The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-31
DEATH SOON FOLLOWED
EXTRACTION OF TEETH
ITINERANT DENTIST AT MOL
LOHON MILLS.
Mrs. Corrie Berry Dead and Miss
= Victoria Rivers Was Sick, But
- 81. Has Recovered.

pef VI Hef tSeCH extTacCeU yesterday
}morning by an itinerant tooth dem
tist, who gave his name as Clint Arm
strong, Mrs. Corrie Berry, who lived
with her brother-in-law, Mr.. S. l..
Price, at the Mollohon mill, was TAX
sn seriously i'll, and within three
hours she was dead. DR.. w. E. Pei
ham, Jr., was summoned, but reach
ed her shortly after death. Miss Vic
toria, Rivers, also a sister-in-law of
Mr.. Price, had two teeth pulled by
the same dentist, and she was i'll YES
terday, but Yesterday afternoon ,l.,L
about recovered.
Mrs. Berry was the widow of th>
late Emanuel Berry and a sister e
| Mrs. Price, with whom she lived. She
was about thirty-eight years of age,
and leaves son about sixteen years
old. She had suffered with weak
heart during the past twelve months,
| and had BEEN attended by DR.. w. f.
Pelham, Jr. DR.. Ellison also treated
her last summer for heart trouble.
Mrs. Berry was at home with her
sister, Mrs. Price, yesterday morning,
when Armstrong called. It is stated
by those who talked to him that he
represented himself as travelling
dentist from a Greenvllle house, say
ing that his house employed some
seven or eight dentists who were out
on the road. He is known by some
people in Newberry, who say that he
has relatives at the Newberry mill
and that at one time he worked there
himself, afterwards having moved to
Anderson. 1t is stated that he spent
Wednesday night with his relatives
at the Newberry mill.
When he called at Mr.. Prices
home yesterday morning he was told
that Mrs. Berry had several teeth
which she wanted pulled, and he pro-
ceeded with the work, extracting elev-
ell teeth. Before beginning the opera
tion Mrs. Price says he injected q
fluid into Mrs. Berry's gums. Mrs.
Berry was taken sick almost immed-
lately after the operation. In fact,
she did not leave the chair in which
she was sitting when her teeth were
extracted, but was lifted from this
! chair to the bed where she died.
About the time Armstrong finished
extracting Mrs. Berry's teeth, Miss
Victoria Rivers, sister of Mrs.
Price, came over from the mill where
she was at work, and while she was
at Mrs. Prices she had Armstrong
to extract two Of her teeth. She went
back to the mill and at noon went to
the home Of her father, Mr.. J. R.
Rivers, for dinner. About the time
she reached home she was taken i'll
and DR.. P. G. Ellison was summoned
to see her. AS stated, she had about
completely recovered yesterday af-
telmoon.
When it was seen that Mrs. Berry
was seriously i'll Armstrong was call
ell back to the Price home and shown
the condition Of Mrs. Berry. Mr..
Price had got home from the mill by
this time. Armstrong felt Mrs. Ber-
rvs pulse and stated that she had
some other trouble and advised that
a practicing physician be summoned
at once. This was done, and DR.. Pei
ham reached Mrs. Berry's bedside a
few moments after her death. In the
meantime Armstrong had left. About
this time it was learned that Miss
Rivers was also sick, and several par
ties went out to look up Armstrong,
but failed to find him. A number of
men at the Mollohon mill stated they
thought he had taken the c., N. G. L.
train for Laurens.
Sheriff Buford was sumomned, and
. he wired Armstrong; description to
several points, asking that he be de-
tanned mntil the coroner's Jury had
reached verdict. The coroner was
summoned, and held an inquest yes
, terday afternoon.
DR.. w. E. Pelham, Jr., had been
| treating Mrs. Berry for several
months paS% She had a weak heart,
but whether there was any organic
heart trouble or not is not known.
Armstrong is described as a man
about rs years Of age, about no
pounds I'm weight, about S feet 6
inches in height, black hair and wear