Show POISONS HER FAMILY GIVES THEM TROUGH ON RATS STIRRED IN afia they beg for waler and she gius them whisky to drina NEW march 24 sire minnie is locked up at the police station for poisoning her three children two are dead and the other is dying the mother is also suffering from the effects of poison taken at the same time she tells a pitiful story her husband died two years ago she had struggled to keep her children together but failed they were taken from her and sent to a juvenile asylum only recently she got them back with infinite trouble opposed by poverty on one side and the persecution of her husbands relations on the other work was failing and food was getting scarce she foresaw she must lose them soon and decided to kill them on wednesday sho sent anthony the eldest of the boys to a drug store with a quarter to buy rat poison the child bought ten cent worth of rough on hats mrs dieb kuen chaner stirred it in the tea and dividing the draught in three equal parts gave it to the boys to drink very soon after all three of the boys were taken ill watching their sufferings fe the mother stayed with them all day going about the house without exciting the attention of the tenants wednesday night and all day thursday the little sufferers lay in their dying agonies with the mother hovering about seeing their little lives ebbing out slowly and surely they begged for water and with the merciless cruelty of a fiend the mother aavo them whisky to drink the two oldest drank and cried that they were on fire they begged to be taken out in the back yard and havo the hydrant turned on them but their feebly cries found a deaf ear thursday afternoon charles died three hours later his eldest brother breathed his last still the youngest a baby of three was left with the two victims af her awful crime lying dead that mother held to her fiendish purpose she sat by her dying child until saturday morning when the little ones grip on life still refused to yield she wearied of waiting and went out to tell the police this morning the mother was committed to the tombs before being taken to prison she drew the photographs 0 aher children from her pocket and asked if she would be permitted to keep them when told that she bould she shouted excitedly they wanted to take my children cronl me but they cant do it now of murder ozark mb march 24 john matthews was convicted of murder in the first degree today to day he is the third of the bald Knob bers vho aho have received the extreme verdict for the marjer of batons and green several more are to be tried alii rattier louisville march 24 james moina a farmer living near frankfort was shot and gilted kilted today to day by his son the father became angry because his wife wanted a nev pair of shoes and threatening to kill both her and her boy drew a revolver the boy was quicker however and shot him down he is lodged in jail to convict COAL HILL ark march 22 governor hughes and the penitentiary board arrived this afternoon to further investigate the brutality to convicts in tho coal mines they found that warden scott who proceeded fugi tivo Gafford was even more brut aLSe whipped as many as seventy five men in one night until the blood ran in streams from their bodies tho place where the convicts were confined is so filthy that a sickening stench rose from it the beds and blankets were dirty and covered with vermin and yesterday a lot of shoes and clothing arrived and the men acre provided for who had gone barefooted nil win ter the physicians today to day examined a large number of convicts whom clifford had whipped and found their bodies almost solid sores the men feared to complain while gafford was here for fear of being beaten again some time ago a convict ran off and hid in the mines and refused to come out and warden scott ordered tom gaddes the pit boss to go down and shoot him he did so things are much changed now but the details of past acts are sickening and horrible mill for VIct lma march 22 the bodies of sixty six victims of the fire were exposed for identification today many heart rendering scenes were witnessed besides the bodies there are also fifty three heaps of unrecognizable remains several projects have been organized organised sed for the relief of the families of jeche poorer victims the chamber of deputies at today to day decided to send a telegram of condolence to the municipal authorities of oporto the chamber then adjourned as a mark of respect to the victims it is reported that some americans and englishmen were turned electric lights have been provided to enable the searchers to work without interruption the fire originated from the blowing of an unprotected gas jet against the scenery A bieno shifter saw the fire and rushed to lower the curtain but before he could reach it the burning scenery fell on the stage there was a panic in the cheaper parts of the house the attendance attend once was principally of the rougher class including many sailors and dock por who crushed down the weaker people in their rush for the doors their fists shoes and knives and mercilessly slashing their way to tha front girls children and women were butchered |