St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-10
WHOLESALE POISONING.

Fourteen Residents of Cincinnati Poisoned,
One Fatally, by Food Procured at Gro
cery-One of the Grocers Family Among
the Victims.
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 81.
There have been several cases of mys-
FERROUS poisoning in the West End within
the last few weeks in the vicinity of Clark
street, west of Freeman street, in this city.
The number has increased until fourteen
persons have been more or less affected and
one has died. 1t is naturally causing great
CONSERVATION in the neighborhood, especi-
ally now that one death has resulted. The
first cases were in the family of c. r. Do
gan, Post-office clerk, who lives at 500
Clark street. His wife purchased some
bread and milk from M. Weller's grocery,
at 321 Clark street, of which the whole fam
lily, consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Dogan and
six children, partook for supper Monday
night. They also ate some meat which was
purchased from a butcher on Freeman
avenue, between Clark and Oehler, About
$3.50, shortly after eating supper, all the
children, ranging in age from one to ten
years, were taken violently ill, vomiting
and complaining of pains in the stomach
and abdomen. DR.. Abbott, who lives just
across the street, was called, and pro-
nounced the sickness the effects of poison.
The children continued very sick until
about three the next morning, when they
began to recover, and all are now nearly
well. Yesterday morning Mrs. Surveyor
Lehman, who lives at 333 Clark street, pur-
chased bread and milk from Weller's gro
Gerry, of which she, her husband and
two children, aged, respectively, eighteen
months and three years, ate at breakfast.
Both of the little children were taken i'll
- IL I~4l
shrieking with pain. The little boy, the
older of the children, after few hours be-
gan to recover, but the little girl, Alice,
continued to grow worse until a. m. to-
day, when she died. The family was also
treated by DR.. Abbott. Two Misses Davis,
who partook of bread and milk from the
same grocery at 10 a. m. yesterday, were
affected in the same way, and are still in q
critical condition, though it is believed they
will recover.
The wife and child of W. H. Lonsdorf,
general broker, who lives at a19 Clark
street, just across the alley from the gro
Gerry, ate of bread and milk and other gro
ceries from there yesterday, and both We're
i'll, having the same symptoms as the 9TH |
ers. The child has nearly recovered, but
Mrs. Lonsdorf was still unable to rise from |
her bed this morning. |
A child OF Mr.. Asher, on Hopkins street, |
and one child OF Weller, the grocer, are also |
i'll in the same way and under similar cir
cumstances. In all there were fourteen |
cases in the Immediate neighborhood, all of |
which had partaken of bread and milk and /
other groceries from NJ. Weller's, and it is |
the general impression that the illness is |
caused from some poison which found its |
way into one or more Of the articles. This |
opinion is conceded with by DR.. Abbott, |
and an analysis will be made of the articles I
to determine what it is. Within eighteen |
months a similar case of apparent poison
ing from food occurred in the West End, I
but without fatal result.