The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-14
Nix CONDEMNED
DUMPED IN SEWER
Health Officer Finds Guam
tity of Fornaldehyde in
1os Gallons
-
h WONT PROSECUTE
ORIGINAL SHIPPER
Dir. Levy Accepts Dairyman 5
Unsupported Protection OF
Innocence May be Work OF
Secret Enemies.

one hundred and three gallons OF
-sss4sA containing distinct traces ot icf-
snaidehyde. Il preSereAtiYs deadliy 10
ia nies. were dumped by Inspectors
sgsasaa sh@ eity health dc partinent about
three weeks ago
since that time. the department has
sssen busy investigating the case, ah@
1,r Levy has nav arrived at the con
s.tuslcu that the preventative was
nIaeed la the milk by enemies o. II
certain shipper, with the intention 81
running his Business, br. Levy fnhue
this statement to Justice Cratchheio'
whom ne consulted as 10 the ndVisa-
hsllty OF bringing or dropping prose-
cation, Monuas morning, The latter
-rofst MIN thai II such statement were
made on the witness stand II would
resa,it In the case being discharged.
Consequently there viii be no prose-
cAtion.
Dr. Levy's belief that the dairy
men In whose shipment et milk the
YormaIdehyde was originally contained
IL innocent and the victim OF put
np Job III the result ~ single In
ferview with the latter.
Looked Honest"
.The latter looked honest and
truthful" said Or. Levy. He told a
STRAIGHTFORWARD story. have not
lost my faith in human nature, and
20 / believed him, Also / took into
consideration the fact that If he were
innocent the story of his trouble
would injure him in business. So
tried to keep the matter quiet, oar
Of the police court and the news
apers.
According to Dr. Levy, mystery
dark and almost mpenetrable sur
rounds the entire affair. Three weeks
ago twenty~sesen gallons Of milk We're
shipped TO a local DAIRY company
"A sample az the fluid Was taken by
enc Of the inspectors in the course oI
his daily rounds. and in this sample
formaidehyde WAS 40 strong as TO be
disaernible merely by the sense 81
smell The dairy company WAS or
dared to Keep that particular censign'
ment separate from the rest of tbs
milk until the sample could be ohemi'
caiiy tested The dairy company mis-
understood. however, and mixed the
fwenty-seven gallons with seventy SIX
gaJions additional. When this was
discovered, the entire one hundred
and three gallons were dumped
The above are the facts. The re-
mainder of the cas- IL MAGE Of
theories for ne one can account for
0f EAtF SflA eAH@5fAttfb az W new tHH
formafdehyde got into the milk in
the first place, The shipper declares
most emphaticaily that he did not put
# there, Indeed. ne totfd Dr. fevs
ne didn't know there was any such
thing as formaidehvde. He also says
ne doesn't think the negro boy who
works for him could have put IL in the
milk.
Enemies:
so far as In known. these are the
only two persons who hda anything
to do with the milk from the time II
was taken from the COWS until II was
placed on the train to Ice shipped 70
the local dairy company. Evidently
however. the prasarxatise could noi
have gotten into the milk without
being placed there by some one
There the matter hangs fire. with
Dr. LeeY's story OF possible enemies
AZ the only tangible solution
II have only the latter's unsupport
ed word said or. Levy. but he
neNe him, I don't know who put tn.
formaldehyde in the milk but | don
think the young man did, Ills stor,
Ii too straightforward y
The health department has nov
dropped all Investigations. and TIN,
case so far as they arc concerned. /,
closed issue.