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Show FIVE DIE US RESULT OF EATING CURED SPOHCH Seldom has the heavy hand of death inflicted greater loss upon one family, or more widespread shock and gri.-i among hosts of friends and relatives residing in Utah and Idaho, than the death of Samuel P. Richards, one of, Idaho's leading citizens, and four members mem-bers of his family at Carey, Idaho, as I the quick result of ptomaine poisoning poison-ing from eating spinach, canned by the family last fall. The dead: SAMUEL P RICHARDS, cousin of; Judge Charles C. Richards and uncle of William Stephens and Horace En-' sign, all of Ogden. He died this morning. morn-ing. MRS ELIZA B RICHARDS, 61 years old. wife of Mr. Richards AMELIA BLANCHE RICHARDS, their daughter. 26 yearfl old. CLAUDE RICHARDS, son, about 30 years old. ANOTHER DAUGHTER, who died Monday. The family ate the canned spinach i Thursday of last week. The mother t and two daughters died Sunday and i Monday. The father lingered until 1 Thursday. Everything possible was t done to save them. ; All of the family wore well known in Ogden, where they resided until they moved to Id;iho. about fifteen ; years ago. The family home was at Five Points, where Mr. Richards had ( a store. He also was a newspaper man and was engaged in the book business, j He long was prominent in Idaho's business bus-iness life and the whole family was prominent and popular in social activities. activ-ities. J Samuel Streeper and I. P. Richards of Ogden are among the closer relatives rela-tives of the stricken family. They have gone to Carey, together with Senator Sen-ator John E. Plncock of Idaho and many other relatives and friends. Four members of the family were buried yesterday. j rr |
