Show NEWMAN ERB POISONED newman erb wealthy financier and railroad reorganizer who swallowed two poison tablets by mistake thursday was confined to his summer home at deal N J calmly awaiting the outcome of the efforts being made by three specialists to save his life ho he spent a comfortable night is virtually free from pain and is is entirely conscious physicians hope that the prompt rejection of the poison by the stomach and the first aid rendered by mr E erbs abs valet prevented all but a small amount of the poison from entering the financiers system however they have told mr erb and his family that if a considerable quantity of the poison ente entered it will be two and possibly four or five days before any serious serious symptoms become apparent mr erbs family today explain ed how he came to take the poison he was returning to deal from new york having spent the previous day and night in philadelphia in his traveling bag ag lie he carried a bottle of headache tablets and another confining fining poison tablets which he used in making a wash for an foot mr erb had a head ache when he be boarded the train and took two tablets from one of he bottles A short time later ie was taken ill the conductor sent a message to mr erbs home and his valet met him at the station because of his prominence in the railroad and financial world mr erbs case is attracting much attention |