The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-24
Charged With Poisoning, She
Seemed Not to Understand
BUT WAS VAIN OF HER DRESS
Bail Was Fixed at $4,000 in Case of
Lowell Girl Who Is Charged With
Putting Trough on Rats" in Cof-
fee of Her Uncle and Aunt.

Lowell, Mass, Sept. 24.-Sixteen- year.
old Gladous Ora Newell st. Denis
laughed when she was araigned in police
court here yesterday and heard an in
dictment read charging her with at
tempting to murder her aunt and uncle
by putting trough on rats in their
coffee.
1--WE got my new blue suit on; isn't
it nice ?" asked the girl, as she entered
the court ROOM. Because of her age,
Judge Enright held a special session of
the police court, but did not ask the
defendant, who was not represented by
counsel, to plead
After consultation with Supt. Of Police
Redmond Fitzgerald, who is handling th1
prosecution. Judge Enright decided to
continue the case until the session of the
juvenile court on Friday morning of this
week. Bail was fixed at $4,000 and the
little girl returned to Jail to wait while
the aunt she is alleged to have tried to
murder Mrs Bertha NJ Jordan--is at
tempting to raise the bail
Mrs. Jordan was in court and chatted
with the girl Flowers, food and clothes
were furnished by the aunt, and one of
the police officers told the girl that the
aunt's interest in her failed to bear out
the stories told by the girl of ill-treat-
ment
ooh, that's all right she replied;
amy of the neighbors would have done
the same thing. When you go out,
please tell the reporters that my right
name is Gladous Ora Newell st. Denis"
The police are investigating the stories
told by the girl. The fact that she is
liable to 90 years in prison, if found
guilty doesn't seem to worry her in the
slightest. She smiles and chats with
the police and seldom refers to her al
legged offense Her coolness is a source
Of surprise to the authorities.
The girl is brunette and decidedly
pretty. Her face is that of a child. but
her figure is mature for her age. She is
at once naively ingenious and possessed
of the self-restrant and manner of
woman.
She was arrested Saturday evening.
and the police say she calmly admitted
that she put trough on rats" in coffee
which she served her uncle and aunt
one morning last week When her aunt
complained of feeling too i'll to 90 to her
work in a local shoe factory, and her
uncle was forced to leave his work and
go home, she went for physician and
carried a note to her aunt's employer,
for whom the girl also worked, tell
ing him Mrs Jordan was too i'll to go
to her desk.
Mr.. and Mrs Jordan, her foster par
ents with whom she has lived ut No 725
School street feel that she Is in no way
responsible for her acts. Both visited
the young prisoner in the detention room
at the police station Sunday.
GLADYS said the uncle. why did you
do it? Why did YOU want to poison
your aunt and me?"
The only answer was a shrug of the
shoulders.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan are still weak
from the effects of the poison. Mrs.
Jordan said:
II can't understand the girl. She came
to us two years ago. | have treated her
as | would daughter. | have given
her everything in my power and have
looked after her best interests in ala
ways.
81 learned recently that she was going
around with boys of about her own age
who were not of the proper standard.
She also wanted to stay out nights. This
| objected to strenuously, and regardless