The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-26
i1'YPHOIDHCIAlNS..
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Had Lived for Past Two Years
:lts Settling Basil m
II. Camp. aIs.l.
CAUSE SoF YER A MYSTERY
Committee Comm Ffonfl City Gottntil,r
III Itsiss$said;yNVl'iil IE III stigatc ss$
ri \ .3lS33 n and Repot.3 & Il

b MI Edward Gordon Winston, d nerl-
Der Of the firm OF Winston & Co, ,corltrnc-3
tors, who were en- gagged ~, building the
settling basin. dibd 2on, yesterday morning
4 at 4 D clock intg the. Memorial Hospital Of
typhoid fever. j <. III "A Il "a
sss1 Winston was bornint Malvern HILL
Il, Lotllsa county, and was twonty.-eight3
years Of age WHEN no died.. III M.
Sss Els father, Colonel w. A. Winston,
died last August ear a go. 1lls M: tl,erI
is living, as also are his three bi.olheisA-t
james o., Thomas s. and Wlliiani}H HI
RNWinston,Eall members OF the ftrCnS-nnl
! his sisters-N1r 81 s1s Lindsay Gordon. Mrs.
4 w. Sims OF Louisa Courthouse; Mrs
Pendlcton, OF yYythevillo; Mrs rhomas
Kennerlcy, Of Al eyRport News, 3 and bliss
Helen Whist on, of Louisa 5 # "a ~ VI! "a
"a The body was III AIKEN to Louisa county
on yesterday on the o clock train oyer
j thee Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and
the lnterinent VILE take place in the family
3btrylng ground d Il tGsA1alvern 1Iill'' to-day
55S3 Mrs Ivlnst on wtiss the Junior partner III
SWinston}i& Co, Which was composed Of
four brothers. III n FIN 5Sf53S as 4
s.s 5. Living atsSettling Basin.
"a Fort years n no has had active charge
of the work at tie settling basin no "
being constructed near the five-n1ile locks.
E About two weeks ago he complained
Eofsill health,4 buthit was thought that no
Was suffering from ma lara. Finally he,
was taken to the Memorial Hosp tal Bsuf-
sfering from a malignant case Of typhoid
fever, from which he died on yesterday.
Last year number OF cases Of typhoid
broke out at theSsettlng basin camp and
&anSnyes tlgation followed, which discover
ed that a spring near the camp was
horribly foul. I. s.5 ~ f N
7sS The evil was Erenedied and until Mr..
SWinstoniIwas strlckened, there had been
nc case OF typhoid in the camp for a
year. There is#no case there at this
time. & li II 5ii5s i3 sssi sSi
a An Investigation on yesterday disclosed
the fact tina ;NIr.ssv7ll nston had mot FUSED
water from the spring that had before oc-
cnsloned the fever. e 5 A \, "a. ~
Just across the way, seventy-five Yards
from the house, he occupied, and in a
wood was a spring that Is not on he
same water she'd as he camp, and from
this spring RIrssa Vinston to ok the water
which he used, sss III sS5 d ~
Dr.. Oppenhimer Talks.
Dr. Oppenhinler, president Of the Board
of Health, was seen last night and asked
1f he could account for the cause 81
Mr. Winston's illness. # @
He replied I bat he could not, and, con-
8tinuing, said ipht5 the spring from which
water was so tyen for Mr., Wins tons house
should have / beer free from any polu-
ton from the camp. as IT was in "a. wood
and was not upon the same water shed
IA S the camp. Y III further stated that
there are iii 3grea I number Of ca ses Of
typhoid fever in the suburbs. outside the
city limits. 81 E ID # III RI q. Y
In the city, he said, there ares now.
4thirty-three cases q typhoid 4 fever and
] ten cases OF diphthera II 8 ), /
There have been no deaths from
Diphthern during the mon tn, ii and but
three deaths from typhoid fever. y #
tits rumored that the City Council will
investigate the cause OF MI. Winston's
death, Il 2 "A
81 Mr.. IL. 6. Winston insured his life last
March with the Maryland Life Insurance
Company for $4,000. He paid but one pre-
MUM. The company announces IT. Will
pay8the claim to-day. II i5i#