New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-27
PORT JERVIS'S POISONING CASE.
THEIR MARRIED DAUGHTER SUSPECTED OF Ni'AA'
mo JOSEPH SNYDER AND HIS WIFE

THEIR MARRIED DAUGHTER SUSPECTED OF Nii-A~
,vo JOSEPH SNYDER AND HIS WIFE.
Part Jervis. N. Y. March %-Jacob Snyder q"
- neur,od engineer aged fifty-eight, and Fran
80 SNYDER his Wife aged forty-seven. lie dead az
chair home No. 81 Main-st. this place, from INC
.v.ct NJ what Is believed to be arsenical poisohi"s
SNYDER died at $50 O'Clock Tuesday evening" anu
his wife at 2 o'clock this morning. ooth pasS"'s
away with the greatest agony. Suspicion ie'' 'po
their married daughter. Martha. wife OF be",A.'"
whitaker whose cratic conduct 1t Is said' leo "
w. senaraton from her husband some years ago.
ara x,ho has since made her home with her parents
SNYDER was taken violently Ill with vomiting cary
on tuesday morning and his wife was smiary
affected after her dinner on the same DAY Do'"
grew rapidly worse. The first physician caAeu W.
DR. Cuddsback, who prescribed remedies for tenn
porary relief which the daughter Martina aon''n.
istered After taking these remedies, the patients
continued TO grow worse, and, as they expressed =
aesire for A change OF physicians, DR.. Banks was
summoned. He also prescribed leaving the med''
cine to be administered by Martha. THESE reneo'0'
were Immediately vomited by the patients. Ar,e'
witnessing the result OF the dose. Martha thre" tns
remainder Of the medicine out OF the window. Inc
patients still continued to grow worse s"o ~
Swartwout was hastily summoned. He was some
what puzzled and called Drs. Banks and Cuddeoack
in consultation They decided that the symptoms
were those Of poisoning. Suspicion feh on tns
daughter, Martha and II was decided to exclude her
from the sickroom and procure a nurse. This was
done and Martha has since been kept In survei'-
lance at first by relatives. and since noon yesterday
on advice Of Assistant Dstrict-Attorney Poweisons
by the police. IA
The nurse. Mrs. Duryea, in conversation Win
Mrs. Snyder. asked II there was poison about ths
house. to which tho patient replied that there was
q box OF rat poison In the closet The nurse pro-
cured the box and brought II to the bedside On
opening the box. the patient exclaimed: WY.
there are more than two teaspoonfuls gomez Inc
motive attributed to Martha was the desire TO SEE
cure the insurance money on her parente IVES
which would be inherited by her on their death
Jacob Snyder held policy for 1900 In the knights
Mrs Snyder's lie also insured for $1,000 1t -
said that the girl was making preparations 70
marry a young man In Seattle, Wash, and the pro.
curing OF this insurance was a necessary part OF
her plans. . 1900.
AutoDsies we're performed on the bodies OF both
victims Immediately after death by the physicians
above named which. in both instances. revealed the
presence Of large quantities OF some poison believed
BY the doctors to be arsenic The stomach liver
and kidneys Of both were removed. and will Do
taken for analyses to Prof Witthaus. or New-Nork
City tomorrow by Coroner Harding. The inquest
will be postponed until the result Of the analysis
has been learned.
The excitement attending the intensified
this afternoon by the report that the young woman
was III and had exhibited symptoms OF poisoning
DIR. Swartwout and DR.. Cuddeback were summoned,
and the latter admitted that the symptoms indicated
poisoning. This afternoon Martha went into violent
commissions. lasting twenty minutes This evening
she removed to the village hospital, In order
that she might be better guarded.