The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
East Lake axe oman :
ru,Ds, mn CHARGE
War ) Accuses Her Of Poisoning
husband.
Pathetic Scene when Young Mother
IL Taken rrem Her Little
Eamiiy By County
omcers.

Birminrham, April 4--(Special -
Mrs Bertha. M. Taylor, aged 20 years
IL In the county Jail OF JEFFERSON Coun-
ty, charged with murder. It being
charged In the warrant sworn out be-
fore Judge B. H. Abernathyl OF the In
ferior Court by T. l.. Crow. that the
accused did nniawfuily and with mall
Ice aforethougiR. kill J. !. Taylor"
The deceased was the husband Of
Mrs. Taylor. apd the allegations are
that he came to his death through
sHychnine poisoning.
The arrest was made BY Deputy
Sheriffs Wilson and Collier at the
home OF the accused In East Lake. q
suburb OF Birmingham. and the scene
when sthe arrest was made was most
pathetic. The woman has six weeks
old child and the infant was taken
along with the woman to the county
jail. No bond could be fxed and the
accused had to remain In jail over
Sunday and until such time as pre-
iimfhary can be set and bond fixed by
the judge or the grand jury, which
meets tomorrow. and can II II VIII
take up the matter immediately.
woman ts Arrested.
when the deputies went TO the homs
OF the ~accused.and read the warrant
10 her and told her that she would
have to "a to jail. there being no bond
allowed In the matter until the same
was fixed by the curt. Mrs. Taylor
broke down and besan weeping bit
teriy. Neighboring women, who gath
cred. also broke into tears an@ tnere
was a wailinK that brought tears 20
.the eyes of the two deputies.
Mrs. Taylor had at her home. three
or four little sisters and brother or
i've. besides other childrenN OF relas
lives. the eldest being II years Of are.
Ali al whom she is rearing. She made
hasty preparations 70 go to jail ana
she was made as confortaDie IN the
prison as the limited accomwoaauons
- The accusation against her.
II wiil be remembered thai when
Coroner Paris was living. he brought
|sensationaI charges against Mrs. Tay-
Tor. accusing her OF the p0isoning OF
her father, Mr.. Baker. whose stomach
was taken out after death and chem
ist reporting ssrychnine therein. Their
the death Of the husbapds y I, Tayior'
was recalled. ana his hody was exhufn-
"a and the same chemist invessigated
4 the stomach. Reporting the fnding Of
|strychnire therein Mrs Taylor was
NOT arrested heretofore because Of the
birth Of the child. The warrant just
served was sworn out by 7. l. Crow
and placed IN the hands of the sheriff,
who served Il through his deputies,
Declares Nshe Is Innocenf.
Mrs Baker Is a blonde, medium siz-
Ell woman. She says that the people
whose names are on the warrant as
witnesses were not even around when
her husband died; that she Is not gull
ty Of the charge: that her friends will
come to her rescue at the proper time
and an investigation will prove her
claims OF innocenee.
The entire community at East Lake
Is aroused over the matter and the ar
rest OF pomine6t citizen In connec-
tion with II IL probable. One arrest
was made before. but the citizen, was
not indicted by the grand jury and
nothing ever came OF the matter.
Developments may or may not come
Of the present arrest In addition to a
sensational story that may be heard in
connection with the whole matter is
the report that the father of Mrs. Tay-
lar carried some life insurance.