Muscogee County GaArchives News.....Poison in the coffee - Entire Keene family violently ill from drinking it - 1894 December 11 1894 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 July 26, 2004, 10:05 pm The Butler Herald The Butler Herald Tuesday, December 11, 1894 Page Three Poison In The Coffee The Entire Family Made Violently Ill Drinking It Columbus, Ga., December 5th, 1894 – There was a wholesale poisoning case from drinking coffee in this city today. Shortly after breakfast this morning the family of Mr. J.F. Keene, consisting of himself, wife, his daughter, Miss Nellie and Mr. James A. Keene, were taken violently ill and physicians were summoned, who after investigation, offered the opinion that they had been poisoned by drinking coffee. The coffee was analyzed and physicians discovered traces of some foreign substance believed to be arsenic. Mrs. Keene prepared the coffee herself, and the family are unable to account for the presence of the arsenic and considerable mystery surrounds the case. All the parties suffered greatly during the day, but tonight are pronounced out of danger. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee/newspapers/nw1310poisonin.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb