The Warren Tribune, Friday, August 28, 1903
Child Was Poisoned.Little Son of Anderson Gundy Drank Daisy Fly Killer.
Another Child Poisoned.
Another of Mr. Gundy was made sick from the same cause a few days previous.
Daisy Fly Killer caused the death of the twenty months old son of Anderson Gundy, who lives near the Gundy school house in Jefferson township, Thursday afternoon.
The child had been left in charge of Fern Brown and a daughter of Rev. C.A. Billheimer, of this city, while its mother was at the home of Milton Denton, a neighbor, whose son had died on the previous day. The young ladies, having charge of the baby did not see it get the poison, which was in a window, and it is not known when the stuff was taken. At noon the little boy was in usual health and it was not until about three o'clock that he was seen to be sick. About four o'clock the mother was summoned and the child was past relief when she arrived at home. Dr. C.H. Good was notified and started at once, but the baby was dead before the doctor reached the stricken home.
About a week previous an older brother of the little boy had gotten some of the poison and for a time was very sick, but an emetic brought relief. It was thought that the poison was out of the baby's reach, but unfortunately such proved not to be the case.
The Daisy Fly Killer which caused the baby's death is put up in a tin box and has in the top a number of holes in which small sponges are placed. When water is poured into the box it mixes with the poison and the sponges are saturated with the deadly stuff. The baby had pulled the cork from one of the boxes and in that manner had got enough of the poison to cause its death. The prints of his teeth could be plainly seen on the cork. Mrs. Gundy had been told that the mixture was not dangerous to anything having lungs and for that reason had not been as careful as she otherwise would have been.
Short funeral service was held at the house by Rev. C.A. Billheimer and the remains were interred at the Union Chapel.
Child Was Poisoned.Little Son of Anderson Gundy Drank Daisy Fly Killer.
Another Child Poisoned.
Another of Mr. Gundy was made sick from the same cause a few days previous.
Daisy Fly Killer caused the death of the twenty months old son of Anderson Gundy, who lives near the Gundy school house in Jefferson township, Thursday afternoon.
The child had been left in charge of Fern Brown and a daughter of Rev. C.A. Billheimer, of this city, while its mother was at the home of Milton Denton, a neighbor, whose son had died on the previous day. The young ladies, having charge of the baby did not see it get the poison, which was in a window, and it is not known when the stuff was taken. At noon the little boy was in usual health and it was not until about three o'clock that he was seen to be sick. About four o'clock the mother was summoned and the child was past relief when she arrived at home. Dr. C.H. Good was notified and started at once, but the baby was dead before the doctor reached the stricken home.
About a week previous an older brother of the little boy had gotten some of the poison and for a time was very sick, but an emetic brought relief. It was thought that the poison was out of the baby's reach, but unfortunately such proved not to be the case.
The Daisy Fly Killer which caused the baby's death is put up in a tin box and has in the top a number of holes in which small sponges are placed. When water is poured into the box it mixes with the poison and the sponges are saturated with the deadly stuff. The baby had pulled the cork from one of the boxes and in that manner had got enough of the poison to cause its death. The prints of his teeth could be plainly seen on the cork. Mrs. Gundy had been told that the mixture was not dangerous to anything having lungs and for that reason had not been as careful as she otherwise would have been.
Short funeral service was held at the house by Rev. C.A. Billheimer and the remains were interred at the Union Chapel.
The Warren Tribune, Friday, August 28, 1903
Child Was Poisoned.Little Son of Anderson Gundy Drank Daisy Fly Killer.
Another Child Poisoned.
Another of Mr. Gundy was made sick from the same cause a few days previous.
Daisy Fly Killer caused the death of the twenty months old son of Anderson Gundy, who lives near the Gundy school house in Jefferson township, Thursday afternoon.
The child had been left in charge of Fern Brown and a daughter of Rev. C.A. Billheimer, of this city, while its mother was at the home of Milton Denton, a neighbor, whose son had died on the previous day. The young ladies, having charge of the baby did not see it get the poison, which was in a window, and it is not known when the stuff was taken. At noon the little boy was in usual health and it was not until about three o'clock that he was seen to be sick. About four o'clock the mother was summoned and the child was past relief when she arrived at home. Dr. C.H. Good was notified and started at once, but the baby was dead before the doctor reached the stricken home.
About a week previous an older brother of the little boy had gotten some of the poison and for a time was very sick, but an emetic brought relief. It was thought that the poison was out of the baby's reach, but unfortunately such proved not to be the case.
The Daisy Fly Killer which caused the baby's death is put up in a tin box and has in the top a number of holes in which small sponges are placed. When water is poured into the box it mixes with the poison and the sponges are saturated with the deadly stuff. The baby had pulled the cork from one of the boxes and in that manner had got enough of the poison to cause its death. The prints of his teeth could be plainly seen on the cork. Mrs. Gundy had been told that the mixture was not dangerous to anything having lungs and for that reason had not been as careful as she otherwise would have been.
Short funeral service was held at the house by Rev. C.A. Billheimer and the remains were interred at the Union Chapel.
Child Was Poisoned.Little Son of Anderson Gundy Drank Daisy Fly Killer.
Another Child Poisoned.
Another of Mr. Gundy was made sick from the same cause a few days previous.
Daisy Fly Killer caused the death of the twenty months old son of Anderson Gundy, who lives near the Gundy school house in Jefferson township, Thursday afternoon.
The child had been left in charge of Fern Brown and a daughter of Rev. C.A. Billheimer, of this city, while its mother was at the home of Milton Denton, a neighbor, whose son had died on the previous day. The young ladies, having charge of the baby did not see it get the poison, which was in a window, and it is not known when the stuff was taken. At noon the little boy was in usual health and it was not until about three o'clock that he was seen to be sick. About four o'clock the mother was summoned and the child was past relief when she arrived at home. Dr. C.H. Good was notified and started at once, but the baby was dead before the doctor reached the stricken home.
About a week previous an older brother of the little boy had gotten some of the poison and for a time was very sick, but an emetic brought relief. It was thought that the poison was out of the baby's reach, but unfortunately such proved not to be the case.
The Daisy Fly Killer which caused the baby's death is put up in a tin box and has in the top a number of holes in which small sponges are placed. When water is poured into the box it mixes with the poison and the sponges are saturated with the deadly stuff. The baby had pulled the cork from one of the boxes and in that manner had got enough of the poison to cause its death. The prints of his teeth could be plainly seen on the cork. Mrs. Gundy had been told that the mixture was not dangerous to anything having lungs and for that reason had not been as careful as she otherwise would have been.
Short funeral service was held at the house by Rev. C.A. Billheimer and the remains were interred at the Union Chapel.
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