The daily gazette., 1882-10-02
POISON IN BOLOGNA.
A FAMILY AT DEATHS DOOR
TWO DAYS. s$
THE MEAT KILLS A KITTEN.
A Mysterious Case In Bridgeport, PENN
sylvania, That Nearly Had Fatal Results
and Puzzled the Doctor. fs

PHILADELPHIA, Oct Ain little cot
tage at the corner of Fifth street and
DeKalb avenues, Bridgeport, four members
Of Q family Of five have for the past two days
been wavering between life aud death and
meanwhile have endured the most intense
agony which the presence of poison I'm the
system can infiict. On last Friday evening
the sufferers ate for supper quantity Of
bologna sausage, and one hour and half
| later displayed symptoms which led the few
Reighbors who had hurriedly collected to
| suppose that they were rapidly sinking, and
their death was momentarily expected.
They rallied, however, and after vomiting
freely became unconscious, remaining in
that state all night.
Under skillful treatment they revived en-
tirely and are now on the road 10 perfect
health. The names of the four who have
passed through the ordeal are George ID.
Garess, 80; Anna Garess, SO, his wife Ida
Travis, ID, and Willie Travis, 12, the last
two being the children of Mrs. Garess by q
former husband. On the evening mentioned
Mrs. Cares, prior to the return Of her hus-
band from the mill where he is employed,
purchased one pound and half of the mys-
terious delicacy In the store of Winfield T..
Moore, a groceryman, living half square
distant from the house. The price paid was
15 cents pound, and the sausage was dry
and hard. AT O'Clock the family sat down
to the meal, which, beside the bologna, con-
sisted OF coffee, potatoes and bread and but
ter. The sausage was divided into five
parts, the fifth section being given TO Tommy
Cares, whose six years of wisdom saved
him from the experience of the others, He
took a small bite and not relishing the flavor
coaxed a small kitten into his arms. The
animal, devoid of all prejudice, ate the
sausage with great gusto and in about half
an hour, while the family were yet at the
table, it BEGAN to NEW piteously. Ten
minutes later it was dead. Mrs. Garess just
then began to feel badly and rose to leave
the room. Before she had got half way
across she fell down in q dead faint. Her
husband bore her TO the lounge and then
ran to get physician. On his way he passed
the grocery store where the bologna had
been obtained, and darting in told the as
tonished clerk not TO sell any more of it.
When the doctor reached the house he found
that the two others had been attacked and
shortly after Mr.. Garess was also taken sick.
The night was spent in the sitting room,
the doctor administering emetics all round.
Ida Travis, it was at first believed, would
die. She was perfectly insensible and 1t was
impossible for long while to force the
emetic down her throat. When morning
dawned on the sleepless little group they
were in q, better condition than when the
doctor had been called in, but the danger
was not over. Yesterday they were much
better, but would occasionally be attacked
| with vomiting. DIR. G. H. Mann, who had
charge of the case, said last evening that
all the symptoms were similar to those
of arsenical poisoning. He thought that,
with the carelessness characteristic of
| bologna sausage manufactures, some of the
dangerous mineral had been accidentally
placed with the meat which was to be
ground. He was not positive, however,
that arsenic was present, but his suspicious
were strong. He had not made an analysis
of the sausage which had been left over,
but said that If one were made it might
throw some light on the subject. Another
theory Of his was that some tainted meat had
got into the bologna.