The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-22
HIS BODY EXHUMED
Mrs. kungle Thinks Dr. H.
w. Black Was Poisoned.
EXAMINATION is MADE
No Evidence Found Suspicion
Founded on Hate.

Mrs A. II. Kungie, sister of the late
DR.. H. w. Black, who died about
two weeks ago at his littl shanty
home on the river bank, has suspicious
that he was poisoned. Her suspicious be-
came so strong that she prevailed on
County Attorney Amidon to make an in
vestfgation Of the case. Yesterday the
county attorney ordered Coroner McCol-
lister and DR.. NJ. w. Cave to exhume the
body and make an examination Of the
vital organs to ascertain whether or not
there was any trace Of poisoning. The
body was exhumed at y O'Clock yester-
day and the heart stomach and liver re-
moved. 1t will be remembered that DR..
Blacks death was attributed to heart
disease When DR.. Cave removed the
heart he found it three times larger than
the natural size, it having weighed 81
ounces when the natural heart should
not weigh more than ten or eleven ounces.
The valves of the heart were perforated
with large holes causing what physi-
clans term valvular insufficiency. The
valve thus perforated could not perform
its function properly, which explains the
extra growth of the heart, and caused
the heavy and rapid pulsations which
finally caused death. The curtain or
valve not being able to hold the blood as
il was being. forced out Of the heart into
the arteries, made it necessary FOR the
muscular action Of the heart to be strong
and rapid, and this extra work which
the heart had to perform caused the en-
largement So that unnatural condition
of the organ could not be attributed to
any poison whatever.
An examination of the stomach re-
veaied several large ulcers. The liver
was white, and is what the physicians
termed a gin liver, caused by drinking.
SO far as could be learned yesterday
there was no poison in the stomach
Those upon whom Mrs. Kungle laid the
blame seem to be entirely indicated OF
any wrong.
Mrs. Black, the widow, and Miss Es-
tella Reifel, against whom Mrs Kungie
is very bitter in her denuneiations, were
seen by a rporter for the Eagle yester-
day They declared that it all came about
as the result of family differences and
SAID tndL MIS-. hunSle was only trying
to rob Mrs Black of her little home,
which was all that had been left her out
of fortune that once ran up into thou
sands. Mrs. Kungle makes the charge
that Miss Reifel is not a neice of DR.
Black at all, but came here a few weeks
ago and made the old folks believe she
was their neice. Miss Reifel and Mrs.
Black claim that Mrs. Kungle is only an
adopted sister of DR.. Black and that she
had extorted a great deal of money and
property from him in the past.
A few days after Miss Refers arrival
here and upon convincing DR.. and Mrs.
Black that she was their neice, DR..
Black decided the tract of land where he
lived to his wife to keep so long as she
lives, after which it is to go to Miss
Reifel and her sister, who lives in
Omaha. The recognition of the Reifel
girls is what seems to have affected Mrs
Kungle. The land named in the deed is
now in court. the title being contested
by Oscar Ponce
1t is thought inasmuch as the exami-
nation has revealed no evidence of poi
son, the matter will be dropped