| Show POISONED BY WHISKEY three members of a family placed at deaths door cas ate e somewhat similar to the dunning poisoning the liquor having been sent by mail and by unknown par ties one of the victims will die new york sept 5 john hills a well to do ice lee dealer deale of second street his wife and sister in law miss mies mary 1 I conlin have been poisoned by whiskey which had been sent through the mail to the house the case in many respects Is 19 similar to the poisoning ol 01 mrs dun ning and mrs deane by means of a box of candy sent to them through the tho mails mail mrs hills received by mail last tuesday a small package which contained a bottle about aboul tour four inches high bearing a whiskey label she received a second and similar package on wednesday and in that found another email small bottle bottlo Is labeled a different brand of whiskey she received a third package on friday it was larger than the others and in a bottle hottle which had evidently contained toiler water mr hills his wife and sister inlaw in law were at the home last night when hills thought of the liquors and told her husband of 0 thorn them th there ere was 4 j just net enough liquor in the bottle to give each one ona an average sized drink it was pronounced pond good whisky when the three had each tasted it the three persons became afflicted with a strange illness within bait half an hour of drinking tho the whiskey and their symptoms becoming alarming mr hills whose powerful frame withstood the attack better than the women ran to dr leyendecker who expressed the opinion that they were suit suffering ering from a powerful potion either atropine or belladonna dr leyendecker summoned assie assistance tance and atao notified the police and alter after awhile mr hills and hia his wife were pronounced out of danger miss conlin the doctor said would probably die mr hills eaid said be he has no enemy that he knows of |
