The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-12
ROUGH on RATS.
THAT'S WHAT LuCl JANE TYLER
Used
WHEN SHE WANTED TO REMOTE
HER ADOPTED MOTHER
suE GIFTS THREE YEARS IN THt
PFNIThSTiARY
The church sunday school Institute
Meeting OF the ~ ance Commit
tc.-City ard suburban
News aud Notes.

Tho Hastings Court, Hon. Samuel B..
WIZ prcsiding. was engaged nearly all
dav Yesterday in the trial Of the case OF
the Commonwealth against Lucy Jane
TYLER lcolorcdl. charged with the attempt
10 poison her adopted mother, Mary
lane Robinson lcolored) and all her
adopicd family with tea of her own
make. IN which Rough on Rats was the
chief ingredient The trial in the Police
Conn and the sending on OF the case 10
me grand jury of the Hastings Court
was duly chroniclcd al the time in the
TINES.
The accused was represented by Mr..
EdFar Allan and the state by the Com
mciwcalth's Attorney, Colonel Spots
wood a number of witnesses were cX-
omincd bv the state Officer j ore, OF the
notice force. testified 90 having sworn
ont warrant arai;st the girl on intor-
nation no. i,ad received 20 the effect That
she ho4 served up dose Of Rough on
Rats" i'm tomato can for tea, along with
a disb off cabbage. which she had pre-
narea for hcradOpicd mother and family.
once Pillow testified that the tomato
can and q box labeled trough on rats
had been deposited in the Police Court
on the dav after the arrest OF the ac'
Cuscg.
Robert Allen (colored) son Of Mary
Jsse Robinson. testified that on the
morning that The poisoning was attempt
ed Lucy Jane Tyler. or "Luiy,' as she
was called. had prepared some
tea and cabbage for his mothers break
fast Mary Jane lrst are the cabbage
and said if tasted bad He said he would
eat il hrt when he tried 90 do so, he also
fonrd that 10 "tastcd bad Ills mother
then .qid She wanted some tea, but could
not drink 10 because it "tasted bad. lie
then said. give 10 TO me, I'll drink II.
Tie took "a fcW swallows. and found that
n not only TASTED bad but that il made
him very sick. He vomiied freely, and
had to- take 90 his bed for a week.
DIT Tailor the State chemist, made q
statement and produced in court the cup
I'm which the tea was serycd-a tomato
can-and also the box of Rough on Rats
which the girl used in her would .be muir
dcIs
Officer Walton. Of the force was then
called lie testified that on December
2sih. DE arrested the accused on Fourth
street. near Gamble tilli, 40 her sisters
He asked her Why She attempted tc
poison her adopted mother She re
piled chat She did not know what made
her DO f.. and that she had bought The
box of Rough on Rats al drug sior'
and paid fifteen cents for IT,
Mt. Walton was closely and ingeni
ouslv cross examined by MI Allan, bu
his testimony was mistaken, and the
Commonwealth rested. Recess was theI
taken until 4.3O o'clock.
ON the reopening of the court the de-
Tense introduced three Witnesses 10 Try
and prove that the poisoning might have
been done by some one else than The
accused. and that her confession OF gull
was wrung from her under duress.
The argument then followed, and was
continued for about two hours, when The
case was given o. thc jury About
o'clock the accused was found guilty as
indicted. and her punishment was hXeC
at three years In the ponitentiary
The only other case disp0 ed OF wa
that of Nelson Nesior (colored), charged
with illegal voting and perjury. \ linl
was wanting in the prosecution, and The
case was dismissed