Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1909 — SAUSAGE KILLS THREE [ARTICLE]

SAUSAGE KILLS THREE

Members of Trip of Families Are the Victims of Poison. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 19. —Three persons are dead and five others are seriously ill as a result of eating sausage supposed to have been poisoned. The dead are Mrs. Mary Cassini, Mrs. Mary Priora. Miss Mamie Cassini. The sufferers are Joseph Priora, Joseph Cassini and three members of a family named Novereisl. Several days ago Mrs. Cassini gave some sausage to the Priora family and tothe family of another relative named Novereisl and all became sick. The sausage is being examined by chemists.