  distance,  but  when  he  got  to  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  un-
able to  walk.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holloway  live  in
one  of  the  McMillen  places,  keeping  the  stage
stand,  which  they  rent  from  Mr.  Piper.  It  seems
that  they  had  been  accused  by  someone  of  hav-
ing poisoned  the  yeast  from  which  Mr.  Piper
made  his  bread.  Col.  R.  S.  Allen  and  Ed  Moul-
ton took  dinner  at  the  Holloway  place  last
week  and  while  there  Mr.

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ces,  keeping  the  stage
stand,  which  they  rent  from  Mr.  Piper.  It  seems
that  they  had  been  accused  by  someone  of  hav-
ing poisoned  the  yeast  from  which  Mr.  Piper
made  his  bread.  Col.  R.  S.  Allen  and  Ed  Moul-
ton took  dinner  at  the  Holloway  place  last
week  and  while  there  Mr.  Piper  came  over  to
borrow  a pair  of  stilliards.  Mrs.  Holloway
accused  him  of  having  said  that  she  or  her  hus-
band attempted  to  poison  his  grub.  Mr.  Piper
denied  having  made  such  a statement,  but  ad-
mitted that  he  had  said  that  he  had  tracked  Mr.
Holloway  to  and  from  the  house.  He  did  not
get  the  scales,  and  Mr.  Holloway  is  talking  of
having  him  prosecuted  for  the  talk  he  has  made.

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