Mary Luke — Arrested for Attempting to Poison Her Husband in Silver City
On Wednesday evening around 5 o'clock, she was arrested on a warrant sworn out by her husband, charging her with attempting to poison him [1][5]. Judge Givens placed her under a bond of $1000, which she gave and was released [1][5]. Thomas Luke stated that for the past eight months his wife had given him morphia with cracked ice and water, forming a habit he could not live without [4][5]. He became afraid of his wife and refused to take medicine or food from her hand [2][3]. Luke away from his room [2][3]. Slough and Woodville found it contained a large percentage of morphia [2][3]. Thomas Luke commenced a suit for divorce [2][3].
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- A Serious Charge (1891)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 …
- 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 i…
- 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. H…
- 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 month…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-07-10 (1891)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…