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Batavia Banker Must Suffer Death For
Murdering His Wife.
J URY’S LONG DELIB‘ERATION.
Nearly a Whole Day Occupied In Arriv-
ing at a Verdict—History of Poison-
ing Case W'hich Has Attract-
ed National Attention.
Batavia, N. Y., July 30.—After the
jury in the case of Howard C. Benham,
accused of killing his wife with prussic
acid, which retired at 4:15 ’o’clock yes:
terday afternoon, had been taken out
to supper they were not heard from
until early todflY, When they had their
breakfast, after which they returned
to the jury room. About 9 o’clock an
officer conveyed a. note from the jury to
Justice Laughlin, asking him for in-
structions as to how a. verdict should be
formulated if it was possible for them
to agree. Beyond this nothing had been
heard from the 12 men in any way.
That there was some difference of
opinion among them was evident.
The jury at 1 o’clock this afternoon
came into court again and returned a
verdict of» guilty of murder in the first
degree.
History of the Case.
It was in August, 1892, that Howard
Curtis Benham, then 21 years old, mar-
ried Florence Tout. Both lived in the
town of Byron. The match was a. run-
away one. Florence Tout was a school-
girl of 16. She was homely. Her hair
was of a. brick red color, her eyes were
pale blue, bulging and crossed. Her
face was freckled, her upper lip did not
cover her prominent, projecting front
v teeth, and her chin receded sharply. Her
figure was lanky and altogether there
was nothing about her appearance to
attract a man like Howard Benham.
Her father had died seven months be-
fore her birth, leaving in the hands of
his good friend, Holden T. Miller, the
Batavia. banker, his little fortune of
about $30,000 in trust for the unborn
child, and from the income of that fund
the expenses of Florence Tout's early
education had been paid.
When she met Howard Benham that
spring, he was a. young man of capti—
vating manner, and it was not a diffi-
cult task for him to win the heart of
the unsophisticated schoolgirl. They
eloped to Rochester and were mar-
ried. They returned to Byron, where
they lived» for a time in the house of
Benham’s parents. After a short time
the young couple built a home of their
own adjacent to that of Mr. Benham,
senior. It was built with the young
wife‘s money, and shortly after moving
into it, in the fall of 1884, a. son was
born to the pair. .
A few days before the birth of the
child.the young mother signed a will,
' drawn up by her husband, leaving the
bulk of her little property to him, after
making'a provision for the child. Some
time Before this occurrence 3. change of
guardianship had been effected, and
Martin C. Benham, the father—in-law of
the young woman, had been substituted
for Holden T. Miller.
The Benhams had moved to Batavia.
The young couple lived in a rented
house for awhile, and then bought a
house on Ellicott avenue, with Mrs.
Benham’s money. Benham and his fa-
ther had opened a private bank, and in
a general way they conducted a broker—
age business in all kinds of commodi—
ties.
Mrs. Benham Taken Ill.
The day after Christmas, 1896, Mrs.
Benham was taken ill. Her husband
sent for Dr. 'l'ozier, an old and respected
physician of Batavia. He came, exam-
ined into. his patient’s condition, diag-
nosed the case as one of simple bilious-
ness and prescribed for it. He told
Benham that he did not think the case
a. serious one. Benham replied that he
thought Florence was very sick.
On the night of Dec. 31, New Year’s
eve, Dr. Tozier was summoned to the
Benham house by telephone. He found
Mrs. Benham in an apparently dying
condition, but conscious. He adminis-
tered medicines designed to stimulate
the heart, and she soon rallied. The
doctor thought Mrs. Benham had had
an attack of heart failure, and he left
medicine designed to stimulate the
heart. _
Four days later, on the morning of
Jan. 4, the doctor was roused from his
sleep by Howard Benham, who told him
that Florence had had another attack
similar to that on the night'of Dec. 31.
The doctor drove to the house with all
possible speed. On the veranda he saw
Mrs. Farrant, the sick woman’s mother,
who told him that Florence was dead
He rushed upstairs and found it true.
An autopsy was held under the direc-
tion of Coroner Barringer. Dr. Tozier
was present, as‘ were Drs. Townsend
and Showerman. A certificate of death
by heart failure was signed and sworn
to by Dr. Tozier and Dr. Townsend.
Then the body was buried on Jan. 7.
The next day, however, rumor busied
herself with a startling statement. This
was made by Sam Elliott, a, clerk in.
Jewell’s drug store. Elliott stated that
Benham had bought two ounces of
prussic acid from him on different days
and had asked him not to register the
poison, saying that he wanted it to kill
a dog.
