Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-13
ENLARoEp GLANDS FATAL
BUT CAUSE NOT APPARENT
Fourth Msmbsr Of Family TO Die Sud.
denly Of Unknown ll,nsss Within
Four Months-Last visim Had tx.
pseted oeath and Protested Against
Post Mertsm Examination.

death. like that Of her two brothers and
sister. was due to enlarged glands. No
int!mation. however, as to the cause
Of this or what might be a remedy,
was given by the surgeons in charge.
and the mysterious malady, which has
wiped out an entire family case
without precedent II medical science
is as much Of a mystery as ever.
Dr.. H. L. sayler, city physician and
liver G. Newlen acting coroner, were
in charge Of the examination. DR.. A.
s. Begg Of Drake university performed
the operation and DR.. N. c.. Schilits,
DR.. J. A. Goodrich, DR.. P. 3. Glew and
DR.. Guy E. Cliff. the Rev. j. W.. Graves
and ]. w. Jenney, chief Of police. were
present. The examination showed that
the body was filed with enlarged
glands. DIR. Begg took the stomach
glands for examination.
The body was in exactly the same
condition as the other three children
and there was nothing more to show
the cause Of the glands or the real
and Mrs John F. Deaton, 1927 East
AOdp10 S<IGSl, dltu Will -AnVuISdi
profession OF the city are as much in
the dark as ever.
All Die in Four Months.
This mysterious malay. which be-
gan its deadly work four months ago
on Easter Sunday when wyetta,
years old, dropped over and died, is
a. mysterious now as the Gay Of the
death Of little Wyetta.
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had been buried and the parents were
just recovering from the shock when
a week later, on April Is, Cecil. years
old. died. His death was similar to
that Of his sister.
Post mortem examinations Of the
bodies Of both children showed en-
larged glands and nothing more There
was no trace Of the cause. There
was no trace Of what might be treated
to effect cure.
And. though DR.. Goodrich called in
some OF the leading authorities Of the
city and everything that was known to
medical authorities was done. little
Walter. years old. died June Z. Just
two months after the hrst death. His
death was followed yesterday by that
Of Josephine.
In her case. as in the others, there
was no hint that death was near. Last
week she had made a complaint. but
said she was all right when awakened
yesterday morning by her father. He
left for work and the child was play
ing around the house. She sat down on
a chair and in a few minutes dropped
over dead.
Little Girl Expected End.
Though she had not been i'll the
parents and the little girl had been ex-
pecting this. and she had even asked
that her body not be "cut up" Her
wishes, however, had to be disregarded
in order that one final attempt could
be made to clear up the great mystery.
The Investigations Of the medical
authorities have failed to disclose a
single clue that would lead to the dis
covery of the cause Of the enlarged
glands. and, therefore. the cause Of
death. Any theory Of organic defects
is removed by the fact that the chill
dren all have died at different ages.
The father is a painter for the KRAFT
ger Carriage Company. His wife is
the stepmother of the children, he
having married her IN January. His
first wife, the mother Of the children
died about a year and half ago. Her
death was natural and Of such a ma
ture as to make certain that 1t had no
connection with the deaths Of the chill
dren.
Acting Coroner Newlen yesterday
first favored private funeral on ac-
count of the danger Of infection. City
Physician Sayler did not agree with
him and a public funeral probably will
he allowed