The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
THEY ARE EXCITED
RELATIVES OF WILLIAM hEIDDEii4al,
WHO USED SOME WOOD ALCO-
H0L INTERNALLY,
AND DIED SOON AFTERNARD.
THEY BLAME THE DRUGGIST WHO
SOLD HIHE THE WRONG
KIND.
vD DIED SOON AFTERWARD.
REPORT 70 HEALTH OFFICE,
However. lis That Death WAS Due <
Ola Age ANA the Excessive
Heat.

The funeral of William Keddell, who
died Wednesday night as a a result of
What his relatives claim was the mis-
take Of drug clerk, occurred yester-
day aftel.n oon from the residence Of
his son-ia-law, A. Q. Linscott, at 3I@
Walnut street Keddell was seventy
FIVE years of age, and despite his years,
was an q ctffe and well preserved man.
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. Linscott,
his daughter, waited until her father
had made his purchase, he being .ad-
vised by his physician to take slim
ulant whenever he felt the need or one.
The alcohol was put in an eight ounce
bottle which Keddel had taken from
the house, and ON returning home6the
vial. was filed with water During. the
day Keddell took a couple of; aoseszof
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 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 set home. He
said it rlCst have been the liquor that
had made him sick and Mrs. Linsc0tt
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. LukGs hos
pital and On being Informed of the
facts at once said that keddell had
been poisoned by the alcohol. The doc
tor left 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 KeGdell's illness was due to old
age, overeXertfon 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 alchohol. and insist that
the clerk in the drug store made
mistake and gave wood alcheaol VIII ch
is only used fer 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 KeddeIl did
not desire to have his name mentioned
in connection with the case, but said
KeddelIs death was not due to the
taking of the wood alchohol. as he had
not taken enough toecause death.
]. J. MeMahen, the clefk who sold
Keddell the alchGhol. said he knew
nothing about the case except that he
had sold 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 tollis employer
Mr.. Reeves could not been se5n 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
The Gordon Hat for women is chic
all the new colors.