Appears in the Terrell Times-Star, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas, 16 June 1893 ...
Kills Four of Her Children
Parkersburg, West Virginia, June 14 - Mrs. Kate Kerch, living ten mile from here, having lost her reason, poisoned two of her young children, threw two others into as well then killed herself. She tried to kill her eight children, but four were saved by a desperate struggle of her 14 year old daughter, Mollie. The family is in good circumstances. No cause is assigned for the woman's derangement. All five are dead. The husband was away from home at the time. She killed the two smallest by poisoning their mile with strychnine.
