, 1875-08-16
Sweet Charity Presents It to
the Lips Of Four Pau
pers Of st. Louis.
That City Much Excited over This
Backward stride In Her
Population.
A Sedative Rendered Poisonous with
d Strong Extract Of Hemlock.
The Doctors Set to Work at
Chemical Analyses.
THE POISONED PAuPERs AT ST. LOUIS

THE POISONED PAUpERs AT ST LOUIS.
Snsciai U,statch Ia Fhs Chtra1o tribune.
sT. Louis, Aug. l3.-1ho sudden death Of
four pasIonts tn the loHans Asyu,n In tl.is cily,
yesterday afternoon, ty = horrible bundcr III
the mixing or administering Of medicine. has
been tho exciting top!c OF conversation to-day,
aud Expressions up,p tho subtsct are such as
to Indicate that the public will not ia
satisfied without searching investigation Of tho
c,u!ea OF tue terrible catastrophe. The natpcs
Of the vi:siniB aro William Rockford, Anna New.
mnnn. Alma Peters. and Christina Korui1. All
Wero adulta+ aud had been long inmates. of tho
institution. Gu Friday night they wero Il
hnr u-ua' health, Ard between tho houra
OF 10 O'Clock p. IN. and q. m. the three women
woEo found dead In thor botls. Rockford was
apparently Iu no danger at this tmo. but at @ a.
nj. he, too, was found stark and cold In
doath. Tho droct causo of these doaths
IL supposed to 10 the use OF
now aedative. A mixture containing fluid ox-
tracta Of cunium haA been In uso in tile Asylum,
and. from the affect produced by the doseH, the
physician iu Charge concluded tAat lie ex-
tract nsed wan not Of : high grade. 1io
nccorJngy oraeroa new extract aud
had mixture made up from tho Aarae formula
as tlnt used for tue old mixture. The nntscs
apneRr 10 hayo been duly cautioned and in-
Atlueted in regard to reducing doses, YET IN
apito ot this, the terrible casualties occurred.
Elovon patients were soryed with tho modi-
cine. In those cases who're It did not
provo fathl there Ia said 10 have resulted very
little bad effect from tho dangerous doscs.
Coroner Dud1oy was notified Of The astounding
calamity bcteeen II and u o'clock yesterday
forenoon, and proceeded At oncn to hold III
inaueht. A Jury Was i'm; Aneletl, cOmpoard OF
n.a ,,,,.s,e;ara All t,,,o no,,-,,ra,osa;en.,
1lVo pass'c'ana a'a Gus ooh-iFoless'ona'
man, ns follo"s DfS. hoomer. schenck,
Downing, Knnkle, Boutwell,, aod Patrick 3oua+
han. Tho latter is an undertaken. 4 pont-
uortem examination was made upon The BODY OF
leoh,osa n. ~ tue presence a @ o. namsor OF p5oml
nesl phss'ci"'s; anu la'hs ailionus o. es1uonco
"as ,ahsn on H.. W. m 'no ata1sst q. .ne
aoAvuei; 81 as ra ~ ~ .,,I ~ ssuas''"
cuiun "itcn ~ "Aa us'as rs 4os " tul
strcnet!l a fIeAt supply VI Slulbl'B fluid e1-
tract laa noen ORDERED from rom NEW aosk; ana te
iio hrst ti'no ff1aay night. my nnrse1. nlrs.
Ihilooft ana Daton. hao ueeh expressly
lhsttao'eo by sno Doctof not 10 eve mo1o ti,an
QUO teatpoon1a OUT o. tno no" mixture. me
"as a1oassa a. about o'coek 2. a., g. aud called
70 SEQ anna ne"maun' "nom 1ouho al1eauy
dead 'Anna roteFe was pexs fSporioa dead to
ne. xasoa aos os sieoi III, nc1; 1 Innua noeSg
| 80 1855 - - SoH ~ 49,
room sounu lee uoas4y aesa. ! haao ah ex-
animation ol all tao patlen's 10 whom luis
.eoauso naa oeon aoln'hlasotod, al aonae eleVen
III numbes. AmonR snem S"tnaa lsoeh-
1ofa was reported 10 70 ny tue nurse
9slton Is having tAheh taFee tea6Eoontn!s'
ekamineo hlsn eaiaialiy' aha was under tue
impression 1hAt 10 VIVA not aHeetea 1s tae
uieaiclno. = Hns SURPRISED to % aroused at .
ocloeh 'n tno morning aoo chtlea 70 ioo pedslne
OF Aochtofa. uo "aa also aoao, thooEh
VIII A'm; ~ WIN sonie or tno
others. ehoeasoeea 20 ptnuuco tesuacltatlon:
tAofe.ls aDout 40 th'o!ns OK Tue untu extract o.
guu!uG1 n, ~ snn 4!aeo.1 " tio souanFs M!4m1e.
4ne coroner . luty aoJonllloa us'sl1 aug. sl' n
Gfaos 10 hWuH anemien snaIyAh 20
aoto1m!no 1ne cause oa aeAtn. ~
tAls honr, tI:oo =. n, = Iuthor mas
oceh iosel9no tllat some moro oeatnA AaVo 90.
eutfea to-niRot a. re Aay!ula. aug messeoBefs
hase 0eesl alspeteueo 70 MAKO sNqoflos ~ ~ TUG
ifntn Ut tue Iepolt. polt.
O. 1oHs . ssossosa IT, .ta H.. rn,,..
o.. nuu!1. nus. .,,. uos'ns ~ .,a to
aaoa"o anI.n 'a' u.hnt uo @ rosn ny T"u!e..
uau n oo.o nsa o,s ~, ~ H .Iy ~ .otIus
Pnys1c'an. me eeoause anhsnistoeeu was COM
| punea " aulu eAasns y. ~ eoa.aut pnhIoh !
nn - - ~, hra',;5" otasai, ncaa
bo,,.nu wster / ouuccs. This WAS piyou in .
teaspoonfuI dose to patients whsu noisy or very
roatlees, AID repeated in ono anil two hours
| Wh0n lilo nfbt Q0ao DID nos produce 1u1etuuo VI