Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-28
81 DEATHS OCCUR
IN NEW ENGLAND
Investigation Reveals Supply of
Drink Came From New
York Dealer.
CHICAGO CLAIMS 8 VICTIMS
Georgia Court Will Ask Death
Penalty for All Persons
Convicted.

u Us "niskE. mas caused seventy
seven deaths that are known during
s "e psst torty-cisht hours. and has
!'"oeo so many persons that all trac,.
nSs oeeH lost OF their number Tho
greatest mortality from drinking uond
: alcohol occurred in Massachn..t..
"htre hfty-seven died Thirteen do,
III hartford. Conn. Chicago had foun.
victims and New York one.
ih!:sy-siX of the nfty-seven Massa
:husetts victims died in Chicopee,
'h Ths Ssav ,ne de ana t W. women
Mass, and Hsrt fn 'o Conn IN Chhiieopee.
.ributed to so.calied whisky W" Ss,i az,
S Snn1. sent ,n to these places from NeS
eelebrato of the hoiidays. The tn mh,sy
Ky was said TO have been m,Se -,
wood alcohol. w
Place Death Lis, a, a..
The death list in Chicopee resu,,i
from the drinking of ",NhiskV sn;sG;
oy Medical Examiner Fletcher to con
fs stivi Wood ale, alcohol. during Christmas
night ~ i've To-
we All cs saloGns az hers and in Holyoke
nee on orders from the district al az
ev eysTy b ho"r Of The day. and early
RIA nf aiSiefS H sna
70 the hospitals Or rt tSe iffts s.stim n,
aii exs sa5es on entering ; Mercy Hospital
person alive was not expected to live
-Four Saioonkeepers Held. @
r. E9"r sa'oonkeepers arrested in Hart
tSrd r9r , seiIsing The stuff We're held
Of the american, House. in Chic hicopee.
We're, said to have drunk Of the poison.
mas been held without bail on, the Or
other arrests are expected. TIE Ssy.
Of at least some OF the poison M wis WIS
nX n ds, been 4, TRACED to certain whole
ciared tonight, and his arrest Isl eN.t
pectsd 70 be ordered by Big Bill" Ed
W hs Sew Scp assss S hs
containing the wood alcohol bore no
poison signs or the customary skull
ana crossbones'. 1T was declared
Hooze Delivered by Truck.
District Attorney Martin. OF Bronx
County. said tonight he had received
telephone message from his assist
vino the is harra os w God s ss5aE
whisky" which was responsible for
number Of deaths there was orig
Street RaFeho~ss in r0 New yo reenT TSs
liquor. inc said. had been bought by i,
man from the Bronx. resold to Hart
truck. 49,
The district, attorney said he had
the name of the man from whom-tfe
liquor was purchased and of several
others who were implicated in the
deal. Detectives are now looking for
symptoms Produced.
The symptoms produced on taking
wood ALCOHOL are the following" said
Or, $. Dana Hubbard. acting director
OF Industrial Hygiene: Nausea. vomit4
ing, violent headache. vertigo comt
and amhlyopia fblindness> in varying
The mode OF elimination is by tile
lungs, Kidneys and skin. The small
results is one consisting of two tea
spoonfuls. the result being total
blindness" L.
Atlanta. Ga, through Solicitor John
a. Boykin, served notice on all boot:
leEsers today, according to advices
received here tonight. that the death
sons convicted OF selling whisky
containing wood alcohol. "All SUCH
cases brought Sef9re me will be Wig
Boyk.n. a.
Two Die in pittsburgh.
Two persons have died In Pittsbursh,
according to dispatches from that citS,
whisky" while celebrating Christmas.
-Four prominent physicians and lead
ing druggist have been taken in
UP Il ring which was alleged to have
been violating wartime prohibition
we're wl@ hsia Sner bo TheS
charges OF having violated the war
time prob. bition law. The physicians
with knowingly and unla wtully pre-
scribing whisky" for a special agent
OF the Department of Justice, The
TO the Federal agent quart OF whisky
for beverage purposes" 9i.i
Women Victims In Chicago.
In Chicago four persons. two Of them
wood alcohol. making a total OF eight
such deaths in Chicago in forty-eiShts
hours or thirty-four since July I,
aroused and several arrests were made
Drinks containing wood alcohol wert
called sGrSners Soektaiis by Cor,
public warning, against the fatai
drafts and said he would attempt5
TO band coroners and other public OFFS
vent the sale OF, poisoned LIQUOR. Bothn
the coroner and the city health conl-
mis- s!oeG nr, John pin Rober.son
result either in blindness or Death. 81
The police arrested the manager az
department store at whose establish
ment pint bottles OF wood alcohol had
been given away with So Christmsss.
saloonkeeper who died yesterday Md
arrested, and she IS said TO have ADJ
mit.sa mi Sh Wood alcohol with othsEs;
chased from druggist. and ne aisp,
was arrested. nj nj
Stops Sale at Camps. stn4
Walter II. REYNOLDS. director of ths,
Wan Camp Community Service EfoS5
Nassau and Queen Counties. announcrr
today he had begun n crusade agafHA%
.'trsons who are selling hard ci6e~
and Limitation" whisky to soidj6,es
stationed at the aviation fields srouaat
comp Mills. In some cases. - WAS, aEss