Innocent woman?

Posted on February 26, 2007
Filed Under Australia - The land down under, Irony Anyone? |

Well, I did the research. as it turns out I found some substantiating evidence that Martha could have been innocent! On this site is a whole lot of information on Diphtheria but most importantly, the sentence that follows:

“If the tongue and mouth become dry and brown, give hydrochloric acid ten to twenty drops, simple syrup, and water, of each two ounces; a teaspoonful every one, two, or three hours.

This is what she claimed she was doing when her step-children died. Perhaps the reason she maintained her innocence until her dying day? Just maybe, she loved her step-children and didn’t want them to suffer with, let’s face it, a pretty icky disease and was doing her best to cure them. I suppose I can’t help but have a little faith. I know how much I love my kids (all of them including the steps) and I can’t imagine any woman deliberately killing children with acid! For you sceptics, yes, I know weirder things have happened but still…

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