The Jersey City news., 1901-11-20
BABY DAlE'S
DEATH.
Hoboken Police Investigat-
ing Mothers Strychnine
Tablet Story.
MARITAL TROUBLES AIRED
Mrs. Dale Says She Is the
Victim of Circum-
stances.
MARITAL TROUBLES AIRED

The Hoboken police are making a rigid
Investigation of the circumstances sur
rounding the death of little fve-year-old
Emeline Dale, of Chicago, who died at
Bush's Hotel, Hoboken, yesterday morn
ing. The child died from poison. Mrs.
Dale was with the little one at the time.
Mrs. Dale says that Emelne got out of
bed some time in the night and ate a
number of gelatine coated strychnine tab
lets which Mrs. Dale had been taking for
an ailment. The police have Mrs Dale
under surveillance, but action in the case,
if any is taken, will be postponed until
the arrival of Hervey S. Dale, the child $
father, who will reach Hoboken tonight.
Mr.. Dale left Chicago as soon as he
heard of his daughters death.
The Dales have had domestic differ
ences for some time and a divorce suit is
now pending.
Russell Dale, uncle of the child, arrived
in Hoboken from Chicago Tuesday morn
ing for the purpose of getting little Eme-
line away from her mother, if possible.
His brother, Heryey S. Dale. the child s
father, is Chicago manager of the Union
Mutual Life Insurance Company, with
offices IN the Dexter Building at No. "a
Adams street. 1t is said that Mrs. Dale
has an income in her own name of $500
a month Her father was Joseph Howe.
a New York physician. She was educated
in Europe and she has spent moet of her
time abroad. She returned from Europe
recently.
The body of the child is held at Hobo
ken undertaker's establishment. 1t will
be viewed by County Physician Converse
today.
Mrs Dale sticks to the story she first
told the police, that the strychnine tab
lets were on her dressing table, that the
child had cried for them, thinking they
were candy: that she had explained they
were poison and that she was awakened
early yesterday morning to md the child
crying.
The little one, she says, told her that
she had eaten some of the candies" felt
sick and begged not to be punished. TIE
mother sent for a physician.
DR.. W. G. Kudlieh, of No. 4OS Hudson
street RESPONDED. This was at midnight.
II E remained for two hours. At the end
OF that time the child was well and laugh
ing and ne went home. At O'Clock he
was called again and he found the child
dead
Mrs. Dale told me,' said DR.. Kudlich,
that the child had complained of cold
hands and feet shortly after I left and
had died almost Immediately. That is
not symptom of strychnine poisoning.
Persons poisoned that way usually die in
convulsions.
Mrs Dale said that there had been
100 tablets in the bottle and that she had
taken only three and the child three. 1
count only seventy-two, though, left in
the bottle.''
Mrs. Dale asserted that she was vic
tim of fate.
MY father left me in Hamburg a
year ago, and died of apoplexy on the
voyage to New York. 1 came over to
visit my grandmother and she died.
Then my other little daughter caught
brain fever and died suddenly. Many
cruel things have been said of me, but I
don't suppose any one would think that
could harm my child
Mrs. Dale arrived at Bush's Hotel on
Saturday morning. With her was the lit
tie girl and E. Waller, a young foreign
err Mrs. Dale and the little girl were
given room 26 and Waller room q. Wal
Ter left the hotel Monday morning. Mrs.
Dale said that she met Waller abroad.
She said that he had gone to Philadelphia
on business.