The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Dr. I. A. Jones of East Lake and Mrs. Bertha M, lay
 Tor Under Arrest
WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH
 KILLING HER OWN FATHER
Coroner Paris Stopped Funeral Pro- cession and Had Stomach Re- moved for Examination.
 Poison Found.

Coroner Paris has uprooted what prom ises to be one of the most sensational eases in Jefferson countys history. From the time, three weeks ago, wien the cor oner interrupted a funeral procession, took charge of the body and turned it over 10 physicians for examination, until last collecting.
 As a result Mrs. Bertha M. Taylor is held under guard of a deputy sheriff at her home H. East Lake, having been al- rested on the charge of mqrdering her father, John Baker, with ars sni; ,oison, and Dr. T. A. Jones is held in the coun- ty jail without bond, charged with the same crime.
 The arr, sts are made on the evidence of chemists examination of the dead mans body ard his report thal it con tained enoagh arsenic to kill 15 nen. Mrs. Baker is also held until the body of her husband, who died last summer under mysterious circumstances, can be ex- humed and the stomach undergoes the same process.
 Stopped Funeral Procession.
 The case began when Coroner Paris, on December 1, stopped the funeral process sion on the way to the burial ground and took charge of the body. He had 1t re- moved to an undertakers establishment and careful post mortem made pr. F. G. Grace, assisted by Dr. w. P. Me Adory, took the body to pieces and found that Baker was a chronic invalid, suffer- ing with an abscess in one lung, Bright's disease in his kidneys and an abscess in his mouth. He reported no scars or signs of violence in the body, but decided to go still further. Turning the stomach over to a chemist Renaldo Williams, a careful analysis was made, requiring sev- eral weeks. Yesterday Dr. Grace re- ported to the coroner that enough arsenic was found in the stomach to have killed 10 men, and that it was an evident sign of foul play.
 Had Insurance Policies.
 The coroner found that Baker had been attended by his daughter and Dr. T. A. Jones of Seventy sixth street and First avenue, East Lake. He found that on September pr. Jones had examined an insurance policy for Baker, payable to Mrs. Taylor, and he also found that sev- eral thousand dollars is due the man by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company in damages for the death of his wife and child in a street car wreck MT. Paris then got busy and last night locked Dr. Jones up in the county jail, refusing him any bond whatever. He also sent a deputy sheriff to serve the war rant on Mrs Taylor for poisoning her own father. Mrs. Taylor is in such a weak physical condition that it was decided to leave her at home under the strictest possible guards.
 pr. Jones Denies Charge.
 Dr. Jones, when seen at the county jail last night, Insisted that the preliminary Monday would tear him up, claiming that he is perfectly innocent He said he did not see any symptoms of arsenic. and did not prescribe any and could not understand how the man got it. He in- sisted that had he wanted to poison any one he would have done it with a smaller desc of a much stronger poison.
 This death follows that of Mrs. Tay- lor's husband only few months, and ac- ccrding to reports there was mystery about that. pr. Jones was in attendance and reported death caused by gastritis stomach trouble, which Is said to be sim liar to one of the forms which arsenic poison takes On account of the delicate health of Mrs. Taylor she was left at home. The warrants were sworn out by the coroner before Justice of the Peace J. c. Waldrop. They cite witnesses as fol- lows: Dr. F. G. Grace, Dr. w. P. Me Adcry, Renaldo Williams, H. Jordan J. A. Thomas, A. H. Costrey G. w. Davis, l.. R. Thompson and Dock Saxlass.
 The case is expected to take on more sensational features. The body of Taylor will be exhumed today and a quick test made to discover the presence of poison. The coroner is hard at work on the case and will not allow any bond until the pre- lminary trial before Judge Abernethy to- morrow.