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Poisoned in Cripple Creek
William H. Avery's death in Cripple Creek in 1890 was originally thought to be gastritis, a stomach disorder. But twelve days after his death his wife Mary secretly married her lover Frank Millington in Hastings, Nebraska. Frank Millington was William H. Avery's business partner. William H. Avery was worth over $100,000. His body was exhumed and it was determined that he had been poisoned. William had been fed enough arsenic to kill 50 people, according to one expert. Mary and Frank Millington were put on trial in Fort Collins in 1890. The basis of the Millington's defense was that there was no proof that William had not administered the poison to himself. A chemist testified that William's 14 year old daughter Pearle Avery had purchased a box of "Rough on Bats", which is one-third arsenic. Pearle denied she had ever purchased the poison, the jury took her at her word and the lovers were acquitted.
Description From the Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive Date 1890
Location Cripple Creek and Fort Collins, Colorado
Attached to Frank Millington (?)
Mary Edith Lyon (1854 - 1899)
William Henry Avery (1854 - 1890)
Pearle Avery (1877 - )
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