The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-10
POISONED A FAMIL Y.
A FATHER AND MOTHER VICTIMS OF
A STRANGE TRAGEDY.

A Servant Girl Suspected of Having Put
s.Rough Rats in Canned Corn Which
Was Sent to the Dining Room The
Suspected Murderess Missing.
Chicago dispatch: Englewood is ex
cited over poisoning which promises
to develop into one of the most perplex-
ing sensations that quiet suburb has
ever known. The present indications
are that the case is one of murder.
George p. Newland and his family,
consisting of wife. son, and daugh-
ter-both grown up-have lived for
years at 1896 Wabash avenue, in pala-
tial residence Mr.. Newland was
well-known resid ent of Englewood and
retired real-estate man, living on the
interest of his Accommodations. The other
night all four members of the family
were taken violently i'll. They had eaten
some canned corn for supper and the
suppoSition was that they had been
poisoned in that manner. Medical aid
was called in, bnt in spite of all that
could be done. Mr.. Newland, who seemed
to have been the most violently attacked,
expired about o'clock next morning.
The rest Of the story can best be told in
the words of DR.. Crutcher, who was sum-
moned by friend of the Newlands.
''When | arrived at the house," said
the doctor, 81 found Mr.. Newland
already dead. Mrs. Newland was dying,
and the indications were that she had
been poisoned by arsenic. She had suf-
fered all the symptoms of arsenical poi
soning, such as intense burning
at the stomach, vomiting, thirst,
drinking often and little at a time, and
there was no doubt in my mind that she
had in some manner taken dose of ar
senic. She was in state of complete
collapse when / saw her, and it was
evident that she could not live very
much longer. | presume she is dead by
this time, though / have not heard. The
daughter Grace, who was poisoned, is
still quite sick but will undoubtedly re-
cover. Neither she nor her brother is
awsre that their father is dead or that
their mother is not likely to recover.
All the patients are kept in separate
rooms. Young Newland, / have no
doubt, will also recover.
GAS soon as / saw that Mrs. Newland
was beyond all earthly help hunted up
the can of corn from which the family
had partaken and examined it. / could
see, on a casual examination, no reason
to believe that the family had been poi
soned by partaking of the corn"
The doctor tnen went on to tell of his
suspicious in the case. He found
out, it seems, that one of the
servants who had been employed
about the house borrowed money
from Miss Grace Newland yesterday
with which to buy some medicine, as she
claimed. The girl returned that night,
but ate no supper, and, it is alleged, has
disappeared DR. Crutcher says he
visited the drug store to which the girl
went and was told that she had pur-
chased there Rough on Rats" which
cor tains very large per cent of arsenic.
AS the evidence against the girl is by no
means complete her name is withheld.
The surviving members of the family
say they can imagine no reason why any
one should attempt to murder them in
such cold FLOODED fashion.
later dispatch reports the death of
Mrs Newland. The servant girl
who gives her name as Emma Stark
has been arrested and has confessed
to buying rat poison but says she
intended to kill herself but changed
her mind and threw the poison
away. She says when she saw that the
family were taken sick she became
frightened lest she should be accused
and fled