The New York herald., 1878-03-26
THE LITTLE FLOWER GIRL.
HER STRANGE DFATH-wAs SHE POISONED
WHILE MAKING ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND
pET

HER STRANGE pFATH-wAs SHE POISONED
WHILE MAKING ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND
PETALS?
Patrick rougherty, OF NO. Montgomery street. has
been out oil work for some months In consequence OF
sickness that laid him up in the hospital for time.
His wife works in factory up town, and in August
last his only child Mary Ann Dougherty, then only
little over eleven years old, secured place In the ar
iilcal flower nuiactory OF Strauss Bianohi. No.
547 Broadway. ReJoicca at the thought OF helping
her parents in their struggle with poverty she worked
faithfully until Thursday evening OF last week. She
was III on Friday morning and during Friday and FRI
day night grew worse. physician, Dr. W.
j. Welch, OF No 211 Henry street, was
summoned Saturday morning, and, on examining
her, he found what he decided were symptoms OF
poisoning by arsenic and copper. He gave her ned-
cine Tor such ailment and left, intending TO Call
again on sunday On Sunday, AT eight A. H., she
died. certificate oil death setting forth the opinion
OF the physician that she died from the effects OF the
poisons named WAS referred to the Board o Health,
and Coroner Ellinger maue post mor,em examina-
tion yesterday, after which he granted burial per-
NIT, aud tho Guild was buried yesterday afternoon.
DETAILS THE
reporter first visited the parents OF the child.
Mrs Dougherty said that through the fall and winter
she worked regularly and her health seemed TO suner
injury. For some time after The girl began 10
work her face aud hands aud clothes and HAIR were
stained with brown by the material she handled ut
work. but month or two ago there was change.
Little Mary Apn put another table In the
factory and after that the stain was Of yellowish
cast. Still she continued well, and on THURSDAY
night when she came nome she was IN her
usual spirits and apparently IN her usual health.
But Friday morning she complained OF feeling III
saia sho would take quarter OF day OF and go
TO work at half-past ten she drank little tea and
the mother went away to her work, thinking the i'll
ness was trining The cniid's aunt cared for her
during the day. and, finding that she could not cat
made her milk punch, which seemed to help her.
excepting that she could keep nothing Oh ner
stomnoa. Dr. welcn came but the medicine aid not
became partly insensibo and did not rally before she
died.
Dr. Wech said that when he was summoned on
Saturday morning he made careful EXAMINATION.
She complained oil ''lunp IN her stomach that was
Killing nern and he found serious q. .rangement OF
the stomach. There also mark ed depress ion
OF the heart but there was no organic trouble that
he could discover. The lungs were DONG their work
all right. The child's compiexion was yeowsh and
salow, and by examining closely ne found that there
greenish nge. He questioned her, and she told
HIM that worked IN place where they used paris
green. Hc asked her about the health oi the o.her
girls that worked the same place, and she said that
IRON tho symptoms. AS he could ind NO other cause
for her condition, that 1t was caused by poison
ing, and treated her tor such poisoning. CIV.
Ing her medicine to counteract the copper aud
arscnic and intending to study the case carefully
The child had died, however, sooner than he had an
tcipated ana all he could do was TO state his opinion
In the certificate OF death.
DON'T PARIS GREEN
Inquiry was made u the establishment Of Strauss
Biaucni concerning the case, and Mr. Bianchi said
there had never been any trouble so lar as he Knew
from the nature OF the work-certainly he had not
Oh any uehtnb occurring IN consequence u H.
and he considered his workwomcn healthy and
knew of reason why they should not bo
He had been business for eighteen yeara Whom
he hrst began paris green was used, but the great
danger attendant upon It's use caused the employ es 10
refuse TO work with II and the manuacturers had
given II up Now, the only thing he used which Was
all dangerous the pcrc acid, and that he did
consider very dangerous.
AT one oil the best known drug stores In the city
the reporter told that picrc acid certainly
poisonous taken IN large Qualities but its use
dye was not esteemed especially dangerous 1t was
huf N n A N
could be dyed green pierre unless something
else used in connection With II.