The Cheyenne Daily Leader

The Secret Divulged.

San Francisco, Oct. 25—At the coroner's inquest to-night over the body of Henry Benhayon, who committed suicide last Sunday night, the letter was made public written by Benhayon before his death and addressed to the coroner. In the letter Benhayon makes a positive statement that he alone is responsible for the death of his sister, Mrs. Cecelia Bowers, in November, 1885. Dr. J. M. Bowers, the husband of the latter, is now in the county jail under sentence of death for her supposed murder. On the trial it was proved that she had been killed by poison and the circumstantial evidence against her husband was so strong that the jury returned a verdict against him of murder in the first degree. This was in August, 1886. Since then he has been in jail, but owing to legal interpositions sentence of death has never been executed. The voice of public opinion was almost unanimous in believing Bowers guilty, and nothing had arisen to change their belief until the letters found three days ago. On its face it now seems that Bowers was innocent of murder. Benhayon's letter states that he murdered his sister that he might receive the insurance on her life, she having the policies made payable to him in case of her death. Benhayon's confession further states that his sister some time before her death consulted with him, Benhayon, about poisoning her husband in order to receive the insurance on his life, policies having been drawn payable to her. So many complications have arisen as to make the case one of absorbing interest.