The evening world., 1894-07-28
Scbley Family Stricken with the
Dread Disease.
Father Dangerously III, but One
Boy Has Recovered.
Kept on Eating Blood Sausage and
Had No Physician.

Anton SChley, a painter. his wife and
two children were removed to fordham
Hospital this morning suffering from
trichinosis, the result Of eating large
quantities of tainted blood sausage.
Schley Is in very critical condition.
and may not recover. Mrs. Schley is
the best off of the whole family. She
was able to go to the hospital 10y the
street-car, but the remainder of the
family were taken in an ambulance, with
the exception of son. Charles, eight
years old. who was SICK but has re-
covered and is now living with an aunt.
Schley is thirty-six years old; Amelia.
his wife, Is thirty-two years old, and
Caroline and Erwin are six and four
years, respectively.
Schley was employed as a painter at
Ebling's brewery. 1t is said that about
SIX weeks ago he procured a large guam
tity of the sausage from store near
the brewery. He took 1t home and the
family ate considerable of 1t.
Soon afterwards the boy Charles was
taken sick His eyes became sore and
his whole body began to swell, and in a
short time he was almost complete
physical wreck.
,Schley was in such poor circumstances
that he could not afford to have a
physician attend his son. The boy
strangely. began to recover and four
had to stop work This left the family
in destitute circumstances
Mrs, schey, continued to serve the
family with the poisoned sausage, With,
in three days afterwards Caroline and
Erwin succumbed to the disease.
goods store on the ground floor of the
same building, became greatly alarmed
at the, condition Of the family. 1t became
noised about the neighborhood that
hn far ~ lot. a.if h
tagious disease, and some one called in
DR.. w. A. Gcodall. of 1858 East One Hun
dred and F,ifty-eighth street. This was
DR., Goodalf was at first very much
puzzled over the case. Two days ago he
became convinced that the schleys
were suffering from trichinoss in
the second stage, and that II they did
not have better nourishment and more
healthy surroundings they never would
recover All the food they had in the
was brought In by Mrs. Hengel and other
neighbors.
This morning DR.. Goodall went to
the One Hundred and Slxtyfirst street
condition of the Schleys and requested
that an investigation be made as to
where the sausage was procured.
schley told one of the neighbors that the y,
sausage was bought at Cortlandt ave-
nue. delicatessen store
man named Fisher Keeps the only
store Of that class in that neishSor-
hood. and he denies the story.
Mr.. Schley told another neighbor that
he procured the sausage at the brewery.
DR.. Goodall describes the appearance
| OF the sick people as follows:
Their bodies are fearfully swollen, and
In some instances the legs and arms ant
faces are badly distorted. The flesh Will,
not erupted, is Of a sickly yellow color
1t will only be by the best of treatmen
that d cure will be effected"
At Eberlings brewery Schleys asso-
clates and also his employers spoke very
| highly Of him. 1t was said. however
that his story OF his being destitute
could not be understood. as a collection
OF $50 was taken up for him among his
| fellow workmen only about week ago
| There Is no place near the brewery
II is stated, where Schley could have
secured the infected sausage.
One Of the workman told an Even
Ing World reporter that he believed
that Sshley got the sausage from al
east side peddler who went through tn,
brewery yards about seven weeks ag,
selling sausages. The peddlers name
or address Is not known.
At the Fordham Hospital, DR.. Kahrs
the House Physician. refused to make &
statement as to the probable recovery
OF the patients until they had been ex
amined, and their cases passed upon by
DR., Hurd, of fremont, the visiting ply
| sician