The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-19
Novel Case Presented TO the
New York Grand Jury
SUPPOSED POISONING CASE
Mysterious Death of a Composer of Some
Renown,
The Body Was Crsmated AMI All Traces of
Poison Lost Statements of
the Family


Ne" lolth, April IS Mrs. Flora
Adams Darling, writer of war letters ant
| founder of the Daughters OF the Rebel
Iiap is saekin, tbe Indictment If DR.
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r,""ols ->a'ier oPfa"sef Gnu ms vic
Mrs. Edward |. Darling, by the grand Jury
of New York county. The ease is in the
hands Of Assistant nis,r,ct A,tornev rat.
tie. ana IS now III such shape that u
will probably be presented to the grand
Jury the coming week.
Nrs nar,;,,s s,,r E.l,,ord rr,.;,r M >.
MIS- Earring SOIL hu"aru irving Oar
ling, died February 3, 1891, at Mount
Clemens, Mich. from what she claims to
have been slow poison. H, was musical
connosor ana =, moot of scr, repown
Sbnrtlv after his msrr,osc to Reatri ire re-
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nay Mti's,el, IN masr'1stGm, III ,t'' "s
,rind "r. and nd ,roa;m', sarsr.I ZONES If is
haI,, nr Srnno,, H., :, rai,a,,t ,rr.,,,,,to
If wevtcrp caile,a ,r,s ,alied IN to If =.
tand h;n, Enr 80, "'' VOC A. tho h nm sar
tunata ma, la, ;n IL, ster ,,f. t.,r;s ca.t
ard II ;s vow a,isaeHl th,t dIring this
time the joctor fpll in love with Ills ra
tinnt,s .,,ifo "'''' '''' ~
On mi, Il 1sao tbo vo,pcer Mrs Oar
ill.,, r,na;;,ad vow. thn Jooth rs har
ftS.r IN WayLinrt,, ri, laft Lor ~,
natntn ~ -, wa th,n &, nIn ooa NJ ,~ ,',i
Mrs Darliny vent tn WASHINGTON to at-
tsrd tha fnneraI and .tnnned # The Ehbit
honse N that civ Willie there th,,
vo,,ng MAN hocane v;olantlv IN af,rr
dr;nEiny ,rl, ~ mill Mrs D,rling
the mothcr now declares the milk con,
tai,oI ,,nisnn
'astor tho f,,ner,l IF Mr. Kl;nolar Mr.
and Mrs. Dirl,n. returned to DetInit and
from that tfni~ on If is said the husband
became am inv;tr.L trcnrdino +, tho
story told by the nlotncr nr Snrap,,nr
When DR.. Spranger wa. ulestione1 as tn
the cause of the illness. Z, aid Darlin@
WIS suffering from Bright's dils,so
On November -, 1892, while In had
condition phrsically MI Darling ca<,c
to.this city and visitei his aunt. Mrs.
Detvan While sto,rpin. with her his
health continued tJ improve and lie
gained twenty five pounds. Mrs. Darling
Joined her husband i'll New York in Jan
uarv T. 1898 a,u 1t IS said b ought with
her medicines prescribed by DR.. Spranger.
After short time the soa began to
grow i'll again-accordiI. to the story of
file mother and when his wife returned
Eome on March LIST, he was again in
precarious condition. Dlrl ng returned
to Michigan on June ID of that year to
live with his mother at Mount Clemens.
There he was attended by DR.. Richard
Lochner, who said the Young man had
been under the influences vi violent drugs
which had destroyed the tissues of the
l.,ov and that his death was only a
~. ,tion OF time. The patient died Feb
rualy ,. 1894, but previous to his death
he made statement that l. +, /. =. and
Dr. Sprangcr hal Systematically poisoned
him and that he would die from the
effects of the drugs given him. The cody
was cremated tirout II post inotrem eX-
animation at the request OF the patient,
who II .tintained that be did not want
his body to fail into the hands of his
wife.
Mrs Darling, the mother, had realized,
AS she claims, that son had been MUIR
lered and took the, matter before District
Attorne Frazer Of Detroit. who SAID
that the suspicious while perhaps well
founded, were not strong enough to war;
rant the arrest Of the doctor and her
daughter in law.
The motive, according to the dead