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 FuzzeIl,
searetress, died suddenly under
mystlfying circumstances last
night IN the same house and
apparently In exactly the same
manner aB did Mrs. Anna
Young, wife Of James a.
Young, . candymaker, who suc-
cumbed 70 strYohnine poison
ing last Tuesday night 81
lodging house At us olive st.
James " Young who was ar.
rested following the death OF bis
wife. WAS also takcn into custody
last night and will be- held III The
city San pending q thorough exam.
nation 81 Miss tuzzeils body ~
Coroner T. 81 Carroll
Shortly before Miss FuzzeH waa
SEIZED with commissions which
ended Oh her death she was given
a headache wafer by Young The
lodging house in which two deaths
have occurred under puzzllnR cir.
cumaiauoea in the past six days Il
conducted by Mrs q. a. Spike. II
wae On Mre. Spikes apartments THAI
Miss Fuzzoll breathed her last.
Proeiaiua His innocenoe.
When seen at the city jall this
morning Young said that Miss
Fuzzell complained OF a headache
last night.
j went 10 my apartments and
secured one of stern's Paragon
Headache Waters After dlssoly.
Ing u ia glass ~ water ! handed
the glass 10 Miss Fuzzeil and sho
drank e. Her death followed in
a few minutes
II purchased the headache waters
az 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. Youngs death ! and
absolutely innocent Of any wrong
doing In either case Had ] even
thought Of handing Miss Fuxzell q
fatal dose OF any drug ] surely
would not have done Il IN the
presence OF third party"
coroners Theory.
Coroner y. ~ Carroll gives
plausible explanation OF the death
Of Mrs. Young and Miss Fuzzall.
When a post norton examination
81 Mrs. Youngs body was held
fully one grain o. strychnlne was
found IA the stomach.
= believe that Mrs. Young OPEN
ed the headache waters and insert
ed stryehuine IN several OF them.
II was probably In the woman's
mind TO take more than one OF the
waters should one prove fneffect-
I've. She left two. however. and I
think Young simply handed one "a
the fatal waters. innocent that IL
contained the dealy drug. to Miss
Fuzzeif I think he should be held
b. the police. however. until I make
thorough examination Of the
stomach for traces OF poison.
Unless am badly mistaken,
the chemists VIII find strychnins
in the contents OF Miss Fuzzells
stomach.
sssrn's Headache Waters.
Stems Paragon Headachs
Waters, according 10 printed direc.
lions which appear on the box, con.
tain four grains Of acetanllids
alkaloid and one grain OF caffeine.
either Of which drugs is not neces.
sariiy fatal. The wafer Itself is
known among druggists as a con.
ceai capsule IL Is about the size
Of a 25-cent piece. On the edge Of
each wafer extends a gelatine flange
which when moistened allows the
wafer 90 fan apart In the opinion
OF Coroner Carroll Il would have
been an easy matter for Mrs Young
20 have opened two or three OF thoRe
waters and inserted strychnine in
sufficient quantities 70 cause
death
one obstacle 20 this theory is the
fact that Mrs Spike IN the excite
ment following Miss Fuzzelrs death
threw the remaining wafer aud box
into the fire Had this wafer been
saved Il probably would have clear.
ed up the mystery.
Another Scare.
II was only a few minutes after
the excitement attendant upon Miss
FuFzell death lad died away that
tenants OF the lodging house were
again aroused by the sudden illness
OF Mrs Charles Mort, wife OF a
former police officer, Or I. b,
Green was hurriedly summoned and
found that the woman was suffering
merely from hysteria
After Coroner Carroll completes
his post norton examination Of
Miss FugEell's body he will turn
over further investigation 20 Coro-
ner J, C.. snyder, who took office to-
day.