FULL TEXT: Easton, Md., Jan. 9. – Laura Smith, a
fifteen-year-old colored girl, was arrested charged with poisoning her father. The
girl declares that the poison was intended for her brother, who had chastised
her for going to a colored festival. She put a dose of “Rough on Rats” in the
teapot, from which her father took his tea. After drinking of the contents of
the teapot her father took his tea. After drinking of the contents of the
teapot her father died in great agony.
[“She Poisoned Her Father.” The Evening Ledger (Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.), Jan. 9, 1892, p. 1]
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