Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1891 — Nothing in This Pettit Theory. [ARTICLE]

Nothing in This Pettit Theory.

Delphi Journal: It is reported that there is a new theory in the Pettit case.. The theory takes the form and figure, of what is known as “ground poisoning.” The story is told that the wife of Rev. W. F. Clark, who recently died at Shawnee Mound, in the same house in which Mrs. Pettit died, be- i trayed the same symptoms as those , characterized Mrs. Pettit’s, last illness. And upon this the theory of “ground poisoning” is based. But there is nothing in it. A Journal representative had a conversation wjtli Dr. S. S. Clark, of Logansport, last week. When this new theory was mentioned, Dr. Clark said: “That whole story is absolutely groundless. Rev. Clark is my brother and I know all about the death of his wife. She died of cancer of the liver. A post mortem was held and this fact established beyond question.” So this disposes of the “ground poisoning” business. “