Shocking Case of Poisoning

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 78, 31 December 1891, Page 2

Shocking Case of P oisoning

\J SAD TERMINATION .'TAMWED--1 DING PARTY, v .'.-. -.'; •;-. ''Y.yiiSy.Y.VYj., \\u .■j,j>;ii.,::il; ) . Iybb uiritropaßss'issociAMbi.'l-*^ ; I.ii ..1; ;> Mastbbtom, December 30. I — -Asad oase of poisoning occurred at: F Pahiatua; oh? Ohjistmas iDay, when,'the'i whole, of" tho, gneats of 'Mr 0. Taylor^! : whose daughter's c< wedding was being i "celebrated, were attacked" 'with ryipltnt ' vomiting and other symptoms of poison- j ing, after dinner. Medical aid was im-! mediately .^umnibned^ >and. jthe victims! were thought to be -progressing favour- [ ably, but lastnight two deaths resulted,' Joseph -Moore;* member Council, and Mr Dickson, manager'tf] the Wholesate^lDraperyivCompany, suo-i climbing to the effects of the poison,] which is supposed tovhave been acciden-j tally mixed m the Christmas pudding. \ So many different foods were partaken! of at the wedding feast that it is difficult to trace the ,ppison^ How the arsenicj came to be in l the food is a 1 complete mystery. A quantity 0f ,,-the .confectibheryj has been handed to DrHbsking/'- : wfib.;Will ; make an analysis. 'A profound sensation ; was caused in Masterton ; when : it became known that Mr Peter Dickson had suc-1 cumbed to the . effects' of the pbisqh, and j that his wife : was lying in: a- dangerous;; condition; Daring their residence here ; Mr and Mrs Dickßon.have. both become! deservedly popular, and : we hiay safely ;; say that the -death; of aib-personrin thei town could have, been; mora, generally: lamented than that 'b'f'MrT Dickson. JHe' was a natiye of -yictoria^ahd-nad- been resident in this (colony .pveif 17 years, and has resided in Maßterton labout seven years. Mr Diokson was the proprietor of the large drapery, business, parried on at Masterton, Pahiatua and . Danovirfie, under the title of the Wholesale Drapery Company, andiwas a ..prominent member of the Masonic order, being the Masterelect for the ensuing year. . The deceased, who was 36 years of age, leaves' a ! 'family of four— three girls and' a boy. ! . Mrs Dickson is not expected to, recover. ' ■■ - •-• l ' /• Latest news from Pahiatua is thafcthe remaining victim's Jot ] the. poiso.nihg are progressingiavpurably. - ; Hoskingand. the Eev W. E. Paige went up this afternoon: Mr Peter- Dickson|sXbody if ill reach Masterton to-morrow, and he will be buried on Friday morning!'- \. r It is nowreported^itf FahiatuStKatthe calamity is the result ofa practical joke, some person having -mixed oxalic 'acid with the food, thinking- itt was; Epsom salts. The names of the-persons still pros* trated are -Mr E. Naylor and wife, Arthur Naylor, Leonard S.aylor, jWil* Ham Naylor; W. Sedcole, JR, Sedcole, E. Alliston, London (2), Mr Samuel Nayler, wife and two, .children", Mrs. P., Dickson and son, Mrs Joseph 'Mbbre'-and'iainily (5), and J. Bntlahd. .irj;.v--.. ;■ fc-Oi; iii-.oil Mr P.Dickson's life, was msuredfor £1200. - / ' / l ', "'" ,""■";■ ■■! Pahiatuav December. '3o; U Mesdames Dickson and Mooro are in a very precarious state.) 'Samuel Nayler, a married man, is also in a very, bad way. The rest of the sufferers' are very'ill, and the medical men offer no hopes of relief at present. ; WppDVrctpß, This Day. The inquest opened at Pahiatua yesterday, concerning the death? from.poisonmg. The post mbrten snowed , that the poison which caused death was arsenic, but as yet there is 1 no cine as to 'how it got in to' the food. The' inquest wa'sadi journed to allow an analysis to.be made of the different foods. 7 • *' T' r ■ ; ' ; ■ '