Show o A Murderous Mother A Louisville Kentucky special records records re re- ro- ro cords the tho extermination of f an entire entro family kayo kave save one member by poison as a case that has beel discovered there One year ago age Thomas Austin Austn his wife and live five children lived at Eleventh street street One by one the children died until one remained The father father and the remaining child were reported reported reported re re- re- re ported dying on the In each case the symptoms have been exactly the same A slight i fever accompanied by by vomiting and severe pains in the stomach were vere the first Indications Then the patient patent grew gew rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly worse and in a day or two death would ensue ensueS In each case the re regular ular physician gave ave typhoid fever as the tho cause of death death Each child which had died ded had been Insured insured insured in in- and the tho money was vas paid by the in insurance insurance in company immediately after death Tho The amount of insurance on each dach ranged from 2500 The neighbors neighbors began to t talk and finally the attending physician called caled in a well known known wel-known doctor D. D C. C Smith Dr pc Smith made a diagnosis s and concluded that that the cause of illness Uness was arsenical poison poison ing The coroner will wl be asked to have the tho the remains of the Austin Austn children exhumed and an analysis of their stomachs made Dr Smith is thoroughly convinced that arsenic arseDio has been bOGn used in every case caso The mother is a alive ve and well wel The Tho Insurance policies were all al made mado out in 11 her name She refused to talk I |