Interested In a Poisoning Case.
The drug clerk recalled an occasion
when Benham had come into the store
and heard read an account in a Cana~
dian newspaper of the trial of a. man
for the alleged murder of his wife by
the administration of prussic acid. E1-
liott remembered that Benham had
evinced great interest in the article, had
requested that it be read again, and had
asked many questions about the deadly
drug and the possibility of its detection
in the body after death. Elliott told
these things. They reached the ears
of the authorities. A quiet investiga-
tion was begun. People remembered
that Mrs. Benham had money, that it
would pass into her personal control
when she should be 21 years old, a. ,pe-
riod only a few months off. They re-
membered that Benham had been pay-
ing marked attention to a young wom-
an. the daughter of one ofthe wealth-
iest citizens of the village. - ’
“ All these things were put together.
with the result that on the morning of
Jan. 9, two days after the funeral, Ben-
ham Was arrested, and a. second .au-
topsy on the body of the dead woman
was ordered. This revealed the pres-
ence of prussic acid.
in mpomur than.
Our Readers Are Face to
Face With an Unavoid-
able Question.
When the great Hume, the free-
thinker, was asked by a lady at Bath,
Eng.,- whom would he depend upon the
more, servants who conscientiously be-
lieved in the truths of eternal revela-
tion, or those who professed to hold his
own opinions, he frankly answered the
former.
When our readers are asked whose
statements can be depended upon the
more, scores of our citizens or one or
two desultory selections picked at hap
hazard from our broad Republic, the
answer must frankly be, Norwalk
people every time. The only state-
ments that appear at the foot of any
proprietary medicine advertisements in
Norwalk papers, obtained from a. pure-
ly local source, are these appended to
the reading notices published by Doan’s
Kidney Pills. ,The inference is too ap-
parent to waste time mentioning it.
Read this: '
Mrs. Alex. C. McLean, who lives at
No. 18 Maple street, is well known to
Norwalk people, being the wife of the
popular manager of a big New York
jobber’s Drug House. The has been a
sufferer for two years and a half, was
under treatment with a Brooklyn
specialist who claimed she had chronic
Bright’s Disease. She got Doan’s Kid-
ney Pills at Hale’s drug store and be-
gan taking them. Mrs. McLean says:
"I do not care to go into the details of
my case. Doan’s Kidney Pills are
helping me, and I feel very much bet-
ter. (I have great confidence in their
merit.”
Dean’s Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers, price 50 cents per box, six
bozes for $2.50. By mail on receipt of
price by Foster—Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Re-
member the name Doan’s, and take no
other.
A linen parasol lined with soft pale
pink silk proves a. becoming as well as
useful summer possession.
MOTHERS FIND NOTHING EQUAL
TO DR. HAND’S COLIC CURE.
Waterbury, 4-2—’97—Hand Medicine
Caz—Dear Sirs:—“I am using Dr.
Hand’s Cough and Group Medicine
and Colic Cure for my children and
find nothing to equal it. They work
like magic. I would not be without
them in my house. The little ones
love Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and cry for
it; it relieves them almost instantly.
Mrs. Frank Smith, 22 Wood st.” All
druggists, 25c.
Pretty ice pails in pressed glass are
almost as effective as cut ones and cost
ever so much less.
"MOTHER, HAVE YOU A BABY?
If so, get from your druggist to-day
for 25c., a bottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic
Cure. Every baby often has dis-
tressing colic. Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure
gives immediate relief by removing
wind from the stomach and quieting
the nerves, giving restful sleep. Moth-
er, think of the worry and anxiety this
saves you. If your baby is teething,
Dr. Hand’s Teething Lotion for 25c.
soothes and relieves all pain. Sold by
all druggists.
Denim is used more extensively than
ever. Summer floor coverings of it
are artistic and inexpensive.
FROM SIRE TO SON.
As a family medicine, BACON’S
CELERY KING, for the nerves, passes
from sire to son as a legacy. If you
have kidney, liver or blood disorder,
get a free sample package of this rem-
edy. If you have indigestion, consti-'
pation, headache rheumatism, this spe-
cific will cure you. Edward P. Weed,
Norwalk, or George C. Stillson, South
Norwalk, the leading druggists, are
sole agents, and are distributing sam-
ples free. Large packages 500 and 25c.
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Quaint little sweet peas, the beauties
of our grandmothers’ gardens. are cs-
sentially a la mode.
GREAT TRIUMPH.
