The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-09
TWO MEN POISONED
REMIE DUPRE DEAD, BUT JOHN
CAPISFRANT WILL PROBABLY
RECOVER.
MOST MYSTERIOUS CASE.
ONLY AN AUTOPSY WILL SHOW
JUST WHAT ACTUALLY CAUSED
DEATH.
CASE
MOST MYSTERIOUS G.
THEIR THRoATs WE'RE AFFECTED
Lost Their Voices and Finally Be
came UncOnsciOus-Ate SaU-
sage and Cookies.

Shortly before o'clock yesterday
mornig a carriage drove up to the resi-
dence of DR.. Canac-Marquis, S51 North
Washington street, and the driver hur
riedly summoned the physician to the
side of two young men reclining almost
unconscious inside. Neither could
speak, but each clutched feebly at his
throat Agonized looks drew their
features, while they attempted by
signs to inform Dr.. Marquis that they
We're in great pain. Their breath came
in short gasps, and every respiration
seemed to produce acute suffering. The
strangers were at once sent to st.
Luke's hospital, where both lapsed into
entire insensibility, and at o'clock
enc Of the young men died. The life
of his companion was also despaired
Of, but after several hours labor he
was partially resuscitated, and it is
now thought that he will recover The
dead man was Remie Dupre, and his
companion, John Capistrant, a cousin,
both living at Centervilie Mimi, and
the death Of the former, together with
the alarming condition of the other,
furnishes a mystery which will today
be investigated by the authorities, but
concerning which there was little of
fetal light last evening.
The death of Dupre, however, and
the dangerous symptoms evidenced by
Capistrant beyond doubt show some
kind of poisoning, but the nature of
the drug, ingredients or composition
which they took is unknown, and the
peculiar effects produced have thrown
the physicians into a state of uneer-
tainty which forbids a prediction as
to the exact cause of death. This, it
is said, can only be determined by an
autopsy, and an analysis of the dead
mans stomach. The autopsy will be
held under the direction of Coroner
Nelson today, and should this prove
unsatisfactory, a chemical analysis of
the contents of Dupres stomach will
be made
While the physicians are in doubt
concerning the cases of the young men,
the story told by Capistrant after he
had so far recovered as to be able to
talk furnishes a probable solution of
the mystery. He says he and Dupre
ate heartily of bologna sausage and
cookies shortly before being seized by
the strange illness, and DR.. Marquis is
of the opinion that they were poisoned
by something in these edibles, which
were purchased by the young men in
this city last Friday. They experienced
pains in their threats about an hour
after eating the sausage and cookies
and became rapidly worse until reach
ing the condition in which they were
toly tn 10 TO-
According to Capistrant's story he
and Dupre left Centerville Friday to
so to a lumber camp near Partridge,
Mimi. They reached st. Paul about 5
o'clock and went to visit Mrs. Henry
Langevin, Dupre's sister and Capis-
tIant's cousin. living at 246 Robe
street While here the young men
went to a nearby butcher shop, Capis-
'trant says, where the sausage was pur-
chased, and also to a bakery in the
neighborhood, where some buns or
cookies were also bought. The young
men left for Partridge on the II o'clock
Duluth train, and on the journey ate
a portion of their lunch, being joined
in the repast by a friend whom they
met on the train. In about an hour,
Capistrant says, all three began to
feel sick at their stomachs and to ex-
perience pains in their Threats. The
friend of Dupre and Capistrant had
eaten but lightly and his attack was
not so severe as that of the others.
Capistrant says he and Dupre grew
worse steadily and that after reaching
Partridge they vomited almost con-
tlnuously. By Sunday morning, he
says, both were suffering terribly, hav-
ing wholly lost their power of speech.
Their limbs were not affected, and eX-
cept the severe pains in the throat,
the loss of voice and the inclination
to vomit, there was no other indica-
ton of illness. By signs and writing
they got assistance to be put on the
train Sunday to return to this city,
and arrived here yesterday morning
They had been directed to DR.. Mar
quis, Capistrant said, and gave the ad-
dress on a card to the driver of the
carriage. Capistrant does not recall
the name Of the acquaintance who also
partook Of the lunch, but says he does
not think he ate heartily enough to
have been dangerously affected.
After DR.. Marquis had sent the young
men to the hospital he examined their