Daily Gazette & Bulletin 5/5/1887
Margaret Traveler the woman who was taken from Piatt township on Sunday last & placed in the the jail is one of the most unfortunate women. When she was in a dying state & with assistance was able to talk somewhat rationally. She claimed she was poisoned by some workers on the Pine Creek Railroad. A representative from the Gazette & Bulletin visited her yesterday. She was sitting, smoking a clay pipe. She was in bad shape.
She said she lived in Safe Harbor with her brother-in-law Lorenzo Vanemon. He sent me down there with his daughter tp the workers shed. They had beer there & she was there for 3 days.
She said her husband lives in Safe Harbor he has taken my 4 children from me. She was born in Mehoopany on 4/6/1848, my maiden name was Wadell.
Mrs. Traveler seemed to suffer from insanity.
She was the daughter of Gilroy & Susan (Rogers) Wadell Later in 1890 she died at Danville State Hospital & her body was sent to an anatomical board.
Back in those days people didn't have a lot of information about Mental Heath Diseases or other behavioral problems.
Her sister Anna Wadell is buried in the Jersey Shore Cemetery.
Margaret Traveler the woman who was taken from Piatt township on Sunday last & placed in the the jail is one of the most unfortunate women. When she was in a dying state & with assistance was able to talk somewhat rationally. She claimed she was poisoned by some workers on the Pine Creek Railroad. A representative from the Gazette & Bulletin visited her yesterday. She was sitting, smoking a clay pipe. She was in bad shape.
She said she lived in Safe Harbor with her brother-in-law Lorenzo Vanemon. He sent me down there with his daughter tp the workers shed. They had beer there & she was there for 3 days.
She said her husband lives in Safe Harbor he has taken my 4 children from me. She was born in Mehoopany on 4/6/1848, my maiden name was Wadell.
Mrs. Traveler seemed to suffer from insanity.
She was the daughter of Gilroy & Susan (Rogers) Wadell Later in 1890 she died at Danville State Hospital & her body was sent to an anatomical board.
Back in those days people didn't have a lot of information about Mental Heath Diseases or other behavioral problems.
Her sister Anna Wadell is buried in the Jersey Shore Cemetery.
Daily Gazette & Bulletin 5/5/1887
Margaret Traveler the woman who was taken from Piatt township on Sunday last & placed in the the jail is one of the most unfortunate women. When she was in a dying state & with assistance was able to talk somewhat rationally. She claimed she was poisoned by some workers on the Pine Creek Railroad. A representative from the Gazette & Bulletin visited her yesterday. She was sitting, smoking a clay pipe. She was in bad shape.
She said she lived in Safe Harbor with her brother-in-law Lorenzo Vanemon. He sent me down there with his daughter tp the workers shed. They had beer there & she was there for 3 days.
She said her husband lives in Safe Harbor he has taken my 4 children from me. She was born in Mehoopany on 4/6/1848, my maiden name was Wadell.
Mrs. Traveler seemed to suffer from insanity.
She was the daughter of Gilroy & Susan (Rogers) Wadell Later in 1890 she died at Danville State Hospital & her body was sent to an anatomical board.
Back in those days people didn't have a lot of information about Mental Heath Diseases or other behavioral problems.
Her sister Anna Wadell is buried in the Jersey Shore Cemetery.
Margaret Traveler the woman who was taken from Piatt township on Sunday last & placed in the the jail is one of the most unfortunate women. When she was in a dying state & with assistance was able to talk somewhat rationally. She claimed she was poisoned by some workers on the Pine Creek Railroad. A representative from the Gazette & Bulletin visited her yesterday. She was sitting, smoking a clay pipe. She was in bad shape.
She said she lived in Safe Harbor with her brother-in-law Lorenzo Vanemon. He sent me down there with his daughter tp the workers shed. They had beer there & she was there for 3 days.
She said her husband lives in Safe Harbor he has taken my 4 children from me. She was born in Mehoopany on 4/6/1848, my maiden name was Wadell.
Mrs. Traveler seemed to suffer from insanity.
She was the daughter of Gilroy & Susan (Rogers) Wadell Later in 1890 she died at Danville State Hospital & her body was sent to an anatomical board.
Back in those days people didn't have a lot of information about Mental Heath Diseases or other behavioral problems.
Her sister Anna Wadell is buried in the Jersey Shore Cemetery.
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