Mr. Piper — McMillen Place Leaseholder and Poisoning Incident Figure
Piper, who held the McMillen place on a lease [3], prepared dinner for Peter Shelley and another man. Piper became alarmed when Shelley asked why quinine was in the bread, and he warned him to stop eating, suspecting another poisoning attempt [3]. The bread was fed to a hog, which showed signs of poisoning and soon died [3]. Shelley suffered cramps and rode home, where he swallowed melted lard and recovered, though he could not walk for nearly two weeks [2]. The Holloways, who rented a McMillen place from Piper and kept the stage stand, had been accused by someone of poisoning the yeast Piper used for his bread [1][2]. Holloway to and from the house [1][2].
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- A Poisoning Case (1891)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-…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-02-06 (1891)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, alt…
- A Poisoning Case (1891)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, prepa…