Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-13
whiskey and that

to wood alcohol in WhlSkey and tha' 1 the place or places where the whiskey have been no deaths from that cause since Saturday and so far as known nt
 person is sick from the effects 1 Peter J. Gaskin, chairman of tht pure food and drug commission of ths state of Rhode Island, will also make linvestigati tion in the interests of ths pure food law. He will call 9 meeting | of the board for that purpose this ] week. He believes that the character l of the whiskey sold not only in no l license Westerly but in other parts o1 I the state as. well is within the jurls- u1ction of the commission to InveStl- gate He said that samples of the al leged whiskey that has caused tht i deaths should be secured by the board for analysis He IS of the bellef tna1 | there is a whiSkey sold all over the state in which refined wood alcohol ls l used. He did not know whether this
 kind of whisl1ey was sold in Westerly l but that it was a point that should be determined and effort will be made to l that end and without further delay l 1t having been definitely determined that wood alcohol in whiskey caused
 the deaths of Larrow and Hood in 1 Pawcatuck, Deputy Sheriff William H l Casey has been instructed to ascertain l where the poisonous liquid was pur- chased. At the inquest Mrs. Hood stated that it was bought by her ia ther, Henry Iarrow, deceased, with i money given him by her husband, Charles R. Hood, deceased, and that 1t
 was purchased at drug store in Westerly in Main street, Mrs. Hood giving the name of the proprietor. It is also stated that MT. Larrow just be- fore he died told where the whiskey was bought. If action is taken by the coroner to prosecute, the charge will probably be manSlaughter and the Rhode Island authorities will be asked to make formal arrest prior to extra dition to Connecticut for trial. Unless specific orders are issued by
 Attorney General Greenough. as re-
 suit of the Perrin autopsy, Town So-
 licitor Agard may arrest the suspected
 druggist on the charge of selling in-
 toxicating liquor illegally or with sell
 dng a poison improperly labeled.
 The funeral of William D. Perrin of
 Ashaway, alleged to have died from
 poisoned Mt1iskey was announced for
 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. At that
 hour the hearse and carriages were at
 his house and all arrangements com-
 pleted for the burial. The mournful event was interrupted bv order of the attorney general, so as to permit of
 -mortem examination by Dr. N. J. Knerr, medical examiner for the town of Hoplinton, assisted by Dr. Jay Per kins of Providence, an expert in that particular line.
 The funeral was deferred until o'clock.
 When Medical Examiners Knerr and Perkins reached Ashaway they found that sons of MT. Perrin were opposed to an autopsy and were flurrying to remove the body out of the state for burial in Union cemetery North Ston- ington. They called on Deputy Sheriff George H. Barber to prevent the re- moval of the body. It was suggested that the body be removed to Westerly for autopsy in an undertaker's estab- lishbent, but the Perrin brothers en-  was finally performed in the parlor of the Perrin house. The result will be reported to the attorney general
 William D. Perrin, who died in Ash away Wednesday, was plaintiff in a suit to recover $9 rent due for a tene- ment in Pawcatuck, the defendant be- ing Audrey Ryan, who declined to pay effects by water pipes in defendants s property. The case was assigned for hearing before Justice Kennedy last Sa aturday, the day that Perrip died. of the Perrin estate will become plaintiff in the case.
 A large number of friends attended young man who died, it is alleged, from poisoning caused by drinking whiskey purely as a medicine and which evil dently contained wood alcohol when
 
 home in Moss street, Pawcatuck, fol- lowed by high mass of requiem in St Michaers church. Rev. William A. Krause officiating. The bearers were John Donohue. John Young, Christo pher Ledwidge, John Curtin, James Welch and Joseph Verges, representing Nina council, Knights of Columbus, and the Atwood Machine shop, where the young man was employed. There were many beautiful floral tributes including a large pillow from his shop mates and an emblematic design from the Knights of Columbus.
 The body of Frederick L. Sullivan, a former resident of Pawcatuck, son Of Mrs. Ella and the late Matthew Sul1i- van, who was killed Sunday morning by a shunted freight car near the New London railway station, arrived here from New London on the 1928 train Tuesday morning. Burial was in the family plot fin St. Michae1s cemetery. The bearers were four brothers of the deceased, Matthew. James, Daniel and Edward Sullivan There was a. high mass of requiem in St. Mary's Star of the Sea church, New London, at 8.30 Tuesday, Rev.. A. Wolschlaeger, ce1e- brant. number of New London friends accompanied the body to West eriy.
 Isaac R. Swan of Fall River, who usually spend his summer vacations as guest of a cousin, Ethan Wilcox, of Westerly, last Saturday completed fifty years of continuous service as a ruler in a book bindery and retired. He has decided to reside at the Home for Aged People in Fall River and take a well earned rest. His employers as a me- mento of long and faithful service pre- sented MT. Swan a handsome ebony cane, which instead of the conventional gold head has a crook of solid ebony and upon a silver band is engraved sf1860-Isaac R. S--1910."
 MT. Swan is "A years of age and has been member of the First Christian church. Fall River, for fifty-two years, a deacon thirty-one years and clerk When in Westerly he at tends the Broad street Christian church and is therefore known to many of the Throughout his long period of service he has been @ most faithful employe, and. outside of his annual vacations in Westerly and a very few times on account of illness, he has been at work every. day. He is a re- markedly we'll preserved man and pro- poses to live in comfort the balance of his life. He has one daughter, Miss Kate Swan, newspaper writer. now in Tampa, Fla