The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
REL. 4TIVTss OF WILLIAM AEDDEi4a,
WHO USED SOME WOOD ALCO-
HOL INTERNALLY,
AND DIED SOON AFTERWARD.
THEY BLAME THE DRUGGIST WHO
S0E4D E4sAi TEsE VRONG
KIND.
eupoaT 20 HEARTH OFFICE,
However. Us That oeath WAS Due -
old Aga ANA the Excessive
Heat.

The funeral Of William Keddell, who
died Wednesday night as result or
What his relatives claim was the mis-
take Of q drug clerk, occurred yesteE-
day aftern0o from the residence Of
his sOn-fn-laW, A o. Linscott, at 81"
Walnut street. Keddell was seventy
FIVE years of age, and despite his years,
was an active and we'll preserved lna2.
Tuesday morning he went to the drug
store OF S. H. Reeves. at West Third
and Seventh streets, and purchased
dimes worth of alcohol. Mrs. Linsc15t,
his daughter, waited until her father
had made his purchase, he being adj
vised by his physician to take a slim
ulant whenever he felt the need OF one.
The alcohol was put in an eignt-ounce
bottle, which Keddeu had taken from
the. house. and on returning home tine
vial was filled with water During the
day KeGdell took couple of; aosesof
the liquid, using water and sugar with
the portion from the bette. 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 he was quite i'll,
and Wednesday morning was not ary
better His grandchild was going to
Prirceton 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 set home. He
said it mist have been the liquor tina
had made him sick and Mrs I4inscOtt
went I'D 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. LulSs hos
pftal, and on being Informed of the
facts at once said that keddell had
been poisoned by the alcohol The doe
tor left prescription which Mrs Lin
scott had filed at the same drug store
where Keddell had purchased the al
cohol. KedGell 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 keGdell's illness was due to old
age, oVereNeftion and the excessive.
heat. The death certificate signed by
Coroner Nelson gave the cause of
death as heart disease and excessive
heat.
The relatives OF KeddeH claim that
his death was undoubtedly due to his
having taken three or four drauehts
of the wood alchohOI, and insist that
the clerk in the drug store made a
mistake and gave wood alchoHol VIII CHI
! is only used for external uses. in place
of the ordinary kind. A O. Linscott.
son-in-laW of the deceased, stated last
evening that he intended placing the
matter in the hands Of an attorney.
DR.. Birch who attended Keddeu did
not desire to have his name mentioned
in connection with the case, but said
keddells death was not due to the
taking of the weed alchohol as lie had
not taken enough to cause death.
j. j. McMahCn, 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 aIChohol and for further
information referred to his employer
MI. Reeves could not been sezn 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 good
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all the new cOlOrS