On February 14, 1928, seven-year-old Lawrence McCall went to school at the No. 5 Mine schoolhouse in Springfield Township, near the
Mercer-Lawrence county line. It was Valentine's Day and the teacher, Miss Ebba Widing, had planned a special presentation and all the parents were invited. Sadly, for the twenty pupils in attendance, this Valentine's Day would forever be remembered with horror, because on this particular day they looked on helplessly as Mrs. McCall slashed her own son's throat in full view of everyone.
