Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1919 — SOME KICK TO THIS MIXTURE [ARTICLE]

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Hoepital Patients Adulterate Alcohol With Formaldehyde, Then Proceed to Wreck Hospital. San Francisco.—As real “fire water,” nothing.!exceeds alcohol adul:crated with formaldehyde. > ; = This was demonstrated here by a,,,ee Wilson and Cleorgle Clark, two vagrants at the iso lation hospital. " The twoawoke several days ago with an awful thirst, and no other beverage. except water, being available at the moment, they proceeded when the nurse was not poking to imbibe freely of alcohol, a bottle of which whs standing nearby. Then they dert<led to adulterate the alcohol witn formaldehyde. The effect was very similar to that of casting a, match into a barrel of gasoline. Before the explosions were entirely over, the furniture In the room was nearly all wrecked. while two policemen, whir had been sent to quiet them, had been tocked up ip * Closet The two women were then locked in a cell and charged with disturbing the peace.