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Decatur Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Thursday, June 16, 1904
The two little sons of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Roop who live near the old fair ground are
suffering from the effects of arsenic poison and both are in a very serious condition.
Practically all hope for the recovery of the eldest boy has been given up, but it is
believed the younger one will recover, at least he has a good chance. The two boys were
taken sick suddenly yesterday morning each complaining of severe pains in the stomach and
constantly vomiting. Mrs. Roop immediately called Drs. Clark and Miller who at a glance
saw that the boys had been poisoned and were in a terrible condition. They immediately
gave the children the necessary perscriptions (sic) for such cases, but neither showed
much improvement, and still suffered untold agonies. Where the boys got hold of the
poison is unknown. Mrs. Roop told the physicians everything she knew of them eating and
there was nothing poisonous about any of it unless it come (sic) from a can of tomatoes
from which the whol!
e family had eaten and this seems improbable as only the boys felt any ill effects. The
doctors did everything in their power but left with no improvement noticeble (sic) in the
patients. They returned yesterday afternoon and the youngest child showed some
improvement and chances are that he may now recover from the effects of the drug, but the
oldest boy was in a worse condition than ever having been stricken totally blind and his
little body being bloated until he can hardly be recognized. He has been unconscious
since four o'clock yesterday afternoon and suffering beyond human endurance. Both
doctors are of the opinion that if the oldest one does not show any noticeable improvement
soon that his chances for recovery are indeed slight and the end may come at any moment as
he cannot stand his suffering much longer. There is no doubt but that both boys were
terribly poisoned by arsenic and the mystery is where did it come from and how did the
boys come to take it.!
Decatur Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Thursday, June 30, 1904
Ora Roop, the seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Roop died at two o'clock
Friday afternoon the result of an illness of several weeks. Ora and a younger brother
both suffered an attack of measles and rash a month or more ago. They had almost
entirely recoverd when one morning two weeks ago they became very ill and for several days
suffered terribly. The physician called pronounced the symptoms those of arsenic
poisoning, but later developments passed that the attacks were due to kidney trouble.
The younger boy practically recovered but Ora continued to grow worse until death relieved
him this afternoon. The funeral arrangements have not been completed but it is probable
the services will be held at the Evangelical church some time Sunday.
Decatur Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Thursday, June 30, 1904
ORA B. ROOP
Ora Bernhard Roop, son of Richard and Martha Roop was plncked (sic) from the tender
family circle of parents and four children by the grim hand of death on Friday afternoon
June 24, 1904. It is but a short time since, that he was full of life and hope, full of
childlike glee and happiness. It is but a short time since that he last sat in his seat
in the Sunday school with the other boys and their teacher who today mourn with the
parents and friends in their loss. It is but a short time yet to them who anxiously
looked and hoped for his recovery - the loving parents and relatives - the time seems
long. Days have become as weeks and weeks as months. He was very sick, but had the
best of care, for father and mother were there. Ora's birthday was Jan. 30, 1897.
He was taken in the month of June 24 the month of roses, and as a rosebud broken to unfold
in the heavenly garden there to bloom under the sunshine of a Saviour's love. The
bereaved have the sympathy of !
the community in this their sorrow. May they find great comfort in the words of the
Saviour as he says, "Suffer, little children, and forbid them not to come unto me of
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