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Show POISONED HER: 80N. ' ; '"J Convlcfa Mr. TandegrIA of That ; , Crime. . le Vandegrift, of Burlington, N. J. , 1 ijnst been convicted of attempting to w her son, Frank Norman, and the Instances are so peculiar that there is a spread discussion ae to the righteous-iot righteous-iot the Jnry'g verdict Frank. was her 1 "T her first marriage, a young man 18 years old; his sickness was of a 're to indicate some acrid poison; his bought croton oil several times hi Illness, and the physician in at-testified at-testified that croton oU would e the symptoms noticed in Frank. J tho tner hand it was proved that she Si00 oU for corns, with which she My troubled, and Frank, testifying "wf of his mother, admitted that bis were such as to produce the symp-a symp-a shown and that he had been very VAHDEQBtnr AND HEB SON. J u eating and drinking. The court, admitted evidence that Mr. Van-S Van-S toe woman's second husband, ac-Ifil ac-Ifil Poisoning him; that her tem-'"pocullariy tem-'"pocullariy bad, and that she had 'rnre.4 Wi3b that Frank was a was Insured for $15,000, rjWud have gone to bis mother, and financial straita. One is loath tbirt nmotb.er could poison her any cae, but the Jury decided that JUndttgrift did. Tbe woman is very at home, and angrily attributes unction to prejudice. |