New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-07
MADE SICK BY DRINKING MILK.

FOUR FAMILIES IN BROOKLYN AFFECTED by MILK
WHICH is SAID TO HAVE BEEN PoIsoNED-THE
DEALER ARRESTED.
Captain Lcavey, of the Butler Street Police Brook
fyn. was Informed Saturday afternoon that the
family of Patrick Gilmartn, a cigar-maker, OF No.
al Carroll-st, had been poisoned by drinking milk
obtained from the grocery store of James j. Pep
pard Of No. 271 Columbia-st., who keeps large
supply of milk, which he sells for 3 cents quart,
two quarts for cents and three quarts for cents
Gilmartin's three children, Patrick age fifteen,
Julia, age twelve, and Edward, age two, were taken
sick soon after drinking the milk, which was
bought in the morning, and were zed with violent
retchlng. The physician who attended them traced
the sickness to the milk, and antidotes for poison
were administered. Soon afterward the police
learned that eight persons in the family of Thomas
Doyle of No. 34 Sackett-st.. manifested the same
symptoms of poisoning after drinking milk procured
from the same store. These were Thomas Doyle,
aye ffty-two and his wife Frances, age fifty, Mar
Qaret DOYLE, Thomas Doyle, IT,, Frances Pounds.
Anna Pounds and Julia Hoffman. Drs. Pen
dergast Ford and tombstone, who were
called in, found all these persons suffering
great agony. The symptoms were OF mineral
poisoning and antidOtes were freely administered.
MIR D1vle said that three quarts OF mix had Deen
bought for cents and they drank II for breakfast
Nothing peculiar III It's taste was detected. DoyIe
sent for priest during the day, beheNlng tAat ne
MAS about 10 de- but af@r the rites of the church
had been administered to hlln and the tner mem
hers of the family all seemed 20 revive. HE only
one in the family who was not taken SICK was u III
lie boy who did not drink any Of the milk.
PepDard who Is twenty-seyen years OF age, and
his clerk Michael Collins, age tWenty-slX- OF NO.
~ Iugneci-st., were arrested Dy Captain IeaVey on
a charge OF violating health ordinance III selling
eduIteTated milk. Peppard has kept grocery
store ON ColumbIa-sl. Tor about four years, and
bears a good reputation: lie said that he had pllr-
chased the milk from Z. IL. McCann. OF No. sol
Court-st. an extensive dealer III mix, who sells
aLout 2 900 quarts daily The milk was cheap, he
said because the cows were IneKpenslVeIy led, ana
IN was brought from Orange ana sussex county
farmers lie was compelled TO sell mix at "a low
gnre i'm order to retain his customers, but he never
ndulterated il. Peppard and Collins were taken
before Justice Ferry and admitted TO BAH III the
sgm of 81 900 each.
YESTERDAY Dr. Anderson, Of Hicks and UniOn-sts.,
,ennrted that two more families had been made
sick by milk bought at Peppards store. These were
HicEs-st and her daughter Frances, age fouLi and
Catherine OBrlen, age twenty, her daughter Mary,
nae two, and Margaret Flaherty age hfty' all OF
30 SIS CarrOll-st. None or them were IN danger
sus condition and all of the other ylctrDs were
pronounced out Of danger yesterday. Police-sur-
aeoD James Watt was summoned by Cap
fain Leayey Saturday night TO attend the SICK
families He said that they were suffering from
come mineral poison. There was deposit OF some
lind m the milk, but he could not determine what
r. vas Samples of the milk sold TO the various
families were collected by the police, and sent to
the Health authorities to be anaiyzed; Inc mix
cans in Peppard's store were seized by captain
Ieavev and taken 10 the police station, feppard
I'D there Yesterday 10 obtain them, but the police
refused TO gxe them up without an order IoM the
board Of Health. ID, ,,- ,+, t.r