The Redwood gazette., 1902-01-15
POISONED BY HEAD CHEESE
Several Families of this City Have Been
Poisoned During the Past
Two Weeks.
Among Them Were the Families, OF ]. A.
SChmahl, 0. l.. DOrnberg and
John Vale.
The families of Julius A. Schmahl

The families of Julius A. Schmahl
and John Vale were the victims Of
ptomaine poisoning On Friday even
ing of last week. while the family OF
O. L. DOrnberg was the victim OF it
on Wednesday evening, and the
family of C. B. Butler two or three
week ago. The ptomaine poisoning
was injected into the systems Of the
various victims by reason of head
cheese purchased at a Second street
market.
Mr.. SchmahI showed the first
signs of poisoning on Friday even
ing. He was attending meeting of
Redwood Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons, and as nigh priest. was en-
gagged in cOnferring most excel
lent master S degree. His lips be-
coming quite thoroughly parched,
he asked for glass of water This
was brought to him and three min
utes later vomiting set in. Mr..
Schmahl at first thoug ht that the
drinking of the water might have
caused the vomiting, and after he
took a seidlitz powder he attempted
to return to the work, but after an
other five minutes he was obliged to
cease and the lodge was declared
closed. He was assisted to THE GA
zETTE Office, with the hopes that he
might shortl ly5rec6ver, but he con-
tinued to grow :.yeorsa> and at 10
clock the friends who were with
him sent for DR.. Palmer. who after
giving the patient morphine and
Strychnine injections, and rubbing
the lower limbs, which had lost CIR
culatlon almost altogether, succeed
ed in uuieting him. It was during
the resting spell that O. l.. Dorm
berg appeared, and after learning
that the patient had eaten some
head cheese for supper, announced
the poisoning, in a milder form, that
came with head cheese eaten by his
family on Wednesday evening. The
two youngest children were cOnsid
! cred serious for time, however.
and Mr.. Dorm berg himself was bad.
ly affected.
While Mr.. Schmahl was resting
T. L. Warner left for his residence
to inform Mrs. Schmahl of what had
happened. and to arrange for re
ceiving the patient, who would have
to be taken home in a carriage
Reaching the house Mr.. Warner
found Mrs. Schmahl and her six
year old son, Dana, both the vic.
Tins OF poisoning, and waiting for
Mr.. Schmahl's S appearance Mr.
Warner dispatched Dr. Palmer tC
the residence, aud remained with
other friends Watching Mr.. Schmahl
until he could be removed. which
was after II o'clock. Mr.. Schmahl
and his son were the heaviest vic.
tins OF the poisoning, strange as it
may seem, because they both ate
| lightly of the head cheese at supper
time. DR.. Palmer gave his exclu-
sive attention to them for an hour.
until they were found to be resting
more easy
When the fact became known Sat
urday morning another report came
with it that Nh and Mrs. John Vale
had both suffered from the poison
ing, they having secured slices
from the same cheese as did Mr..
Schmahl. They succeeded in Sc
curing the required freedom from
the effects of the poisoning about II
Q clock that night, indicating that
the slices they secured were from a
portion of the cheese which con-
tanned less 'ptomaine.
Two or three weeks ago &c. B.
Butler purchased some head cheese
1O cents worth and served it on
& table at which seven were seated.
Two hours later the members of the
family were all taken sick, aud for a
time it was thought that the little
girl would not live At that time
Mr.. Butler concluded that there
was something wrong with the