I believe Strychnine is rat poison. If they are calling it a homicide, then it means that he didn't accidentally ingest it, it was put in the food. Kimberly Carrillo wrote: > 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 > >