Payette-Washington County ID Archives Obituaries.....Fisher, Jean & Katherine 1903
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Payette Independent  1-29-1903
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, January 29, 1903

Daughters of Weiser Couple Pass Away Suddenly From Unknown Cause

The Weiser Signal gives the following account of the death of two children at 
that place in a very mysterious manner.

"On last-Sunday morning immediately after breakfast the two young daughters of 
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fisher, Jean aged 4 years, and Katherine, aged 2 years, 
were taken violently ill. A physician was at once summoned but in spite of his 
efforts the older child died within 24 hours. About 12 hours later, on Monday, 
the younger child died. All the physicians of Weiser were summoned after the 
death of Jean but they were unable to save the second. The case is very 
puzzling and the doctors have been unable to decide upon the cause of death. 
There were no symptoms of disease and death occurred too quickly to be caused 
by ordinary forms of contagious diseases and none of these were present. No 
unusual food had been eaten, and others ate what the children ate and were not 
sick. The physicians held a post mortem examination and examined the food and 
the stomachs of the children, but could find no evidence of poison. The 
stomach of the younger has been sent away for chemical analysis.

"Meanwhile the awful fact stuns the parents that the children are dead. Mrs. 
Fisher is so prostrated with grief as to be in a most serious condition."

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