The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-31
WAS. SHE POISONED?
Mrs. Meta Bloderl's Strange
Death and Sudden
Burial.
4 DOSE OF cARsoLIo ACID
Somebody Made a Bad Mistake But
the Doctor Says Peritonitis
Principally Killed Her.

On Saturday afternoon Mzs. Mets
Bioderl, Of No. 50 Ninth street. Hoboken
died. On Sunday afternoon she was buried.
It had been ..rurnored that the woman
had been poisoned and this rumor gained
ground when the hurried burial was re-
marked Coroner Parslow has been in.
formed Of the case aud viii make an in
vestigation. II it is thought possible that
she died from other than natural causes
the body viii be exhumed and an autopsy
made IL Is not thought that this Will be
done as DIR. Pitts, who Is a reliable ply
sician. attended the woman and states
that death was primarily from perffoni-
tls
Mrs. Bloderl gave birth 20 a healthy
child about two weeks ago. During her
confinement she was attended BY Dr.
Sfedman- DR.. Stedman contracted cold
and DIR. Pitts attended the woman. He
ordered medicines which were procured
from Druggist G0eman, of No. 399 Garden
street. Mrs. Eichenbach. a nurse. was
also in attendance on the sick woman.
Barber SchiectlinG, Of Ninth and Park
avenue, tells this story
Il was told on Thursday afternoon that
Mrs. Bioderl was poisoned. that she had
been given carboiic acid When I en-
tered the house she was very III aud ad-
yised oil and milk. which had the effect
OF clearing her stomach. oe Saturday I
was told that she was dead l told the
dead woman's husband that his wffe's
death was due 20 the nurses carelessness-
Then the nurse came in and said that she
| had arranged the bottles before going TO
bed, Dut that they were disarranRed By
the children Sne admitted then that
1 she had given the woman carbolic ncio
| by mistake. / also heard that the dead
woman was greatly swollen"
| The nurse. when asked about the truty
OF the above story, was greatly excife9<
/ She denied that she administered carbol4<
acid. and asked me to see DR.. Pitts
DR.. Pitts was found at his oflc8 No.
$50 Washington street. this motnfnR
| He said:-1 hope that the County
Physician viii investigate the mat
ter thoroughly. Such an invektigation
win prove that Mrs. Lsoderl did not die
| from poison. | attended aer during con-
| flnement, and when the o'ziid was born
she suffered from blood poisoning. She
died natural death ane I filed certif-
4 cate that she died from peferouftls which
1 firmly believe. On Thursday l was told
| that my patient had been given carboiic
acid by mistake nave no doubt but
this was true, as j found ner throat and
mouth badly burnsd. She had no doubt
swallowed some Of the acid. The acid
was IN the house for disinfectinQ pur-
poses, and was foolishly placed along with
the medicine bottles. On Saturday Mrs
Bloderl died and gave death certificate
TO the eiIec: that the woman died from
peretonitisn
Don't you think that the administer
| ing OF scRrbolic acid hasrened her dearhf''
| azkfa.
..xes, I believe that was the reply,
sbut do not believe this was the prin-
ary cause OF death
1 How is it that the body was not kept
in the house over twenty-four hoursy"
'sTnat is something that does not con-
cern me 1t is a family affair"
| The affair is creating great deal OF
talk In the upper section Of Hoboken-
Hoboken Notes.
John CoakIey, carpenter Of No 218
| Park avenue, was arrested by Policeman
| Murphy last night, charged with beating
his wife He Ii held
| Miss Louis, young woman Of No. 90
| Grand street, fell into an open coal hole
at Fifth and Washington streets last
night and was severely injured After
receiving medical attendance she was
sent home.
Mayor Grassman will receive calls at
| the City Hall tomorrow from twelve noca
| until two D. m.
Al the meeting Of the directors OF the
| First National Bank yesterday seml-
annual dividend OF ~ per cent. was de-
clared. The stock of the bank is very
valuable. shares selling for $a00-
The W.D. DAILY Guards. TO the number
| of one hundred, witnessed the performs
ance at Cronheim's Theatre last night
The boys were delighted with the show.
| Manager Cronheim intends to invite the
| P. II. O'Neil Association, Of Jersey City,
/ in the near future.
The Progress Society viii hold recep-
ton at the Assembly Rooms on Janu-
airy 2S.
The following are the newly elected
officers of the popular Italian society
Societa Unione Frstellanza Italiana;-
President, G.. Lagomarsino; vice presi-
| dent, A. Granelli. secretary, C. Vezzettl,
financial secretary, A. Dondero; treas
urer ID. Celia; trustee. g. Gelardoni; ser
| geant at arms, d. Liso. The society viii
hold its big ball at Odd Fellows Hall on
January "a.