Instant relief and a. permanent cure
by the great remedy, OTTO’S CURE
for Throat and Lung diseases. Why
will you irritate your throat and lungs
with a terrible hacking cough when
Edward P. Weed, Norwalk, or George
C. Stillson South Norwalk, sole agents,
will furnish you with a. free sample
bottle of this guaranteed remedy? Its
success is simply wonderful, as your
druggist will tell you. Sample free.
Large bottles 500 and 250.
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The sweetest tempered individual
somehow feels rubbed the wrong way
9 ‘er that phonographic, persistent
voice that reiterates “the wire is busy;
please ring on.”
SAVE YOUR LIFE.
By using “THE NEW GREAT SOUTH
AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE.” This
new remedy is a great surprise on ac-
count of its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in the Kidneys, Bladder
and Back in male or female. It re-
lieves retention of water, and pain in
passing it almost immediately. Save
yourself by using this marvelous cure.
Its use will prevent fatal consequences
in almost all cases by its great altera-
tive and healing powers. Sold by E. P.
Weed, Druggist, Norwalk, Conn.“
Did you ever discover that after you
had ordered half a dozen now gowns
not one came up to your needs for
traveling ‘9 -
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK?
Don’t give them tea. or coffee. Have
'ou tried the new food drink called
Grain-O? It is delicious and nourish-
ing and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children
the more health you distribute through
their systems. Grain-O is made of pure
grains. and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee
but costs about i- as much. All grocers
sell it. 150. and 250.
Postmfistcrs Appointed.
Washington, July 29.———The appoint—
ments of fourth class put-stiuastcrs today
were:
Connecticut—Wauregan, Edward Mc-
Roy. -
Pennsylvania—Cassville, J. L. Houck;
Cottage, John Eberle; Horatio, H. C.
Winslow: Matthews Run, A. B. Hazel-
tine; Mill Creek, W. H. Stonebraker;
Millers Station. J. C. Leslie; Saltillo, G.
A. Hester; Scalp Level, E. C. Buchanan;
Stony Run, E. D. Kistler: Stoughstown,
L. C. Trough; Utica, W. H. Ma-
whinney.
New Jersey—Papakating, U. H.
Clarke.
New York——Depauville, A. D. Lowe;
Elmwood Park, A. V. Widdrington;
Kasoag, G. H. Warren; North Coles—
ville, A. F. Shores; Redfield, G. G.
Simons; Ricard, H. W. Blount; Seaford,
J. D. Raynor; Trenton, Daniel French.
Jr.; Williamstown, C. W. Taft.
Death of Judge W. L. Dayton.
Trenton, July 29.—Judge William L.
Dayton of the New Jersey- court of er-
rors and appeals, who was stricken with
paralysis today in his office, died at the
Mercer hospital. Judge Dayton was a
son of William L. Dayton, who was the
Republican vice presidential candidate
in 1856’and who, under President Lin-
coln, was 'minister to France, where he
died in 1864. Judge Dayton was born
in Trenton in 1839.
Big Crops In Texas.
El Paso, Tex., July 29.—-There never
were such bountiful crops in Texas as
are being garnered this season. There
is more wheat, corn, oats and fruit than
ever before, and the cotton promises to
beat aii records. Texas will be a. heavy
purchaser this fall of all manufactured
supplies. Salt River valley, A. T., will
market 1,000,000 pounds of honey.
Twenty years ago there was not a bee
in that territory.
General Woodford Sails.
New York, July 29. -—General Stewart
L. Woodford, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United
States to Spain, sailed today on the
Paris en route to Madrid. General
Woodford was accompanied by Mrs.
Woodford and Miss Woodford, Captain
Taskar H. Bliss, U. S. A., military at-
tache at Madrid, and Lieutenant Georg-
S. Dyer, U. S. N., the naval attache.
McKinley Takes a Vacation.
Washington, July 29.—President Mc-
Kinley left Washington today for a. va—
cation on Lake Champlain that ma}
keep' him away from the city for six
weeks. He was accompanied by Mrs.
McKinley, Secretary and Mrs. Alger,
Mr. Porter, Assistant Private Secretary
Pruden and Executive Clerk Cortelyou.
The White House steward and a maid—
servant also were along.
Billposters Have a Row.
St. Louis, July 29.—At a stormy meet-
ing of the International Billposters'
associ‘étion Messrs. W. H. Donaldson of
Cincinnati, Isaac Monk of Peoria, 1115.,
and P. G. Stout of St. Louis tendered
their resignations and severed all rela-
tions with the association.
General Dodge Hurt.
New York, July 29.—Genera1 Charles
C. Dodge fell from the step of a. Colum~ -
bus avenue cable car today at Eighty-
third street and received a cut over his
right eye. He refused attendanCe and
went to his home at 1 West Eighty-
third street.
