The Southern Herald, Liberty, Mississippi, Friday, August 9, 1912
Mrs. Thos. Berryhill Accidentally Kills child and Suicides
A special from Rosetta of Aug. 6 says: "Mistaking strychnine for calomel Mrs. Thos. Berryhill administered a dose of the poisonous drug today to her little grandson. Realizing her error, Mrs. B. was frantic, and herself took a quantity of the strychnine. Both died a few minutes apart.
She was the wife of one of the most prominent planters of Amite county and resided 3 miles east of this place. The grandson was a great favorite with the Berryhill family, and the couple made much to do over the little chap. Husband vied with the wife in ministering to the lad's comfort.
The boy complained of feeling badly this morning. Mrs. Berryhill coddled him around and said she would soon fix him in shape.
She went to her medicine chest where was kept a full supply of all the old-time remedies usually used in a farmer's household, and took down what she believed to be a bottle containing calomel.
After preparing a mixture, and administering it to the child, the little fellow went into convulsions. Mrs. Berryhill hastily investigated and to her horror discovered that she had got a bottle of strychnine by mistake. The strychnine had been put in the chest by Mr. Berryhill without the knowledge of his wife, and was intended to poison rats about the farm.
Mrs. Berryhill's grief was pathetic. Her screams and cries hastily brought her husband and several neighbors, but before anyone could interfere the panic-stricken woman swallowed a quantity of the strychnine and fell beside the all but lifeless body of her favorite descendant.
The double funeral will occur tomorrow." –Daily Picayune.
Gloster, Miss., Aug. 6—The mistaking of strychnine for calomel resulted in the death of Mrs. T.J. Berryhill and a 12-year-old grandson, residing 12 miles from Gloster. The boy died Saturday and the family was at a loss to account for his sudden demise. The grandmother suddenly succumbed yesterday, and an investigation was at once begun, revealing the cause of the deaths.—Clarion-Ledger.
Another report from Gloster is similar to the above except it was discovered, at once, on Saturday that strychnine had been given by mistake, and the poor grandmother, brooding over it, became crazed with grief to such an extent that she took a dose of the fatal drug on Monday. From another source it is stated that Mrs. Berryhill, also ill, took a dose of the supposed calomel at the same time she gave it to the child.
Be that as it may, the awfully sad and universally deplored fact remains that both are dead from the effects of the same drug, and the sympathy of a host of friends is extended to the bereaved ones.
Mrs. Thos. Berryhill Accidentally Kills child and Suicides
A special from Rosetta of Aug. 6 says: "Mistaking strychnine for calomel Mrs. Thos. Berryhill administered a dose of the poisonous drug today to her little grandson. Realizing her error, Mrs. B. was frantic, and herself took a quantity of the strychnine. Both died a few minutes apart.
She was the wife of one of the most prominent planters of Amite county and resided 3 miles east of this place. The grandson was a great favorite with the Berryhill family, and the couple made much to do over the little chap. Husband vied with the wife in ministering to the lad's comfort.
The boy complained of feeling badly this morning. Mrs. Berryhill coddled him around and said she would soon fix him in shape.
She went to her medicine chest where was kept a full supply of all the old-time remedies usually used in a farmer's household, and took down what she believed to be a bottle containing calomel.
After preparing a mixture, and administering it to the child, the little fellow went into convulsions. Mrs. Berryhill hastily investigated and to her horror discovered that she had got a bottle of strychnine by mistake. The strychnine had been put in the chest by Mr. Berryhill without the knowledge of his wife, and was intended to poison rats about the farm.
Mrs. Berryhill's grief was pathetic. Her screams and cries hastily brought her husband and several neighbors, but before anyone could interfere the panic-stricken woman swallowed a quantity of the strychnine and fell beside the all but lifeless body of her favorite descendant.
The double funeral will occur tomorrow." –Daily Picayune.
Gloster, Miss., Aug. 6—The mistaking of strychnine for calomel resulted in the death of Mrs. T.J. Berryhill and a 12-year-old grandson, residing 12 miles from Gloster. The boy died Saturday and the family was at a loss to account for his sudden demise. The grandmother suddenly succumbed yesterday, and an investigation was at once begun, revealing the cause of the deaths.—Clarion-Ledger.
Another report from Gloster is similar to the above except it was discovered, at once, on Saturday that strychnine had been given by mistake, and the poor grandmother, brooding over it, became crazed with grief to such an extent that she took a dose of the fatal drug on Monday. From another source it is stated that Mrs. Berryhill, also ill, took a dose of the supposed calomel at the same time she gave it to the child.
Be that as it may, the awfully sad and universally deplored fact remains that both are dead from the effects of the same drug, and the sympathy of a host of friends is extended to the bereaved ones.
