Hi: I'm forwarding this from the Crawford Co AR mail list. A Will Hynes served on the jury. Regards, Nan [email protected] -------------Forwarded Message----------------- From: INTERNET:[email protected], INTERNET:[email protected] To: [unknown], INTERNET:[email protected] Date: 3/31/01 10:48 AM RE: Van Buren Press, August 26, 1899 Van Buren Press Crawford County, Arkansas August 26, 1899 GRIST FOR CIRCUIT COURT, Will Fairchilds (colored) Dies From the Administration of Poison, and Three are Bound Over for the Crime. State of Arkansas County of Crawford An inquisition as taken the 19th and 20th days f August, 1899 at Van Buren, in the County of Crawford, before J.C. Moore, a justice of the Peace of said county upon the body of Will Fairchilds, a negro, by the oaths of W. J. Martin, Ed Donahoo, W. W. Skelton, Ira Higgs, J. D. Lloyd, T L. Wallace, Dan Hunt, H. H. Dill, F. E. Willey, Tom Arnold, John Merrill, and Will Hynes, good and lawful jurors of said county, we being in form sworn, say that the said Will Fairchilds came to his death on August 19 at 3 o'clock p.m. by poison administered by the hands of Frank Moore, Mattie Fairchilds and Mamie Bond. In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 24th day of August, 1899. Signed, J. C. Moore, Acting Coroner. The above was the verdict of the coroner's jury impanelled to investigate the mysterious death of Will Fairchild last Saturday afternoon, after they had heard all the evidence adduced in the case. Will Fairchilds, his wife Mattie and her mother Mamie Bond lived in the two-story frame building southeast of the jail, used as a negro boarding house. Saturday Fairchilds died under peculiar circumstances and without medical attention. Rumors were abroad of foul play, and acting Coroner Moore decided the case was one for a jury to investigate. Trouble had been frequent between the couple and the Bond woman over the relations between Fairchild's wife and Frank Moore, who had been boarding with the Bond woman. Moore was arrested and placed in jail pending the inquest. The dead negros stomach was removed and sent to Dr. Gannaway at Fort Smith for analysis. On Tuesday the analysis was completed and Dr. Gannaway's report showed that he found arsenic in toxic, if not lethal, quantity. The officers thereupon arrested Fairchild's wife, her mother and Jim Bond. The last named was Thursday released, the rest are now in jail. Many incriminating letters were found in Moore's trunk and other testimony adduced made a pretty strong case against the accused. Pierson Bond, the husband of the Bond woman died early last spring under circumstances that lead some to think he was also poisoned, though Dr. O. M. Bourland says the man, when he saw him, was in the last stage of consumption and likely to die at any time. Berkeley Neal was attorney for the accused during the inquest, and they will have able defense when their case comes to trial. Fran Alverson Warren ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB ----------------------- Internet Header -------------------------------- Sender: [email protected] Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) by sphmgaab.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.9) with ESMTP id OAA20465 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 14:47:58 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f2VJkZa20498; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 12:46:35 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 12:46:35 -0700 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sat Mar 31 12:46:33 2001 From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 14:46:27 EST Subject: Van Buren Press, August 26, 1899 Old-To: [email protected], [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 130 Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/72 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected]