Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-14 | Page 2 | Poison in Ginger Ale

POISON IN GINGER ALE Coroner Believes Portland Woman Was Murdered. PORTLAND, Or.. Aug. 13. It Is tho belief be-lief of Coroner Flnlcy that Mrs. Mlnnlo Van Dran. who died yesterday after drinking drink-ing a bottlo of ginger ale, waB a victim of foul play. Mrs. Vun Dran was tho wlfo of Kaspcr Van Dran, a saloon-keeper, vho was recently flhot ' and dangerously wounded by a rival In business. Chomlcal analysis was mado today of the contents of tho woman's stomach and of tho remainder of tho liquid In the bottlo from which, she drank, show tho presence of a largo quantity of prusslc acid. When Mrs. Van Dran died It was believed be-lieved that tho alo became poisoned through carelessness In tho process of making.