Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-06
HOLD JAROSLOWSK|
FOR GRAND INQUEST
Father Accused Of Numbering
Child Given Hearing
in City Court.

Remarkable evidences came out before
Judg, Churchman in City Court this
,,orpiup when Edward Jaroslowski, ac-
cuscd of numbering his two-months old
daughter by the use of strychnine, was
viyen hearing, at the end of which he
was committed without bail Tor the next
grand inquest. .,,.
County Physician Peter 4. Nj. Rovitti
was the first witness against the man,
giving the medical testimony usual IN
fuch cases. He made an autopsy on the
body of the baby after 1T was cNhumed
and sent the stomach to be chemically
unalv7cd, the result of which was the
finding of stychnine. In his opinion
that poison was the cause OF death.
Deputv Coroner McCrery said that he
cxhuned the body at the instance of
Dctcc i've Sergeant Green and that the
mother identified 1t.
Then the mother, pale, little woman,
who's. face showed that she had under
zone great mental strain within the past
few DAYS, was placed on the stand to tell
her story. She proved to have one, too.
THE MOTHERS STORY.
She said that her husband had never
liked the baby, that he wouldn't show it
the fathcriy attentions he should have
done and that il was quite apparent from
the fact that he would not do these
things that he had no love for 1t.
On the night of the child's death, she
said. her husband asked her to go out TO
the store, a thing that he usually did
himself. When she came back there
was another unusual thing-her husband
vas holding the child She took the
child herself.
She SAW that it was sick and pretty
soon its body began to turn blue and
shortly thereafter it died. She her
SELF took a sip of the fluid IN the glass
on the table. 1t had a very bad taste
and made her i'll. Then JaroslowskI went
out and did not come back until the tol-
lowing Monday. She was grlct-Strlcken
and m from the babv's death and didn't
want to see him. The following morning
he came back again and they had talk
He said he had done lt''-mcaning IT that
he had given the child poison-but that
he didn't mean TO do IT.
WHAT OTHERS HEARD.
Josephine Morovitz said she hearc
.Iaroslowski say that nc had done II but
didn't mean to do it. Later she and Mrs
.Isroslowski and Annie Nitash were pres
ent when Jaroslowski made a statement L
,be effect that ne had bought poison K
mt in the babv's drink and this was cor
roborated by Annie Nitash, the next
witness.
Helen Jones, an cmployc OF Danforth :
drug stor,, then testified that Jaroslowsk
had come there on January - and bought
25 cents worth Of strychnlne. lie gave the
name of Jaslowski, said he lived al New
port and gave a. his reason for wanting the
poison that he needed IT to kill fox.
Detective Riley, who, with Detective
kemuSki. investigated the case after u
was brought 10 the attention OF the De
tective Department, said that Jaroslow
ski had made a statement 10 hrm IN whlct
he said that the night OF the chlld's deati
he had been sitting In one OF the rooms o
the house with the baby on his knee. IL
had the stuff mixed and suddenly he hearC
q noise out on the porch that alarmed him
The baby suddenly wanted drink and b
gave il TO her.
Eiley next said that in hunting for tn
bottle of strychnine they found It undo
The porch, but 50 securely was it hiddcl
that they had TO take away the p0rcl
ntrr, 10 Get at it, There had been fort.
grains IN the bottle when purchased, bu
there were only IS ? grains left in it.
There Is a possibility that Jaroslowsk
Is not mentally competent and he prob
ably viii undergo examination TO deter
mine this fact.