ANOTHER SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN PARIS.
•; News of another saa crime 11 94 *&&*?■ ijS.from the French-capital, Aday nurse, Marie j3pnotij}fja, JDjep olaj?e, attempted to p.oiapn' a child In |ier oTjargi," :TJie. infant-was;taMhV medicinelor i blight indisposition, and.Madame Habeii the mother, on .entering the nursery, perceived a strong smell of phosphorous. She asked the girl whether she had been handling any matches.. The reply was, "No, I know what harm that does to babies,".Madame Habert, seeing that the child was pale, gave it two.spoonfuls of the medicine, and was then horrified to see particles of phosphorous in the bottle, Thedoctor was s'ent for, ai)d administered an emetio,... Meanwhile the nurse ab? sconded, but she was afterwards discovered at the registry office, where she was complaining that she had been dismissed on a false charge of poisoning the child, and was loudly demanding redress. On being taken to tho police-station she at first protested her innocence, but at last confessed that, anxious for a fresh situation, Bhe had scraped phosphorous into the bottlo in order that the child might die and she might leavewithagood character.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1906, 4 February 1885, Page 2
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182ANOTHER SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN PARIS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1906, 4 February 1885, Page 2
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