The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-12
FATAL ROLOGNAS.

ELEVEN CHILDREN POISONED BIZ MoULDH
SAUsAGEs-DEATH OF ONE.
The Philadelphia Times gives the follow
ing details of the sausage poisoning case:
wholesale poisoning OF the innocents threw
the Twenty-fiftb ward into q state of excite
ment throughout Thursday. Eleven chill
dren, seven of one family and two each of
two other families, partook OF some stale DO
logns sausage, which sickened all, some
very seriously, and caused the death OF one
of them Obadiah Lesser. who keeps a
provision store at No. 2,S04 Frankfort
Ioad, bought a lot of sausage a short time
ago, but finding the stock getting mouldy
and unsalesble threw away, as be asserts.
the balance on a dunghill. But Frederick
King, yonng man IS years OF age, says
thai Lesser gave him quantity OF 1t, which
he took home, and, after washing the
sausage in cold water, carefully emptled the
tub, and then gave 1t another washing In
hot water. He then divided 1t among lot
of hungry brothers. sisters and plsymates
with the effect noted. George King, aged
three wears, was taken i'll at III o'clock in the
morning and died at o'clock in the after
noon. A brother and sister, Mary Ann and
william, aged respectively s and III years, sur
/ fered very badly from the effects OF the
poison, but are getting better. Two other
/ brothers, Edward, aged years, and Charles,
/ aged 8, were also taken sick, but are i'm
proving, while Henry King, aged 16 years,
and Frederick King, aged Is years, who pro-
cured the sausage, were slightly anecteu.
! They are the children of Frederick and
Anna King who reside at No. 2S71 Slough
ton street, above Hsrt's lsue and west OF
frankfort road. Two children, Walter and
Jacob sons of Jacob and Maria Chambers,
living at No. 2S76 Stoughton street, imme-
distely opposite the Kings, also partook OF
the sausage and were taken seriously Ill,
and two children of a family named Barry
were affected, but not seriously.
THE AFFLIcTIoN
fell more heavily upon the Chambers FAM
lily, as at the time the father was lying al
the point of death, and expired at noon
The children were attended by Drs. Nice
and McCauley no state that they exhibited
symptoms OF having been poisoned, the cir
culation OF the blood having stopped, and
their skin turning blue; but the sickness
| was not at ended by the nausea pains al
the pit of the stomach which generally &C
company illness from poison. They applied
emeIics, and the contents OF the stomachi
will undergo an examination. AS the
pieces of sausage are large ant
undigested the doctors say the
children must have been very hungry
when they ate 1t Is said that when he found
his children sick. Mr.. King gave dog some
of the sausage, which it swallowed, snC
, from the effects of which il died in fifteer
minutes. The BODY of the dog was taken Il
the station house for dissection. Mr.. Leese
positively denies the statement OF the eldes
, boy King that he gave him the sausage, anC
saws that he threw IL on a dunghill, wher
the boys must have found it. DR.. McCauley
on the other hand, says the wife of Leese
confirmed young Kings assertion that !
! was given to him by her husband
Chief of Detectives Helms has givel
: the case his personal attention, ant
ascertained that Lesser obtained the bologn
fr' m Jacob Hess, of No. 1,62S North Fiftl
street, who in turn procured the meat from
William Hausefus, of Front and Norri
! streets. The chief held both Lesser AM
Hess to await the action OF the corOn9r's
Jury. Cases of poisoning by mouldy sausa
ges have been by no means rare, especiall.
/, in GERMANY, where 1t is one of the prlncips
articles of food among the pessantry. Lie
big, the great chemist mentions cases OF tb
entire inhabitants of a village suffering afte
eating bologna, from the effects of poiso
:. the causes of which even the most sesrchin
chemical investigation has been unabl
To trace.