Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1913 — POISON ON TOAST FOR CHILD [ARTICLE]

POISON ON TOAST FOR CHILD

“The Devil Got Into Me,” Pleads Domestic of Fifteen, Accused of Plot.

Philadelphia, Pa.—Marion Gibbs, fifteen years old, of Neshaming, was arrested on a charge of trying to poison Sarah Schaffer, six years old, daughter of Henry Schaffer. She is said to have admitted that she spread poison on some toast bread she prepared for the girl. Asked to explain her conduct, the girl is al leged to have exclaimed: "The flevil got into me and made me do it! I •did not go to Sunday school." Mr. Schaffer, father of Sarah, said he believed the girl, who was employed in his home, tried tor a long time to murder his daughter by giving her slow doses of poison.