The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05
THE FAMILY POISONED
SOMETHING THE LOGANs PARTOOK
OF MADE THEM VIOLENTLY ILL.
Husband, Wife and Son the Victims
They Drank Consider
able MIX.

John K. Logan, his wife and their fifteen
year-old son Walter were poisoned yester-
day by something they had for dinner at
noon The three drank almost half gallon
OF milk between them. They suffered in
tensely, but they will recover. In the morn
ing logan sent his son TO a creamery to
buy half a gallon of milk. At dinner Logan
drank two glasses of milk, his wife drank
nearly as much and the son drank four
glasses of it. Their daughter. who is sew
eral years younger than their son, went to
the home of a relative for dinner. Walter
is a member of the Young Mems Christian
Association and when he finished his dinner
he left the house to go TO the Y. III. c. A
building.
Just before s o'clock Logan and his wife,
who were alone in the house, became vio-
lently sick at the stomach. Mrs. Logan
was Frustrated. Her husband fought his
suffering back. to use his own words, so
that he might help his wife. He could 90
nothing for her and the suffering OF both
became worse. Fifteen minutes after they
were stricken their little daughter entered
doctor doc Ds She found DIT. Dr. Ritter and led him
to her home. He applied remedies 10 ease
their pain and neighbors were called IN 10
care for the Logans. Last night Logan was
much better, but his wife had not improved
so rapidly and she was still In pain =,
Walter Logan became sick at the \. M
c. A. building. His first thought was to
get home and he left the building. He be-
gan vomiting when he had walked a short
distance and he was seized with pain, he
struggled oh: square h sdIee Of his Uncle
Michael Keefe, al Harrison street. he was
near his home. but could go no further. he
went into the house and fell on couch
He was exhausted. Mrs. Keefe did not
know he was there, for he had not the
strength to call for help. After while sne
entered the room and saw Walter lying, on
the couch. He seemed half conscious; Mrs
Keefe sent one of her children to the Logan
home TO call Walters father and mother
The messenger found Walters father and
mother In as serious condition as the boy
was. but the doctor was there: Logan tolo
the doctor TO hurry to the Keefes home ana
care for his son: DR.. Ritter found the boy
writing in pain. He gave him hyper
dermic injection that put him TO sleep.
When he awoke in the evening he was on
the road to recovery, and was able TO tell
where he had bought the milk. He said ne
had bought ii at a creamery.
Is a pretentious establishment 1t manu-
features ice cream and sells about twenty
gallons of milk a day IN the neighborhood.
The owner said last night he could not see
how the Logan family had been poisoned by
his customers be likewise affected He had
heard no complaints, he said. He said ne
bought milk almost exclusively from
dsiry S whose PseSe Seoeph, t howeVer
he took thirteen gallons Of milk ON the
hands of another man.
And I'll take his milk off his hands to-
morrow morning too" said the milk dealer
last night, 'and the Logans had better not
advertise this or I'll make trouble"
His milk was always fine, he declared,
and Inspector Arnold always gave him an
o. X. mark when he called. The inspector
called about every three months, the dealer
said. and his last call was three weeks ago.
half pint OF the half gallon OF milk the
LoganS bought was left and IL was put In a
bottle and placed In refrigerator. 1t VIII
be analysed to-day. Logan said last night
that the milk was sweet. Mrs Logan said
she did not like the milk. and for that rea-
SON she had not drunk as much of 1t as her
husband and son. They had little else for
dinner besides the milk and some fried nam.