The Southern Herald, Liberty, Mississippi, Friday, August 9, 1912
Mrs. Thos. Berryhill Accidentally Kills child and Suicides
A special from Rosetta of Aug. 6 says: "Mistaking strychnine for calomel Mrs. Thos. Berryhill administered a dose of the poisonous drug today to her little grandson. Realizing her error, Mrs. B. was frantic, and herself took a quantity of the strychnine. Both died a few minutes apart.
She was the wife of one of the most prominent planters of Amite county and resided 3 miles east of this place. The grandson was a great favorite with the Berryhill family, and the couple made much to do over the little chap. Husband vied with the wife in ministering to the lad's comfort.
The boy complained of feeling badly this morning. Mrs. Berryhill coddled him around and said she would soon fix him in shape.
She went to her medicine chest where was kept a full supply of all the old-time remedies usually used in a farmer's household, and took down what she believed to be a bottle containing calomel.
After preparing a mixture, and administering it to the child, the little fellow went into convulsions. Mrs. Berryhill hastily investigated and to her horror discovered that she had got a bottle of strychnine by mistake. The strychnine had been put in the chest by Mr. Berryhill without the knowledge of his wife, and was intended to poison rats about the farm.
Mrs. Berryhill's grief was pathetic. Her screams and cries hastily brought her husband and several neighbors, but before anyone could interfere the panic-stricken woman swallowed a quantity of the strychnine and fell beside the all but lifeless body of her favorite descendant.
The double funeral will occur tomorrow." –Daily Picayune.
Gloster, Miss., Aug. 6—The mistaking of strychnine for calomel resulted in the death of Mrs. T.J. Berryhill and a 12-year-old grandson, residing 12 miles from Gloster. The boy died Saturday and the family was at a loss to account for his sudden demise. The grandmother suddenly succumbed yesterday, and an investigation was at once begun, revealing the cause of the deaths.—Clarion-Ledger.
Another report from Gloster is similar to the above except it was discovered, at once, on Saturday that strychnine had been given by mistake, and the poor grandmother, brooding over it, became crazed with grief to such an extent that she took a dose of the fatal drug on Monday. From another source it is stated that Mrs. Berryhill, also ill, took a dose of the supposed calomel at the same time she gave it to the child.
Be that as it may, the awfully sad and universally deplored fact remains that both are dead from the effects of the same drug, and the sympathy of a host of friends is extended to the bereaved ones.
Mrs. Thos. Berryhill Accidentally Kills child and Suicides
A special from Rosetta of Aug. 6 says: "Mistaking strychnine for calomel Mrs. Thos. Berryhill administered a dose of the poisonous drug today to her little grandson. Realizing her error, Mrs. B. was frantic, and herself took a quantity of the strychnine. Both died a few minutes apart.
She was the wife of one of the most prominent planters of Amite county and resided 3 miles east of this place. The grandson was a great favorite with the Berryhill family, and the couple made much to do over the little chap. Husband vied with the wife in ministering to the lad's comfort.
The boy complained of feeling badly this morning. Mrs. Berryhill coddled him around and said she would soon fix him in shape.
She went to her medicine chest where was kept a full supply of all the old-time remedies usually used in a farmer's household, and took down what she believed to be a bottle containing calomel.
After preparing a mixture, and administering it to the child, the little fellow went into convulsions. Mrs. Berryhill hastily investigated and to her horror discovered that she had got a bottle of strychnine by mistake. The strychnine had been put in the chest by Mr. Berryhill without the knowledge of his wife, and was intended to poison rats about the farm.
Mrs. Berryhill's grief was pathetic. Her screams and cries hastily brought her husband and several neighbors, but before anyone could interfere the panic-stricken woman swallowed a quantity of the strychnine and fell beside the all but lifeless body of her favorite descendant.
The double funeral will occur tomorrow." –Daily Picayune.
Gloster, Miss., Aug. 6—The mistaking of strychnine for calomel resulted in the death of Mrs. T.J. Berryhill and a 12-year-old grandson, residing 12 miles from Gloster. The boy died Saturday and the family was at a loss to account for his sudden demise. The grandmother suddenly succumbed yesterday, and an investigation was at once begun, revealing the cause of the deaths.—Clarion-Ledger.
Another report from Gloster is similar to the above except it was discovered, at once, on Saturday that strychnine had been given by mistake, and the poor grandmother, brooding over it, became crazed with grief to such an extent that she took a dose of the fatal drug on Monday. From another source it is stated that Mrs. Berryhill, also ill, took a dose of the supposed calomel at the same time she gave it to the child.
Be that as it may, the awfully sad and universally deplored fact remains that both are dead from the effects of the same drug, and the sympathy of a host of friends is extended to the bereaved ones.
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