In 1921 three young siblings of my father died within a few days of each other of acute gastroenteritis. The Medical Examiner report says the case was referred to the District Attorney. The family lived in The Bronx. I have the ME report, death certificates, and several newspaper reports. I am wondering if there is any way to find out if the DA acted on the case and if there is a file somewhere. All suggestions as to how I might proceed are welcome. Thanks, Veronica

Hi Veronica, This is one of those things where the first question you need to ask yourself is do you really want to know? If so, I see 2 potential avenues of investigation. The first is obvious legal one. What are the legal steps which might have been taken and which if any would have been recorded. For instance, perhaps there might have been a coroner's hearing which would have left a public record. You could contact a criminal attorney with a New York license to ask a few questions. Or if that proved too expensive, you could contact someone teaching in one of the law schools in the state and put your questions to them. The 2nd avenue is to find out what happened to the remaining members of the household afterward. This is likely something on which you already have a start. But from this point of view I would look for signs of emotional distress, for example lots of divorces, psychiatric hospitalization or criminal activity. Don Don Krieger - Pittsburgh, PA http://www.DonsList.Net - Always fast. Always free. -----Original Message----- From: nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Veronica Malmberg Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:08 PM To: NYC-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Bronx District Attorney Files In 1921 three young siblings of my father died within a few days of each other of acute gastroenteritis. The Medical Examiner report says the case was referred to the District Attorney. The family lived in The Bronx. I have the ME report, death certificates, and several newspaper reports. I am wondering if there is any way to find out if the DA acted on the case and if there is a file somewhere. All suggestions as to how I might proceed are welcome. Thanks, Veronica ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

were these children's surname Malmberg? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veronica Malmberg" <vcm1@earthlink.net> To: <NYC-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:07 PM Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Bronx District Attorney Files > In 1921 three young siblings of my father died within a few days of each > other of acute gastroenteritis. The Medical Examiner report says the case > was referred to the District Attorney. The family lived in The Bronx. I > have the ME report, death certificates, and several newspaper reports. I > am wondering if there is any way to find out if the DA acted on the case > and if there is a file somewhere. All suggestions as to how I might > proceed are welcome. > Thanks, > Veronica > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message