A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1710 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=50063 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The Sun Article Date: January 25 1899 Article Description: Arsenic in Their Coffee. Article Text: Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 24.--George SCHAFFER, a butcher, aged forty-two years, and his three children, aged, respectively, fourteen, eleven and three years, were poisoned today by drinking coffee which contained arsenic. All are in the hospital in a critical condition. The police believe that SCHAFFER attempted to kill his children and himself. SCHAFFER, after regaining consciousness at the hospital, said one of the children must have placed the mild used in the coffee in a cup which contained rat poison. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com