New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-26
POISONED BY PTOMAINEs IN ICE CREAM.
THREE PERSONS DEAD AND OTHERS LIKELY TO
DIE IN ULSTER COUNTY.

THREE PERSONS DEAD AND OTHERS LIKELY TO
DIE IN ULSTER COUNTY.
Middetown, y. Y. Aug 25-Ice cream. prepared
with lemon extract, purchased from travelling
salesman a few days ago has caused the deaths OF
three persons at Greenfield. Ulster County. A score
Of Others are sick and fatalities expected
The dead are
JONES. Robert. farmer living Greenfield
MIcHAELls. Mrs. Herman. Of No el3 Nn,h-ave. New
sEDEE DEF. Ms. wnl!aT. wife Of street inspector IN
Those dangerously sick are:
ALLlT Mr. C. 2 and two children. West FoT'y-sev-
ATSDERcH Herman. Mount Vernon
CLEATOR. Miss Alice No 20 Devoe-s. Brooklyn
HANSEN. Mrs 10. $40 Amsterdam ave. New-York
HARTJ'NG Il. J.. No 80 AFnsteriau-ave New-York
IoiMTS marx. 10, l57 West one-hunarel- and F;ev-
JONES. Mrs. Arthur. Greenfield
Jones' Edward. Greenfield
JONES. Floyd Greenfield
JONES ward. Creeaaeld
JONES. William Mountsrts,
JONES. Mrs. william Moun.sindaIe
OSBORN. Mrs p. \. Newburg
SElFERT. Carrie East End ave- Ncw-To,k
SNYDER. Miss Louise West Forty-seyenth-st New
SNYDER Mrs. IVES, For,y-sev.n,i-s, Xew-rork
STrTHOOF. Mrs Il. 4. 40. ., Atsms-st. Brooklyn
TAYLOR Mrs. Katharire Philadelphia.
WEBER. Henry. No. So Tenth-ave. New York
These constitute nearly all the summer guests
a. Arthur Jones's cottages. at Greenfield which
IS about Ave miles from Mountaindale. and the
cram was eaten at sundays dinner and about
O'Clock that night Mrs Seder was attacked with
nausea Soon after others were similarly attacked.
and by midnight the two cottages were filed with
summoned and he diagnosed The Eases as pto-
maine poisoning He called Dr.. MUnson. Of Wood
Mr. seder died on Tuesday. MIS-. Michaels on
MSgd.eSaay night ana early this morning Robert
dozen more deaths will occur.
There is much anxiety among the occupants o.
the fats at No $40 Amsterdam-ave. over the news
Mrs c W. Hansen lives with her husbarl and
two grown-up sons on the first floor Ony Mrs
Hansen Is away NJ Mountanda'e. although her
husband returned recently from four weeks stay
there Mrs Hansen usually writes every day but
the .ast few days 40 letter nas been received from
her Her family knew nothing OF the poisoning.
however. until they read las; evening papers.
II j. Harturg che dispatch says Harding. - No.
so Austerdam-aveJ a.so lives at No. $40 Amster-
@ "iilcn IA tiouse ne oWIs ~" n.s 80
spending the summer at Mountandale The dis
patch makes no mention Of any Illness on the part
/ OF the wife or daughter
Nj Hansen .aid mat two, physicians from MS
ne 1 Of f' h posonn bI te physeians exPeoc
TRAIN The physicans are oT 'IT ee' ot Wes' i-1E
/ ct The Hansen family will 20 20 Mountaindale ihis
Mark H. W: Hills whose name appears n the
| OF H. II. Hllls ana lives az the no lffanle hFdI
/ uent-house. ~ No l57 West One-furdrctanc :
! e'eventh-st. The mother II the boy was mucn
/ affected by the illness of her child. II was stated
! that the boy improving
! Miss Carrie Seifert. he eighteen year-o 1aiE4-
| ter OF Otto Seifert. a druggist az East frG 4A
/ and Flghty-fourth-st.. one ~ The victims l.e
Arst thing that the Scifert fami T. knew about we
! poison tx seeing tle -iatch IN me rt'ili' :
/ papers Otto Soifert the father at once sia it'4
10 sec his daught-r. Nctn.Uc mad been heard from
! her concerning the matter or from her friends
! Herman Michaei.s arrived IN the city WIN we
| ho'y Of his wife abou, o'clock yesterday a3rl
! noon The dead woman was taken % me ~ Il
/ taking establishment OF ! Gcnri'h. az 10 -
Ninth-ave and Mr. Mchaeils. who was als! e.
! fectcd by the poison. WIS made comic Ole az 's
, home No 6l3 Ninth-ayc. MI NJ haeHs VS. 100
| weak and 700 much distressed hectus- 20 ~"
death of his wife 20 discuss the poisoning. pn ",
/ Feckrnan the dead wOman's sister, sai4 i..it il~
! stricken guests still remaining 40 Gfe'nn'il w"
/ ali doing well Mr. Nj, hael.s j. re'Ireo --o.,t- -
/ man lie has no chi dren. The deceased woman
l was a bout nffy years old.
! Henry Weber. proprietor - the grocery store ~
F'ftv- rourfh-st and Tcnth-ave, said last tF'hluk
! ut was my son Henry. aged twelve. VINO W.
| poisoned by eating ice cream lie ana iNy WIZ
ubo K an Invalid went zap into sullivan county \ .
! re-7ain six weeks Bcirg an invalid my VIII alI
| no, narfake OF the ice cream. bur the boy 90 ]
| received telegram Wednesday informing me u ni-
/ illness To-day I received a telegram and %
| card both saying the boy Was improving raplll!
| Nv sister-u- law went "Wednesday 10 attend 70
| he bow Ny son student In the Fhteth-st
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