Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-03-01
Th:sH EDITION..


A sin ular case recently happened In |
PhilAdnl phin, v h,ch has caused DINER
ence Of opinion between the corone and
the phy iciSue that were called IL, oesiues |
shoxh,p 4 decree OF criminal negligence, |
for which anne one should be held TO
strict acc, uut bility The facts OF the case
are as to,lows'
Last Monday, one week ago, three III |
boys reading In the vicinity OF SlA
1, nth and Summer streets. IN tnht ",
Ii Ted the cover from the sewer IN tne
street and played around TIA the si.eI
noon. The next morni one OF the
h,,vs was seized with FERROUS illness,
witch mAuifes,ed itself with q sore throat
headache nnd high fever, which caused
deNrium. a ne!ghbor, who has consid-
erable e6perience with children, promptly /
administer heavy dose OF purgatlve
medicine. but there was very little I'M
movement In the child's condition until
the fol owing Friday, when he commenc
ed to get better and is now IN ialr way
TO recover.
AttFr attending 70 this child on Tues
day morning, the lady was about 10 go
into her own house, when her neighbor
on the other side asked her to come in rs
duick IS possible, as her adopted son, 81
years Of aye, who was one Of the three
that had played around the sewer. was
very sick.
As 40. l an che entered the house she
saw that the child was dying, and lew
minutes later Il breathed Its last. rms
child was taken sick AT o'e OK IN the
morning and died at 1880 the came day.
having Teen III & little over six hours.
Asthere had not been any physician
called in the coroner was notihed, and he
ordered = post norton examination 70 be
made. The physician who made the
most norton pronounced 1t case oil ma
uguAut scarlet fever. The funeral tooa
Mace Two dave after his death, but before
The burial his body turned as black as a
negro. The other little fellow, not quite
Z wears Of age, wh1 had played with the
Others around the sewer attended the fun
eral.
Ths pexf morning about 2 O'Clock he
was taken III, and three physicians were
summoned, bat notwithstanding their
efforts the child died al O'Clock the
same morning.
As the physicians reiueed, under the
circumslRn Gee TO give a ceruhcate, th'
coroner war again notified. Alter max
ing an examination the coroner's physi
clan alto pronounced this case OF malig
nant scarlet lever 10 which the physlclan'
Wlb dNteuubfa UT CulAA tobh S1SSPNiph
a. they sad II was s. clear case OF poison
ing by sewer gas
After the remains were placed in TIT
casket all the children inthe neighbor
hood were allowed 10 enter the rom and
take last LOOK a. their little playmate
and some Of tie children from the Catho
lie scnool which he attended, remained
in the room for SOM time kneel!ng ard
reciting prLsers.
1t is estimated That not less than q
children looked on the remains, and a
there Is considerable difference oi opin
len as TO v hat the disease really was tina
caused these two chillren's death parenti
are commencing to realize the danger U
which thelr little ones have been exposed
and there IL considerable excitement II
the neighDoIhood through fear that cpl
demir 0! scarlet fever may be impending
1t said mat H. tais last case the childre
would not have been permitted to ente
the house, ha6 i no; been that the coro
ner stated Mat 4. was case OF bio (
poisoning AnC not scarlet fever, th4
caused Ih death.