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Show iBOY POISONS HIS MOTHER Youth Admits He Put Rough-on-Rats . In the Coffee Santa Rosa, Cal., Aug. lT.Con fussing that hhanJer; Hiteen-yca'i-old'AdativTcTark, of Windsore. broke down tonitht in his cell In the coun ty jail and. amid sobs, told wliy ana how he administered the poison. Mrs Augustus Clark, the mother, aged 50 years, died tonieht att a hospital hos-pital In this city. James Clark. -the father, aged 60. will probably die hc- fore daybreak, and John Ruddle, the neighbor, is seriously ill The mother and father of the boy separated some time ago. Recently tho bov went to work with a hay-balling crew and his mother objected. It was his custom to visit hor occasional, occasion-al, and each time he did so she became be-came seriously 111. The last time she was ill her husband returned to the home to nurse her and the boy visited them. The husband became Hi and Ruddle came to nurse them both Again the boy came home and Ruddlo hecame 111 , .. . Tho peculiar circumstances attending attend-ing the Illness of the Clarks aroused the suspicion of the authorities and Adam was brought to the Jail In this cltv He admitted that he had put "rough on rats" In the coffee pot at his mother's home each time he was there on a visit The reason for doing this he said, was bocause she was continually protesting acalnst his being be-ing n member of a balling crew and urged him to return home. |