Showing posts with label poison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poison. Show all posts
Monday, December 30, 2019
Of Dogs and Foxes in DeKalb County in 1919
From the March 27, 2019, MidWeek "Looking Back."
1919. 100 Years Ago.
** "Two families are mourning the deaths of pet dogs, and a third home on Third Street, another dog has been poisoned. : Residents are nor certain whether the poison was set for the dogs or whether it was put out to catch pests."
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** "A resident of Kingston township brought to the office of the county clerk a pelt of an animal shot by him, and supposed to be a wolf, claiming the $100 bounty.
"The fur was a rich red color and there were earmarks of a fox. After several of the county seat experts had examined it, it was adjudged a fox pelt and bounty refused."
--CootPelt
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Tillie Klimek: Arsenic Queen-- Part 2
I have to wonder if this was the basis for that book and mocie "Arsenic and Old Lace?"
Tests confirmed that her fourth husband had been poisoned with arsenic. Tillie was arrested. Later, it was said that she told the arresting officer, "The next one I want to cook dinner for is you." (I don't think I would have eaten it.)
The bodies of her first three husbands were exhumed and all found to have been poisoned by arsenic.
Police also arrested Tillie's cousin, Nellie, who supposedly had given her the "Rough for Rats" rat poison to start the crime spree. After the arrest came to light, it was found that several neighbors and relatives of the two women had also died. Of twenty suspected victims, fourteen had died.
Tillie was only tried for the death of husband number three and found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, the harshest sentence ever given to a woman in Cook County.
Cousin Nellie spent a year in prison during her trial before being acquitted. Tillie died in prison November 20, 1936.
Wonder if the addresses mentioned in the first post are on any Chicago Crime tours. Where was Tillie buried? You'll find a big write-up on her at Murderpedia.com.
A Wife You Won't Get Along With for Too Long. --Cooter
Tests confirmed that her fourth husband had been poisoned with arsenic. Tillie was arrested. Later, it was said that she told the arresting officer, "The next one I want to cook dinner for is you." (I don't think I would have eaten it.)
The bodies of her first three husbands were exhumed and all found to have been poisoned by arsenic.
Police also arrested Tillie's cousin, Nellie, who supposedly had given her the "Rough for Rats" rat poison to start the crime spree. After the arrest came to light, it was found that several neighbors and relatives of the two women had also died. Of twenty suspected victims, fourteen had died.
Tillie was only tried for the death of husband number three and found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, the harshest sentence ever given to a woman in Cook County.
Cousin Nellie spent a year in prison during her trial before being acquitted. Tillie died in prison November 20, 1936.
Wonder if the addresses mentioned in the first post are on any Chicago Crime tours. Where was Tillie buried? You'll find a big write-up on her at Murderpedia.com.
A Wife You Won't Get Along With for Too Long. --Cooter
Tillie Klimek: Chicago's Arsenic Queen-- Part 1
Wikipedia.
The article about Tillie Klimek in the previous post was something I had never heard of despite living near Chicao most of my life.
Born in Poland in 1876 and came to U.S. as an infant with her parents. Lived in Chicago. She was not an attractive woman, but still managed to find husbands and boyfriends.
Her first husband was John Mitkiewocs who died in 1914 after a short illness blamed on heart disease. She quickly remarried Joseph Ruskowski who also soon died as did a boyfriend who had "jilted" her.
While living at 924 N. Winchester in Chicago, her third husband, Frank Lupzsyk took sick. Tillie began telling neighbors that he wouldn't live long and began knitting a mourning hat. She then got her landlady to store a bargain casket she had bought.
Frank died in 1921 and she again soon married Joseph Klimek and lived with him at 1453 Tell Place (now 1453 Thomas Street). He too became ill and doctors suspected arsenic poisoning.
More Poison to Come. --DaCoot
The article about Tillie Klimek in the previous post was something I had never heard of despite living near Chicao most of my life.
Born in Poland in 1876 and came to U.S. as an infant with her parents. Lived in Chicago. She was not an attractive woman, but still managed to find husbands and boyfriends.
Her first husband was John Mitkiewocs who died in 1914 after a short illness blamed on heart disease. She quickly remarried Joseph Ruskowski who also soon died as did a boyfriend who had "jilted" her.
While living at 924 N. Winchester in Chicago, her third husband, Frank Lupzsyk took sick. Tillie began telling neighbors that he wouldn't live long and began knitting a mourning hat. She then got her landlady to store a bargain casket she had bought.
