Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-10
CHILDREN IN A CELL
When Their Father Passed
TO The World Beyond.
A MOST MYSTERIOUS CASE.
Death Certificate Refused by Mr.
Toole's Attending Physician.

BosroV. NV lo--R rely has there been
case of oisoning accidental or the work
Uf a murderer. that ba' created such wide
spread excl emcnt aud speculation rs does
that Of IN desth of Hannah Toole AMI her
daughter NJ rgaret, on Wednesday night.
TIL absence any appa mt motive that
woul promp any one To murder the un-
fortunate woman, AID the fact that the
family has not tie slightest suspicion of a
ke,eton. add more d trkness TO the now
impenctrabl" gloom.
DR. Draper held au autopsy upon the
bodies y st y a, IA d a. a result II becomes
known u AT ere was found contained in
the stomachs OF botn enough potassium
cyanide o X u ~ -rsons. So large VAS
the quantity tat II was Caily drtected.
II g ef, ct of n p. on il very similar to
that of prus~lc id, only its work as q
/ slroyer il lot 30 swift.
Ihe seconI act in the drama of the
p sOn case $ of - slmb r hue The sg d
father, VIII d been at the point Of death
Tor month";, nreathed his last about 8
o'clock last riuh.
There were but four of the family present
at the beds d. of he diving man when he
lreathel his lasa These were Joseph,
John. Patrick AID Anrie. Stephen,
Michael and Miune were confin d at
station O Charged with the murder OF
the mother ard Margaret, whose bodies
lie at the city h al morgue. The
falh passed tw y wi hDut knowing that
his wife and Il ugh er had gone before Re
hid been co fin d to his b for months
su fern from al incurable malady.
Wednesday ght he h, been wal ched by
his wife and daugh er Margaret, and at 0
o'clock he fell off into as und .leep Dur
Ing all tn cCmm,t on which TO lowed the
d. ath of his W. fe ma daughter the father
slept on peac uly.
How Did IL Happsnf
The l-aDsorb ng theory in the case In,
How did the pois n get into the liquorf
Was 1t IN into the bottle af er il was pur-
chased, or WAS { caused by some workings
In the liquid sel'
As the police understand II, the bottle
Of stout was purchased by Michael, who
t ok it home and gave it to Minnie in an
Int CT condition. Minnie, in turn, without
opening il, took Il up to her, mother and
Margaret, aud then left the room.
That is the last knUwh Of the bottle
until one Of the ( m ly, alarmed by the
outcry made 10y Margaret W en- her mother
fell 10 the II or 'ah to the room In which
they were and found e bottle, about one
third full, Standing OF the table.
The capt iiu's desk ut station bears
witness to the strength OF the poison, rs
when the bottle WIS brought u the station
small por ion OF & was spilled on the
desk, AMI the mark made by it ms q
streamed along is plainly to b. seen yet.
1t Is author titively ated that the evi
1.f txh igh Lon. ..,l -.
not of sufficient strength to connect two
OF the parties under arrest W Tn any crime
The station officers do however, place
some credtuc' in the evidence which they
have accumulated against one Of the
three. Even he evid nee in this p,rty's
case is said TO be- OF very fiimsy character.
Some time vest rday two officers went
TO the home OF the IooleS and il 8 sa d
searched Minuie's uak. What the search
was for and what informal d was Cleaned
fiom the cont nts thereof hey refuse to
divulge.
Rumors and Denisls.
a report wh.,h gained wide circulation
In regard to the u for innate affair WIS To
the effect tina one of the sons, il is not
stated which, had been Threatened by the
parent, because of Ger, an Itmi IN ttJeIs,
with dlsinueriIance, and / at his trouble
caused some hard feeling IN the family
This report, however, is ind lguantly de-
med by the most Intimate friend. ot tue
fam y, who assert that il is but the con
co, tou Of some die gossip.
A theory which has many supporters l.
that that fatal bottle MT ined some
poison before Liquor was put into it, The
IDEA IS mat i'll the brewery where this
liquor is pat NO Iere j. us d some deadly
poison tha Hiuantity # tbs poison
was plaC q ia one of these LotJl,s, and
TIA some cuel, ss enpoye Of the estab-
lisnnYent ia filing the bottles poured
liquor in the bottle containing the poison;
tina i was then stoppered AMI labelled
aud sent a ay
Mr.. Walker, from whom the porter was
purcha,' d, IA that he sold may bottles
OF tui> liquor from the same lot in which
the fat al bottle came and heard no COM
plain $.
Ii was learned at late hour last night
that DIR. " nipple, who attended Mr.. Toole
in hi7 las moments, reius d TO grant
death r.ili, Je on the deni,e of Mr..
TOole DR.. Draper will hold all autopsy
on the boiy ol Mr. ToOle
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