The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 08, 1921, Page 3, Image 3
POISON NOT CAUSE
OF BALDOCK DEATHS
PARKER REPORTS ON EXAMINATION
OF WELL WATER.
FINDS NO TRACES.
Says Water in Well Highly Contaminated?Reports
Examina
*- tion of Vtecera.
Poison in the well water played no
part in the series of deaths which occurred
early in November in the Lee
family at Baldock, Allendale county,
according 10 ine repon maae oy
Francis L. Parker, M. D., of Charles
* "who"has completed the examination of
water taken from the well and of the
^ viscera of Mrs. Lee.
It will he remembered that four
deaths in the Lee family, all occurring
within a comparatively short period of
time, gave rise to rumors of poison- j
ing. Mrs. Joe Lee and three young
children died and Mr. Lee was taken j
seriously ill and was carried to Au,
gusta fc^r treatment. It was also rumored
that livestock on the place
died and it was said that Mr. Lee
himself made statements that indicated
that he suspected the family had
been poisoned.
Offinialo n# 4-Vio ctflto lioalth
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ment went to Baldock to investigate
the deaths, and Dr. C. V. Akin, after
an examination, said that there was
no evidence of metallic poisoning. He
also reported that the well water was
in bad condition.
Parker Makes Report.
The viscera of Mrs. Joe Lee and
. water taken from the well at Baldock
were sent to F. L. Parker, chemist
and bacteriologist, for examination.
The report of Dr. Parker follows:
"State Board of Health:
" '^Gentlemen:
J "I respectfully submit the following
report of analysis of samples of water
received from M. Le$, 'said to be
water taken from the >Tell at Baldock,
S. C., supposed to be p nsoned, where
four of family died;' ai 1 of sample of
viscera, stomach, intestines, kidney,
and spleen taken from Mrs. Lee sent
toy Dr. Hayden.
"The bacterial and chemical analysis
of the water showed no indication
* /
of any poison or that the water had
been poisoned.
"The water contained a large number
of larvae which subseqeuntly developed
into mosquitoes; showed
presence of B. coli and over 150,000
bacteria per cubic centimeter, a large
amount of organic matter which was
in an active state of decomposition.
"In brief, though this water is a
very highly contaminated water it is
not a poisoned water.
"Analysis of viscera %showed no indications
of any mineral poison.
"A part of the spleen was submit~
?d to Dr. Coward, and to Dr. Plow
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<ten or me aeirdnmem in j-aLiiuiugj i
in State Medical college. Dr. Coward j
and Dr. Plowden reported that the
spleen was in too decomposed a state
to permit a satisfactory examination.
"In brief, the analysis indicated no
mineral poison in the viscera; and the
symptoms of the case and the nature
of the conditions were such as to preclude
possibility of presence of alkaInidal
noisons.M
Writes to Lee.
i". . . Dr.
Parker has also written M. C.
Lee thXt the well water contained no
poison.
The letter to Mr. Lee from
t ]>r. Parker was as follows:
"Dear Sir:
"Replying to your favor of November
9 I have examined the sample of j
water said to be taken from well at
Baldock, supposed to be poisoned
where four of family died.
"The bacterial and chemical analysis
shows the water to be highly
ro'ntaminatp.rt with oreanic matter and
' bacteria, but it contains no added
poisons.
"In brief, tbe sample received was
not poisoned/"
Nine Persons Seriously 111.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 4.?A sequel to
the Baldock mystery in which the
"Wife and three children of J. W. Lee,
a prominent planter, died suddenly a
few weeks ago of a strange malady
caused by poison, 'has taken place at
Martina, S. C., about 15 miles from
Allendale, according to information
received in Augusta today, stating
^ that nine persons are desperately ill
at a boarding house there after eating
biscuits made from flour taken from
the Lee home at Baldock.
The peculiarity of the situation is
that the affairs occurred at the boarding
house of Mrs. R. F. Creech, who
is a sister-in-law of J. W. Lee, who
now lies ill at the University Hispital
here.
Officials state that following the
death of Mrs. Lee and the removal
of Mr. Lee to a hospital Mrs. Creech
? a? *V>/\ T Art l),/vma ond rommrad
Weill tu l>liO 1JCC hasuivs uuu Ibuiuivu
a sack of flour and other groceries
which she took to her home in Martin.
Biscuits made from the flour
^ were served to her hoarders and it is
SEVEN PRISONERS DIE
IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
RECORD FOR 1921 PASSES LAST
YEAR.
TEN UNDER SENTENCE.
Statistics Show That Fifty-five Men
HaVe Paid Death Penalty
Since 1912.
Seven men, all negroes, paid the
death penalty by electrocution in
South Carolina during the present
year, according to records at the state
penitentiary. No more electrocutions
are scheduled for this year, so far as
is known, and the record therefore
will probably stand at seven.
Tillman Choice, the Spartanburg
negro, who was put to death Friday,
was the last scheduled electrocution
of the year, others that are now pending
having been .postponed. J. C.
Wallace, of Sumter, a white man, is
under death sentence for December
16, but an appeal to the supreme
court for a new trial has automatically
stayed the sentence.
