Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-30
ACCUSE FATHER OF
USING POISON TO
KILL OWN CHILD
Detectives Say Edward Jaroslowsk
Confessed Giving Deadly
Drug to Daughter.
EXAMINE BODY TODAY

What is claimed to be ono of the most
shocking crimes ever committed in this
city is charged by the police against
Edward Jar1slowski, of l015 Coleman
street, the deed occur ing last Sunday,
according to a statement given out by
the detective bureau today.
Last i ida> the daughter of Jarosowsli,
aged Ii months. died suddenly, and tho
child was buried Monday. \ short
time after the infant expired, ITS little
body started to swell and when the funeral
was held, the top Of the casket could not
be closed tightly because of the enormous
size of the child This raised a suspicion
that resulted in JaroslOwskls arrest
and his being charged with murder.
On SATURDAY. the father left the house,
and told people there, that he was gong
TO buy flowers. but ho did not return
again until last night. when ne was
placed under arrest by Detective kclnpskl.
Ii was on the complaint of relatives OF
the man that he was arrested In City
Court, today tho man appeared before
the Judge. but WAS not arralgned, and at
the request Of Assistant City Solicitor
Malloy the case was ntinued for ono
week
ON last Friday the day it is alleged
the accused told he gave the dose To the
infant. ne was very late coming horne from
work and that this was caused by his stop
ping IN Ii barber shop and also IN drug
store to buy tho deadly drug. When he
reached home. his wife was with the child
and he got her 10 go to a store AZ first
She refused and then later decided 70 go 70
the store The father told tho detectives
they say, that he took the child and u
fought with him when he attempted 10
hold It on his knee
While the mother was out of the house,
the father claims he got glass Of water
and also examined the package with the
strychninc in it. lie said that he took "A
drink of the water and then gave the
child a drink After taking tho drink,
IaroslowSki claims that he was sick at the
stomach lie also says that he thinks tho
stiychninc accidentally dropped from the
package in which il was wrapped
" hen Mrs JaroslowskI returned from
the store she found her husband very
excited and he demanded that she take
the baby, which she did
The husband then said he wanted 20 go
10 thc cellar and get some wood but was
afraid and asked his wife 70 20 with him.
She wrapped the child In IA shawl and
proceeded to 80 down the cellar with
him. When she reached the bottom Of the
cellar steps the child became very stiff
and she took IL upstairs and within 20
minutes IL expired.
On Saturday the man left the house and
did not return until Monday but he was
not admitted to the house
The man was brought to the police
station yesterday and taken IN the de-
tcctivc bureau, where lac was put through q
severe Qliizzinr II iysi, according TO the
detectives, JafosloWski denied the charge
against him After q time the man weak
cned and admitted that he administered
strychninc 10 the girl but did not think 1t
would Kill her.
According to the information given out
by the detectives the man sand that some
thing had been stealing his shjckens, and
that he had mixed the deadly drug with
water for the purpose Of putting II in his
chicken yard, in hopes Of killing whatever
II was that was making away with his
chickens He claims, 1t IS said, that after
mixing the drug, he gave a dose Of II TO the
child but did not think 1t would Kill her.
The reason the detectives say the
accused gave for giving the mixture to
the child was that she did not like him
The police made an investigation and
learned that tie story told by the man Is
not at all accurate inasmuch Is lie has no
chickens
The body will be removed from the
grave today and post mortem cx-
animation held to ascertain what the
nature Of the drug was that caused the
child's death
The man and his wife have been In this
country five years and ever since the birth
OF the child, according to the murderer,
he has had dislike for II
The ease IS one OF the most heartless of
the police records and brings TO mind the
case of Dell Ella Savage, who was found
guilty over a year ago on a charge of
throwing her infant child in a marsh in
South Wilmington The Savage woman is
now serving q life sentence at the New
Castle county workhouse.