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Show STRYCHNINE IS FOUND IN THE BODY OF THOMAS I Brigham Pity, April 29 That strychnine was present in the stomach stom-ach and stomach contents of A. J. Thomas, who died mysteriously at' Wlllard on April 8, and also in the j stomach and stomach contents of the j pig lhat died after eating refuse from the table of the Grandprc hotel at which Thomas breakfasted for the last time, was the vital import of a toxicologies I report received yesterday yester-day by County Atlortipy William .1 Lowe from State Chemist Herman Harms Inquest Into the circumstances of the death of Thomas will be resumed resum-ed at Willard at 2 o'clock today. Ac j cording to the report of the state chemist, the sugar taken from the breakfast table and also mush from the table recovered from the refuse j from which the pig ate. both contain j od the poison. Other sugar and sam j pies of mu6h, cooked and uncooked taken from the hotel kitchen, werf Found free from poison In speaking of the case today, after I he had read the report of Mr. Harms, County Attorney Lowe said "The coroner s inquest will convene at Willard tomorrow afternoon at 2 o clock, at which time the report of Mr. Harms and other evidence will be submitted. The only question j that concerns us now is. Who put i the strychnine in the sugar? The evl dencc gathered proved conclusively that both man and beast died from strychnine poison The evidence at hand further shows that our belief that the members who ate at the breakfast table were also poisoned, and that there came near being a 'wholesale' poisoning, with numerous deaths, was correct," In making the analysis. Chemist Harms treated the stomachs and contents con-tents separately In the case of both the man and the pig. The summary of this report follows: "The entire stomach of A J. Thorn as contained one and one-half grains of strychnine and the entire contents one and three fourths grains. The entire stomach of the pig contained two-fifths of a grain of strvchnine and the entire contents one and one-fourth one-fourth grains. The package of cook ed mush submitted from the mush thrown out as refuse contained one and one-fifth grains of strychnine, while the package of cooked mush submitted from the hotel kitchen con talned none and the package of uncooked un-cooked mush submitted contained none. The package of sugar submitted contained two grains of strychnine " An ordinary poisonous dose of strychnine, according to Mr. Harms, j is one-fourth grain. The strychnine found in the stom-' achs is not the portion that caused j the death of either A. J. Thomas or the pig, but represents the excessive or unused portion at the time of death. |
