The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-06-12
MYSTERY IN
DEATH OF TWO.
Suspected Poisoning in Death
of Two Children of Mrs.
Hughes.
OFFICIALS ARE
INVESTIGATING.
Alleged Ptomaine Poisoning,
But Officials Believe Drink
ing Water Poisoned,

The death of two children, the seri-
GUS illness of third, and the less Sc
rious illness of the mother and her
daughters, all alleged to be due to
ptomaine poisoning, caused by eating
canned salmon, developed mysterious
features here in the cases of Mrs.
Zaidee Hughes and grandchildren,
Wednesday.
The victims of the poison are:
Llewellyn Hughes, aged fourteen,
Massie Hospital
c. L. Hughes, Jr., son of c. L.
Hughes, and nephew of Llewellyn
Hughes, aged eleven months.
Rawleigh Hughes, six years old, son
of Mrs Zaidee Hughes; critically ill,
not expected to recover.
Mrs Zaidee Hughes seriously ill but
will recover.
Blanche Hughes, aged twelve years;
daughter of Mrs. Zaidee Hughes; seri-
ously i'll but will recover.
In addition to the poisoning of the
three children, the adults of the fam
lily were also more or less sick during
the past week, Mr.. Hughes being ill
for a few hours, his mother, Mrs. l..
Hughes, and his sister, Miss Blanche
Hughes, also being attacked, but have
now recovered.
All of the members of the family
who lived with Mrs. Zaidee Hughes
eldest son, c. l.. Hughes, were taken
i'll Sunday night following supper.
Llewellyn Hughes and G. l.. Hughes,
Jr.. were the most seriously affected
but all who were stricken were rush
ed to the Massie Hospital, where
every effort was made to save their
lives.
Llewellyn and c. l.. Hughes, Jr.
died within a few hours of each other
and Rawleigh Hughes is still in a
critical condition.
1t was at first thought that the well
on the place was responsible for the
trouble, but later it was found that
only those who had eaten the canned
salmon had been made ill.
Examinations were made by physi
clans into every possible source o.
food and water supply which could
have caused the poisoning, the chill
dren showing marked indications o.
arsenic poisoning, it is stated. The
water OF the cistern fell under suspi
cion, and samples of it were sent tt
the Experiment Station at the State
University for analysis.
At the Experiment Station in Lex
ington, it was stated that the attend
ing physicians in the Hughes case, at
ter an autopsy, had brought the stom
ach of the children to Lexington TO
examination as to the cause of death
but that the station was not equipped
to make examinations of this kind il
a way that their findings would b.
conclusive, and hence did not under
take the examination.
The body of Llewellyn Hughes wa
taken TO EliZaville Wednesday fo
burial. He was a bright, manly bo
and had innumerable friends here.
The police and other officials VIII
are working on The case are incline
to the theory tilct poison was place
in the drinking r by the family
A negro woman s..lO had been en-
ployed in the family. 2n'l whose nam
in known to the police had been dis
charged, and went away threatenln
to get even.
The affair is shrouded in myster.
hut it is hoped that il will soon b
cleared up.
Mrs. Zaidee Hughes is sister
Mr.. Perry McCord, of Paris, and is tn
grandmother of the two dead children
and mother of c. L. Hughes, ST., an
Lewellyn Hughes.
Experiments were made on doc
Yesterday with the water suspected
being poisoned, and had the effect
rendering them very sick.