Tfen men are now under death sentence,
but in all cases appeals '.have
stayed the verdicts of the lower
courts. Of these ten six are white
! and four are negroes. The whites are
S. J. Kirby, C. 0. Fox, Jesse Gapins,
| Edmund Bigham, Cliff Hawkins and
J. C. Wallace. The negroes are El
Culbreath, Abraham Williams, Will
Uonr? Thp
ia.UL X LIAJLLl p b<J 11 <XUU Will iiuvu. ? ?
first three are in the penitentiary,
I while Hood is in Greenville.
Record to Date.
Since the establishment of the electric
chair in 1912 and up until yesterday
55 men have been electrocuted.
Of this number 52 were negroes
and three white. In 1920 three negroes
paid the death penalty. The
number increased this year to seven,
a record equaled only by one or two
previous years.
The seven negroes tnis year were:
Ivey Littlejohn, February 18, who
was sent up from Spartanburg for the
murder of a drain gang guard; Adam
Griffin, March 4, who was sent up
from Sumter for murdering a guard
at the state farm; Feetie Fogle,
March 25, who was sent up from
Calhoun county for the murder of a
white man at Lone Star; Albert Wilson,
M^y 3, w*ho was sent up from
Richland county for the murder of
a white man; Pink Griffin, September
2, who was sent up from Greenwood
for the murder of a white man; Harvey
Whaley, November 4, who was
sent up from Calhoun county for his
part in the murder of Earl Wadford,
a white man; Tillman Choice, December
2, who was sent up from
Spartanburg for criminally assaulting
a white woman.
First to Pay Penalty.
William Reed, a negro, was. the
first person to be electrocuted. He
was put to death August 6, 1012.
, Reed was from Anderson county, and
a coincidence is that the first white
man, Samuel N. Hyde, to be electro
cuted was also from Anderson. He
was put to death October 1, 1912.
Hyde was convicted of killing several
people at the Orr cotton mills at Anderson
and was very anxious, according
to his statement, to be the first
man electrocuted. He was disappointed
when Reed was the first
man to die by the new method.
Since the electrocution of Hyde,
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the penalty. C. P. Rushing of Chesterfield
was electrocuted April 18,
1913, he being the second white man,
and M. L. Garrett, of Bishopville,
paid the penalty July 14, 1913, according
to penitentiary records. No
white man has been electrocuted
since 1913.
How About It?
Mrs. Smith engaged a new housemaid
and was annoyed to find that
the girl persisted in addressing her
as "Mrs. Smith." She remonstrated
and suggested that she should address
her in the same way as the
other maids did.
"Well," said the girl thoughtfully.
"I can't call you ma'am or mum; I
always called mother that. But I
don't mind calling you auntie, if you
like."
The Herald Book Store carries the!
largest stock of tablets, pencils memorandum
books, and school supplies
in Bamberg county.
said that all who ate of the biscuits
were taken ill, the symptoms being!
similar to those in the Lee case.
Doctors called to administer to the j
sick worked on the theory that their
illness was caused by ptomaine poisoning
from canned goods, although
some or tnose anecieu uiaiui uiai
did not partake of the tinned salmon.
Sheriff Bennett tonight, however,
declared that he favored the theory
of the doctors but to be on the safe
side would have samples of the flour
analyzed.
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SLAIN WHILE ON FOX HUNT.
Farmer Kills Fay Post on and Wounds
Brother as Riders Come on Tract.
Florence, Dec. 1.?The Florence
Times tonight received the following
dispatch from Johnsonville:
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vv nc 11 a- a j x uoiuu, xxibu x v^twu
and Dallas Poston, of this place
crossed near the yard of J. C. M. Benton
about three miles west of here
early this morning, Benton shot at
all three of them killing Fay Poston
and hitting Alger Poston whose injuries
have not been fully determined.
Dallas Poston escaped without injury.
The three young men were in
a party on a fox chase, the party having
divided and these three were passing
near Benton's place. Alger Poston,
making his escape, was hurried
to this place for medical treatment
and spread the news of the shooting.
Not knowing at the time whether Fay
Poston was dead or not, Fin Poston,
the father of the dead man, in company
with E. C. Yentress, went to the
scene of the shooting and as they
approached the house, Poston going
toward his dead son, Benton left 'his
house by the back and others drove
up about the same time. Some shots
were exchanged, one of wfoich hit Fin
Poston in his hand, another passing
through the sleeve of Mason Elam.
These shots were fired by Benton at
long range from a .32 rifle. Benton
escaped into the river swamp and up
to this hour has not been captured,
although there is a large posse on
each side of the river and blood
hounds are being put on the trail.
Deputy Sheriffs Joe Conner and Eichelberger
are here and every effort is
being made to capture Benton."
Slayer to Prison.
Florence, Dec. 3.?J. C. (Jim) Benton,
who shot and killed Fay Poston
and wounded others when they went
upon his lands Thursday while hunting
near Johnsonville, surrendered to
Magistrate O. W. McKnight at Cowards
this morning. He was brought
to Florence immediately after ne
gave himself up. Barefooted and hatless
and weak from the lack of food, |
Benton presented a pitiful spectacle!
when" he alighted from an automobile
& the jail.
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