The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-14
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
A Woman Develops symptoms Rtstni.
.'tf bling H3 drophoblR. INN

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About midnight laot night while the 10.
mates OF Madame Lou RUPEES bAsnio, on
rwenty.frst street, two doois below the
hook and ladder house, were seatsi In The
parlor, they were Startled by seeing Mile
Tanner, ons Of this inmates, sprlrg conyul.
slyely from her seat md fall Oh the
floor. As soon % she fell she commenced
moaning aud screaming and appeared 10 10
Ia great agony. 6pAsms convulssd her whole
body, while Sigh. iroth issued from her
mouth. She was Unconscious OF tho pte!sr ca
OF any one, falling even 10 reaogH'2. her twin
slste', who 10 AlSu an inmate Of ths house.
The madame aud the girl, wers tho Iughly
alarmed, aud after removing the girl 10 her
room, sent for the police. Only a shor. time
before the girl was taken with this attack, uhe
had taken drink OF whisky from bottle
that 4 young man named John Wilkie. afes.
dent ( East Wheeling, had with him; Wllklc,
BY the wsy,, VAS csltingon Mis- Txnueratt til.
time. Not knowing how to account for the
Other, way, tha. inmates jumped 1T tho
conclusion that the whisky had bees
poisoned, and therefore, = detained vii.
kie, = until tho police arrived.
HI, however. made no effort to escape.
SAssoon as Officers Barum and Taylor Hrr!v-
ed they sent for Lieut. syivia and Dir. Thomp.
son. Both were soon on hand. The Doctor
at once expressed the opinion that thu
sirl had not been poisoned, bu.
to-, make snrs lie Administered
heavy emetits but they hud little elect.
Al 2S0 o'clock. this morning when areporer
visited the house the Gil was still IN.
conpclous and had 10 bs held IN
bed. Dr.. Ackermsa had bean sum.
moned'to consult with Dr.. thompson, but up
10 that hour had not arrived. The
symptoms, Dr.. Thompson said, were
very much Ike those OF hydro
phobia. The po's IN theory had about beca
given up, but Wiik!e WAS slill there aud u.
Stating to hold the girl In bed. ~, VI
Inquiries among the inmates developed The
information that the girl had drank nothing
else during the evening, and bad nav
er acted as mt that tins when unter the
ililuonce OF liquor. About ion.' weeks ago
she was bittcn on tbs leg By tavage our, aid
had running sora for several days a. a re.
suit Of the bite.( At the hour named sho
was keeping up u crying and screaming, aud
! about once IN three minutes would Struggle
violently. Gala. a. ....,i'4tr
She ID a girl about Il years old and has
been at lsup.e's about e yelr. She 10 Baid to
ha the step.dauIhtsr o! Lewis Hansen, coal
dig ger aud brick maker.
- = AL.rxLY EPISODE. .4,-,.
Madame Ruplo dressed sud went after DR..
Alderman bsrsslf. sha had boon ION,
about half hn hour when a commotion
WAS herd at the front door. This was
about $50 O'Clock. Lieutenant Sylyis aud
Barum hurried out aud found William Ec.
cles In tho custody OF Officer Taylor.
Will Q Ripple covered with mud iron,
head ~ to foot, wss crying vic.
lently. According to her story she
down and kicked her. Eccles VINO hsd been
drinking since bis encounter with Chief
Dunninc in tho afternoon, wa, con- ri.
ably fnll and had nothing 70 say. lie
WAS hurried { If to the lookup Madsme Ru.
pie was, until short time ago, known To tht
police as Eccles' fancy wen,au." Hs has
been "pullst"in her house seyeral times.