Le Figaro's Humorous View:
Paris, July 30.—-Le Figaro says, “An
amicable settlement of the Hawaiian
question will be reached, America yield-
ing on the most important points to
Japan.”
An Editor Arrested.
Bombay, July 30.——The editor of Vaib-
han, published at Poona, has been ar-
rested and brought here on a charge of
sedition.
One Day’s Government Receipts.
‘Washingtcn, July 28.—National bank
notes received for redemption, $186,265;
government receipts from internal rev-
enue, $519,420: customs, $195,585; mis-
cellaneous, $12,278.
The “’éa‘ther.
Fair: warmer; northwestcrly to south-
westerly winds.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
New YORK, July 29.—Money on call nominal-
ly at. 1 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3M
per cent. Sterling exchange firm. with actual
business in bankers‘ bills at 54.37%a4.87}é for
demand and at 34.86%a4.86}§ for 60 days. Post-
ed rates. $4.87a4.87}/2 and $4.88a4.88}é. Commer‘
cial bills. 354.85%. Silverrceptiticates, 59c. Bar
silver. 5756c. Mexican dollars, fill/6c. Govern-
ment bonds strong. State bonds quiet. Rail-
rond'bonds strong.
Closing prices:
Atchison .......... 14%,
Bur. 8; Quincy. 88%
0.. C., C. & St. L. 29%
New England... .. -
Norih American. 47/9
Northern Pacific. 14%
Chesapeake & O. . 19% Do. pref ........... 42%
Chicago Gas ...... 98 N. Y. Central. . . ..ll):.’
Cotton Oil ......... 17 Omaha ............ 65%
Del. & Hudson . . . .ll7% Ontario & West. . 16%
Erie ................ 15% Pacific Mail ...... 30%
General Electric. 35% Reading. . .. . . . . 24%
Hocking Valley... 8 Rock Island ..... 82%
Lackawanna. . . ...l57%, Silver Bullion. . . . 57%
Lake Shore ....... 171 St. Paul ........... 87%
Lead .............. 34% Sugar Refinery. . .l38
Louisville &. Nash 55 Texas Pucific..... 12%
Missouri Pacific. 26% Union Pacific..... 7%
Manhattan........ 93% \Vabash pref ..... 17%
Northwestern. . . ”117%,, W'estern Union... 85%
N. J. Central...... 90%.
General Markets.
New YORK. July 29,—FLOUR—State and
western quiet and firmer; citymills patents,
$53.53); winter patents, 54.303.14.70; city mills
clears, $4.70a4.85; winter straights, $4114.20.
WHEAT—filo. 2 red opened strong on higher
cables, but eased off under realizing. prompted
by bearish domestic influences; July, 84%;).
851/40. ; September. 78 15-162179}éc.
RYE—Firm: No. 2 western. 42d. 0. i. 1.,
Buffalo.
CORN—No. 2 firm and higher on hot. weather
talk; September, misc.
OATS—No. 2 dull, but steady; track, white,
state, 23}éa.‘l()c.: track, white, western. 23%;3
30c.
PORK—Quiet; mess, $8.75a9.50: family, $9.21
310.
LARD—Steady; prime western steam. 51.42%,
nominal.
BUTTER—Quiet; state dairy, IOal4c.; state
creamery. llali'nc.
CHEESE -— Quiet; state. 7%a755c. ;
small, 7217540.. -
EGGS-Quiet; state and Pennsylvania, i3c.;
western. 12c.
SUGARn-Raw firm; fair refining. 33/40.: cen-
trifugal, 96 1est,23%~..; refined firm; crushed
5%C. {powder-ed. 551k.
TURPENTINE—Firmer at 2.811285%. .
MOLASSES-Firm; New Orleans. 233300..
large.
RICE «Hun; domestic, 45216ch Japan. it"; ;
3495c.
SUBSTITUTION'
the FRAUD of the day.
See you get Carter’s,
"Ask for Carters,
Inswt and demano
Carter’s Little Liver Pills.
The only perfect
Liver Pill.
Take no other, ‘
Even if
Solicited to do so.
Beware of imitations
of Save Color Wrapper,
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Furniture Dealers and
46 and 48 Main St, Horwalk, conn.
Residence, Berkeley Place.
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Safe horses for women
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Stores and families supplied. Lowest rates.
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109 East Capitol Street,
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All classes of claims prosecuted
before the Interior Department.
Rejected pension claims a specialty
Correspondence solicited.
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