The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-14

by the mother on last Saturday, but
later developments in the case have
demonstrated without doubt that these
did not cause the sickness.
Child Taken Ill Sunday.
Charles, the three-year-old child who
died as result of the strange illness
on Wednesday morning, was taken i'll
on Sunday morning. 1t was at first
thought that he was suffering from a
form of indigestion, but later when he
went into spasms a physician was
called. When the child continued to
be i'll, other doctors were called into
consultation and all were baffled by
the strange illness
The case became more complicated
on Tuesday when Edwiga, the four
year-old daughter, was taken similarly
III. The mother also was slightly af-
tected by the poisoning at that time.
Baby Died on Wednesday.
Early Wednesday morning the baby
died in commissions. The mother at
that time was seriously i'll and not ex-
pected to live; she has recovered partly
but other members of the family have
been affected by the illness. Physi-
clans today held out little hope for the
recovery of four-year-old Edwiga.
Billy, aged six, another child, was
taken seriously i'll at the school on
Thursday and is in the first stages of
the strange malady.
The body of thel baby was taken to
the Pawinsky funeral home on Milwau-
kee avenue where it was prepared for
burial The funeral services were held
this morning at the St. Peters church
with interment following in the family
plot in the St. George cemetery.
Late this morning the other two chill
dren were taken to the ST. GATHERINGS
hospital.
eve have no hopes whatever of saw
ing the life of the little girl" declared
one of the physicians in charge. at is
our belief that she will die before
evening. The other child is now in a
stupor and his case is not yielding to
treatment"
Caused By Bad Food.
The physicians declared that the
theory that the children had been pois-
oned by the grapes had been proven
false by reason of the fact that Billy.
the last one to be taken i'll, had eaten
none OF the grapes. 1t was stated that
the illness must have been caused by
the eating of some decayed or poison
Gus food, which because of the extreme
hot weather affected the organic sys-
TENS of the children.
Several physicians have been called
in consultation and all admit that thew
have not yet been able to diagnose en-
tirely the cause of the illness. One of
the physicians declared that the NAL
>ady most nearly resembled cases of the
Asiatic plague, sometimes called chol-
era, but that it could not be this afflic-
ton because more persons in the COM
munity would be affected if such was
the case. Proper precautions are be :
ing taken to protect the members of
the family from eating any other poi
sonous food.
Mother is Recovering.
A strange feature of the case is that
the attacks upon the various members
of the family have been separated by
several days. This also is basis for the
belief that the grapes, first blamed for
the tragedy, are not the cause of the
illness.
Late this afternoon it was stated by
one of the physicians that the mother
had probably not suffered from the
same affliction as have the three chill
dren in the family. She was not taken
with a stupor similar to that which
affected the three childrene and it is
believed that she was suffering from
some form of indigestion. Reports
from the hospital late this afternoon
declared that there had been no change
in the condition of the children. The
mother, who refused to be separated
| from the children. is at their bedsides.