The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-21
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MECCA OF DEATB.
Such Proves % be 9 Drinking Place
in New York. s..
WOOD ALCOHOL DID TEE WORE.
Twenty'five Customers who Drank
at Fritsohe's Barrel House
Died in Few Hours
After Drinkinp.

dICeC drinking. 4ss.is.
New York has a sensational case IN
hand. Acting under instruction from
the coroner, the police have taken
into custody Rudolph Fitsche. whn
Keeps a little saloon at723 Tenth ave.
nue., New York. Fitsche is CHARGED
only with being suspicious person
ou6 the roiice say that in his saloon
IL is suspected, whiskey was snld
which contained poison, and This
whiskey Is responsible for the many
deaths that have occurred in tbe
nelghborhood recently. Fritsche oniv
re n necently bought the place, which Is of
the variety generally described 40
barrel house. % q
investigation Of the numeron,
deaths In the neighborhood dnrinn
the past few weeks showed that naaris
all bhose who had died suddenly were
customers of the barrel.honse ),
Fritsche, after being taken to the at,
tion house, was admitted to bail Ha
returned to the saloon, but the po,ics
followed, closely questioned the nro.
prietor and closed the doors. -
Twenty, five persons living in tba
neighborhood, all OF them mtddis
aged have died during the nast-Sf.see
weeks. me symptoms wers In the
main Identical. They were charac.
terized by the attendant physicians
IN all cases as those OF alcoholism In
the past twenty-four hours one death /.
anG--ot .Eohert Smith has been renort'
ed while the following e ws:t;.aa ;,ir;.;.
Michael McAuliffe, aged As, died
Saturday. aie0
Sunday. ~ uieo
, William Delain died Friday, aged
Adolphe Lehman, died Sunday.
Nora McGinnes, died Sunday.
All these persons resided ir, nra
scribed territory. Lehman's stomach
and bottle Of whlskey purchased ~
the neighborhood were taken to tha
health department. for analve;S .i,e
result OF which has not vet been 49, olo
public. iiaoe
A doctor living In West Fort,
Eighth street, who wac % c,,iaJ h1fCy
attend several of the persons men ntion.
ed said that while the cases he had
seen were plainly enough alcoholism
there was yet something. peculiar in 8
such an outbreak of the ailment, IN co
circumscribed territory. -
was called" said he, Ito see Mo.
L1eaYy: McAuliffe lay dead OF ,thaS
same disease ina room Just across, thes
hall WhenI got there and McI,eavy
was already dead when arrived
IL would appear as though there
had been something in the form ~
alcoholic beverage they had been tab
Ing which had a. powerful effect =,
arresting the hearts action. have
found that in the case of several who
died they had beens-in the hah,t oe
buying whiskeE- at the rate Of =
cents a pinJ and that in son,aa ~
stances they drank great onantitias
eourlng t'l, ~ into ordinary drinking
tum piers full and pouring it down as
though 1t were water. 1t is bare1v
'osslole the "hiskey was made Of
Coroner Scholer has ordered tho
chief statistician Of the Department
or health TO furnish him LIST of ali
persons who have died during the past
Three months in the distrIct lvinn
between 46th and SD streets. Ninth
avenue and the North river. An will
be Investigated aud if it is thonght
advisable In any instance, the bodies
will be exhumed. o'
A report submitted later To Police
Captain Hussey by the department Of
health analyst, alleges that wood
alcohol was found in Lehman,s
stomach and it is further alleged that
bottle of whiskey purchased nv q
detective also contained large per-
centage OF wood alcohol.
Determined that no mistake sbop,d
De made, Coroner Scholer at once
ordered that the funeral of McAu,ifre
and McLeavy be postponed and their
stomachs analyZed.
Samples also were taken from har-
rels or whiskey in Fritsche,s saloon
and the police took entire charge of
the place. Coroner Scholer declares
it Is his opinion that the same kind
OF whiskey will be found IN other
saloons and that other deaths will he
traced to its use.
InsuIted His Wife.
Fl. A. Vldetto, q prominent NOR
chant, of Augusta, Ga, was shot and