Poisoning By Wholesale
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Title
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Poisoning By Wholesale
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Russell Register
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Publication Place
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Seale, Alabama
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Publication Date
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5/14/1897
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Transcript
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POISONING BY WHOLESALE., THIRD ATTEMPT TO EXTERINATE, THE KELLEY FAMILY., FOURTEEN PERSONS THE VICTIMS., Mystery Unsolved In the Little Town of, Jeff, Alabama-One Dead and, Two Expected to Die., A special from Huntsville, Ala., says:, There is a poison mystery at Jeff, a, small county town near this city, that, is yet to be solved. Two months ago, Joshua O. Kelley, a prominent farmer, and nurseryman, several members of, the family and a number of tenants, were poisoned., This was thought to have been the, result of Mrs. Kelley's careless in placing poison in a cupboard., J. O. Kelly died in intense agony., A party of eleven men sitting up, with his body was poisoned the night, after Kelley died., It now begins to appear that there, is a plot to poison the entire family., After breakfast Friday morning last, every one who had eaten became violently ill. Eight negroes and six, white people are seriously affected and, two may die., Among those affected was a drummer from Cleveland, Tenn., who had, spent the night with the Kelleys.