The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-04-10
Positive Evidence of Deadly
Arsenic Has Been Found
in Both Stomach and Liver
of White.
A COMPLETE INQUIRY
BY THE PROSECUTOR
Latest Development Probably
Will Result in Grand Jury
Being Called on to Probe
Case.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

(F'rom Saturdays Daily)
~, A. [. eramkamp, coroner Of said
county, having examined the body Of
Eddie White, and heard the testimony
Of the witnesses which 10 hereto at.
tachsd, do hereby find that said dc.
ceased came to his death the 23rd day
Of December, 1909, from poisoning by
arsenic, how and by whom adminis-
tered, and with what purpose the
evidence procurabie by me fails to
establish"
The above is the report of Coroner
A. l. Bramkamp, filed this morning.
with County Clerk Harry e. Penny.
Eddie White died at his home, about
one mile south OF Whitewater on De-
cember %, after an illness of one week.
His illness and death was suspicious to
the residents of thar vicinity, but no
information was furnished the county
officials until late in January and on
January %. Coroner A. l. Bramkan,p
held his official autopsy.
Eddie X. White was a we'll known
young farmer. having lived in White
water and that vicinity his entire life.
He lived with his wife and one daugh.
ter on farm, south of Whitewater,
and was highly respected in that neigh
borhood.
On December Is, he and his wife,
leaving their daughter at Whitewater,
came to this city, and did some shop
ping. Among the supplies purchased
was u can of corn, which was prepared
for supper upon the return OF Mr.. and
Mrs. White that evening. Mrs. White
had headache and did not eat much
supper, but her husband ate a large
amount of the corn.
Mrs. White Becomes III.
Mrs. White became very i'll. that
evening and vomited repeatedly. How
ever. Mr.. Whites health was as usual
and not until after his breakfast on
the following morning. did he feel i'll.
He became very sick and vomited fire.
quently. DR.. A. III. Jones Of White.
water. was called to the home and
treated him for stomach trouble. be-
lieving that the illness was due to
eating the corn. the night before.
While Mr.. White was very sick. yet
he was not considered seriously so, and
was only confined to his bed two days.
A week after he was taken i'll, he
died. Just previous to his death he
was unconscious. and before this, ner-
vous and excitable. He had com
planned to those about him during his
delirium that something was trying to
kill him. At no time, did he expert
ence any great amount Of pain, his suf-
fering being more from numbness and
contraction Of the muscles of the alb
dominal regions.
Sensational Stories Heard.
I DR.. A. H. Jones. the attending ply
sician, in his death return, announced
that he believed death was due to p'o
maine poisoning, as a result of eating
the canned corn Mr.. White was bur
led In the cemetery in Whitewater, and
after his death, ra.her sensational sto
ries were circulated. The authorities
heard o. these and started an exaTi
nation. On January oS. the coroner
ordered that the body b. exhu~ ed He
in company with DIR. ]. E. Weller. con
Quoted post mo-tem examination
However, they were unable to discov'
er any causes for death, other than
that II was due to natural causes.
DIR. Alburger. The head pathologis'
at Indiana university was asked te
make an examination and did SO. He
In tu,n, found nothing positive AND al
the direction OF the coroner, the organs
were turned over to DR.. r. E. Lyons
a.
DR.. Lyons addressed the coroner. stat
hg that he found positive evidences q
arsenic and it was on this. IS . basis
that coroner Bramkamp. rendered hi!
verdict this morning.
orand Jsry May s1e Called.
Coroner Bramkamp stated thi.
0ogning that 70 Car - his connection