The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-11
MISS FUZZELL DIES IN
SAME MANNER AS
MRS. YOUNG.
Took Waters From Same
Box as That Used by
Wife of Candymaker.

Miss Amanda FuzzeiI.
aeanstress. died suddenly under
uystlfyina circumstances last
night IN the same house and
apparently In exactly the uane
manner a. did Mra. Anna
Young. wife Of James A.
Young, q eandynsksr, who sue
eumbed 20 afryohnlns poison
ing last Tuesday night al
lodging house a. us olive st.
James IT, Young, who was or.
rested following the death Of his
wife. was also taken into custody
last night and will be- held az the
city jail pending a thorough exam.
nation o. Miss fuzzells body ~
Coroner r. 81, Carroll
Shortly before Miss F'uzzen Was
seized with commissions which
ended in her death she was given
a headache wafer BY Young The
lodging house in which two deaths
have occurred under puzzllnR cir.
cumsiaucea On the past six days Is
conducted by Mrs q A Spike. II
Was in Mrs. Spikes apartments that
/ Miss fuzzell breathed her last
Proelaius His lnnocenee.
When seen az the city jail this
morning Young said that Miss
Fuzzeli complained OF headache
last night.
\ went 10 my apartments and
secured one Of Sterns Paragon
Headache Waters After dlss0lg.
Ing Il Ia glass 81 water ] handed
the glass 10 Miss Fuzzeil and sho
drank Il Her death followed IA
few minutes
II purchased the headache waters
at Shaw's pharmacy the Saturday
before my wife's death. There
could have been nothing wrong with
the waters the night before my
wife died because / took one OF
them myself ] did not take one
after Mrs. Young's death. ! ant
absolutely innocent OF any wrong
doing IN either case Had I even
thought Of handing Miss Fuzzeli a
fatal dose OF any drug I surely
would not have done II in the
presence Of third party"
coroner's Theory.
Coroner F. NJ. Carroll gives a
plausible explanation OF the death
Of Mrs. Young and Miss FuzzeIl.
When a post norton examination
OF Mrs. YoHngs body was held
fully one grain Of stryehnine was
found IN the stomach.
4 believe that Mrs. Young OPEN
ed the headache waters and insert
ed strychnine In several OF them.
u was probably in the woman'a
mind TO take more than one Of the
waters should one prove ineffect.
i've. She left two. however. and
think Young simply handed one %
the fatal waters. innocent that Il
contained the dealy drug, 10 Miss
Fuzzell. ! think be should be held
by the police. however. until / make
thorough examination Of the
stomach for traces OF poison.
Unless I am badly mistaken,
the chemists VIII find strychnlne
IN the contents Of Miss Fuxxeils
stomach.
otcfN y FFc@oACNc waters.
stern's Paragon Headachs
Waters. according 10 printed direc.
tons which appear on the box. con.
tain four grains OF acetanillde
alkaloid and one grain OF caffeine,
either Of which drugs Is not neces-
sarily fatal The wafer Itself Is
known among druggists as a con-
Z NJ -. u A. 81. ~.
OF ascent piece. On the edge of
each wafer extends a gelatine flange
which when molstened allows the
wafer 70 fan apart In the opinion
OF Coroner Carroll Il would have
been an easy matter for Mrs. Young
to have opened two or three OF those
waters and inserted strychnine In
sufficient quantities TO CAUSE
death
one obstacle 20 this theory is the
fact that Mrs. Spike IN the excite
mont following Miss Fuzxelrs death
threw the remaining wafer aud box
into the fire. Had this wafer been
saved u probably would have clear.
ed up the mystery
Another Scare.
Il was only a few minutes after
the excitement attendant upon Miss
Fuzzells death nad died away that
tenants Of the lodging honse we're
again aroused by the sudden ilinesa
OF Mrs Charles Mort. wife OF
] former police officer. Or. l. II,
Green was hurriedly summoned and
found that the woman was suffering
merely from hysteria
After Coroner Carroll completes
his post norton examination OF
Miss Fuszell's body he will turn
over further investigation 20 Coro-
ner ]. c. Snyder, who took office to.
day.