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From: angel gebhart <>
Subject: Mrs. Maud Ping being held on murder charges for killing her husband
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 03:28:19 -0700 (PDT)

Bloomington (IN) Telephone, October 4, 1912, p. 4



Mrs. Ping Insane?



When Mrs. Maud Ping is brought into court next Thursday to answer to the charge of murdering her husband, the defense will in all probability be insanity says the Bedford Mail. It was stated by E.J. Boruff, who is the attorney for Mrs. Ping, that there is every likelihood of the case coming to trial on the date set, October 10th.



If the case comes to trial at the term of court is will occasion a general surprise as it has been generally believed that the trial would be put off until next term of court. Mrs. Ping, however, is said to have insisted upon a trial at this term.



One of the things that the defense will endeavor to establish is that Ping drove his wife into jealous insanity, by bringing another woman into their home and keeping her there for a period and by other acts which so aroused the wife that she was not sane when she took the life of her husband and then made an unsuccessful attempt to take her own life. The prisoner, who at the first glance, looks like a fourteen year old girl, masquerading in log dresses, has made many friends since her incarceration in the county jail. It is hard to imagine that the little girl will in a few days be called upon to stand trial for murder.









Angel Gebhart

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