The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
NO THOUGHT OF SUICIDE, GLOVER
 TELLS DIR. WHELAN
Alarm Given at 3.3O O'Clock by Negro Maid Who Dis covered Mrs. Glover Un- conscious in AnterOom of Husbands Office

Mrs. Alcorn Glover, aged 80 years, died at the Hillman hospital yesterday afternoon at 6,1O o'clock from the ef- fects of methyl alcohol poisoning. Her husband, Alcorn Glover. aged 4s years, we'll known attorney, died at the Hill- man hospital from the same cause Inst night at 11,55 o'clock. c. N. Boyd |. at his home, 21SK North Twenty-ffrst street, in . serious condition, also suf- fering from methSl poisoning.
 From what can Ae learned, the death of MT and Mrs. Glover, as we'll as the illness of c. N. Boyd. was caused through the error of Mir and Mrs. Glover thinking they were drinking grain alcohol when they were really drinking a chemical preparation con slstlng mainly of wood or methyl alco- noi. According to statement made to an Ase-Herald reporter by c. N Boyd, Ji., son of c. N. Boyd, his father had taken but one drink of the poison in the shape of toddy which was given 10 him Wednesday night at 6 o'clock by Mrs. Glover. Yesterday morning he became i'll and summoned a doctor. While his condition Is serious it is thought he will live.
 Taken in GlOver's Office
 The draught was taken in the office of Mir. Glover, 21S1s North Twenty. first street. yesterday afternoon some time between the hours of 2 and } o'clock. Mrs. Glover was found In the anteroom of the office of her husband by Bettie Williamson, a negro maid, at S30 o'clock. At first she thought Mrs. Glover was asleep, but upon trying to awaken her discovered that she was unconscious. The negro ran across the hall into the offices of Dr. A. O. Pat ton and Dr. P. L. Haigler and told them that Mrs. Glover was dying. Dr. Pat ton and Dr. Haigler rushed into the office of Glover and found him uncon- . scious as we'll as Mrs. Glover Johns ambulance was called and MT and Mrs. hospital. Despite tine efforts of the physicians at the hospital Mrs. Glover cied at 6:10 o'clock and MT. Glover al 11:55 o'clock last night.
 By the time he reached the hospital Glover had regained consciousness and walked into the place with little as- slstance. As he reached the door he collapsed. Later, during a semi con . scious period. he told Dr. Charles Whe- Ian. his family physician, that the al cohol was not taken with suicidal in- tent and that they thought they were drinking grain alcohol in lieu of whisky, which could not be gotten He then became delirious and began to call for his wife, saying over and over asain that 1t was all a mistake. He was not told that his wife was dead He soon relapsed into a stupor from which he never recovered.
 c. N. Boyd, Jr., when seen by an Age Herald reporter gave his fathers yer sion of the tragedy:
 According to a statement made to me by my father, all who took drink of the alcohol were of the opinion it was grain and not wood alcohol My father has been feeling badly for the past few days from a severe cold, which settled in his chest. He said that last night Wednesday, at about 5:S0 o'clock, he was lying on a couch in the back of the manufacturing department when Mrs. Glover came to him and told him to take toddy.
 T know you are feeling bad. and I am sure this toddy will make you feel great deal better,'' said Mrs. Glover. My father took the glass, and thinking nothing more drank It. That was yes- terday afternoon at about 5:3O or 6 o'clock. He says that no one else as far as he knows took a drink after that hour. He Is of the opinion that the Glovers took a drink after he had taken the toddy and might have taken a DOT tion of the stuff home with them. My father became very sick this morning and was forced to take his bed and have the attention of a doctor. He had no idea what was wrong with him and had in all probability forgotten about the draught he took the night before.
 Alcohol Was DeodOrized
 'In the manufacture of perfumes and some toilet articles we use quite a bit of chemical alcohol. The alcohol which was taken was wood alcohol. which through a chemical process had been deordorized. I was not aware that any one was drinking it and the first inti- nation of anything wrong was when I learned that the Glovers had been pois- oned. I presume MT. Glover saw the bottle in the back of the plant and think ing it was grain alcohol decided to drink some of it. That is the only way we can account for him having it in his pos- session. He never consulted any one as