The evening world., 1894-06-05
LAST EDITION..
$ DIE BY POISON.
And Seven Other Inmates OF a
(" TarrytoVn Home Are
Seriously Ill.
ATE SUPPOSED FLAGR007.
Picked the Poisonous Stuff Out
of = Trench Which Laborers
Were Digging.
REMEDIES PROMPTLY APPLIED.
But In Spite Of Physicians Efforts
the Little Sufferers Died in
Great Agony.
REMEDIES PROMPTLY APPLIED.

TARRYTOWN, JUNE 6.-Five young
boys, inmates Of the Roman Catholic
institution OF Mercy at Wilson Park,
just back Of this town, died in terrible
agony during the night. They a
eaten q poisonous root while at play
during yesterday afternoon. The vic
Tins are:
M FoRREsTAL. ten years old.
JOHN CALLAHAN. aged ten years and I'VE
THOMAS PAsMoRE. aged ten Year, and three
RICHARD POWERS. aged twelve year.
JOHN DONNELLY. aged twelve years
Seven other boys also ate the root, but
not iii such quantities as those who died.
<1ne. John Harvey. however. IL likely to
die. Two Of the Ill boys are named
O'Day. The anne Of the others the
Sisters refuse to give.
Tho prompt arrival Of Drs. Furman.
Fleming and Contant, who were sum-
moned from Tarrytown. saved their lives.
They are convalescing.
The Institution Of Mercy is a big gray
stone building. with room for over 300
inmates. 1t shelters orphan boys who
have lost either parent. They range
from a few months to fifteen years In
age.
"A number of theh boys were out play
ing yesterday afternoon in charge OF
Attendant Wrinkle. On the grounds a
force Of laborers were engaged in dig
cling trenches for drainage purposes. AS
the men threw up the dirt the boy Don
/ nelly discovered pieces of a rough root.
It resembled the sweet flag root, which
crows in marshy lands. and Donnelly
evidently was deceived by the resem-
4 He picked up a piece and chewed It,.
."um, flag root!' he cried with all the
The other children dove Into the heap
of fresh earth and soon a dozen were
chewing the root with Lreat relish.
BAD TT eaten sGur the sai Cots she were s1an seized WITH
pains about the heart. PHYSICIANS were
! hurriediy sent for. and though Drs;
. tArnham and Fleming responded
Of the boys. 1Young Donneily was In
line with the other boys, about to go
Into supper at s o'clock, when he was
seized With commissions, fell to the Moor
The four others died between the
hours of s and 8. all of them suffering
J the most terrible agony, . -,
!, night and this morning on the other
! boys who were i'll, and by noon all. ex;
cepting young Harvey. were pronounced
out OF Danger.
The physicians obtained some of the
root, and after examining 1t came to the
conclusion that It was the root of q
poisonous Ivy. It resembles flag root
and is thr%ee-eighths of an inch In dia'
meter, with a rough bark on the out.
side and a petty centre. 1t tastes some
thing like slippery elm.
Coroner Apgar. Of Peekskill. was
notified, and this forenoon impanelled
q Jury to hold an inquest. The Coroner
has ordered an autopsy to be made "
zach case. Undertaken Vanderbilt took
charge OF the v bodies. n will bury
them at the expense of the institution:
20 I the V eifect tAst TIE children had died
Of paralysis of the heart from eating
poisonous root
J AS SIN as young Donnelly died, the
q Sisters sent for the Mother Superior OF
enu4 New York City, of which the Tar
rytown institution Is a branch. She ar
rived early this morning and tool
OF the dead boys. Pasmore. Powers
and Donnelly were orphans. Cullahar
and Forrestal had fathers living in New
York.
The institution is situated on a plot o.
thirty acres, and although opened re
Gently, is already a beautiful retreat
1t IL In charge Of Sister Celia. the Moth
p err Superior. who has under her seventeen
!. Skaters OF Mercy.