Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1903 — TAKE OXALIC ACID FOR SALTS [ARTICLE]

TAKE OXALIC ACID FOR SALTS

Husband and Wife Die at Denver From Accidental Poisoning. Denver, Col., special: Mr. and Mrs. John Singer are lying dead at the morgue as the result, it is thought, of accidental poisoning. Mr. Singer became suddenly ill, and his wife sent for a physician. Before one reached their home Mr. Singer had expired and Mrs. Singer had been stricken with convulsive pains. She died while the physician was trying to relieve her sufferings. She revived long enough, however, to say the single word, “salts," in response to, the doctor’s questioning as to what she had taken. The physician who was called believes that the couple took oxalic acid, mistaking it for salts.