Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Benton, Mrs. W. L.  April 20 1918
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, April 26, 1918
Mysterious Death of Mrs. W. L. Benton

Last Saturday morning, Mrs. W. L. Benton, who lives in the Spence district, 
about sixteen miles north of Cairo, was suddenly taken sick and died that night 
about eleven o'clock.  Dr. Sumner, of Meigs, was called in Saturday morning and 
could not diagnose her case, so in the afternoon, Dr. Bush, of Pelham, was 
called in.  Upon examination, Dr. Bush stated that Mrs. Benton was poisoned.

Owing to her mysterious death, it is said, her people requested that an inquest 
be held.  The sheriff and coroner were notified Sunday and an inquest was held 
at four o'clock Sunday afternoon, at which time Mrs. Benton's husband claimed 
that she had received the poison from some medicine he had been taking recently 
for rheumatism.

The verdict of the jury was that she came to her death as a result of being 
poisoned, and recommended that Dr. Bush send a specimen of her blood to Atlanta 
for a post mortem examination.  The jury will make its final verdict when the 
authorities in Atlanta make their report.   Mrs. Benton was about fourty-eight 
years of age, and had been married to Mr. Benton for only about two years, it 
is said.  It is also said that she possessed considerable property.  The 
funeral services were held Sunday afternoon. 

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