Frank died in 1921 and she again soon married Joseph Klimek and lived with him at 1453 Tell Place (now 1453 Thomas Street). He too became ill and doctors suspected arsenic poisoning.
More Poison to Come. --DaCoot
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Poison-- Part 5
9. TILLIE KLIMEK was a serial husband poisoner. In 1922, when her fourth husband was hospitalized with a mysterious illness just a year after her third husband had died, Chicago officials got suspicious. During her trial for the death of her thrid husband, neighbors testified that while he was sick, she joked about the coffin she was going to get for him and what she was going to wear to the funeral.
Though she was just convicted for the third husband's death, officials linked her for the arsenic deaths of her first two, a boyfriend and at least two cousins. She had taken out insurance policies on all her husbands, including the fourth, who survived.
10. Amazon tribes made their arrows more deadly by bathing the tips in toxic secretions from frogs. Some tribes would pin the frogs down and rub their arrows on the skin. But the Choco people of Colombia roasted the frogs and caught the drippings in a bottle, allowing for easy arrow-dipping.
Quite the Lady, That Tillie. Wonder If She Went to Prison? --Cooter
Though she was just convicted for the third husband's death, officials linked her for the arsenic deaths of her first two, a boyfriend and at least two cousins. She had taken out insurance policies on all her husbands, including the fourth, who survived.
10. Amazon tribes made their arrows more deadly by bathing the tips in toxic secretions from frogs. Some tribes would pin the frogs down and rub their arrows on the skin. But the Choco people of Colombia roasted the frogs and caught the drippings in a bottle, allowing for easy arrow-dipping.
Quite the Lady, That Tillie. Wonder If She Went to Prison? --Cooter
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Poison-- Part 4
7. A NFL STORY: THE POISON PILL PROVISION-- Under NFL rules, a free agent's team has the right to match another team's offer if it can. In 2006, the Minnesota Vikings found an ingenious, or, underhanded way, to get Steve Hutchinson from the Seattle Seahawks.
They offered him $49 million with a poison pill provision that guaranteed the full amount of the contract if he wasn't the highest-paid offensive lineman on their team. They did this knowing that Seattle would match it since they already had a higher paid lineman.
The Seahawks got back by offering wide-receiver Nate Burleson a back-loaded $49 million contract guaranteed if he played at least five games in Minnesota, who play eight home games a year in Minneapolis.
Such things are no longer allowed in the NFL.
8. A POISONOUS METEORITE-- A meteorite landed in Peru near Lake Titicaca in 2007, and fumes from the crater sickened dozens of villagers. Some speculated that it might be akin to the fictional Andromeda Strain, the toxic microbe from space.
Scientists, however, concluded that the heat from it activated arsenic in an underground water supply and created the sickening steam.
What Comes Around Goes Around. --Cooter
They offered him $49 million with a poison pill provision that guaranteed the full amount of the contract if he wasn't the highest-paid offensive lineman on their team. They did this knowing that Seattle would match it since they already had a higher paid lineman.
The Seahawks got back by offering wide-receiver Nate Burleson a back-loaded $49 million contract guaranteed if he played at least five games in Minnesota, who play eight home games a year in Minneapolis.
Such things are no longer allowed in the NFL.
8. A POISONOUS METEORITE-- A meteorite landed in Peru near Lake Titicaca in 2007, and fumes from the crater sickened dozens of villagers. Some speculated that it might be akin to the fictional Andromeda Strain, the toxic microbe from space.
Scientists, however, concluded that the heat from it activated arsenic in an underground water supply and created the sickening steam.
What Comes Around Goes Around. --Cooter
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Poison-- Part 3
5. VIETNAM--America might never have gotten involved in Vietnam had a poison plot in 1908 not backfired. Vietnamese rebels in Hanoi sought to kill the French garrison there by spiking their dinners. But, they either used the wrong poison or the wrong amount. Two hundred French soldiers were ill, but still able to defend themselves.
The revolt fell apart and 13 plotters were executed. The French stayed in control until the 1950s and were later replaced with U.S. troops.
6. A 1916 CHICAGO PLOT AND MARION LAMBERT-- The Feb. 11, 1916, Chicago Tribune reported an attempt by an anarchist to kill many of Chicago's prominent people with poisoned chicken soup. Among them were Illinois' governor Edward Dunne and Archbishop George Mundelein.
