.  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.  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.