The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-12
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
ron AppIrIoNAL LooAI IEEALa Do INaIpn rAans.

IN
POISONING CAsE.-Coroner Daniels resumed
he investigation in the case OF the alleged pol
soning Of Annie u; Richards, aged four years,
who died in convulsiOns on the 18th of August
morning. The defendants are jackson Jones,
Rachel Jones' and Polly Jones. Lewis @. Cas-
sidy Esq, appeared as their counsel The in
vestigation was to have commenced at 10
o'clock, but the absence of Robert Evans, Coun-
Gilman for the Fifteenth Ward, who had been
summoned as juror, kept the Coroner wit
nesses, defendants, counsel, and reporters
waiting for half an hour. This caused great
deal OF dissatisfaction on the part of the above
rived he was censured by the Coroner. The
following testimony was elicited;-
Apson Richards sworu-on the 10th OF August,
came home between the hours of and 8; my little
daughter ran up to me ana SAID Papa, h%schei %
soop;' she SAID, "WhRt does she mean by that-take
nanh iNss yoSr mamma away from you; says she,
II cannot DO without my mamma and papa, that is
cakes etc.; g came from their yard; one time saw
P0 go OU over ns and TecsnSed her Voice saying
SThere is a cake for you;" don't know OF my own
SafS @y ond was 10 i've hours she
e on on SaU an9b6S or b"
didn't think Of her being poisoned until got her
With her every evennE she was taken sick Ia the
street live Just a6Sys THOMPSON .fGSa 5osngs street
served anything was the matter with herr then
% o fo anf hSr EsRs 5 Il ss tbsGaE
Observed anything more she then 9 commenced enc to
ter ~ said she, II feel queer; took and laid her
nS 10 she Se eS %dTss gs the pngo sronn oe
notice Of il; She was shaking and Trembling; got her
as far as the htaton House door on Thompson
street; she then said, I"Paps cannot go any
and carry you home" had hardly got her in my
arms when she straigntened her limbs and com
menced having copvusions she said II feel so very
bad in my stomach: all burning up" TOOK her home
quarter to To- she had c6nvulsions she had had mo-
thing to eat from the time | took her out until she
her supper. and that all came ofrmy piate remen-
Der Of peach being s but m whether Mhe9I Il
1912 North Eleventh street and found that strychnne
RSS sSG very y opposite
Mrs. Elizabeth Richards sworn-on thel 10th Of
child was playing IN M the s Ysrd % don't know how i
maidsy' saw Rachel up at the Window she said to
Annie that "her father told her 70 say that" Annie
that" Rachel then said Your mother then told you
tell IN me 10 say E' saw Rachel shake her fist and
say, "I win fix you ana your mother -. before
Just nine days the time she threatened that my
d GORss o our Sd S Rc ad Po
both; on Sunday afternoon, should Judge 1t be-
sSs
she had taken one or two bites out Il the psacR She
said Rachel threw 1t over and told her to eat it
her her she ought no, to have eaten i; she
she had 1bs her he sS SS 6s
It had been dipped into -four and then brushed on:
sSf
said there were great many reports % "a about boz some
what twas she died with the night the 2sd was
sfDs e OS WIN heard Poly
tnsir Whole mind ON that one lthe nfantj, but the
s1adenIS MS1 a: Annts then shs isushsa on Sunday,
WHIP Poy ssd that she could not sleep lee because
she thought that there was somsthing going 70 hap
was something on her mind; Rachel said she
cOuS S ssSP Rsese as a sde
she did threaten the child that was no reason she
temSer lfa hsr an into osesS
G Ss al nSs o P 50 % Is
and we don't get called old maids any more, for We
ss madS Su the S above were paper BY Wit
sns hs95S SnS the% 9aa usEfd when s1rnSS
%' Sp, MAMMA. Inside Of me-" she She. asked
@ s.es r ns
Se sse
called for water saying her insiqeS % were on hTe
and never anything on 1.-The them; & Annie said IN,
es sesteE eSnR he peach looked tongue
found il ali bilstered Annie never told lie; "
nsP not md1tS hsge SSs sRy sSss s1seoS bs
fSeSe eSen is no DOS d0T IN the neshbOThOod that hows
SssE Sshs snf.s S @ and she
although she eo S. 70 * HnSw
wouid throw her head back the child was betwee
snS USUr
when her water sne a nosa d snG
Mrs. Joseph E. Dickson sworn-I was sent for o
the evening the child was taken sick one of th
neighbours children came over 10 my mouse, ana sal
went over; they had then sent for % p6ysleiani
inss ssSS
Il was cold and stiR when, went in the co,
sSIiiSHs ssfiHs FOR wsST
who put the peach in the y4Id; / heard Mr. J9%nS one
mean man" he repeated il twice; nxcd the body e
ice; alter taking the body out the ice twas not s
DR.. William Taylor sworn-Attended the child; Q
Snsa p C 70 tsS sla
the child had conyusops on sesching ths noese
SS i sSs cS%pS.d SnhS o1hSst and psn II tie
and observed come tWitchng OF the muscles ssEe
ana tsa; It had no cOnvulsions while was there
s9ied Sas9 fH 20 ITEM that they had done very We
Sfe fSw Minutes ana thnkisS Il arose from Ssordsr
stomach prescribed PurRatiye and gAye Il apot6
little while, and finding that there was no convr
Sp 6S R ha 11p any mcSs
yulsfons % apply the same remedies; abo
nal Raj an statIns hSuf hat the child was wors
Iremarked hat would come as soon as possbl
until half past 10; thinking, no one had been Sc
for me the convulsion had passed on, went TO be
'pfissd:wheD Mr.. Richards informed me that the chi
had had several convulsions and had died at qua
could not account for IT, suggested post plorte
examination by the CoroneIi think It was then
sometbinF in IT, which Il had picked Up ia the yard
told him that In order 70 be positive, It would be
mach made as q post nlortem examination would n
reveal anything without that; either that day or u
that the child could be buried wrote one, cause
En0wE vas "a r pressn. a. the pest-moEtsm examin
owni the BODY was carefully opened; on the exaI