Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-10
POISONED CAsnE,
i've Teas - Dea1ly Sweets numpeA
In New Tsrk ssarher.
New York SON.

A medical friend Of DR.. Cyrus Edson
called upon him q short time aen with
htfte boy whose mouth wns badly al
eersted- DIR. Edsoz vas told thai the
cause Of the uleeration vas q mystery
foT some time, bat that the boy had b>sn
detected one day eating a piece Of high
y eoiosed sandy. The candy vas taken
From nun and examined. It was found
t1af the ooiorln9 was produced BY pois-
onsus substances.
lhs Dext day a woman came Tn DR..
son vfth . pale. sickIy locking bsy
shout six yeaYs of age. The voman
said THAI the boy bad been RrovinR
weaker every dsy fer o long tims. She
tired au she remedies she could taink
II, bat pone of them seemed TO have
any snect. Il Occurred 70 her. finally
that perhaps the boy ate too much can
dy. aud she noticed be always seeDed
worse After eating sort of rEarsAmal-
low drop. which be frequently boaght.
hs vounan produced q sample Of IL. 1t
vas about an fnch square and bali an
inch thick, and had . light green tint.
DIR. Etson picked 1t up, and vas surpris-
% 70 ind It a. light - q feather. he
tested tbs eolofing, and discovered that
II vas caused by q mixture of chrome
o84 AaN6&Nh oAoCs uc oDN 3
Isooih was badly liberated.
DR.. Eds0n at once determined TO take
some steps 20 preyen, the sale Of Ton.
pure candy. He hsd long consulta tion
With superintendent Day, OF the Sani
tary Burean. in regard 30 il. DIR. D.y
suggested thas liss Of poisonous color
ing substances shoald Do prepared aud
sent 70 earh one Of the candy mauufsc
turers. DIR. Edsoo conciuded 10 do shis,
but arst to thoroughly examine every
establishment where candy is mann
factured.
About three weeks ago he began his
sork. IN company With 0fiicsr Edward
]. Kennedy, of ths Sanitary Squsa. |
rhs doctor had prepared q list Of every |
candy sanufsoturer 10 the city, and, |
beginning down town, uorked towards
Harlem. The first thing that surprised |
hlm was the activity apparent in every
one Of the factories. They were all |
crowded with workman. who seemed 10 |
have more than they could attend to. |
Candy OF every hue under the sun and |
Of every shape imaginable szerhoved |
from baskets, boxes and barrels, and |
vas tranpled under foot. Girls and |
boys we're working like steam engines, |
packing the candy into fancy boxes. |
The Doctor learned that all this harry /
and hustle vas caused by the approach |
ing holidays, and that tons Of candy /
were being shipped every day TO ali |
p lrts Of the country. A few Of ths fac. |
tories made spscialty Of
su8kRKD Tors,
And in ons or two ef thess places the
beasts owed tasir c.lors e. ooroDe
z 'een. red lead and barns umbsr. while
3 Ikens of lOYs. sach ~ hearts O ik all /
over with green leaves, we're eoiored
with ohrome green. These were smsar-
ID With veFmliion, representing blood
Supposed TO have bcen shed by an ar
every place where poison rs substances
xare found, the proprietor Wa ordered
10 lay aside every piecs OF eelored candy
IN readiness Tor removal.
DR.. Edson visited 10 all 81 places, 10
Is of which he found that all tae color
I'd candies we're nntit 90 elt. he gave a
list of these places 10 ofh or Kennedy,
and ordered him 20 begin removing the
candies at once.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning Ken
nedy hired Q truck, Q big packing box.
: driver and q large bay horse, and. in
company with Sanitary Inspectors Ro
maine and Myers, began his work Of
destruction. An hour later the big
packing box was full of beautifully
,olored candy. The insidioas Gam drop
was lost in heap Of soothsome marsh
nallow drops. Juj1 paste Of delicate
pink tine, was crowded oat Of shape by
gorgeous mixed candy. "Pure" ysl-
Iow molasses tatfy had its purity suliied
by .'tropic fruit" which had bsen used
70 roughly "a at their green leaves had
been tern away. and "prise" candy
would not have taken prize In she
worst tenement In Baxter street.
The bay horse dragged the box foil Of
sweets TO the dump az the foot of West
fhirty eighth street. A orovd Of rag
picseTs and hoodlums we're on hand,
and when the candy vent down on the
soov there we're yells Of delight at 90
much richness and aEger at so much
waste. In q minute the scoV vas
with boys and girls, who
fought like tigers for the decsitfnl can
iy. Their enjoyment vas Of short du-
ration. however. for shs sanitary gen
tiemAn sailed IN among them and fOrcsd
thesn TO give up what they had not eat
an. which was not much. Then Officer
Ksnnedy mixed . pint of oaFbolic acid
in pail OF water and sprinkied ID over
she forbidden candy.
II sne day we're directed to removing
the acid frum the candy. fhey tried DO
Iick 10 Cd, and succeeded IN thoroughly
theif mouths and
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