The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-10
POISON PUT IN THE PORTER.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DIE OF 1T,
THE FATHER DIES FROM STOCK.

The wife and Daughter OF John j. Tooie or
South Boston Drank G, ON bottle OF
Porter which Contained Cyanide OF 70
tassium Enough to XIII Ten Per-ohs-
Two SONS ard Daughter Under Arrest.
BosroS. Nov. o--The wife and daughter.
Margaret. Of John j. Took OF South Boston
drank part OF bottle OF porter last night and
dropped dend almost Instantly. A post-mor-
tom examin alton revealed the fact that they
had swallowed enough cyanide OF potassium
to have killed ten persons.
Two sons and daughter have been arrest
cd, charged with tho murder. but the evidence
which the police have thus fnr secured against
them 10 not strong
Tonight Mr.. Toole learned for tho first time
of the death OF his wife and daughter. and in
q few minutes he. too. was dead The shock
killed him. Another daughter Is lying at
deaths door. nnd tho chances are against her
recovery.
The scenc OF the tragedy is IS West Third
street. South Boston. Mr.. Toole is piano
polisher. and had lived in that house nearly
thirty years
He had reared family OF I'VE sons and three
daughters. and had acquired property worth
about S2O,OO0. He was OF the most re-
spectable citizens in that part OF town. His
wife had been Ill for some time. and in
accordance with her physicians orders Ind
boon in tho habit of drikng n glass OF
porter every night before retiring. Last
night she asked her daughter Mary
to give her son Michael some money
to purchase bottle OF porter The lad went
TO George Makers liquor store and procured
It, Mary Toole met him at tho foot OF the
stairs and carried the hottie to her mothers
room. - -
It was corked and scaled. Mrs. Toole broke
the seal. uncorked the bottle and poured out
for n, Margaret.
for hersolL No sooner had the norter been drunk
her stomach. and she started to go In her eldest
daughters room. only ten feet away. When
she reached this room She sat down and soon
Margaret, thinking, hcr mother was about to
HAYES nn,inE se went f. her motSas nsTs
spoke after she entered the room, and in about
two minutes fell dead to the floor
Margai ct cried out to her sister Mary. VINO
latter rent entersd the room MnTEarot fell across
Amy immcdin:eiy called her brother. who
war in The stHhEr r.. III m"un'ed his bicycle
the doctors arrived: The doctors at
oSed s Gut it VAS mot ~n Medical
Draper had examined tho bodies to-day that
Meantime the, police had searched high and
low to solve the mystery. The poison had
whom iUa p and for what reason they could not as
certain. The bottle came IN case purchased by
sp s G% pots had @h He
deadly poison. 1t was either nut In by IN EN-.
Of s ho Wns psesS I'M Re in
after i roached Boston with the purpose
reason Tor the crime. They found that there
tsphsn fuSs ann Ss On
Tuesday and, "Wednesday sterhen had been
dSsi hs SS S ss and had had 70"
The father wasv SICK. and on Wednesday
$1,000 which was taken from the bank to pro-
vide for the payment OF certain bills
So Tar as sn He Learnt ,ner9 WAS no effo It
get hold Of that money. and it was found in
tact to-day in Mrs. Toole's trunk -, -.
These circumstances were all that the ponce
no explanation OF the crime but have arrested
who f parckssed the ianor: Mary Toolo who
carried 1t to her mother. and Stephen Tooe.
time. and who has not yet been connected
with the purchase, Of the LIQUOR ..
tells n straightforward story about he order
for the LIQUOR and t!o condli%n "t the n2t t,
She insists that the bottle was corked and
tn. bottle when the police took possession OF
tho place. Michael tells the same story, npd
sudoes George Walker. the liQaor dealer who
The police say that the hot;lewa still tightly
bottle. and more Than half the contents re-
NAMED inter the two classes had been filled.
The person who poured gu: the liIu9,r i had
the neck OF the bUttle. IT was tho nrecaution
which amy person, would have taken to Gre Ere,
this fact was con sd er"d suspicious as tending
to show that tho bottle had been tampered
with. nut that theory was abandoned later;
Mary. as to the motive any one might have for
killing her mother and sister, she exclaimed
between her sobs.
How can tell It? How can tell 1t ?"
This seemed to point to some secret and the
girl was at first detained as IL witness To-
night, after the fathers death. the charge OF
murder was made against the gill AMI her
TWO brothers.
There is no evidence thnt any OF the family
purchased cyanide OF potassium.