New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-10
BABY KILLED BY POISON,
NIGHT AUTOPSY SHOWS
Threats by Discharged Nurse
cad to Investigation of
Strange Death.
ALONE ONLY SHORT TIME
Quantity of Shoe Polish, as Well
as Two Needles, Found in
Stomach of Child
by Surgeon.

Anna Sorcnsen, eleven-months-old
slaughter Of Herman sorensen, builder
% real estate operator, Of No. 6l5
Cte-srdi avenue. Woodhaven, Long Isl
..3 died Yesterday afternoon under cir
...,,starces which, although the child
.,s ir with measles. following an attack
~, ,rounon'a. caused Coroner Schaefer
-, Queens 10 order an investigation. in
che belief that poison was the cause Of
her death
This belief was borne out last night
7ber an autopsy was performed by Dr.
r,ancls Hart. Coroner's physician. Burns
~, tho chiIjs mouth and a punSent odor
from the contents Of the stomach seemed
~ indicate that she had died from the
effects OF some irritant poison, although
ts exact nature was not determined.
The odor 10 was said was similar TO
that OF a bottle OF shoe polish which was
found in the house. with a small portion
missing. no explanation. however. was
found as 10 how the child could have got
The shoe polish An analysis Of the con-
tents Of the organs Will be made 10 de-
tsruline whether the shoe polish was the
cause az death.
10 was said the child was too young
and too enfeebled by her illness for her
10 have obtained the polish herself. and
It was equally puzzling how any one
could have given IL 10 her I'm the short
tine she was left alone.
The autopsy also revealed two needles
one embedded I'm the left wall Of the
stomach and the other I'm the liver-both
thoroughlv oNidized. indicating they had
been there for at least four DAYS the
doctors said. They however. were not
the poison indicated being taken as the
more potent cause
SOrenSen told the coroner that a maid
recently discharged by his wife had made
threats 20 stab Irene. one OF his older chill
drsn. and also threatened Mrs. Sorenseu.
He believes she was slightly demented.
AS she left the house she shook her
fist at my wife swore al her and threat
ened to get her" said the real estate
man
This woman was employed through a
Manhattan agency. Neither Sorensen nor
his wife remembered her name or address.
The baby was poisoned some time be
tween $50 and 6I5 O'Clock Sunday even
ing Mrs. May Blabos, employed TO DO
general housework. was in the house at
that time. and the baby's five older sis
tiers and brothers We're playing IN the
front ward outside. They are sure. they
tod the coroner. that it would have been
practically impossible for any one TO enter
The house unobserved.
Mrs Sorensen left Anna I'm her crib
only long enough TO go 70 her husbands
office a few blocks away. When she re-
turned 10 the house she discovered that
the child was seriously 81! Mrs Blabos
says she went 20 the nursery while the
mother was out and found Anna content
edIy drinking milk from her bottle.
There was a red stain on Annals chin
which Dr. +. T. Porter. of 30. ! Glenada
Place. Brooklyn the family physician, who
was called. thought was mark OF poison.
He worked over the child until she died
He said he noticed a peculiar odor about
the child mouth.