The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-19
HERMAN GATJEN'S DEATH
ATTRIBUTED By HIS PHYsICIAN TO
POISONOUS SAUSAGE MBAE
Sickness Amer = Luncheon OF whieh n Bs-
Iosns was Psrt-Hermsn osue.'s and His
Wife's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Arsenic.

Wife's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Arsenic.
Deputy Coroner Mcwhinnie received notice
yesterday that Herman Gatjsn died at 1872
| Allen street on Thursday evening; that DIR.
6tutzer, the attending physician. had refused to
| give q death certificate. and that there were
suspicious OF poisoning. On going 10 the house
the deputy coroner found Mrs. Gatjen very ILL.,
The body OF Mr.. Gauen was In an adjoining
room up stairs. At the request OF Rudolph
Rannow. Mr. Gatien's son-in-lsw. tho deputy
coroner made an autopsy. which showed that
| the immediate cause OF denth was gastrtis
from eome irritant That irritant was. the
deputy coroner thinks arsenic. But the symp-
toms Just before death were not those OF arsen-
| ical poisoning. an assisting physician said. and
the deputy coroner began an investigation pre-
| liminary to an inquest The friends and rea-
| tlves OF tho dead man believed that some poison
| was the remote II not the immediate cause OF
death. Mrs. Gaten was able 70 speak slowly and
indis;inctly OF what had preceded her husbands
death. The symptoms OF her disease wero the
| same az those OF her husband. but she. being
stout. better able to resist the attacks OF the
| disease. She and her husband lived In the
| second story OF the house. the frst story being
| occupied BY Mr.. Rsnnow and his wife The
| front OF the basement was used a. . storeroom
| and salesroom OF tobacco. Mr.. Gatjen was in
partnership. In selling leaf tobacco. with his
son-in-law the nrm name being Rannow
Gaten. Mrs. Gauen sold and lent masquerade
costumes that were stored up stairs. Tho two
families were on good terms OF friendship. and
had been since Mr.. Rannow married Mr.. Cat
| jens only daughter two years ago when the
business partnership was also formed Before
the marriage Mr.. Gaten was workman for
Mr., Rannow. The rooms In the house are
meals for the two ia families % Were % cooked % in the
basement In the rear OF the tobacco store. Mr..
Rappp2w and his wife had thelT meals alone,
| In their room up stairs. Anna Garnau. young
German girl. who has been in the country only
year. cooked the meals and took part up
sOth OF last month, when MT. Gstien and his
wife eomplained q being H. From that time
until Thursday neither quit their bod.
On Saturday, the goth ult;, Mrs. Gatjen went
not noticed a row row Of SSs brown bologna sapsases
In the window OF a meat shop. and after
eIamininSs ,S them she pure RSrehsSsSd nSS one Sn @ TnSs
OF the sausage was eaten. Mr.. Gauen prefer
ring to saye it until the next day for lunch, On
pared ior, Mr.; and Mrs RannoV. Al about 10
bologna was brought out and, cut into
ate ate heartily. Sir; Some cheese and few Crackers
were eaten with the sausage. About two hours
Htehsn. It 'Sa Consisted Of % roast veal potatoes
prunes. and dried apples, few pieces Of
Gsy SsC1s s M 9s Ss @
They ate heartily OF tho dinner. and aiterward
started out 70 attend either concert On the the
he thought that it would pass away. and he
visited several friends and drank beer with
the rest Of the sausage. Two or three
of oYf ieslins scS. He had cramps and Tstchins.
which continued moro severe in the night The
dSen Ssssn 10 Sasn so%psn o f having the
same symptoms as those OF her husband. Be.
BafIsn '1S Was nSS called S1' To 1 ,b. PSyseaH
they told what they had eaten. and Mr. Gauen
nsn nT the roast HS % veal at din dnRsr Mrs Gaen
roborated her husband. NeitheE said ANYTHING
"Ss s 5s Ss %ste sa1EHs Ss4E R ps1a ss
Of bad veal. He prescribed medicine TO quiet
bis, patients and to counterSct the poison OF the
patients said that they. felt better. and they ap;
peared to be so, and the physician continued
told them that there was no necessity for send;
ing for him again unless tho cramp should
For two Jays aitsrwArd no physician visited
Mr.. and Mrs. 0Auen, On the third day after
complain OF feeling worse. and before evening
ssusss %ss Called a Ss hd besS od whai
stuner decided that the bologna SAUSAGE was
the cause Of the sickness He had had several al
bologna sausnRes. and he recognized the symp-
toms at once. and he prescribed the proper
oi the a disease. % His legs would Barely support
small % ' quantity oi food that WAS given him he
could not retain. and several timess he was do
tioGs aid not sut.sr @ So severely. Dr. krSePisii;
fer and pr. Lehman we're called TO
eSSed that the disease %ss by
meat in the bologna sausage. few dayh be-
fore his death Mr.. Gatien could not, move his
cles we're pressed, His tongue was partly par
alyzed and he could not speak. On Thursday
thous4 hi that he W was better He died that even.
ing. He had no conyulsions, and he did not
stutzer did not desire 70 take tho responsibility
Of giving death @ @certiacatei and ne advised
> This result OF the autopsy ia, in some respects
different from what DR.. Stutzer expected. He
thSs Sdss ", Sua SS b.S swa sSS
by poison In the meat Of the sausage. There
had never been any symptoms OF arsenicai
the autopsy. says that besides gastritis. he
found Indications OF paralysis OF the heart and
the % pain OF the nv muscles @ were caused By slight
, paralysis; Gastritis was caused by poison. he
believes but whether IL Was animal or mineral
= poison no could not decide. Arsenical poison
Ing is followed by convulsions. he says; Neither
OF the patients had e3nSaisiSaS Sdt 16s pres;
. fering and DR., Kroelpfeiffsr cannot account FOR
\ the difference between the symptoms OF poison
|
had heard OF several casos OF sickness caused
by eating diseased meAt.in Sausages. but he had
A | never had one under his care
a Dr. Sutzer is positive that the disease was
caused by animal poison In the sausage. and he
. says that DR.. Lsllnan agrees with him, There
have recently been two simi lar cases Of poison,
4 ing. The symptoms were the same as those oil
Mr.. Gauon. The pork and beef In bologna
, | sAusaRes Is sometimes. he says not properly
cooked The outside OF the meat may be cook
D cd and the inside left full OF poisonous matter
> II the animal was diseased. TO trace the pois,
| onous matter is almost impossible. small
| quantity OF II might not do harm. but some,
tlmes il does not get scattered In the process o
4 | making sausages. II kept long the poison in q
: small piece OF meat in a sausage is communl
Gated TO other pieces and soon the, entire saus-
aga is poisonous. Poison could also be caused
DR.. Stutzer says. by unclean machinery used In
}, | sausage making. -
Z The clerk In tho meat shop In First avenue
L | does not remember having sold a sausage ia
a Mrs. Gapsn; The proprietor said that he
/, | had not had another complaint against his
I sausages since Mr. and Mrs, Gaqen were
| taken sick. although there must be hundreds
i who have eaten sausages made from tho same
l. meat and cooked at the same time as that OF tht
! | sausage that she bought make about
: | thousand pounds OF sRusaGes a day" he said
!, land since started In business have nevel
; | had any complaint made. All my meat is good