The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-07-01
ADls1kEsSiN6 AFFAIR.
0r. C6osIeo Z. Hart and Wife BY
00esk0 rake . Dose OF
Deadly Poison.

| hsnsa~ City NAIL, =.
One al The sssldesl events that has trsns-
p;red ie this city Tor many year occurred
! in the eastern portion q: the city this morn
/, ing j" which Mr.. Cha. L. Hart and viie
will in ell probability lore their live'
from the effects of drinking tea made from
S,rsm"nium (Gymp"n v~~sil. under the
mistaken idea that il vss bon~s~s.
The particulars - learned from NJ.
Hart before the. poison rendered him un-
conscious are that last night his wife pre-
pared the leaves oi that fatal poi-on by
sleeping iheq and allowing them u stand
all night aud then drink il for breakfast.
surprising of course that she sas making
tea from boneset.
Mr.. Hart and vile have been in bad
health for yeam and vers in the habit Of
drinking bonesei n . tonic. il se~~s.
hoseves, that usere vere two packages in
The house. Que Of them containing boDr-et
and the other stramoniua, the last being
\ deadly poison. BY one 81 ihose usac-
souniahle mistake. The poison wss sut-ii-
iuie.i for the harmless tonic aud
TWO uvks
are nOw lowering upon the shores Of death,
and may ere this have pAs.ed into iis dark
realms.
The poisonous .lecoci'on VAS drank al
breakfast this morning by Mr.. aud Mr..
Hart. She drinking only half gla-. and
her husband drinking fall glass. A little
four year old child ~. only saved from
the deadly poi-on by sleeping late and not
heing up early enough for breakfast.
Shortly after eating. Mr. and Mrs. Hart
i~gan Ia feel very qu-rs. = feeling - il
they we're last l'sr"usi.g unconscious, PER
vsding them. Dr. Baker MAS Immediately
snmmon-d, and upon his arriving At the
bou-e IN investigation was had as Ia the
cause of the coodilion III the victims, re-
-ul,ing in the terrible discovery that both
had rarisken freely Of o,'e of the
MOST Fatal. PoIsOxs
known Ia medical men. Dr. Hayden was
called IN hy Dr.. Baker, anI subsequently,
Dr. Shaafil-r MAS added, and everything
done ps-.,Lle Ia coaniersct the effects ii
the deadly drug. The victims not getting
any bei,es. R'ctoss Eaton, Hereford and
Sl"sn. we're .umusoa~d. and ss noon ~ere
bnsiiy engaged in trying 10 rave the lives
of the patients. hut with slight hops- Of
success. A Nal r~Parirr visited the house
si nom to-day aud found Mr.. Hat en-
iirely nncon-cioas. aud ~ h- lay upon the
sofa looked ~ IL il were impossible
Ia much longer prolong his life.
Mrs. Hart vas lying in another room sur
rounded by weeping friends. and MAS not
expected Ia survive many hours. The sight
vss Q rad one, ~ both the victims are uni
VERBALLY beloved and rr-pecied by all who
know them. and had therefore hosts Of
friends.
M. Hart has been an emp'oye Of Mr~rs.
Bnliene, M.ores 4 Emery since March j.,
1874. and il = great favori,e with his em-
ployen; ~ much ~ that Me,srs. L. K and
l.. T. Moore have both he~n in attendance
upon him all the morning. Mr. Bulleoe
is also there, aud general ~orrow seems tn
prev.de the entire store Of Me~srs. BMIlene,
Moores h Emery ever since the sal al
nounceweni, and all hope thai favorable
turn in the eonsii,ioa Of the patients may
take place, hut il lo"ks like hoping against
hOI~.
LATER
A. We 10 To pres. Mr.. and Mr.. Hart are
siill alive. hat life Is only kept IN them by
means of Eslvsnic battery constantly ap-
piled u their lnsiies. An hour ar too more
si the mott aud ihi. unfortunate couple will
have passed away.