New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-27
CORONER TICE'S MYSTERY.
DEATH CERTIFICATE BY MRS. DIR. MARI.
nIDiA CHILD DIE OF MEASLES, OR WAS 1T POISONED
WHAT THE MOTHER SAYS.

WHAT THE MOTHER SAYS.
The investigation nv Coroner Tice and jury at
Monnt Vernon in the case of Rudolph Signund, the
infant who died at the Mount Vernon Dranch Oh
the New-York Infant Asylum, was closed ast Ien NJ
A verdict was rendered TO the effect that the ueatl
W "a attributable to gross negligence on the part OF
the persons in charge of the institutions ana cen
surfing the manager of the asylum 1or mlsiilahaso-
ment. ,r., u4o ON
Coroner Tice was asked by n TRIBUNE reporter
about the affidavits which he was sald 10 haVe III
his possession relative TO another T ~ Il
death in the Mount Vernon Home OF the New-lork
Infant Asylum.
"ITave a smile - suggested the Coroner, as he
leaned on the bar of his liquor shop ana caS sug
his mirror He was willing to tax OF
"smiles0 and pigeon shoots" and everything
except the affidavit SGi aP Sowevq Snf that it
il was an exceedingly important case; Next week
he would take it up, he sad and until theh hothlng
could be made public without defeating the ehus OIL
II was subsequently learned, however, that the
afldavits related to the death Of little Mabel Cur
August In the death certificates it was said
that her death was caused by the measles
while tho afidavits show that by the blunder OF
the nurse, the baby was given aqua-ammonia when
Quinne was intended for her medicine An ehort
will be made to show that the child's tongue ana
the roof of her mouth were burned by the ammonia
causing intense suffering and after twelve hours,
death also that she did not eat anything aIler
taking the ammonia. -,
The reporter visited the Home last night and saw
Mrs Dr. Mari, the resident physician, who signed
the death certificate; Miss Handlcy, the matron,
and the mother of Mabel CurTie The latter is an
American girl about nineteen years old ShG salu
said that on August 20, about midnight Annie How
land night nurse gave her baby this ammonia Dy
mistake. Mrs. Stewart, the head nurse, was IN.
formed and she ran for DR.. MARI VINO ana not
think this mistake a serious one, and no medlclhe
was given TO countcract the effects 3i
the ammonia. The next night the child dlcd'
aud DR.. Mari gave a c ertifcate that the cause
of hsr death was measles. The mother SAID that
she did not know what allied her daughter but she
thought that her death was hastened II not caused
by the bunder of the nurse. The matroh was
ayersc to making any statement for publication.
Dr.. Mari said that there was nothing to conceal
The child had been given aromatic spirits oil ammo
MIA by mistake by one of the nurses, but she mad
almost Immediately relieved her stomach of the en-
tire dose by vomiting, and her death was causrd
bv bronchitis in complication with measles. she
added that the rash had been coming and gong ior
more than day before the blundcr was made, ana
that nothing had been said about the
chlds mouth being burned until re-
Gently. She gave measles as the causes or inc
death because, in her opinion, that was the real
cause. DR.. Mari added that the Coroner had been
TO see her about the case. but she did not know
that he intended beginning an Investigation OF II.