The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-04-02
NARY DAUoaHRrY's DEATH,
Poisoned with Picric Acid in Ma.
Klng Artificial Flowers.
From the NeW York sun

klng Artificial Flowers.
From the New York SUM-
Mary Ann Dougherty. bright.
pale faced girl OF thirteen summers,
fell sick on Friday morning last in her
home ut l Montgomery street. On
Saturday morning she told Dr. VIII
. liam j. Welch. of 2ll Henry street,
that four other girls. who were flower
makers like herself, had been fatally
poisoned by the Paris green on the
green leaves which they handled.
The girls hands were stained a bright
yellow, and the upper part of her fore
head and the hair Immediately above
it was Of the same color. The Doctor
examined her carefully. Her tongue
was dry. as was also the larynx. She
had an unquenchable thirst. accompa-
MED nausea. She had hiarrh'ea. Her
pulse was very feeble, and under the
slightest excitement. and even when
she was moved in her bed, its beats
rose to high fever rate-15O n min
ute. The Doctor pronounced it case
Of suffering from arsenic. which had
permsated the girls system.
Paris green is arseniie Of copper.
The Doctor gave his patient dialyzed
iron rs m anlti,lOte to any arsenic that
might he in her stomach, hoping that
the poison in her system might be
eradicated by the Efforts of nature.
! She died at about 8 o'clock the next
morning.
The Doctor reported I" the Board
# Health yesterday that the primary
cause OF death was the absorption Of
arsenite oi copper, and the secondary
cause was a typhoid condition. result
sng from rhe poisoning. The health
authorities referred the case to Coro-
ner Eliinger. Yesterday afternoon
Deputy Coroner Gol.lschmiedt make
Il post mortem examination. All the
organs were found in good condition
except the lungs and the stomach.
The lungs were soli,lified to ssme ex-
tent, and the stomach was slighely it,
famed In the burial certificate he
gave as the cause Of death subacute
gastritis. induced. D. supposed, by the
absorption and inhalation Of arseni,e
Of copper.
All that the stomach contained was
deep green liquid with some sedi
mentary deposit in the luwer part.
The girls mother told Dr. Gold
schmielt that Mary Ann had been
working in the establishment Of Straus,
Bianchi X Co.. importers Of artificial
flowers. 547 Broadway, since August
last. Until a few months ago che was
stout and hearty; but within the. las,
two months she lost great deal of
flesh, and complained Of PUN in her
side. This pain was attributed to a
fall in crossing the Bowerv y, Grand
street in the latter part Of january.
On Thursday night last she was in good
spirits. During the evening she rlayed
with her father, chasing him round the
| house with broomstick. In the
morning she felt i'll. andsaid she would
not go to the shop until 9 o'clock.
Her mother refused to let her go at
all. Later in the day she complained
Of q pain in her stomach. Neverthe-
Iess. she got up and prepared to go to
work. but did not 60 out of the house.
On Saturday morning she was feverish,
AMI complained Of nausea. After ia
king DR.. Welch's prescription she felt
better for short time. BY the Doc
tors orders the mother gave her some
milk punch. She threw this from her
stomach, with a green liquid. After
ward she grew worse. and on Sunday
morning. although she did not com
plain Of any paid, her face looked
piuched, and ut abont 8 o'clock her
mother saw that she was diving. She
seemed to he gazing into browse, and
then she died.
As the girl Law in her coffin yester-
day her hands vet had the bright vel
low stain. The undertaken had re
moved it from her forehead and hair.
On the lid of the coffin lay a wreath of
snow-white artificial flowers intermin-
gled with bright green leaves.
Mr.. Bianchi, Of the firm Of Straus.
Bianchi & Co., says that no Paris
green is used in his factory. Its use
was discontinued because it imperrilled
life. He uses many coloring sabstan-
ces, but he il positive that all but one
of them are free from poison. He
knows this, because they are all either
aniline colOrs, made from coal tar, or
made from saffron and other vegetable
substances. The one exception, he
says, is picric. OF this he cannot
speak positively, but he infers that ]:
Is not poisonous, because the men who
dye the leaves that are handled by the
girls frequently have their hands in
the liquid dye ITSELF One Of these
men said that he would have no objec-
ton, il compensated for the incon-
to bathing in the dye.
Mr.. Bianchi took up piquet and
struck it on the edge Of the table A
little cloud Of dust few out Of it. This
dust, when inhaled, gave out an ot]or
that Of dried hay.
About IS girls are working in the
,hop. and Mr.. Bianchi says that none
IF bis girls have died within a year.
The only case Of death was that Of
woman who died Of consumption. He
He buys his picric Of H. kohnstamm
/ Co., OF 126 Chambers street.
Miss Kate Young, the forewoman of
,traus, Bianchi & Co.'s factors, says
hat Mary Ann died Of starvation;
hat she had no appetite. and did not
AXE sufficient nouriishment.
A salesman for III. Kohnstamm 4
Co., says that the picric sold to flower
makers Is picric acid, and is undOubt-