Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-17

office where they were brought
early today for questioning.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. II. U.n)
Investigation of the tragedy which
claimed the lives of three of Robert
Lowe s children and sent four 9TH
crs to n hospital, shifted sensation
ally today when the mother told
homicide officers that her family
of seven had eaten pills from an
unknown source.
The information caused deputy
shcriffs to hurry to the squalid
Moncta home of the Loves in search
of more of the pills which Mrs.
Lowe said her children brought
home last week.
The woman said bottle contain,
ing more Of the medicine, which she
thought was harmless, household
variety, might be found in clothes
closet.
The new revelation in the probe
cf the Moneta tragedy came when
Mrs. Lowe and her husband were
brought to the shcriff's s office for
questioning, after the three eldest
children of the couple became i'll
early today.
The three showed symptoms of
the malady which last Sunday
caused the death of two younger
sisters. Betty, ), Virginia, 8, and an
infant brother, John Is months.
If the remaining pills are found.
they will be turned over to chemists
for analysis, officers said. County
authorities are now engaged in an
ANALYSIS of the vital organs OF the
dead children. The several days re-
quired to complete their examina.
tion has restricted the investigation
TO analysis of meager food supply
in the Lowe home.
Mrs. Lowe told questioners she
formerly lived IN Oregon City, Ore
gon, and that her husband worked
in the paper mills there,
Lowe has been without work for
the past nine months and the fam
il, was utterly destitute when the
poison deaths Sunday brought attcn-
ton of authorities to it.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. Il. UP
Poison symptoms which preceded
death for three children Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Lowe, OF Moncta, today
appeared in three other youngsters
Of the same family.
They were rushed to the General
Hospital. where Lois Lowe is slowly
recovering from the effects of poi,
son, believed to have come from
canned food.
Robert. II. and eldest of the three
children stricken today, was in q
critical condition. With him wele
Frances. II, and Geneva, aged ..
The children were at the home of
Mrs. loves mother in Bell when
they became i'll early today. They
had been taken there after last Sun
/ dav s tragedy, when an infant broth
er and two small sisters died. dis
! closing the poverty into which Tho
| family had been plunged by unem
/ ployment.
The deaths Of Betty, 5; Virginia
:: and John, IS months, resulted III
an investigation of the canned bean,
which Mr.. and Mrs Lowe blamed fo,
| the poisoning.
Failure of chemists to find cvi
dence that the food was tainted anC
I the unexpected illness of three addi
! tional children in a neighborhooC
! where no similar sickness has been
reported. caused authorities to widen
their investigation today.
Order Investigation
Acting Captain Walter Hunter
of the sheriff s homicide squad, il
charge of the investigation, de
ciarcd the fact that no other child
Zen in the vicinity had been report
ed i'll discounted another tlcor,
that the Lowe Youngsters had catci
fruit from some orchard sptayct
with metallic solutions.
He ordered that food samples b.
obtained from all ncighborhoor
stores and requested county hcaltl
authorities TO check the yieinit,
for possible cases Of similar lines,
The principal meal in the Low
home last Sunday consisted of
can Of beans. The parents at
little if any, of the beans becaus
there was not enough to 90 AROUND
Tho older children ate sparingly
leaving the biggest portions TO
the timer members OF the hungr
family.
This fact was believed rcspons
bic for the deaths Of the thrc
younger children.
Lois, aged 7, was reported slow
, Is recovering today, though physi
clans said her condition still is scr
iDus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe were brough
70 the sheriff 5 office for question
ing.