The evening world., 1904-04-06
Five Children in One Family
Made Violently III, One Ex-
pires and a Boy in Another
Household Is Dead.
C0L0RED CANDY EGGS CAME
FROM GROCERY STORE.
Coroner win Hold Autopsy to
Determine Exact Nature of
Poison Used as coloring Mat
ter by Candymaker.

Poisonous colortnR material in candy
killed one of the FIVE children OF Fred
erlck Haugh. of No. 131 East One Hun
dred and Nineteenth street. to-day and
another is believed to be dying. The
three remaining children, although they,
too. were poisoned. are out of danger.
Poison In candy caused the death also
to-day OF five-year-old Peter Farrell at
No. 6S3 West rhirty-flfth street.
Another similar case In Harlem re-
Gently and one OH Staten Island about a
week ago have aroused the police of
the East One Hundred and Twenty
sixth street station to n rigid investi-
CATION. 1t Is known where the candy
eaten by the children was bought, and
enorts Will be made to trace 1t to the
manufacturers who used the deadly
dyes.
Mr.. Haugh's family Of five children
consisted OF Mary, aged ten: Anne, aged
eight; Fred. aged six and a half: Frank,
aged i've, and William. aged three.
William Is dead and Fred IL beyond re-
covery.
The children had lots OF Easter candy
Sunday. Mr.. Haugh bought a quantity
OF colored candy eggs Saturday at n
grocery store In the vicinity of his
home. Mrs. Anne Haugh, the grand
mother OF the children. who lives in
One Hundred and Sixteenth street. Wis.,
tied them Sunday morning, bringing
each II candy rabbit which she had
bought In Third avenue confectionery.
Baby Taken Violently Ill.
A candy feast was held in the house
on Sunday afternoon. The little ones
ate the eggs and the rabbits and did
not experience any Immediate Ill effects.
The children went to school Monday,
and not until that evening did the poi
son manifest itself.
Then William, the baby. was taken
violently Ill. His parents thought he
had a seizure of cholera morbus and
treated him with home remedies until
yesterday morning. when. his condition
showing no Improvement, they called In
DR.. Luche. OF No. III East One Hun
dred and Sixteenth street. While DR..
Lucke WAS at work over William the
other four children were taken nick
simultaneously.
Little hoy Dies.
All had the same symptoms, but the
case of Fred was the most severe. For
time yesterday and last night It
seemed as though the five children
would die. William passed away at 2
o'clock this morning. and coon after
Mary. Anne and Frank showed sudden
Improvement.
DE- Lucke reported the death Of VIII
lam to the Coroner. stating that poi
soned candy had killed the child. An
autopsy will be necessary to determine
the exact nature OF the poison used by
the candy maker. ,
Easter candy, poisoned by coloring
material. killed the little Farrell child
under conditions quite similar to those
surrounding the case OF little Haugh.
Five.year-old Peter and his seven
year-o sister May were given money
by their parents on Erster Sunday and
went out together to buy candy. They
picked out a littlo shop near their home
as the spot for trading.
Peter Bought Colored stun.
May. invested her money in chocolate
creams. but Peter, finding that he could
get more vart-colored drops than choc-
oiate creams for the Same amount, in
vested accordingly.
He did not become seriously Ill until
asa IN frero9sn M when o No o' sos %Sest %ess
Thirty-fourth street. The doctor dag
nosed the case as one of poison and
left medicine.
Monday night the little one was seized
with convulsions and yesterday he died.
The authorities were not notified of the
matter until the undertaken presented
DR.. OBrisn's death certificate to the
Board of Hcalh. The police have the
name OF the manufacturer of the col
ored drops that caused the Farrell
child's death and will investigate the
factory.