Kimm, Homicide would have meant there was an investigation into his death. You may be able to obtain the coroner/medical examiner's records, also check the local newspapers during that time for details. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimberly Carrillo" <kimm@leadmarket.com> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:21 PM Subject: [TXGEN] Homicide > Okay, I have a weird question. My mother's brother died when he was 4 > years > old and I am just now looking at his death certificate. He died of food > poisoning, but the certificate says "strychnine poisoning - homicidal". > This is the first I have ever heard of this. Was that a different way > that > they called food poisoning at that time? This would have been 1927 in La > Grange, TX. > > Thanks, > Kimm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message