, 1879-06-20
SOMEWHAT MYSTERIOUS
Two Families Poisoned by Eating
Pressed Corn Beef.
Nothing More Serious Ensues
than q Violent Illness.
The Health Officer Takes Some Of the
Meat to Be Analysed.

Meat to Be Anal7zed,
Tho .tr,r,,a,.o,,. .,ot,or,ny y, ,vo f.,,,,t.s
avn, thnn"h tho rrpcas. i. mi o,,oo,,ci, .I,b
f,tat ro.vi,. !. . ..rio,,s m.tt.r ard suct . c..s
- va rsno1tra sos,er%.r' ns Thi. a tns 0 ,.s vos
ns!sss neo ,:ss v.3s ssys1 r res0 t '1s Witch as a
tho ,n,s,htef That !. ,aId richtiv or rronot, ] to
,,..,"I,. T., .ao.,s,,s s.,,s.. ae.sS
hcef; the eoneurrsnee Of testimony being sll In
tile direction of that generally wholesome,
though not particularly tasteful food. Tho
facts ars M fol1ogs:
On wednesday evening about O'Clock Nrs.
ar,r, c..r,,, .r,t,.. rssi,t,ro NJ NJ nn N,-.h
Tanlina street, purchased pound Of presaed
corncd nccf At the ErocerF.storc nf dnstaT Stock.
No. D12 Carroll avenue. This Was partaken Of
bv beraelf. her father. Michael Dohn. aRea II.
ind her nephew. child Of about ye.rs old.
Ion OF airs. oElto, hseo eoout W. "hs 1he Only
member Of the family who declined the meat,
and be escaped untujused. According to his
own story, when bo returned home about 10
octoct =, n,o,t =, To,,ra IT. n,o,hcr ord cau<,u
oe'oe& A. l'sos no 1oaait III" "'o1s"' HI" eoasao
very sick aiid IN great agony. Tho
WOMAN had terrible palDs In the stomach nnd
bowels accom pan,ttl ty constant vomiting. anil
tho oh,,a,. .r,,, -. .In,,,- In. ta". -.
.4o s''u 1'"'p'eA's N.Y." s'1'.". olt 'sss 1e>
VeFe' BUN spoat very 9aA u'sht, Ing auHeF-
ings Of the woman being somewhat al!eTnted by
sornc whisky which her Aon plIsphtsed. In tile
morning Or. W. H. Grsswo'd was called In, and
e1scrcs Inc im rsr.r,,,t ~ ~ tpp,hs NC
TYa oid ~ ,ao, nnE,, - S,eans r., mr. r,,.s..,..
roa," nna,, ~ fr,,n Ii. Ienoh,nr,s ~ ~ i,su.
ruui n1"1 "nt ,t 4tem s;.,,,n s ali nIuc' hain'
a'on na,,. ,,,..:.H w s
ne.n,n ,ra .l tha u NV .i,:3, ~ NV W
1hs others, and his sase !. The worst Of the lot:
Indeed. lle can hardly yet bc considered out OF
danger, Tor to man OF htt aye
THE VIOLENT ATTACKS or VOMITING
to which he va. sutJcctea are serious mat
uts,s ]atar In the ereninv the v,f. of I'd.
wnrtl Ifnvurd n sa1nnn.tcrnrr a. NJ iii C.r.
rnli ayen1r. aI.n bnught anal, a,,antttv of ,hc
beef Mt tic sar,o rrocery, Md irotn lin samr Iot
of thn ,ne.t. n"j IN hi. caan ti,a icvsinnn,er,e
svera ~ .tnsinr nbarnotsr H.. Homarrd ~
mora heartily thau The cthera. anI Suffered
moss. tic Child did not CT mucit. and by tho
morning was aiI richt nguf1. Mr.. Howard was
ta,sn atr anot ~ hoSr aftcr .,,nner ard cnn, ~as
tInued yery had ali night Her fmlshand tonk
but littio of the bcof. but about 9 4, m, ho too
was seized with vioicut gripping pains, accomDa-
HE'D ny vomiting and puFEsnE, all Of which
were character OF the other cases. DR..
tiriswold was callod IN hcre also, 4nd asccr-
tnncd the faGts to be Us stated.
reporter suW Howard and young Grim last
cyeolnE nnd obtained thefr accouuts Of tho
matter, which agrees with ue forogoing. In
saca case the partica atc notling beside the
child OF Howard's DID not get my of The meat,
Others with that exception, md she was not
attacked. IT having been suggested 1t might
point. Young Grim took about half Of pint
Ut beer which WAS bought for supper, and