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Lincoln County Leader
Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon
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In Grand Rapids, Mich., A. H. Dailey shot his wife Mrs. Hattie M. Newton after she refused to return following a quarrel; she will recover. Dailey was arrested, poisoned himself with strychnine in a saloon, and died.
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Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 9.-Last April A. H. Dailey, of Jennison, Ont., wrote a letter to Mayor Swift, saying he wanted a wife. The letter got into the newspapers, and as a result Dailey received 500 answers. From among the offers he selected Mrs. Hattie M. Newton, a Chicago widow, and they were married. They quarreled and finally separated. Dailey gave his wife three days to return. The time was up at midnight last night and she refused to return. Dailey forced his way into her bedchamber and shot her with a musket. Dailey was arrested, and on his way to jail was allowed to go into a saloon to drink. He slipped strychnine into his beer and fell over dead in a few minutes. The woman will recover.
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Grand Rapids, Mich.
Event Date
Aug. 9 (Reporting); Last April (Marriage); Midnight Last Night (Shooting)
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mrs. hattie m. newton shot but will recover; a. h. dailey died by strychnine poisoning.
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A. H. Dailey, after marrying Mrs. Hattie M. Newton via newspaper responses to his wife-wanted ad, quarreled and separated. When she refused to return after three days, he shot her with a musket. Arrested en route to jail, he poisoned himself in a saloon and died.