Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-02 | Page 15 | 700 Deaths Last Year in N. Y. from Poison Bootleg

Deaths Last I Year in N NY Y From I Poison Bootleg J NEW YORK Aug 2 AP AP- AP Seven hundred persons died in New York City from poison liquor last year J J. J W W. Quillen Guillen chief chemist of the bureau of internal revenue said today in in issuing a warning against drinking drink irig ing bootleg whisky When he became chief chemist in in 1921 75 per cent of the hard liquor samples received for analysis analysis sis sis were straight whisky he added In 1924 whisky of of the pre prohibition pre type had been ex exhausted ex cx- hausted and denatured alcohol made its appearance redistilled in m March 1925 S Samples containing wood alcohol alco alco- alcohol hol have been coming to the bureau bureau bu bu- bu reau recently he said f- f