The sun., 1893-07-26
POISONED BY ICE CREAM.
MORE THAN 4 SCORE or WILLIAMS
BURGHERS MADE Ill
THIS Eco Cream was Mhde by the Nnber
Brothcrr-A womnn'- Death Attributed
TO Fee Cream sold ny Another Dealer.

Thi. Ice Cream was Mhde by the Naber
Broth crr-A Woman. Death Attributed
to Zee Cream sold ny Another Dealer.
Four kinds OF ice cream which the Naber
Brothers. George Fred. and Charles. confec-
tiohers Mt l.527 Broadway. Brooklyn. made on
Saturday for their Sunday tradc poisoned be-
tween twenty and thirty people. some OF them
seriously. The brothers have been In business
in that part OF Brooklyn four years They OBJ
tanned their milk and cream from tho Empire
State Dairy Company in Brooklyn. and their
essences from C. W. Smith Of Jefferson avenue
near Broadway.
The first trouble they ever had with their
cream was about three weeks ago. when a
number OF customers became Ill after having
eaten OF It. Fred Naber took three pints Of
the cream to the Clinton street ofllce OF the
Health Department for analysis. DR.. Richard
Baker. the secretary, referred Naber to DIR.
Walter II. Kent, the department chemist. The
latter said he was too busy to attend to the
case then. but took the cream. and Naber was
told that he would receive a report OF the
analysis in a few days. This report has not
yet been received
The Nabers. after waiting q reasonable time
to hear from Chemist Kent began selling
cream again without any serious results until
sunday morning 1t was the custom of the
cream e on a. Saturday % for their sunday % trade. e.
They always made IN 1rer H he
hesoit ehocoiato tsvors There % was great demand
for the cream on Saturday afternoon; and the
who was greatly excited. entered the store and
S one o %Ren Nber the
steS a%d sSaEinF his s It the T. fec 3.
selling such stun. Then he went out without
telling who he was or where he lived. Natter
While he was wondering what to do some-
body came into the store and told him that
snsdtHr shs ay SnS S James m srse sar
eating cream bought at The store we're all at.
tIsksd BY aarmWnE m symnt9ms n bne bn ones most
son was also made sick. DR. Frank Z. Wilson
Of l.2t2 Bushwick avenue was called In. and
he was summoned to the house OF Frederick
Mornby ,-Gtu at Bpshwick Isl ayGnme and WeiriGi
In the mean time pr; samuel Eden OF Bush
eorse B@cr had
been called to treat similar cases, DIR. Eden
offended sSyen eG persons in the family Of ThGs
the Emsley family. at 4:i Eldert street.
Every ono Of the sick Persons had eaten
ers; satisfied that something must be wrong
with the cream. stopped its sale until they
91 SpoeI n fas %aM hsr o1s On onday nq Sd
Nabor took samples OF the four ilavors of tho
cream to Edward J.; Love. a chemist in this
city. and expects to have his report today.
DR.. Wilson was not inclined to talk much
about the matter yesterday. beyond stating
that he had treated something like twenty-iive
cases. all Of which he thought were due to tho
ice cream they hnd gotten from Nabcrs store
All that DR.. Bulmer would say was that the
probable cause OF all the sicknesscs was over
Indulgence in cream. He admitted that he
had had ono female patient over whom he
work ed for hours before she was out OF danger.
Catharine Bradley Clark aged 81 years. the
widow OF Peter Clark. a former wealthy real
estate dealer and coal merchant in Brooklyn.
died yesterday morning at her home. 80 JEFF
ferson avenue in that city from the effects. as
supposed. Of ice cream poisoninS.. on We'd
Guiding Mrs. Clark. Henry f. Cochrane. her
son -in-iaw. and Mr.. Corhrane. her daughter.
and two visitors. pnrtnak OF some ice cream
procured, at n store in tho neghhorhood.
Those who had eaten the cream were taken
sick during the night with nausea and the
other usual symptoms accompanying ice
cream poisoning hut al! of them recovered in
a day or Two with the exception Of Mrs. Clark.
who sank gradually in spite OF the efforts OF
DR.. 4. ". She epard and other physicians to save
her life. Mrs. Clark's health had not been good
for some time. and tho doctors are confident
she would have recovered had 1t not been for
her debilitated condition.