New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-26
THE LATE POISONING CASE.

On Friday last we noticed the ces,h OF Er-en :
Wire. German womsn from the effects OF poison
supposed to bave been drank in lager beer, sni 80
the fact that .x Others were piscned, to greater or
les eItept, 4, the same time. Coroner Hilton vas
erssred on Friday and Saturday in investigating the
csse, and large amount OF testimony was elected
The evidence wen. 10 shew that Wise was moving
into the house No sol Si1'h-av on the 22d Of J,nu-
airy last, and at noon his family and sore friends,
in ell .a: down to dinner and es. OF ham and bread
and drsr three quarts Of lager beer, bat only six est
Of the ham. About five or six days after this, those
who eat Of the ham became sick and two Of them,
Mr. and Mr.. Wise Dangerously, and they were taken
to the New-York Hospital. The Coroner in CON-
Quoting the investigation az TO the real cause
Of death, frst Instituted an inquiry a. TO the
character of the brewer from whom the lager
beer had been purchased, and founi tina,
be had transacted large business, selling
upward Of 40 barrels per day. besides retailing abou,
kegs each day. Oat Of these last II was the Gus.
tom Of The brewer to drink, himself two or three
gla.st., and TIE day he sold the beer TO Wise he
drank some CT i, himself. From this and also from
the fact th the seventh person who drank the beer
wss Dot poisoned, the Coroner lei to believe that
II was the ham that did the mischief. Mr.. Wise had
purchased the ham from German butcher, but his
name or residence could not be acertained he
too i'll to give any testimony whatever The follow
ing testimony which is interesting aud to the pur-
pose, was then taken:
Thcs c. Finnell, VI d being sworn, says: | an
familiar with the action of poisons on the system
preserved end smoked meats will occasionally pro-
duce ell the symptoms exhibited in the ease OF the
deceased this IS due 10 the presence OF ts'ty a'id,
ger Grated during their presrvs'ion sbou, the year
loo, over 200 perons were poisoned by eating hams
and sausagee in Wrem barQ Germany; of these,
more than 100 died; symptoms Of poisoning cane
from two 10 ten days after the meats were elen; on
q chemical analysis, a fatty acid was detected, which
supposed TO be the cause of the poisoning; II IL
not necessary for ham to be in state Of decompo-
si'ion 70 produce poisonous effects; examination.
after ces b. in the cases have spoken Of the throat
was dry, the mucus membrane white aud slightly
thick ened and the stomach and inestnes presented
sis Of ntSn ma'ory sction all persons are nor sus-
ceptibe 10 the action Of posons 10 the same extent
from the history of this c3se and the sta Of the body
of the deceased after death, am led 20 believe thst
death caused by the poisonous effects of the meat
in question.
TIE Jury rendered the following verdict
"Thst Mrs Wise came 10 her death fro n the effects
of poison and fro the fact of five Others, VINO par
took of the dinner in que ston with the cece,ssd hav-
ing since sickeped in similar manner 10 ,h4' which
caus. death are unable 10 refer the death Of de-
cessed to other than poisonous property in the
ham Of which they ate on that occasion
The deceased was native OF Germany % years of
age.
Since the above testimony was taken Mr.. Wise
died the New York Hospital from the effects Of the
poison spoken of. Coroner Hilton will hold an ill.,
quest upon the body to-day.
Two Of tho others, who had been poisoned, have
lost so much flesh that they are almost reduced to
skeletons. 1t is, however, thought they will recover