New York, 1895
Corporal Patrick Dowling of Company A, United States engineers, at Willets' Point, while playing handball Tuesday morning slipped and fell, breaking his right leg below the knee.
Wholesale Dog Poisoning
There was a wholesale poisoning of dogs in Sag Harbor Sunday night. Some person distributed meat containing strychnine through the streets, which resulted in the death of 25 dogs.
Captain McNicoll Dies Suddenly
Captain William McNicoll of the canal boat Mary Pierson, lying at New's coal dock on the Hunter's Point side of Newtown creek, died suddenly Saturday morning.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 26, 1895, p. 1.
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Father and Son Injured
New York, 1895
George Stone and his son were injured in a runaway accident at Brentwood, on Friday. The men were returning home with a load of wood. Suddenly the dashboard of the wagon slipped, and the wood fell upon the heels of the horses. The animals plunged forward, and father and son were thrown under the wagon, the wheels passing over them. The elder Stone had his leg broken, and the youth sustained a fracture of his foot.
No Trace of Poison
Coroner Strong of Long Island City will make an analysis of the stomach of Annie Royer. The girl came from Islip three weeks ago and died on Thursday in great agony. The doctors who held the autopsy failed to discover any poison, as had been intimated.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 26, 1895, p. 1.
George Stone and his son were injured in a runaway accident at Brentwood, on Friday. The men were returning home with a load of wood. Suddenly the dashboard of the wagon slipped, and the wood fell upon the heels of the horses. The animals plunged forward, and father and son were thrown under the wagon, the wheels passing over them. The elder Stone had his leg broken, and the youth sustained a fracture of his foot.
No Trace of Poison
Coroner Strong of Long Island City will make an analysis of the stomach of Annie Royer. The girl came from Islip three weeks ago and died on Thursday in great agony. The doctors who held the autopsy failed to discover any poison, as had been intimated.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 26, 1895, p. 1.
Monday, May 26, 2008
A Ridiculous Verdict
New York, 1895
End of the Inquest in the Body of Frederick Baker.
The inquest into the death of Frederick Baker of Sands' Point, who was concerned with Bookkeeper Samuel Seeley in defrauding the National shoe and leather bank of New York of $354,000, was concluded before Coroner Elbert Schenck and a jury at Port Washington on Friday. Baker's body was found floating in Long Island sound on Saturday, November 24, and despite the appearances of drowning there was a popular suspicion that he had taken poison. The day before the funeral the stomach and other internal organs of the man were removed and after a superficial examination by Dr. J. H. Bogart of Roslyn; Dr. W. I. Coche of Port Washington, Dr. L. L. Seaman, the medical examiner for the mutual reserve insurance company, and Professor R. A. Witthaus, they were taken to New York for chemical analysis.
The experts were baffled by the presence of poisons contained in the embalming fluid.
Professor Witthaus was the principal witness Friday. He said he had found poisons in the organs, but only such as are used by embalmers — mercury, zinc and arsenic.
The professor would not state that Baker was poisoned, but was positive that death was not caused by drowning. The jury returned a verdict of death from unknown causes.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 1.
End of the Inquest in the Body of Frederick Baker.
The inquest into the death of Frederick Baker of Sands' Point, who was concerned with Bookkeeper Samuel Seeley in defrauding the National shoe and leather bank of New York of $354,000, was concluded before Coroner Elbert Schenck and a jury at Port Washington on Friday. Baker's body was found floating in Long Island sound on Saturday, November 24, and despite the appearances of drowning there was a popular suspicion that he had taken poison. The day before the funeral the stomach and other internal organs of the man were removed and after a superficial examination by Dr. J. H. Bogart of Roslyn; Dr. W. I. Coche of Port Washington, Dr. L. L. Seaman, the medical examiner for the mutual reserve insurance company, and Professor R. A. Witthaus, they were taken to New York for chemical analysis.
The experts were baffled by the presence of poisons contained in the embalming fluid.
Professor Witthaus was the principal witness Friday. He said he had found poisons in the organs, but only such as are used by embalmers — mercury, zinc and arsenic.
The professor would not state that Baker was poisoned, but was positive that death was not caused by drowning. The jury returned a verdict of death from unknown causes.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 1.
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