New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-29
NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
POISON FOR HER BOYS.
A MOTHER ATTEMPTS TO KILL HERSELF
AND HER CHILDREN.
PARIS GREEN ~ sODA-wATEk-phV" S'"
ADMINISTER ANT1poTEs--cHANcEs


NJ. .rr,s prown living in the double tenement
~, "a Uerkimer Place. poisoned herself and her
two children Charles. seven years DID, ana So'',,
four In the drug store OF X. r. Behrens u. De n"
and Clermon; ayes. yesterday mornhs' a' iv',V -;
using paris green in soda-water' All PoSsiDe
forts were made to save the mother ana cn''u,e"
by the prompt application OF the proper eiie
hu, the noison took effect In an astonlshingy s"oi
,noe and from the start their cases were seen 10 Dc
desperate. -, T., ,,,oL
Mrs Brown, a stou; little woman. dressed III piach
entered Behrenss drug store just peioic Al -,
and was waited Oil by +. X ferrma'' . go
Another clerk S. l.. Wood, was ouSs ia -,
scrinlion depart men, at the time Her ci'" ,
stood beside her when the TWO siasses Vi
soda-water were handed out. HERMAN tuiAe ~
20 10 the prescription department. ana "ia "o, ~,
rhe naris green put into the drinks lie hediu '.o
woman talking to her boys in persuasive 'oiio "a
carman hut maid no further attention un''' "e
heard her say in English. with sort OF eN,i,''''.
ton: "Coodby.' Then Herman tnrheu Gun
see what the exclamation meant. MI WV 80
t~ntion was also attracted. Hermann S'ePf -.
ward and noticed greenish suosiahee ="
r,oc,en,s Inns and also that she had parity o'a'"eu
an. ~ the glasses. One OF the children hao "ielN
half OF one of the glasses. and the !ouhse ,,"on
finishing the last half Of the glass whe'' nc t,a,
interfered by taking the glass away Ho". ,ha
Both clerks attempted TO take from 'iie 49, dos
.,os. she WAS drinking from. She strussieu w.
overnowered and forced into chaiF' ,.o,
~, ,ha counter where she had been stanoihs va,
q round wooden box labelled paris 81 -.
hearing the address of New-i0iN e .,.a
The drug clerks prepared diinN .. "o ,s ,hroats
80 ans forced a quantity OF il down the thfoa's
20 i've bovs who were just beginning 10 Wli.Ii1
With pain The woman shut ner 'e bad re use ex-
trsme measures before they got her mouth ot u.s.
By this time the coiored porter OF ,ne s'o Warden
ca was also turned in the HOMEOPATHIC Hos
pta Mean while the drug clerks or WI s,oerng in,
~ two boys and the mother, who were sueiS -,
tenseiy from the poison The younger Shli1 nn sc
and ii is believed his life will be saVeq p cas no Of the
satisfactory results were oDiaiNeu III wv
Dr. Warden and Ambulance surgeon A aiie, took the
s sSsea: to arr the hospital 81 m ,,, ,ns
Al the hSsp noke in broken English She admitted
that she had tried 10 KIN her acai was found note
Written DnAT in German follows How anv longer
AM fare%eil, broSen die for him. the man
whom I love above all Alas! so truly SO iohu's
YOU my love for him. pray and mplore y6 you
Here followed an ncoheIsn, nter was signed
ssy xSsIsy to her sister, anu = .oomn,oa
Mrs Clark. who lives the tenement OCCUPIED
nv Mrs Brown said that she came TO Herkimftp p
Place about two months age from 81 Mrs sinsei
and received calls from policeman; Sne sp and
THURSDAY night 1eans v up ia Newark NJ jersey City
Mrs Clark said that Mrs. Brown cdi ,;u %arsnIf
and told her that she was gong 10 hib Mrs
and her two children. and bade her goonpv. .ais
Clark said that She paid little attention to her as
sha NOD heard her talk that way Poou Indn5
sne ,o Ntrs brown she said, had been married
twice. and had of late answered NUMBER OF She
s.ortteemente in her effort to get employment; ov
as in the habit of spending her sundays AT oohey
Island at which times her two chlcren addTessed
% Mrs phelps and Mrs. Hagaman Mrs. 1lu ,
said she thought that the unfortunate womb nst
failure to get employment drove ner 10 he' i"''
act . -. ,,,cbt that q Hebrew
sr,gcist in Hoboken Keeping con1pah! VIII
MIS- Brown and wanted TO marry her he had sup
nr,ed her hut latterly had not sent her any nioi!
,bnnchf that her farewell letter referred 10 ihe
druggist The younger child was SAID TO 9 G gpms
we'll az the hospital last hight, and had hrsu ,a
nrosnect OF recovery. The mother ana tne ,, oiosi
child were still in extremely crlca, Soilt ,oar
ond vhile thu doctors thought they wonld IecoVr,.
tbev said there might be relapse that would result
fatally