Weekly Leader reports poisoning scare and trials
A search of the week’s account details an attempted poisoning at Mrs. Mary L. Hedges’s kitchen with strychnine found in flour. Paolina Adams, a colored woman, was arrested and tried for mixing poison in food intended to kill Hedges, with the case noted alongside local society items, horticulture notes, a new photograph gallery, and community notices.
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