That same day, the newspaper also reported the tragic death of Lake Forest high school senior Marion Lambert. Her boyfriend was later acquitted of trying to kill her with cyanide. But she lives on in local ghost stories about motorists driving along Sheridan Road and seeing "a girl in the snow."
Spooky. --DaCoot
The revolt fell apart and 13 plotters were executed. The French stayed in control until the 1950s and were later replaced with U.S. troops.
6. A 1916 CHICAGO PLOT AND MARION LAMBERT-- The Feb. 11, 1916, Chicago Tribune reported an attempt by an anarchist to kill many of Chicago's prominent people with poisoned chicken soup. Among them were Illinois' governor Edward Dunne and Archbishop George Mundelein.
That same day, the newspaper also reported the tragic death of Lake Forest high school senior Marion Lambert. Her boyfriend was later acquitted of trying to kill her with cyanide. But she lives on in local ghost stories about motorists driving along Sheridan Road and seeing "a girl in the snow."
Spooky. --DaCoot
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Poison-- Part 2
3. MR. YUK-- A cartoon character with his tongue sticking out, is put on poisonous products to signal danger, especially for children. He was developed at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. The more traditional warning, a skull and crossbones, wasn't considered effective enough in the city because they were worried about confusion with their major leagie baseball team.
Well, at least Mr. Yuk is better than that silly "Smile" face.
4. ARSENIC: POISON AND CURE-- Charles Darwin used an arsenic product to treat skin outbreaks, but often complained of physical ailments which match those of arsenic poisoning. It was an effective treatment for syphilus (Right. You Dead, You Cured.) Karen Blixen, who wrote "Out of Africa" under the name Isak Dinesen used arsenic.
Some think Napoleon was slowly poisoned by the stuff and hair samples taken from him at his death showed high levels of it. However, hair samples from earlier in his life also showed high levels. The arsenic may have come from hair ointment, gunpowder or wallpaper paste.
Arsenic. She'll Love to Run her Fingers Through Your Hair. --Cooter
Well, at least Mr. Yuk is better than that silly "Smile" face.
4. ARSENIC: POISON AND CURE-- Charles Darwin used an arsenic product to treat skin outbreaks, but often complained of physical ailments which match those of arsenic poisoning. It was an effective treatment for syphilus (Right. You Dead, You Cured.) Karen Blixen, who wrote "Out of Africa" under the name Isak Dinesen used arsenic.
Some think Napoleon was slowly poisoned by the stuff and hair samples taken from him at his death showed high levels of it. However, hair samples from earlier in his life also showed high levels. The arsenic may have come from hair ointment, gunpowder or wallpaper paste.
Arsenic. She'll Love to Run her Fingers Through Your Hair. --Cooter
Monday, July 1, 2013
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Poison-- Part 1
From the April 28, 2013, Chicago Tribune by Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer.
This article connected with the Elvis impersonator being arrested and released for sending the deadly poison ricin to President Obama and the Syrian government using chemical weapons against their rebels.
1. DANGER ON THE GOLF COURSE- In August 1982, Navy Lt. George Prior played 36 holes of golf at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. Within weeks, four-fifths of his skin peeled off and after his death, it was found that the course had been sprayed with a fungicide named Daconil. And, golf is supposed to be HEALTHY for you!!
2. CHOCOLATE IS POISONOUS TO DOGS as I've always heard, because it contains caffeine and theobromine. Your dog can't metabolize fast enough. A human might get a buzz for a few minutes (buzz? chocolate?), but a dog that eats too much will be affected for hours and it could lead to heart failure.
Also, avacado is poisonous to your pet bird.
Stuff Not to Eat. --Cooter
This article connected with the Elvis impersonator being arrested and released for sending the deadly poison ricin to President Obama and the Syrian government using chemical weapons against their rebels.
1. DANGER ON THE GOLF COURSE- In August 1982, Navy Lt. George Prior played 36 holes of golf at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. Within weeks, four-fifths of his skin peeled off and after his death, it was found that the course had been sprayed with a fungicide named Daconil. And, golf is supposed to be HEALTHY for you!!
2. CHOCOLATE IS POISONOUS TO DOGS as I've always heard, because it contains caffeine and theobromine. Your dog can't metabolize fast enough. A human might get a buzz for a few minutes (buzz? chocolate?), but a dog that eats too much will be affected for hours and it could lead to heart failure.
Also, avacado is poisonous to your pet bird.
Stuff Not to Eat. --Cooter
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