The morning call., 1893-08-27
DR.. POULSON NOW
He Adds His Chapter to
the Story.
A Serious Charge Made Against an
Unknown San Francisco Man.
Was 1t BlaCkmaii ?

DR.. Poulson now tells his side of the
story Of his affairs which had such wide
publicity in the newspapers, and inciden-
tally accuses somebody Of attem pting to
blackmail him. He writes as follows from
Chicago:
$50 FAIRFIELD AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL.,,
August 30, 1893. !
Dear Str-Pease give ncosed article space
in your valuable paper, TO throw some light on
the much writIen-abOut zinc BOX, and Oblige
yours very truly III | had known my absence
should get up all that controversy | should
have much preferred 10 have renamed In Cali
fornia. hope 10 return in few weeks.
During my absence IN the East l have been a
subject for newspaper reporters with no knowl-
edge about me but tnat furnished by libel and
matchmaking. The dIseord comes from that my
wife has commenced a suit for divorce on shall
low grounds when she needs deep sea, and
may render cross suit on the same line.
Then comes in san Francisco lawyer who
says he Is poor and needs money badly, aud
sends letters for TO extoTt 5000; or he threatens
to ruin me by bl ackmailiug through The press
all over the Pacific Coast This man of rude
letter gave me space OF days from August D. 8
in which time l would have TO send him the
money or he would make me feel the whip.
do not owe him one cent. He has done no SER
vie-s for me l have not paid his exorbitant
charges for, but he owes me S14, as balance
from collection not paid over. / did not an
swer aud he has carried out lis threats.
A snail zinc box. covered every week with
nearly TWO years on the second floor OF The
Iankhousc AT The Frultyale Hospital and wait
ing for shipment 10 vault In the East and not
for the Murgue. Everybody on the premises
knows its eOntents-the decolnposed remains of
prematurely born infant. Beloved remains
10 the family.
The unveiled mystery of the zinc box is
simply that Mrs. POulson became frightened
on October q, 1891, at IL A. NJ, because the
matrOn at the Frutvale Hospital. where she
was, told her that deranged woman would
hF1a II IN IN hnIrs In al 1fRlf
the woman spoke Swedish ana the matrOn,
Mrs. RiVrs, did not understand her. The
shock made Mrs. Pouls0n turn deadly pale aud
nearly faluf. l said, what do you care about
that woman? Such emotions will do irIeparable
injufy." Our relation 10 each other was cordial,
loving and affectlonate. as the matron knows
and Mr.. Daniels, who stopped IN our house.
At the moment of the fright Mrs. POuIsOn ex-
perleucrd sensation of pain aud l knew at
once what The result would be.
Three days afterward. on october 80. 1891,
at 10 z. NJ, my wife gave birth to a prema-
ture son.
The cause of death was apOplexy, produced
by momentary stoppage of the mothers
h-art ANY palhologist eau tell this from the
organs | have preserved Ill alcohol. / had TO
stimulate Mrs. Ponlson's courage by hope L
did not have myself.
Births OF this Kind | have never reported. I
DO not know II other physicians baye done it.
But III very long practice, formerly as an OBJ
stetrlcian, have had several similar cases.
The zinc box Is IN accordance with the funeral
rites Of reform, which the Christian church of
Messiah adheIes to- We don't believe for
sanitary reasons, in burying the dead in wooden
collins and putting them down under a few feet
OF ground. we believe in every case possible
TO place Tho remains In an Theoretically sealed
metallic coffin or zinc box, placed In a wooden
box. and that 1t should be inferred according 10
ancient Ttes-laid at rest in a vault built OF
stones or dug out inIo a hill.
We believe cemetery 10 be nasty, sinking
place, dangerous for tho public health Our
hope is that every member OF The Church of
Messiah may remain ald at rest in an hermel-
ically closed casket, and that 1t may be de-
posted IN vault prepared Tor that purpose.
My wife and her mother are baptized intO the
same faith and know all about IL, bur a divorce
suit and $500 not paid TO the legal advisers
from San Francisco make persons forget
great many things and make them for mis-
CHIEFS Sake dream about a skeleton In the
closet.
might Do mother 10 son, but tate OF circum-
stances by Providence dictated it otherwise.
We wepi over the remains. and the nurse
Wept Win us, and tile maJron, Mis-. RlyeS, wept
bitterly over my wifes failure TO cause such
result, aud the little girl, who Is told now to
tell big falseho0d, she wept too but her
mother have not seen since she left our house.
pears not TO be posted much on religious
denominations, because he calls The members
OF he Church OF the Messiah, TO which i and
my wife and numerous others at Oakland be-
long, spiritualists.
With all due regards for other societies. did
not lecture South nor my wife sing at spiritual
ist meetings but only before the Order o. Mes
aism would breed delirum tremens, which
would, think, rather follow the spirit Of old
bourbon rye. Yours very truly,
ID. WILHELM PoULSON, MD.