Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-22 | Page 1 | Resentful Child Poisons Eight in Family to Retaliate for Runaway Penalty

r T Resentful Child Poisons Eight in Family To Retaliate for Runaway y Penalty HAMLIN W. W Va Feb 22 UP WI- WI A family of eight lay critically ill of poisoning today In a hill country country country coun coun- try home their Illness brought broughton on by what Prosecutor V. W. S S. D DamrOn Dam Dam- m- m rOn said was a year old daughters daughter's daughters daughter's daughters daughter's daugh daugh- ter's retaliation for tor a chastise chastise- ment meat Damron said Gladys Dillon admitted admitted admitted ad ad- mixing poison with the ul flour 1 ur her mother used in baking bread k tl ii The prosecutor said Edgar Dillon Dillon Dil Dil- lon Ion 40 probably will not recover Mrs Dillon 36 and six children ranging in age from 3 to 12 12 are arc in ina Inn a n serious condition They were found In their mountain mountain moun moun- tam tain cabin three miles mUes from the tho hill village of at and brou brought ht there Damron said Gladys Glads was arrested arrest arrest- ed cd because she was the only one who did not partake of ot tho the pot poi bread He added It seems the girl had left home without permission and her mother punished ed her by confining her to the home She said in her confession she was angry with her mother and fully intended to id kill her Gladys broke down and cried when I told her how sick her father was She said I 1 didn't mean to hurt him just Mamma