Benton-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Howell, Child Of Walter September 8, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com April 23, 2008, 10:00 am Morning Oregonian September 10,1904 Child Swallows Strychnine Sugar Coated Pill Tasted Good,But Caused Death Philomath,Or.Sept.9-(Special- After eating sugar coated pills,the 3 year old child of Walter Howell,a laborer at the Benton county sawmill,seven miles west of here,died last night after intense suffering. The child ws left alone for a few moments ni a house into which the Howell family was moving.Finding two bottles of the pellets in the household effects already move the child swallowed enough to make 50 dose for an infant,and was soon in spasms. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/benton/obits/h/howell225nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/orfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb