The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02
THIS IS THE KISSING BUG.
MELANOLESTES PICIPES IS ITS NAME
AND IT IS RARE.
identified by Washington Experts After
pnAzling the Du"torS-It Is Sanguinary
by Nature and Prrys on Mankind-Last
Winters Cold the Cause of Its Acts.

rnAzling thc B""tors-It Is Sanguinary
by Nature and Prrys on Mankind-Last
Winters Cold the Cause of Its Acts.
WAsHINGToN. July L. Fore Gawd, OATS do
bug what hit me. boss. exclaimed Leroy Hank
ness coIored Of this city to Dr.. Adams OF the
Emergency Hospital on Tuesday evening Of
this week. " Don t let EN- tech you. HIT am
de lorseyfoultz bug. an am murderous in cts
ways oh. Lawd. lock at dem eyes" he cJacu-
lated MS the bug made a spasmOIic leap into
the open mouth OF bottle.
The nurses and the attendants heaved a
sigh Of relief as they saw DR.. Adams cork the
black creature in its glass prison with the
STOPPER. Lewis the ambulance driver. and
| Warren. the Junitor. were pulled with pride as
| they told how they caught the creature as it
| WAS crawling swiftly across the north wall OF
| the hospital building In the direction OF tho
| diapensary window. Hardness was conversng
| with them about his swollen lip when he spiCd
| the insect lie was badly scared, but Lewis
| caught the bug under his hat. while Warren
took off his coat and wrapped 1t around tho
| creature and that was the way they captured
| it. In his excitement over the capture Of the
| insect which he thought belonged TO the same
| family as the terociOus bug that bit him.
| Hardness forgot that he killed the original
| tr.snasscr. Hence the inaccuracy OF the open
| ing statement.
| Almost everybody in Washington has come
| tothe conclusion now that it is some kind OF
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| u'"E ''nt ''' "'''o w" '"'.'' va. " :"
local epidemic OF nervous allment. great
n'a,s w. s'''" ,hann ,,. =. .ro
| strawberry poison theory, but none OF tho
| scientific people would stand for that and it
! fell through. For instance William Simple. the
| new sdealer, whose face was badly swollen.
! testified TO the Emergency physicians that he
hadn't eaten any strawberries for two weeks
b"!or" the trouhl' occurred In his case.
1t all started about two weeks ago. when two
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| -"l' hrech court AROUND 10 'h" Emergency
| Hospital Talbot said that While he was sitting
in his express wagon waiting for II Job he was
~ 1,,.,,. t,-ba r,,o, ar,; ,o,I .sIoon In
mace "r""Sy W me mr"e anu o omd 11'n'n i
! lin twice AS big as usual and his eyes pulling
~ No bodn,t falt anything bito or sting him
NJ. lie hauh 'e.H an'un'nk p.'1 vi SUNK nun
him so suddenly.
Aud then Henry Richards. butcher, and
Charles Armstead. laborcr. were brought in
for treatment; The symptoms in their cases
mor1 o 1 % tndr f0o ",, sws"r
| nm Tbov f.lt nothinr bite ar sting them
af.l cha ,,noIIi,,r, ho..,,,o VOW u,,,,r,.
n'houEh me s"e'''Hg became very uh'oIn-
!
| nortious Their Iius especially felt as II they
| i' " ,iio,i -, Lt
| were gong 10 burst 40 Ihu'ca'ioh Oh Skin
| puurture could be found and they were
| tr.o,.d for neryous disorder Tho treatment
| ,,i,,'g win ,hn SHoihInr rrraIics HunIied
! nrn, ed Very sucressfui and they were soon
! IIt.rIissed
| - Arnrthnt tho coscs began TO come in with
NOR" rre%IJomry Scarcely day rnSs"d that
sGr,n mo was ROT ,IriVnn m TO thn EnIorrrn"y
| H"spitnI with HAND, a In or some other part
| - ia m Inv S,yninm on 81 Mi mrntUr
/ tiou TniG, M. ihe nrIy uatirnt attan1tnt by
| Iav Ne n,I,",s All siifTrrrd from thn ont
/ hrnrk ~ mis- i,cn,,mv mnInJy nv nigbt iryn-
rally after retiring
X 's. Tnnrj, hrvnr ~ form tboories az 10 thu
th trt @ "nnIicat :" am Ir'o
! hnivin, thasn wnre nrintmI M IrmTth in thc
! rnW.nnrer. Jnrn : Hinukmam han'ioJ th"
4 m,r,v VIZ hnnevnd NM "y"r5 4 uIynD~o in
str,y Lerri,s hrnurht on the trolni" he said
in " ,, MN In ~ n, afrn0nn "a, mar tHnt
| NE wh"i" Tr1li,I" was An cpii"niir OF straw.
, h,'rrv rni.nrin,r AThoulrh he rniunI ui,,nv
aLhnr.nts Ihm tEmcr,."n"v U6.pitni mhysininmS
In"rtmI ~ thc"ry nlI iy :, as" Yh,,,n cam"
a. ,hrr, 'I" tn,,.t.t -, "A I1pn who M nor
eat strnwLnrrirs 'Thrv urasrn,rI "ther evil