The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-26
WOMAN ILL; Hint OF POISON.
MAN SHE LIVED WITH DEAD
AFTER EATING SAUSAGE.


Coroner Thinks RebliDg May Have Doctoret
the Bologna, Which Both Ate-Shs
,Bay He Urged II on Her-He Was q
Dentist, but Had Taken 10 Drinking
Albert Rebling, at one time practising
dentist, but who OF late has had nc
employment, died on Saturday night
at 2a97 Cambreling avenue, The Bronx
where he had lived for several months
with q woman who the neighbors thought
was his wife. The woman Is. critically i'll
and from statement she made to Coroner
Berry at the Fordham Hospital yesterday
it is believed by the Coroner and the police
that Rebling committed suicide and at
tempted to murder the woman by poison.
The woman. told the Coroner that she
was Mrs. Clara Walsh, and that she met
Rebling two years ago when the latter had
a dental Office on Third avenue. Accord
! ing to Mrs. Walsh she has been widow
| for some years and has no relatives In this
country. Up to the time she met Rebling,
the woman said she was living in Brooklyn.
Rebing, she said. gave up his business
on Third avenue and opened smaller
establishment on Grand street. This ven
ture proved unsuccessful and Rebing went
to work in different dental parlors through
out tho city. After moving to The Bronx
Rebling began to drink heavily, and for
several months had had no work.
Mrs. Walsh had some money In bank
and she supplied him with funds at VARIOUS
times. Three weeks ago he asked her
for $500, but the woman refused to give him
the money. Rebling she says, made many
threats, but she paid no attention to them
In her statement to the Coroner yester-
day the woman said that Rebling came home
on last Monday night bringing with him a
package OF bologna sausage. Mrs. Walsh
said that she didn't care for any Of the
sausage. but that Rebling insisted that she
should eat some with him. Both became
violently III few hours afterward and Mrs.
Walsh begged Rebling to summon ply
stefan. According to the woman, Rebling
refused to call In a doctor saying:
"Oh, we'll be all right in the morning.
The next night both had recovered suf-
fioiently to have an appetite and Rebling
again brought out the ssusage and made
Mrs. Walsh eat several slices, so the woman
told the Coroner. Rebling also ate some
and again the two became quite i'll. Rebling
had flask Of whiskey and both drank
some. Soon both were still sicker.
On Wednesday Mrs. Walsh managed to |
make her way to the ground floor OF the
house and got Mrs. Ellen MoMahon, who
lives there, to summon DR.. William l..
Post of 2l21 Bathgate avenue. Neither OF
the two told DR.. Post Of the sausage or the
whiskey and he diagnosed their cases as
ptomaine poisoning. The woman's con-
diion became 30 serious that DR.. Post had
her removed to the hospital. Rebling in
sisted on remaining at home, where he died
on Saturday night at o o'clock.
Coroner Berry learned last night that
Rebling had purchased flask Of whiskey
on Tuesday evening at John Lind's saloon.
at 244e Belmont avenue. This saloon Is
near where Rebling and the Walsh woman
lived and Rebling was we'll known In the
place. When Rebling bought the whiskey
he said good.by to tho saloonkseper and
ii. .sdfe, saying they would likely not $50
him again as he was going on . long trip.
Coroner Berry Is OF the opinion that
Rebling had supplied himself with some
poison which he had put on the sausage
and in the whiskey.
When told that she would probably die.
the Walsh woman asked Coroner Berry
to draw up her will. The furniture and
other household effects abe gave to Mrs.
Mcmahon and all the money she had in
the bank was willed to DR.. Post. The
woman told the Coroner that she had about
800 left.
The woman was unable to give any in
formation concerning Rebling's homo or
people and she refused to tell anything
about herself other than that she had no
relatives in this country.
An autopsy was performed on the body
Of Rebling late yesterday afternoon, but
the Coroner was unable to determine the
nature Of the poison owing to the fact that
Dr.. Post, in his treatment, had washed the
mans stomach thoroughly.