The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-07
thursday CLUB
LUNCHEON FATAL
/. TO ITS MEMBERS
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liked with the doctors at his beds ii
II declared ne could see when ke shu,
be eve but that objects were HAY
ihen both eyes were open. His throat
ias partly paralyEed az the time.
Airs. spicer talked with Mrs Yum
Rnnon Friday morning. according 10
III Spicer. Mrs. Nunkannon laughed,
nd said she was III
1T guess they'll be accusing ms OF
Avlng drunk some Of that wood aioa
81 I've been reading about In IT,
apers, she said, For l can harH.
he this morning"
This was the blindness resultant i"@N
hting the poison olives, which uGnl
ested itself in all OF the victims J..
pre- they died. and from which
funkannon suffered before lac lapseG
BIO unconsci ousness,
Three Of the victims Mrs. tfottnt
irs. Vunkannon and Mr lyy-had chi
rem. Mrs Crofford was 'he mother ot
( l-yearrold son, Herbert. Jr. Mrs.
funkannon was the mother or MAXIM
2ib -year-old daughter Who seems
kelly 20 be left an orphan by the po.Sg
4 the fatal fruit. Mr. Ivy had a 10.
ear -old son. Mrs. Hammond was enid
sss
! The body Of Mrs. Hammond was pre-
ared for burial by the spencer com
any and was sent Friday nigAt 10 EN-
nsville, Ind. for burial
Mrs. Crofford's body also vas pro
AIRED for burial by the Spencer COM
any. and will be sent saturday night
b Covington, Tenn. She told her sis
hr-in-law Friday night that she ate
MY five Of the poison olives:
I Funeral services for Mrs Nunkahhoh
ma Mr., wv have not been completed
hey are being held up pending the
utcome OF Mr. Nunkannoh's Illness.
q w, Norris 4 Co. unuertakers, nave
repaired the two bodies for burial
IF. A. Mantel. city chemist and hac-
hTioloKist recalled the tragedy in De
foit some months ago, In which sew
raj deaths were ira 2od directly 70
bison ripe olives He explained that
he fatalities were the result In that
ase of bacteria present In the fruit.
faeeahle to improper sterilization at
be time OF canning,
The germs form spores, Mr. Mantel
hid This is sort Of envelope into
ghich a number Of the germs are en-
losed These are present in the fruit,
tut do not multiply until placed in q
nore favorable condition, such as eX-
Ess in the human stomach. The spores
Dissolve and the bacteria Is freed,
In advanced stages, the canned fruit
II vegetable becomes soft and mushy.
nd If sufficient degree Of decOmDo-
ation lis reached an offensive odor
gmanates from the decaylng matter.
But frequently the fruit has not
cached the decomposition stage whore
he bad odor is noticeable, and there
ore the fact that the bacteria is pres
ut can not be detected
The only way to prevent poisoning
rom such fruit is by recookng the
bod, DIR, Mantel said SATURDAY. Steril'-
alton In canning plants generally is a.
omplshed by steam, he sald G. sa.v
ills the bacteria, when the fruit is
ept In the steam for a sufficient tive
In. Mantel said Not only in goods
ut up In a canning plant do these
eadly germs lurk, brt they may be
resent In home-canncd products, he
All ripe olives OF the brand served by
lrs. George Nupkannon. 1l24 Trigg
venue. viii be condemned and de-
.royed by city authorities Immediately,
TO an announcement made
aturday morning by DIR. J. l., An
rews. head of the city health depart
Ient, following n conference with +. A,
Iaftel, city chemist,
Officers from both the health de.
artment and city chemists office were
lspatched early Saturday to ascertain
10 brand served by Mrs Vunkannon
nd as soon as this information is Sc
1red the necessary steps Will be taken
} have them removed from the local
larket.
Following the deaths in Detroit sew
raj months ago from eating ripe olives,
!. A.. Mantel, city chemist. received in
tructions from the government to To-
ate and remove from the market all
me olives Of the brand served In De-
.oit.
AT that time perhaps dozen cans
'ere found on the shelves OF one OF
ie prominent downtc"n grocers. These
ere destroyed. Owing to Mrs. Yum
annnn's death considerable difficulty
being experienced by the city health
lficiaIs In ascertainng the name OF
le manufacturer OF the olives and the
cal store from which they were pur-
nased.
According to Mr.. Mantel germ in
he ripe olives Is not destroyed when
AIMED by what Is known as the cold
ack method, The germ lies dormant
ntil the can is opened and therefore
I've no warning to persons eating the
-uit The action Of the germ Is rapid
I manifested after the can is opened
nd death ensues In very short
lille. Mr.. Mantel stated Saturday
hat any person eating the poisoned
lives had but slim chance Of re-
overy and ncinted out that all per-
pms who had eaten such olives In De-
roit recently had died while those who
My tasted them had become violently
|, but had recovered,