The sun., 1897-07-06
POISONER A POLISH SPYP
DR. WEssIER or PAJERSON TELLS
A STORY or PERSEOUTTON.

oh. WHhNEB1 OF EA1BHbON 1bLAh
A STORY or PERSEOU1TOM
mis- Famtiy MADE sict by DrtukinG lTiik which
Contained Arsenic-Two Othe Fatalities
stricEen the sane Day-Thefr eyHptouas
the same-An Get n1iik rrors the nane Dairy
sinco Sunday morning, whom several cases OF
arsenic poisoning were reported TO tho Pator-
son police the people living in tho district north
OF Broadway have become alarmed. Tho police
have taken no action, explaining that nonoof
tho casos resulted fatally.
In each instance tho poison was placed In re-
copLaclcs for milk in the carly hours Of the
morning. The flrst case reported was that in
which DR.. Abraham Wessler's family figured.
As told in yesterdays Sun, four members OF Dr.
wesslers household wero stricken on Sunday
morning shortly after drinking somo milk.
The wcsslers occupy tho two first floors OF
fat house at 63 Bridge street. IL was their
custom to put out an empty pitcher under
porch in the rear Of the house for the milkman.
who usually called at o'Slock In tho morning.
On Sunday morning DR.. wosslor's 14-yoar-old
daughter jennie brought tho pitcher OF milk into
tho dining room, and tho family sat down for
breakfast. All but DR.. wesslor drank somo of
the milk. Ho also took small quantity. but In
cup Of coffee. Shortly after drinking tho milk
tho girl Jennie foil in oonvulsions. Her limbs
became rigid Tho symptoms wero those of
arsenic poisoning. DR.. Wessler administered
emetics at once.
A few minutes later tho doctors sons, Hyman,
years old. and Reuben. 4 years old, fell on tho
floor rigid and vomiting. Then Mrs. Wessler
suecumbed. and DR.. wessler sent one of his
and Dr. Mccoy found Dr. wessier also iii. his
symptoms being similar to those Of his wifo and
After six, hours work DIR. Mccoy succeeded in
mean time the news spread through the neigh.
The girl Jennie. when rssusctatod. said that
after pouring all Of tho milk out she noticed o
white sediment ot the bottom Of the pitcher. It
looked like flour. she said. and In washing the
white substance. Her reason for not speaking
OF the incident before. she said. was because she
Dr.. Wessler did not suspect the milkman Of
putting poison In the milk, for he said tho milk.
man had no motive for doing g 80; Besides scores
piled with milk by, the same milkman. Ho
thereppon reported the matter to @ the police
a neiRhborinG house at as Bridge, street where
81 uSi drank ansntty Of % milk i shortly belers
they became Ill. Both fell on the floor rigid.
and S1d ID Eas tSa
Then came the third case that n,I Of BENJAMIN
tackled after drinking milk. Mrs. Singer, who
was also attacked with fit Of vomiting.
In each Of the three cases the milk had been
GHeG sh Mossntsin Road four S miles from Paterson
Twenty other persons who were served by Milk.
man Levy on Sunday morning found the milk all
70 Sun reporter who visited Paterson yes
terday the police volunteered tho information
II esns vhI and ana
that in the Singer family the illness was brought
When asked what the police thought of tho
case OF the Wessler family. the Sergeant said:
%s posonns ssS s"SS but has case of
soncd, were able to be about yesterday. Dr.
Il have many enemies in Paterson. and am
of the opinion that they tried to get rid of not
among whom are the Eppsteine and tho Singer
family; They have tried all sorts OF games.
First they Hsrs to tbs from prsS
a regular physician; Theinduced the County
MEDICAL s9cely to take action and tried to prove
,seS ssfss 81 Grand 5a!
to Ss
one word. which meant physician, while my
lated to English was nurse N ~
~ learned that had been followed to Amer
BY pssh tho smpoy ss
charged with plotting against the Government
and came here in time to save myself from going
to Siberia. Now they believe that am interest.
ed in revolutionary plots Matched here with the
eGt of the Gor
tinually following me up. I lay this poisoning
plot to the spies or enemies TO whom refer.
They evidently intended to kill off a couple OF
my patients in the same deal. 80 that In case tho
plot against my life and the lives Of my children
failed to work they would succeed in injuring
my business a. a practising physician. It's
strange that tho only persons poisoned were my
family and those Of my patients.
I'm our case the arsenic must have been put
into, our milk pitcher when the pitcher was on
street by, a largo arch or driveway, The arsenic
was probably put into the pitcher after the
milkman had poured In the milk. No ono
was about the house whom I could
! suspect. I only took n little Of tho milk In
my coffee. and ! suppose l would have been
at the time my children did. The powder, being
heavier than tho milk. sank to tho bottom OF
| the pitcher, so TINT very little trace OF the
poison would be In tho first portion of tho
| milk taken from the pitcher. AS I took the
f,a first PSprtion in my coffee. 4 did not affect
It after the pitcher had been handed around. the
| powder becoming stirred up in the shaking or
handling OF tho pitcher. and moro of It mixing
! with the milk. My hoy Reuben, who got tho
arsenic that he vomited., Had We boiled tho
| dissolved. and tho probabilities are that tho
| whole family would have died. for would not
havo been in a condition to summon assistance" !"
DIR. Mccoy, when seon at his residence, said
that he found all the members OF DIR. Wessler's
family suffering from arsenic poisoning. and
one had placed arsenic In the milk.