Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Hansen, Thomas January 22, 1904
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The Walnut Valley Times, January 22, 1904
The Walnut Valley Times 
January 22, 1904
Volume XXXV, Number 1

TWO CHILDREN DEAD

Boy and Girl at Pontiac Drank Too Much Whiskey – Parents Did Not Realize Their 
Conditions – Sad Home of John Hansen.

Pontiac, Kas., Jan. 16 – Two young children of John Hansen died today from 
drinking too much whiskey. The mother had been using some the day before as a 
toddy and placed the bottle on a table where the little boy 5-1/2 years old 
found it. He and his sister about 4 years of age drank about one and a half 
pints and were found about 8 a.m. by the parents in a stupor.

No realization of the children’s danger came to Mr. and Mrs. Hansen. They 
thought the children would sleep off the effects as older people do. About 11, 
both vomited some but the poison had done its fatal work. Dr. W. O. Bennett was 
finally summoned reaching the stricken home about 4 p.m. He found the children 
in a dying condition and both died soon after his arrival. The boy’s name was 
Thomas, the girl’s Hattie. The funeral occurs tomorrow. The blow to the parents 
is terrible. Dr. Bennett remained with Mrs. Hansen all last night, so great was 
her distraction.

Mr. and Mrs. Hansen reside on the Colgan farm, are about 40 years of age and 
are considered excellent people.


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