Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-18

SpeClal]OfreSp lnuense 81 ''hHelLe anu Journa
Laurel, Aug. Deputy Coroner Phil
lips is holding an inquest Mt Coulborn's
Hall, Seaford. this morning, which
promises interesting developments. les'
terday some young men Informed Mr..
Phillips of the sudden dealt. Of a young
child near Oak Grove, and desired him 10
make investigation. MIR. Phillips irlnc
diately went to the place designated, which
was The home of a farmer named Rossur,
eud found that two members of the
family were very sick with symptoms Of
poisoning aud the child already dead. a
COW and horse had ais, died GnIing the
day showing simllarsy symptoms
physician who was called in to attend
the family suspected the cause to exist in
some substance of food or drink used ny
both the family and stock and made an
analysis of the wcil-watcr which resulted
in the detection OF the presence Of arscnlc
IN large quantity. All Of the family
have been made very sick by the use OF
the poisoned water. but IL Is thought no
further fatality will result
1t seems ulute evident that arsenic was
placed 10 the wcll with evil intention, by
m enemy Of the family, and to-day's in
quest is anticipated With much interest.
TltE MOTIVE ron ruE CRIME.
| A special dispatch sent from Laurel last
! night referring to this case. said
| belle Of the nclghborioOd, married n
| worthless character against the will Of her
| parents. Owing to his brutality she was
| compelled recently to leave him taking
| their beautiful 7-ycars-old child with her
and making her home with a bachelor
| brother
Yesterday every living being on the
! place WAS taken suddenly i'll, and before
medical assistance could be summoned the
| child was dead and the mother and uncle
! writing in fatal agony. AT the same time
! the stock died and the farm hands were
also dangerously i'll. The three latter 1t is
thought will recover, but the dose was
| fatal with the rest. Doctors examined the
water and pronounced il strongly poisoned
with arsenic. The divorced husband is
suspected Of being thr author Of this most
henuus and inhuman crime. u il is
thus proven AZ tu,mOrrDWs hearing lie
may possibly be lynchel.
SENr0Rn, Aug. ia wicked, vinlc-
tive case OF wholesale poisoning, by which
one life was lost, eight persons were MADE
| seriously III and the safety Of Il little com
munity was threatened, is now the reign
ing sensation of This portion of SUSSEX
county, The author of the crime Il NOT
positively known, but suspicion is directed
strongly to one man rs the perpctratur,
and there are many circumstances that
point to him With unmistakdbir dircCtncss
Us we SulWS NlttGil
WHERE THE CRIME wAs COMMITTED.
Oak Grove is a little hamlet of Il dozen
houses on the Cambridge K Seaford rail-
road, liveand a halt miles west Of Scalorl
It's principal industry is Il EiudiHg wood
factory. Close hy lives john ROsser, an
industrious farmer, and he and his family
were the victims .! the Otrociuus crime
that has put the cutirc community III Il
ferment Since the facts became known.
John RusSer's family consisted Of his Wife
and baby boy, Raymond Rosser Is months
Ola, and the lattcr's death last Tuesday,
made the wretch who inflicted the das,
family outrage upon the lt0sscr family
guilty OF murder in the eyes Of the law.
Icun ltoSscr farm lies along the public
highway, and IN it is Il we'll Of very Inc
water. The well i, located close 10 thu
ROAD, ana II WAS Il common thing for pcOpl,
vi The neghhorhoUd ana others whr
travelled the highway ID stop and slakt
their thirst From this fact and tht
additional circumstance Of the lapse d
, time between the infection Of the wateI
and the discovery of the crime, it is con
sldrrci rarely fortunate that more people
Were MOI poisoned BY the deadly water.
, THE rlEsr -FMtT0M,
Thursday week, August I'm, John Rose
t tool, MS wife and baby, and his wife.
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