Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1912 — FATHER GAVE FAMILY POISON [ARTICLE]

FATHER GAVE FAMILY POISON

Autopsy Discloses Cyanide in Stomachs of Triple Tragedy Victims, i Terre Haute, Ind , Jan. 26.—Discovery of cyanide contents of the stomach of William H. McVay, his wife and flve-months-old baby by Coroner F. H. Jett, probably will lead to a. verdict of murder and suicide. According to Coroner Jett, the evidence produced by tests following an autopsy on the bodies of both Mr. and Mrs. McVay lead to the belief that McVay administered the deadly poi-; son to his wife and little babe and then ended his own life by drinking the drug.