Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1888 — A Post-Mortem Examination. [ARTICLE]

A Post-Mortem Examination.

Miss Rebecca Ray, housekeeper for Capfc. John D. Sink, a widower and a prominent citizen of Lincoln tp., Newton Co., living 24 miles northwest of Rose Lawn, died recently after a very brief illness. Shortly after her burial the gossips tongues began to wag" nud it began to be whispered about that there was something suspicions in this sudden death of a supposed healthy and’ vigorous young woman. ‘‘Some drug intended, tu produce an aboration had Jbeifi taken, perhaps,” &o. &c. These' rumors finally reached Capt. Sink’s ears, and he,. at once, demanded f that a full investigation be made, and that the-body he e:-:'named and a post-mortem examination of the remains be made, by a competent physician. This was done, and on Tuesday Dr. Washburn, of this place, went up and made a thorough post-mortem?, examination, and found that the young woman’s death resulted from purely natural causes and that the scandalous rumors had no foundations in fact, whatever. The lungs, especially were found to be iij a deceased condition. The deceased was 26 years old and had long been a member of Capt-.Sink’s family. When the eyes become weak or the lids iuflamed and sure, a disordered .-.ystem or a scrofulous condition ot the blood is indicated, for which Ayer’s vigoratos and qitalizes the blood and expels all humors. : _ „ Cataubii, scrofula and salt rlieum nf thfl hinnri and always yield to the curative properties of Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup,' the great blood remedy.