The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-19
.UNTIMELY DEATH.
Little Albert Brandt
Dies Very Sud
denly.
TO BE LOOKED INTO.
Police Department Deter
mined to Investigate the
Mystery Today.

The little body of five-year-old Albert
S. Brandt lies at his home, 81 Ward
street, and the cause of his untimely
death has been referred to the police
department for investigation Medical
Examiner Frederick H. Baker made an
examination yesterday, and today will
make an autopsy to determine whether
the little feffuw met his death from be-
ing hit by stone or from natural
causes.
The parents Of the boy are prostrat-
ed over the affair, and the people in
the immediate vicinity of the place
where the boy was first taken sick are
strangely reticent in discussing the
death of the small child.
That big fellow threw it." These
were the reiterated words of the child
before he died, and when asked if he
was hit by a stone and who threw it
at him, he invariably replied: THAT
big fellow threw it." These circum-
stances have made the case of more
than usual seriousness, and yesterday
morning, Christy Brandt, the father of
the boy had long talk with Capt.
Ranger at station l. who told him that
the matter would receive the attention
lof the police department.
Mr. Brandt related the incidents pre-
ceding the boys first complaint of be-
ing sick, and told him of the last re-
marks of the child. which were so con-
demnatory of some one. The police
considered the case yesterday, and
will further endeavor to untangle the
mystery If the autopsy of Medical Ex-
laminer Baker warrants it. 1t has been
thought all along that the boy died
from being hit by the stone, and al
though the examination of the body
shows no wound or afflicted part, the
autopsy this morning will settle the
lquestiOn of what directly or indirectly
lcaused the boys untimely demise.
Wednesday afternoon the little fell
low, according to his usual wont, was
playing with his comrades near the
corner of Ellsworth and Ward streets.
The little fellows played together until
after O'Clock, when cries were heard,
and the Brandt boy, separating him
self from the group, began to moan
from agonizing pains that seemed to
trouble the lower part of his body. One
of the group exclaimed: They are kill
| lllS EAlOEIl Will StOlltS.
When the child began to cry the
playfellows scattered quickly, and
Thomas Donaher, who keeps a store
near the Brandt home, and where he
was accustomed to go for his penny
candies, came to the Brandt home and
told them that their son Albert was
| crying.
His mother and others Of his family
came to the door, and Arthur was
| found sitting OH the street step, still
| crying. He said to his mother II feel
| sick" and he was taken into the house.
1t was noticed that he was feverish,
and he was put to bed. His father,
| Cristy Brandt, who is a painter, is
working long hours, and it was
| o'clock before he came home Not be-
| fore then was it realized that the little
| boy was dangerously i'll. At first he
| did not think very much of the matter,
| but suddenly blood began to flow from
| the childs mouth, as if there had been
an internal hemorrhage, and Mr..
Brandt Immediately ran forth for a
| physician DR.. Stevens, for whom he
| first went, was not available, DR..
O'Meara was out, DR.. Delehanty had
| other calls. Already valuable time had
been consumed, and yet Mr.. Brandt
was without a doctor. He went into
the Sherwood House, and there tele-
phoned for DR.. j. H. Sullivan, who re-
sponded.
1t was l o'clock when DR. Sullivan
arrived at the house. He found no scar
on the boys body, and tno mark of any
kind. The doctor gave him an injec-
| ton, after which the child rested easier
for some time until blood began to
flow from his mouth again, and the
little fellow went through the agony OF
spasm. He was unconscious part Of
the time. Blood spurted from his
mouth, and after recovering from the
first spasm, another appeared, result
ing in a heavy loss of blood. 1t was
seen that the boy was dying, and for
an hour he was conscious, dying with
his grfef-stricken parents around him
at o'clock. In his conscious moments
his father asked him what the trouble
was and he answered the same time
after time: THAT big boy hit me with
a stone"
Early in the morning Mr.. Brandt
went to the police station, and after a
talk with Capt. Ranger, Medical Exam
iner Baker was sent down, and he with
DIR. j. H. Sullivan, made an examina-
ton, without finding any mark of an in
jury with the result that today che au-
topsy will be made.
The little fellow was struck in the
groin according to his statement, and
the squirting forth of so much blood in
dicated that there had been hemor-
rhage somewhere.
P. Donaher. keeper of the grocery
near Mr. Brandt. was seen at his store
Hast evening, but was reticent in regard
to what he knew of the whole affair.
He refused to say anything. and in his
desire to say that he knew nothing.
said that there was not anybody around
that did He included his son. and
said that he did not know anything
about it. Thomas ]. Donaher, the
clerk in the store. who reported the
Brandt boy as crying, was not to be
seen. Some of the people in the neigh
borhood say that they think they know
who threw the stone at the little Brandt
fellow. but they refuse to incriminate.
any one.
The funeral of the little fellow win.
be held today at 2 O'Clock at his homo.
with burial in the Swedish cemetery.
Rev. Harvey H. Paine will oiiiciate.