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TESTIMONY INDICATES THAT MOTHER POISONED DAUGHTER "Possible Motive for Woman's Deed Seen in Attitude of Public Toward
Unfortunate Girl,"
Indianapolis Star; Tuesday 12 November 1912
Miss Ada B. Pines, an assistant at the Y.W.C.A., testified before Coroner
Durham yesterday relative to the deaths of Mrs. EMMA D. WHITE and her
daughter, DELLA FRANCES WHITE, who died of strychnine poisoning taken or
administered in the dormatory of the Y.W.C.A. late Saturday night. Her
testimony strengthened the belief that the deaths were not the result of a
suicide pact, but that the daughter was poisoned. Coroner Durham is inclined
to favor the theory of homicide and suicide.
"When I arrived at the bedside" said Miss Pines, "the girl was rigid and
suffering great pain. The mother apparently was not suffering much. She had
one arm thrown across the form of her daughter."
Miss Pines said she asked what they had taken and the woman, between gasps
for breath, said that it was strychnine. Miss Pines testified that she asked
the mother if she had given the daughter some and that her answer was "yes".
Miss Pine testified that crackers and candy were found strewn about the bed.
Before Coroner Durham had an opportunity to examine them they were
destroyed.
Lotes (illeg.) E. TRAUX, undertaker from Gosport, the home of the women,
yesterday said that the daughter was a child of obscure birth. It is said
that the school children at Gosport had twitted the girl about her birth and
that the mother had been informed of their talk. It is believed that this
fact prompted the mother to decide to end her life and take the daughter
with her. The mother was 34 years old and the daughter 14, according to
Traux.
*** - Monday 11 November 1912 Indianapolis Star
*It was learned yesterday that MRS. WHITE was formerly EMMA GOSS of Gosport,
Ind. She had been married years ago and divorced from her husband.
*Mrs. WHITE is the divorced wife of DAVID WHITE of Allentown, PA, and the
daughter of GEORGE GOSS, a gardener, one of Gosport;s oldest citizens..
HOUSEWIFE FREED BY VERDICT Hammond Times; 23 July 1935
Spencer, Ind., July 23-- (I.N.S.) -- Mrs. GLADYS TRAUX, housewife, charged with the second degree murder of her husband, EDWARD TRAUX, was freed here by a direct verdict order by Circuit Court Judge Donald A. Rogers. The prosecution had charged that Mrs. Traux shot her husband in order to collect insurance policy benefits. Judge Rogers granted a motion of S, C. Kivett, of
Martinsville, defense attorney, for a directed verdict, stating that the
state had not presented a case. The judge ordered the prisoner released
immediately. Mrs. Traux thanked the jury and the judge. Evidence produced
during the trial had been only circumstantial, Attorney Kivett contended.
Traux was found shot and allegedly beaten to death at his farm home north of
Gosport on the afternoon of Feb. 12.
"Owen County Journal" News
11 April 1918
"Defendant is Found Guilty in His Second Trial"
The second trial of the case of the State of Indiana vs. NICK WOLGAMOTT, who is charged with assault on NATHAN BEECHER with intent to commit murder resulted in the defendant being found guilty. The trial began Thursday morning and ended Saturday. The hearing of the evidence was concluded Friday and the arguments occupied Saturday morning. The jury receiving the case at noon. They were only out a short time before they returned their verdict. Sentence was to be passed Wednesday. The first trial resulted in a hung jury.
Owen County People
December 9, 1880
J. R. FRITTS charged with violating the pension laws, was acquitted in the United States Court last week.
Peden Sues Railroad for Damage to Property
Bloomington (IN) Telephone, Apr 16, 1912, p. 4.
The jury, trying the Peden Vs.Vandalia Railroad Company, also the county clerk and lawyers, went to Spencer Friday to view the bridge which Mr. Peden alleges has been built in such a manner that it causes his land to be damaged by water from Rattlesnake Creek. The case has been in progress in circuit court all week. Those who went to Spencer were the jury, composed of: A. T. Massy, B. J. Hough, J. A. Able, W. R. May, T. W. Mefford, A. H. Beldon, R. S. Hunt, S. T. Smith, Andrew Deckard, L. H. Hanna, W. A. Whaley an Samuel Bray. County Clerk Fowler accompanied the party as also did Baliff B. B. DeMarcus and Attorneys Miers, Batman, Hickam and White. Mr. Peden is one of the most wealthy farmers of Owen County.
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