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Show WANTS NO MASS MEETING FOR HER Mrs. Wallau, Accused of Poisoning Dying Mother, AsKs No Public Protest Against District Attorney NEW YORK. Feb. 22. Mrs. Lottie Wallau, who has been charged with poisoning: poi-soning: her dying mother, Mrs. Ida Binge, spent the night at her home, having been released from prison under a bond of $50,000. Her release on ball was accomplished accom-plished with the consent of the District Attorney, who caused her rearrest, after the Coroner had set her free. The grand Jury now has the case under consideration, considera-tion, and Mrs. Wallau's eventual fate rests with that body. Should the grand jury fall to indict, it Is probable that Mrs. Wallau will be discharged, at & Police Po-lice court hearing which has been set for February 28. Mrs. Wallau showed extraordinary calm throughout her court experience yesterday. yester-day. 'Her demeanor has been that of a woman confident of her Innocence and its ultimate triumph, ever since she was arrested ar-rested last Saturday night. One of her acts yesterday was to stop a movement put under way by her counsel to call a mass meeting of protest against the District Dis-trict Attorney's procedure in her case. An incident was made public last night which Indicated that the family of Mrs. Wallau feared that she would commit suicide sui-cide after she realized that she was under suspicion of having caused her mother's death. When County Detective Reardon searched the house for the polBon bottle produced at the Inquest he found a loaded revolver In a bathroom. This belonged to Alexander Wallau. the son, who said that he had hidden it that morning underneath un-derneath the carpet in his twn room on the third floor of the house. "Why dtt you hide it?" demanded Reardon. "I was afraid mother would kill herself," her-self," young Wallau is said to have replied. re-plied. 1 slity possible and gave It promise of |