The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
THEY ARE EXCITED
RELATIVES OF WILLIAM F<EDDTGLi,
WHO USED SOME WOOD Alec
HOA INTEREAILY,
AND DIED SOON AFTERWARD.
THEY RLAME THE DRUGGIST WHO
SOLD HIN THE WRONG
KIND.
REPORT TO HEALTH OFFICE,
However. Us That Death Was Due t.
Ola Age and tlie Exc e@Sive
Heat.

The funeral Of William hedqeH, VINO
died Wednesday night as result of
what his relatives claim was The mis-
take of a drug clerk, occurred yestet-
day afternoon from the residence of
his son-in-law, A. O. LinscOtt, at 3I@
Walnut street. Keddell was seventy
five years of age, and despite his years,
was an active and well-preserved man.
Tuesday mOraing he went to the drug
store OF s. II. Reeves, at West Third
and Seventh streets, and purchased
dimes worth of alcohol. Mrs. Linsc0tt,
his daughter waited until her father
had made his purchase, he being adj
vised by his physician to take slim
Ulant whenever he felt the need Of one.
The alcohol was put in an eignt-ource
bottle, which keddell had taken from
the house, and on returning home the
vial was filled with water During the
day Keddell took couple of doses Of
the LIQUID, using water and sugar with
the portion from the bottle. He COM
planned of the taste of the stuff and
inquired from his daughter if there
could have been any other medicine
in the bottle as it made him feel very
queer. Tuesday night be was quite ILL.,
and Wednesday morning was not any
Better His grandChild was going to
Princeton, Mimi, and Keddell went TO
the depot to see her off He did not re-
turn until nearly noon and then in
formed his daughter that he was very
sick and could hardly get home. He
said it must have been the liquor that
had made him sick and Mrs. Linscott
went 10 stairs to examine the bottle
The label read wood alcohol" and a
physician was at once called in. The
nearest one was DR.. Birch, who is con-
nected with the staff OF St. Luke's hos
pital. and on being informed of the
facts at once said that Keddell had
been poisoned by the alcohol The doc
tor left a prescription which Mrs Lin
scott had filed at the same drug store
where Keddell had purchased the al
cohol. Keddell failed fast and Wednes-
day evening death followed Shortly
before his death, Dr. Birch called to
see him and at the same time stated
that Keddells illness was due to old
age, overeXertion and the excessive.
heat. The death certificate signed by
Coroner Nelson gave the cause of
death as heart disease and excessive
heat.
hV ItIt1NlN tS VI A6Queli cam t6dt
his death was undoubtedly due to his
having taken three or four draughts
OF the wood alchohol, and insist that
the clerk in the drug store made
mistake and gave wood alchohol which
| is only used for external uses. in place
of the ordinary kind. A Q. Linscott.
/ son-in-law of the decea sed, stated last
evening that he intended placing the
matter in the hands of an attorney
Dir. Birch, who attended KeddeH. did
not desire to have his name mentioned
in connection with the case, but said
keddelrs death was not due to the
taking of the wood alchohol as he had
not taken enough tc cause death.
j. ]. Mcmahon, the clerk who sold
Keddell the alchchol, said he knew
nothing about the case except that he
had sold a man ten cents worth of
wood alchOhol and he understood the
/ man had since died. He did not know
the name of the person to whom he
had sold the alchohOl and for further
/ information referred to his employer
Mr.. Reeves could not been seen last
evening to get his version of the sale.
but one of the clerks in the store said
the attending physician had made the
statement that the alchohol had moth
ing to do with the death of the man.
We have bright. honorable merchants in this
town, and they give the public what it de-
mands They never offer as a substitute
something Just as good
The Gordon Hat for women is chic
all the new colorS.