Obit of H E McDonald - Harris County Texas

John Hendry <john@thehendrys.freeserve.co.uk> 13 May 2001
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Newspaper cutting detailing the death of Henry E. MacDonald sent to his brother
Roderick MacDonald in Melbourne, Australia. {Died June 5, 1908}Georgina Newlen

H. E. MACDONALD TOOK PARIS GREEN
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Death Ensued After Four Days of Suffering
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	Lingering from 1 o’clock Tuesday morning until Friday afternoon, 
Henry E. Macdonald died from the effect of a dose of paris green taken by 
mistake.  A few hours before he ceased to breathe he had been removed to 
the Houston infirmary.
	The poison was taken in the dark.  Rising before dawn, the man 
reached for the cream of tartar, but secured the wrong dish.  Mixing the 
death dealing powder with water, he swallowed the concoction.  Almost 
immediately thereafter the effect of the slow but deadly poison was felt.  
Gradually he grew worse until Friday noon he was transferred to the hospital 
from his home, 835 Courtland Street, Houston heights.
	The victim of the poison had been for thirty-six years an employe in 
the shops of the Houston and Texas Central railroad, was a skilled mechanic 
and a member of the mechanics’ union and the Sharks’ club.  At the time of 
his death Macdonald was 61 years of age.  He is survived by his wife, a son, 
Mr. L. A. Macdonald, and a daughter, Mrs G. H. Broecker.
	Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. 
R. D. Wilson officiating.  Interment will be in the Glenwood ecemtery