The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-30

DEATH or Mn. AND MIS-. CAYYIxLp.
~ re Published yesterday morning q brief account
- ,s shs sudden dca.h Of Warren Garfield and his
of W;a. On sunday last, and the serious iiIussg
that thsx "a AcxssLr, as also the superstition
ia ey nau peen poisoned Coroner Peachv
.eid an inquest over the bodies AZ thsir Ia. rs{
dence, and Drs Mills and Beaie w.r. n.,iss ss
70 70 make poa mortem examination The jury we're
theh aagourned over until o'clock YESTERDAY aftsr.
noon, In order to allow time for tboransh ehs,r.
ical examination Of the stomachs and thar con.
tents. sSA
At the appointed time, the Coroner, Ju,v .,A
witnesses met at the Constables Office, when the
following facts were elected Warren CauHeld. his
wife, two children and his ssterinlaw occupied the
second frame tenement In Mrs. Carodo's block Of
buildings west side Of 2,st st. between Main and Ca
~ They had no oservant In their employ the ladies'
doing their own house-work. The premises are
small and confined, with sewer to carry of the
ofal Of the kitchen, and the lot Is not more than
nfty feet deep, at the rear Of which are six privie
nsed by as many families From the hydrant there
IS small wooden trunk conveying tho waste water
under one Of the tenements into 2lst street. and for
the want OF drainage the stencil arising throughout
the summer, has been almost insupportabie.
on tuesday last, the family then enjoying their
usual health, Garfield, his wife and Miss Ackeriy
mace hearty supper on bacon, milk, pickles and
money, aud retired soon thereafter. Next morning
Miss Aekerly, Mrs. Canneld and Mr. Garfield were
quite sick, the ladies vomiting freely Mr. C. went
70 ms factory on 10Th street, but returned A.
-
Thursday morning Canfeld again visited his fscto-
ry but being too unwell to attend to business re-
turned home, and sent for DR.. Cauthorn who pre-
scrbed for Mrs. Canfeld suppesing she had bilious
fever, but gave Mr.. c. no medicine. On Friday
morning Mrs. G. appeared to be improving, but ON
Saturday morning was much worse as was Dir. G.
DR.. Cauthorn continued his visits and on Sunday
morning, finding his patients much worse called
In Drs Mills and BeaIe. Mrs. c. died at4 o'clock
that afternoon, and Mr.. c. ut o'clock Monday
morning.
Drs. Mills, Beale and Scott, stated that they had
made thorough chemical examination Of the con-
tents OF the stom achs of the deceased as also
OF the pickle and honey, but found no traces of mr.
neral poison. DR.. Scott had examined for copper.
iesd corrosive sublimate and but
no traces OF either The stomaehs had been shown
him, and were infiamed and liberated and that ir-
ritant poisGas would have produced similar re-
suits. The fact that Mrs. Caniield had pureed
and voplited from Wednesday morning up to the
day of her death, might have caused the expulsion
orabsorpt9n ofthe poison ,fany had been taken into
the stomach. Or. Beale stated that Mr. Garfield
had not vomited until Saturday, and all the physi-
clans agreed that corrosive poison of any sort
would not have remained inactive in the stomach
for that length of time They therefore gave il az
their opinion that Mr.. and Mrs. Garfield died Of =
malignant fever, FROM local origin, the supper
they ate on Tuesday night being the exciting
cause;" and the jury rendered verdict In accord
ance with tho facts
We understand that Miss Ackerly is improving
slowly, but will recover from her indisposition :