The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-02-03
sTRYCHNINE AND TR1cHINA
DEATH BY POISON.

A FATAL TRAGEDY OF ERRORS-sOME MUIR
DERER DESTROYS THE WRONG vICTIM-A
CARROLL COUNTY SENSATION.
From an Occasional Correspondent OF the Sentinel
DELPHI, IND, Jan. 29.-Our neighboring
village of Pttsburg is at present the scene
of considerable excitement, caused by the
death of one of it's citizens, one Richard NJ
Andrews, on Sunday last, under very sus-
picious circumstances. The facts in the case
are as follows: On Thursday last, DIR. Chas.
Angel was called in to see Mr.. J. w. Ward
prominent citizen, and widely known as a
lumber dealer. He found him complaining
of biliousness and ague and recommended
quinine. Looking through his medicine
case, he found that he had none with him,
and asked the housekeeper to send some one
to his Office with him to get some. She
said they had some in the house.
at the same time getting a paper
containing the quinine. He prepared some
powders of the quinine and gave directions
as to taking them and left to visit some of
his patients. Within half an hour Ward was
thrown into violent spasms and convul-
sions, but recovered in a short time. On
Sunday last he was called again to see Mr.
Ward, and learning the action of the powders
given. he changed his course of treatment
not suspecSing for moment that they con-
tanned poison, but attributed the symptoms
to his nervous condition, Ward having been
drinking considerably previous 10 this time.
He placed the remaining powders in his
pocket in order that they might not be given
instead of the morphine powders he had pre-
pared. While at Mr.. Wards he was called
to see Mr.. Andrews, who lived Immediately
opposite Mr.. Wards. He'found him taking
a chill, and asked for some paper to prepare
some qunine powders. None being at hand,
he Of in -atS
and left three. Telling the patient to
take one Immediately. he started to
see patient in the country, but
had not left the house over twenty minutes
when he was called back to see Mr.. Andrews
with the intelligence that he was dying. He
reached the house and found him in violent
commissions, from which he died in about
half an hour. He was buried on Monday.
and on Wednesday Coroner Lidenbender
had the body taken up and post mortem
examination held. DR.. j. I. Richardson re-
moved the stomach, which will be taken to
Indianapolis for analysis. The inquest COM
menced yesterday and will continue to-mor-
row. From the testimony to date we CLEAN
the fOllowing-that he was undoubtedly
poisoned by strychnine that had been placed
in the quiniDe by some tiend intended for
Ward, who is still lying very low from the
effects of the drug. Great interest is taken
in the trial. and some facts are coming to
light that will make some of the innocent
looking persons quake. CATO.
PORK POISONING.
THE AURORA CASES OF TRIcHINA-INvESII-
CATION OF THE MEAT BARREL-REPoRT OF
A PHYSICIAN.
The cases of trichinosis in Aurora, Delr-
born county, have been widely noticed by
the press. report of DR.. Sutton, furnished
to the Lawrenceburg Register, will there
fore have a special interest and be edifyIng
to feeders on swines flesh. Dr. George SUIT
ton writes the Register: AS a number of
persons are now lying sick In our city, with
symptoms closely resembling the remarka-
BILE disease known by the name of trichino-
sis. send you few facts which led to the
detection oftrichin@ in the pork which they
had been eating, and which may be of inter-
est to some of your readers: On Friday last,
January %. DIR. Rectanus informed me that
he had three patients in one family, who he
strongly suspecte d had been made sick by
eating diseased pork, and that the symp-
toms in these casesresembled the disease
arising from trichinae spiralis. He called TO
direct the attention of the board OF health to
the supposed cause of the disease In the
afternoon of the same day. DIR. Lamb inform
ed me that he had Jour patients in one fam
lily, who be believed had been made sick by
eating of the same pork which the first pa.
tients had been eating. / obtained piece
OF this meat and gave IL careful microscopic
examination with a magnifying power of
600 diameters, but could find no trace of
trichin@. The next day / visited these pa
tients, with Dr. Lamb. They had been un-
we'll about fourteen DAYS. There was diarr-
hna. with dysenteric symptoms nausea and
vomiting, pains in the abdomen, soreness of
the muscles. slight fever, quick pulse, red
tongue, and thirst. All the patients had
widow. also one of the sick, informed me that
she had two hogs which had been fattened
during the fall; that one of those hogs
about two months before being killed APP
peared diseased, but she thought it had en-
tirely recovered, as it ate well and fatteneG.
Thinking it possible that we had examined
meat taken from the healthy hog-as all the
meat was sailed together i'm the same barrel
Il obtained piece of meat from each of the
four hams. In the first piece examined no
trace OF trichinse could be found My son,
W. Il. Sutton, in examining thin slice from
another piece, detected trjchire, and in
small piece which / examined, about the
third of an inch in diameter and the twelfth
OF an inch in thickness, found five well de-
fined trichin@. He also pointed out lively in
piece little larger, showing that there
must have been thousands in cubic inch Of
this meat. These facts sre interesting, as
they show that it is highly probable that a
hog may be fattened in the same pea, and
kept in close contact with one diseased witch
trichin@, without contracting the disease.
They also show that pigs apparently healthy
may be swarming with trichin@. making
their meat poisonous. 1t is said that sailing
and smoking mest does not always kill
trichipse but there can be no doubt that all
trichin@ must be destroyed in meat that is
thoroughly cooked. Mrs. Thrennart has
has given rs an opportunity of making a
series OF experiments with this meat, the
results of which will be made known.
Persh has got his eyes on a man in New
York who is followed by bright green