Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1898-12-15
VAS BIZ POISONRDY
MYSTERIOUS DEATH or ". "
SETTLES BROTHER, HrNRYC,
IN KANSAS CITY.
BE Was Stricken While at Supper and
Died Nsrt Morning Wife and Son
Were Also Ill. but Recovered
ina Row Hours.

W. W. Settle, q proshlnent citlEen cI
this city, left for Kansas City early
this week 70 attend the funeral OF hlI
brother, who died suddenly there
When Mr. Settle left 1t was not known
what caused the death, but the FOL.
lowing article from the Kansas Clty
Journal shows that Mr.. Settle died
from poisonA he was q prominent
cftizen Of Missouri, ana = terrible
mystery surrounds his death:
Henry O. Settle, Of a5ss Olive street
died yesterday morning at 5;45 O'Clock,
after hours Of intense suffering from
the effects Of poison. Bis wife, Mary,
and his IS year old SON, Harry, also
suffered severely from the same oause,
but we're recovering when the fathers
lamp Of life went out.
Mr., Settle returned to bis home
from his place Of business, feed and
coal yard, at Eighteenth and Indiana
avenue, Monday at $50 p. M, appar-
entity in good spirits and health. Short
" after his arrival the call for supper
was given and, with bis wife and son,
he sat down to the table. All ate
heartily. The food consisted OF beef.
steak, sauer kraut, potatoes, biscuits,
butter and coffee, and had been pre-
pared by Mrs. Settle from materials,
with the exception Of the steal, which
had been in daily use for some time.
Mr.. Settle drank glass of milk and
supped his coffee. Mrs. Settle and
Harry also drank Of the coffee sparing-
ly, and all complained OF its bitter
taste. Just before the meal was con-
oiuded Harry exclaimed: ~ am sickl"
and left the table.
$50 am l." said Mr.. Settle and arose
unst eadily from his chair and left the
room.
Mrs. Settle, by this time, was also
taken III, and In few seconds time
all were vomiting Violently.
PREKoErrroN OF DEATH.
Mr.. Settles attack was the worst.
He had retching spells in quick sue
cesslon, his bowels flowed rapidly and
perspirAtion oozed continuously from
every pore In his body. He realized
his condition, He already felt the
hand OF death. To an anxious inquiry
from his wife he said:
'I am dying, dear. ! do not think !
~-sff eTer get over H. feel as though
the end had come"
Notwithstanding their own condi-
tion the wife and son succeeded In
getting Mr.. Settle to his bed, where
he continued to vomit and was SUBJ
iected to violent pains which racked
him from head to foot.
By O'Clock Harry had rallied suf-
dciently to make his way to the home
of his married sister, Mrs. A. R. Gar
rett, at $500 wabash avenue, where
another sister, Bernice, is living tenn
porarily. He informed MS brother-in-
law OF the mysterious illneas Of his
father, his mother and himself, and
Mr.. Garrett returned with him to the
house. A glance convinced him Of the
critical condition Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Settle, and he at once sent for Dr.Von |
Quasi. The physician Immediately |
the case to be poison and
he administered the remedies gener-
ally used. In short time Mrs. Settle |
and Harry were beyond the danger
line, but Mr.. Settles condition remain
cd unchanged for hours. Retching |
and convulsions OF pain alternated |
until after O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, and for an hour be rested very |
quistiy.
At 8 O'Clock his condition changed
for the worse and DR.. Hardin, the
family physician, was called in and he
and Drs. Won Quasi and Langsdale re-
sorted to heroic measures. Mr.. Settle
was finally given relief from pain and
shortly after he sank into the slumber
from which he never awakened.
AN INVESTIGATION DEMANDED.
It was at nrst believed tnat death
was due to ptomaine poisoning, but
OoIun,hua 4ettle. of 1915 Garfield |