Fuller, Son of W. S. (died 1882)

FULLER

Posted By: Mary Holub, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/21/2009 at 18:04:11

From: Le Mars Daily Liberal, June 16, 1882

W. S. Fuller, of Washington township, has hard luck. About two years since his wife was burned to death by a prairie fire, and Mr. Fuller himself seriously burned. This morning his eldest son, aged about twelve years, died suddenly, and it is supposed from poisoning. The lad bad been dosing gophers with strychnine, and it is thought that in some way he absorbed into his system sufficient of the poison to produce death. He was ill but a few hours and suffered the most intense agony. The funeral takes place to-morrow.