The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-25

A mysterious poisoning case Is In
teresting the police force and Coro-
ner James Grow, and developments
are expected when the stomachs OF
the three children of Mrs. Mary
Brockwell. OF 337 Ashbrook avenue,
are analysed In Louisville and the re-
suit furnished the coroner.
Last night about $3.50 o'clock !
Mrs. Mary Brockwell and her four
children. Hazel. aged Ii; Nancy Lu-
cy. aged .; Ola May. aged G. and LII
lie Jerline, aged 3 years. sat down
TO supper. The supper consisted OF
meat, bread. cabbage and onions.
and the latter three ate heartily OF
the cabbage In particular. After
supper was over they began to show
signs of sleepiness and shortly after
were all sound asleep and the mother
unable to wake them.
Becoming alarmed she summoned
neighbors. who In turn telephoned
for physicians, Drs. Carl n. Sears, J.
s. Troutman. J. w. Pendley and
Johnston Bass responding. They
found the children under the infu-
ence of what seemed to be opium, and
began administering drugs to coun-
teract the effects.
The physicians worked herolcally
but could not overcome the deadly
effect OF the drug. whatever II might
have been, and at s o'clock last
night. two hours and a half after
supper Ola May died. At 3:3O this
morning Lille died and at $40 Lucy
Brockwell followed. Hazel. the old
est daughter. did not partake of the
cabbage except possibly a mouthful,
and did not become III. Her mother
also ate little OF the cabbage but ex-
perienced no pains or sleepiness, and
the theory that Paris Green had been
put on the cabbage to kill worms Is
not borne out.
Mrs. Brockwell was seen by Sun
reporter this morning and told her
story:
my husband. Plenn Brockwell.
was taken to the asylum several
months ago" she said land ! have
had my four little ones to care for
4 since. Last night we ate supper and
were all feeling well, but after eat
ing, my three youngest children be-
came sleepy and | could not wake
them. Physicians were summoned
and stated the children had been pois
oned and began to work with them.
| don't know where the poison could
have come from, because we have
none about the house. and have no
medicines of any kind, except lit
tie paragoric, which could not at
feet them as my children were. They
say that Paris Green must have been
on the cabbage put on
there TO kill worms. but the cabbage
was washed and prepared by myself
for supper, and was clean. When
got the cabbage It was fresh"
Mrs. Brockwell stated that the
time the children were first seized
with sleepy spells was while John
and Albert Burns, two men OF her
acquaintance, were making a call
They happened to pass her house,
and being old friends, stopped in
They summoned neighbors when It
was seen the children were Ill,
This morning DTs. II. IL. Duley'
]. w. Pendley, J. 5. Troutman, ID. 7.
Hall and c. Harkey removed the
stomachs of all three children. plao-
ed them in Jars, and shipped them to
Louisville, on advice of County At
torney Eugene Graves, TO be analyz-
ed and the cause of death learned,
On the advice of Attorney Graves
Coroner James Crow also postponed
the inquest until Tuesday afternoon
ut 1880 o'clock when the Jury VIII
report at the Nance a Pool undertake
ing establishment to investigate.
The jury is composed of Messrs,
X. G. Wallace, NJ. II. Hurt, John Bur
ton, John Gather, II. ID. Wade ana
H. J, Swafford, and was sworn this
morning,
The physicians state that Paris
Green would affect differently from
the way the children were affected
by whatever kind of poison was taxi
en-, and the general opinion and be-
lief OF the doctors Is that that the
drug was opium. The bodies turned
little after death, the lower limbs