Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1915 — Cavalry First Sergeant Poisoned By Toadstools. [ARTICLE]

Cavalry First Sergeant Poisoned By Toadstools.

H. H. Byington, first sergeant of Troop B, U. S. cavalry, of Fort Sheridan, which passed through this city last Wednesday, is now confined in a hospital at Frankfort, suffering from poisoning as a result of eating toadstools, which he mistook for mushrooms. The troop stopped at Frankfort over Sunday and Byington went out to pick some mushrooms. He only ate a few of the toadstools which he picked. His condition is regarded as serious.