The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-26
FIREMAN DEATH
 VERY SUSPICIOUS
Negro Is Believed to Have Been
 Poisoned By Another
CITIZEN DIES SUDDENLY
S. Wolf Drops Dead at His Home of Heart Disease-Serious Cutting Scrape Occurs Between
 Two Negroes.

selma, May Z0.-t Speclal. l--ounudy morning about ? o'clock Oliver Weis- inger, a negro fireman on the Southern railway died under suspicious circum- stances. He had come in off his run in the early part of the night and went up town with negro nicknamed Shorty" About 10 o'clock he re- turned home and later complained of pains in his stomach. He rapidly grew worse until near midnight a physician was sent for who, upon his arrival at the negTos house, found him in con- vulsions. The slightest touching Of the negro threw him into spasms and he was realized to be in a critical con dition. The doctor hurried up town to get his stomach pump, but before he returned death had taken place. k Weisinger stated that he had par taken of some ice cream in Meridian during the morning and had drunk beer and gin after going up town. He stated that the beer tasted queer but that he had not paid any particular at tention to it. As each effort to talk threw the negro into convulsions the
  him further. There was possibility of ptomaine poisoning. but the more the physician thought about the case the more convinced he was that strych- nine had caused Weisinger's death. Ac- cordingly an autopsy was ordered held this morning but wh en the physicians assembled to make the post t-mortem ,of no undertaken had injected fluid into the body which precluded their making satisfactory test.
 Shorty, the negro that accompanied Weisinger home, has not been seen since the death of the latter and sus- picion rests on him as being the cause of the negros death
 Bad Cutting Scrape.
 James Houston, negro living on the Irwin place, about four miles from the city, leads a charmed life, and If he lives after his experience of Sun altercation over bucket of plums John Hardness used a knife on Hous- ton, cutting two great gashes in his left side. The lungs, liver diaphragm and stomach were pierced by the mur- derous knife, and the doctors say that if the negro recovers it will be mira cle.
 Hardness left for parts unknown im- mediately after the cutting.
 s. Wolf Dies Suddenly.
 Sunday night about 8:3O, at his home on Broad street, occurred the sudde1 death of MT. Sol Wolf, a well known citizen. MT. Wolf had no premonition of the end except about half hour before death came he complained of feeling badly. Just a week before the engagement of his daughter, Miss Mathile Wolf, and MT. Monroe Gus dorf had been announced, and a num- Der of friends came in about o'clock to offer felictations. Mr. Wolf got chairs from within the house and had taken his seat on the front yerandd with the friends when he was seized with a sudden attack of his heart and death came in a few minutes.
 MT. Wolf was 50 years of age He is survived by his wife and two daugh- ters Miss Mathile Wolf and Miss Irma Wolf, both exceedingly popular young 
 22 years has been in the employ Of Ullman & Sons. He was a man that attended strictly to his own affairs and was well liked by all who knew him. Local and Personal.
 The Dallas academy examinations are taking place this week, and the pupils are looking forward to Friday night when the exercises close.
 R. E. l.. Mel, great sachem; I. L. Rosendorf, great keeper of wampum; J. A. Wauchope, representative of Mohawk tribe No. 25, and D. D. Upde- graff, representative of Towalla coun cil No. 21, Improved Order of Red Men. left this afternoon for Montgomery, where they go to attend the 21st great council session of the order, which con- venes at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Ball of Richmond are on visit to the parents of Mrs. Ball. Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Koenigstha1.