The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-11
Horrible Revenge Planned by the Girl
ON the Parents, MIR. and Mrs. B. G.
Hitz, for Accusation Of Theft.
MOTHER sMELLED THE DRUG
NURSE GIRL INSTANTLY SUSPECTED
AND POLICE CALLED.
WOuld-Be Murderess Finally Broke
Down and Confessed-Boldest At
tempt in Local Police Annals.

For the red-handed attempt to poison the
baby daughter of B. G. Hitz. 1907 North
Capitol avenue, Jeanette Childs. colored
domestic, was placed behind the bars at
the police station yesterday evening by
Detectives Kurtz and Lancaster.
The attempted crime was one of the bold
est criminal acts that has come to the at
tention of the police for some time On ac-
count of spite against the parents of the
one-ycar-old baby. the colored nurse girl
attempted to take the life OF her charge by
putting over an ounce of chloroform in
its milk.
jeanette Chlds, the servant, alias Eta
Price. is an opium eater. She said last night
at the police station that her attempt to
murder the baby was prompted by her
condition from the of the drug.
A few weeks ago several articles of value,
among which diamond pin, silver
thimble and belt buckle, were missed by
the members of the Hitz family, and the
colored maid was accused of the theft She
denied her guilt at the time and swore
that she would get even with her en-
ployers for suspecting her of stealing their
property.
PUT CHLOROFORM IN MILK.
She lives with her mother at SIS West
Eleventh street. and has been accustomed
to stay at the Hitz residence during the
day only, going home at night. Yesterday
morning on her way to her work she
stopped i'm the Graves drugstore at West
and Twelfth streets and bought two ounces
of chloroform, stating that she had the
toothache and wished to use the drug to
ease the pain. She then went directly to the
home of Mr.. Hitz. where she was employed,
and emptied over half the contents of the
bottle into the milk which she prepared for
the morning meal of the baby.
Mrs. Hitz detected the odor of the drug
and threw the milk away before the child
had drunk any of il. Later she found the
bottle half full of chloroform in a trash
barrel In the back yard, near where the
colored girl had been working The detec-
tive department was at once communicated
with. as the girl was instantly suspected
of the attempted poisoning. detectives Lam
caster and Kurtz were detailed to the ca
and when they accused the girl of putting
the chloroform into the milk she denied IL
Later they took her TO the drugstore where
the chloroform was purchased and she was
identified by the clerk the young woman
to whom he sold the chloroform i'm the
morning.
THE GIRL BROKE DOWN
With all the evidence against her she
stoutly denied that she had done anything
wrong. but at the police station she broke
down and admitted that she had attempted
to kill the baby for spite She was angry
with the parents of the child she said, on
account of their imputations as TO her hon.
esty. and she decided to take that means
| of securing revenge.
She said she was seventeen years old and
had been a user of gum opium for seyera
months and attributed her action to the
excessive use of the drug yesterday MORN
| ing.
Mr.. Hitz Is the manager of the Hitz cold
storage houses, ana is son of Stephen
Hitz president of the Hitz Baking Com
pany.
| The colored girl will be given a prelimi-
nary hearing In the Police Court this MORN
/ ing on a charge OF administering poison
with inteIt to commit murder. and will be
! bound over TO the grand jury.