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Eleven-year-old Daughter Fails to Identify Poison Cup in Green BayGiven Bay—Margaret Petri. 11, the eldest o£ four children in til© Petri family, startled the court fans here Thursday at the trial of Mrs. Angelina Petri, char.=.o.l wilh administering poison to her husband. Reuben Petri, with intent to kill. She asserted on the witness stand that the cup introduced as evidence, allegedly the cup set out filled jvlih milk for Petri's breakfast, did not come from- her home. There was no cup so heavy, nor one nicked in the manner o£ the exhihit, the child paid, basing- h«-« statement on her knowledge of the lamiJy china through scores of dishwashings.The linle girl also declared that her statement mode at preliminary bearing of Mrs. Petri, to the effect ibat her «nother had said “if you stick by me, I’lt buy you a, lot of new dresses.” was an error. The real remark she said, was “if you tell the truth 1 11 buy you a lot of newrlrcsses/*Tbs state expected tn rest, its cas* late Thursday afternoon with the expert testimony of T)r. C. *W. jVtnehl* herger. stale 1 oxieologist. It was aft lt;?r he reported that bn examinatior uf the body secretions, hajr.and fingemails ot Petri revealed traces o' poison, that -Mrs. Petri was arrested
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Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Dec 18, 1924
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