Schley County GaArchives News.....Burt family poisoned 1908 May 19, 1908 ************************************************ 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: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 July 3, 2007, 7:02 am The Atlanta Constitution May 19, 1908 POISONED BY EATING CAKE Ellaville, Ga. May 18--(Special)--Cleve Burt his wife and child, were poisoned yesterday by eating cake. A piece of tghe cake was given to a cat and it died in less than an hour. A few crumbs were thrown out and they killed the chickens that ate them. Dr. B.L. Bridges who was called in, reports that all are out of danger. It is supposed that some of the ingrediants in the cake were not pure and became poisoned. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/newspapers/burtfami2669nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb