The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-04-03
WOMAN PLANNED
death" DINNER
SET TABLE WITH WEDDING
SILVER, AND PUT POISON
IN LEMONADE.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-With her we'd
ding silver, cut glass and linens ar
ranged on the family dining table
Mrs. Rachael Go1din, 48 year old, wlte
of a wealthy fur exporter, was SAID
by police to have staged dinner
of death designed to poison husband,
daughter and self, in their beautiful
bungalow at 1875 Vinton avenue, IN
the heart of an exclusive residence
section of Memphis.
Bichloride of mercury tablets were
dropped stealthi1y into silver pitcher
containing lemonade and prepared by
the woman while her husbands back
was turned, police said. Members OF
the family admitted their acceptance
of this theory as suggested in the cor
oner's verdict following an autopsy,
inquest and the finding of the bottle
of poison in the Goldin home.
AS the wife quaffed goblet of the
poisoned lemonade she pushed anoth-
er over to her husband. The daughter
Miss Sarah Go1din, was delayed al
the home of a friend and escaped.
Louis Goldin, 81, the husband, Sc
Nor member OF the Goldin Bloom
Co.. took one swallow.
THE stuff tasted SO bitter l could
not drink it." he explained.
Mrs. Goldin died at Baptist Memo
rial hospital one week later. She new
err revealed her reason for the weird
deed. Goldn, who was made violently
III has recovered fully. He said his
wife had been in declining health tor Tor
FIVE wears. He had expended $35,000
in fees to specialists and in sending
her to Battle Greek and other health
resorts. 1t was said her mind had be-
come affected
Prominent Family.
The Goldin family is one of the
most prominent in Jewish circles OF
Memphis. One brother of Mrs. Col
din is Rabbi Pincus Zissman, of Mad
ison, Wis. another is Rabbi H. Ziss-
man, of Meridian, Miss, and third
is Jacob Zissman, commercial agent
in Siberia.
Details of the strange death mys-
tery did not come to light until ply
sicians had declined to sign death
certificate foF-the woman. The coro-
ner was pressed into service by hos
spital authorities. Coroner N. T.. In
gram impaneled a jury and ordered
an autopsy in the laboratory OF the
University of Tennessee.
An analysis of the woman's stom-
ach showed bichloride OF mercury
poisoning and verdict to that end
was rendered at the inquest, but no
responsibility was placed. A search OF
the home revealed a bottle OF the
poison tablets, but it bore no label
to indicate where it was purchased.
Meanwhile, every effort was made
to suppress all the facts in the case.
The undertakers were instructed not
10 publish ahe usual death notice, the
rites and burial were private, the cor
oner had given out no information
and the news did not leak out until
a pathologist related the story to In
spector Griffin of the detective bu-
reau.
The family. resented any intrusion
bv the authorities until after the usual
period of mourning, covering seven
DAYS, was observed in orthodox Gus
tom.
Mrs. Goldin was in intense pain
for eight days before she died, an
intimate friend of the family told the
detectives She thought the pain had
been visited upon her by God, but 1t
was not necessary that she confess to
her husband or family anything she
might have done. We think nothing
strange of her deathbed silence. The
matter was between she and God, II
she had peace to make.