Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-29
REVEALS FINDINGS AND ASKS
FOR WARRANTS: FINDS ROACH
POWDER ON TRAY Of FOOD

DR.. William H. Wolfram. whose ut
terances In regard to the health situ-
alton in this city have set the city
thinking and thinking hard within
the past nine days, started yesterday
on an examination of restaurants and
eating places of the city which dis
closed the fact that In the doctors
phraseology. they are filthy, rotten
dry"
Following these inspections. DIR.
Wolfram Immediately started to work
to secure warrants for the arrest of
several of the proprietors of these
places for fragrant violations of the
health ordinances which he declares
he found.
The first step taken was a sudden
anu unexpected inspection of the
Modern restaurant at 16b Smith
street of which George Bloyen Ia the
manager and partner, at 1is0 o'clock
on Monday morning.
He had received complaints against
the place and, he says, an officer OF the
Customs Intelligence Bureau told d~him
that he had become Ill after eating
there When he entered the place the
men in charge were reluctant to allow
him to make the inspection. He.
ed States oficiaL and as an assistant
health officer of this city and was al
lowed to proceed molested. He
asked to see the Ice box wherein were
kept the foodstuffs to be sold to Gus
toners. In the ice box he says he
found seven cans Of partly decom-
posed foods. to wit:
One can sauer kraut; the can being
rusted inside.
One can sardines: one half full and
the fish spoiled.
One can salmon; one quarter FULL
can oorroded and with stencil. (In
relation to this, DR.. Wolfram said that
there would be several headaches in
the city today. had persons consumed
that salmon.)
One can corn, one half full. contain
ing spores and decomposed.
Two cans mushrooms partly full;
bad odor. ri -el..-
One can sweet peppers: musty.
The Modern, he said, was guilty on
three counts: Namely, keeping canned
food in the original containers. after
the containers were opened. keeping
decomposed foods and havinf foods in
the ice box. uncovered. and with other
foods.
In the kitchen of the Modern there
were six cans of foods lying near the
stove. he says, of which Ave were in
fair condition, but one was bad.
Samples of these foodstuffs were
tories where they are to be chemically
anaiyzed. When he attempted to take
the cans, DIR. Wolfram claims. Bloyen
attempted 30 bribe him, saying that
he could not afford to have the fact
that he had bad food In his place get
into the newspapers. He offered the
physician anything If he would re-
frain from taking the foods away. DR..
Wolfram says he refused to accept all
as well as three very fine cigars which
Bioyen offered to him, saying:
'The desire for good health pro-
gram In Perth Amboy must not be in
terfered with by desire for pecuniary
or political gain"
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning
DIR. Wolfram again sprung a surprise
visit on the Modern. Accompanied
by Inspector Thomas Wilhelm. of the
Board of Health, he unexpectedly
made his second visit to the place
within twenty-four hours.
He says that he found trays of un-
covered foods In the place and trays
of baked apples (Which he had prev
iously told the proprietor to cover)
still exposed. The apples and several
pies and cakes in the place were COW
cred with a fine brown dust. he says.
which was also sprinkled on some of
the furniture. Bloyen claimed that
the substance was sugar. The physi-
clan tasted 1t and found that it/was
not sweet.
IT WAS POISONOUS ROACH
POWDER. Finally Bloyen and his
brother admitted that the substance
was roach powder, and showed DR..
Wolfram the CAN AND THE GUN
WITH WHICH 1T WAS SPRINKLED
ON THE FOOD. ON THE CAN
WE'RE THE INSTRUCTIONS NOT
TO PLACE THE POWDER WHERE
1T WOULD GET INTO THE LUNGS
CAUSE 1T WOULD MEAN SURE
DEATH.
The doctor took a sample of tie
apples and it is now safely slowed
away in the refrigerator of the labor
atory of the Board OF Health.