Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-11
COUNTY PHYSICIAN
IS INVESTIGATING
KISELICK' s UtAIH
Contents of Dead Mans Stom-
ach Taken for Chemical
Analysis.
WIFE AND STEP-DAUOHTER
BEING HELD BY POLICE
Death Was at First Thought tc
Have Been Self
inflicted.
County Physician Mckenzie is busy

County Physician Mckenzie is busy
today on the Investigation to deter
mine the cause of death of Wolf Kise-
lick, who died yesterday under mys-
terious circumstances. The official
probably will make an examination
of the contents of the deceased man 8
stomach.
Mrs. Dora Kiseilck, fifty-five years
old, and her daughter by former
marriage, Miss Silveria Levine,
twenty-five years old, are being held
by the police at the First precinct
station until the mystery surrounding
the death ha s been cleared up.
No charge has been made against
the women by the police, but they
were arrested yesterday by Sergeants
Corb'tt and O'Gara, after County
Physician Mckenzie reported the
suspicious conditions attending the
death of Kiselick, who was sixty-five
years old.
Children OF Kiselick, by his first
wife, asked for an investigation and
detectives were working on the case
all day long under the direction OF
Captain Tuite. 1t is said that Kise-
lick was insured in a Jewish benefit
society which provides the funeral
for its members and also gives $500 IN
widow. He is also said to have 50 0G0
out on mortgage. but Mrs. Kise'ic
last night denied all knowledge of his
financial affairs.
Children Appeal to Authorities.
DR.. William R. Silverstein. of 1875
West Kinney street, was summoned
after midnight Tuesday to Kiselicks
home at 140 West Kinney street. by
Miss Levine, and found the old man
lying on a bed in room OFF the
kitchen unconscious and an odor Of
gas in the room.
Miss Levine and her mother told
the doctor that they had been out all
evening at the theatre and had re-
turned late, to find Kiselick uncon-
scious. They said they were at loss
to explain his condition. because they
did not think he would commit
suicide, although ne was without en-
ployment and much depressed In
spirit because of that fact
DR.. S'lverstein Summoned DR..
Thomas NJ. PASCAL. of 6s7 Summer
avenue who brought the Public Ser
this instr uYneYt, Hiseiick was restored
to consciousness. About o'clock in
the morning DIR. Silverstein left, be-
lievinR the man was out of danger.
After brief period however, Kise-
lick commenced to 7-~ow weaker and
d:od at 8 o'clock. When the county
physician was summoned he was
puzzled by the conditions found by
him. and a preliminary examination
disclc sed that a thorough investiga-
ton would be needed to explain the
case. He will not discuss the matter.
but let 1t be understood that he Is
not convinced that gas alone killed
Kiselick
Note Creates Suspicion.
Even IL the condition of the body
were not enough to arouse the exam
iner's suspicious. ne found in one of
the pockets of the dead msn note
which Is said 10 make direct charges
against two of Kiselick's relatives.
The contents of the note have not
been made public, nor the exact cir
cumstances of its finding. but the ru-
NOR is that the note was written on
g loose scrap of paper and was not
inciosed In an envelope.
When informed they would have to
be detained each was perfectly cool
and each DECLARED that 1t was rid.cu-
lous to think that there was anything
mysterious about the death of Mr..
Kiselick
Miss Levine says she first ran to the
office of DR.. Victor Parsonnet. but
he was in bed and she then went to
Beth Israel Hospital She states
that there she was told the doctors
did not go out on calls and she then
got DIR. Silverstein.
Eleven years ago Kiselics's first
wife died from what at first was be-
lieved to be arsenic poisoning. An
autopsy at the time showed that she
died from the effects of eating mush-
rooms.