POISON LIQUOR.
THE DEATHS IN AMERICA. (Per Press Association—Copyright). NEW YORK, December 27. Commenting on tlie deaths from alcoholic poisoning during the Christmas holidays, Dr. Charles Norris (Chief Medical Examiner at Brooklyn Hospital) charged the Government with moral responsibility , because this liquor was purposelv poisoned to render it impossible to"di#ib, while the Government at the same time knew that bootleggers constantly distilled poison out of it. He added: “The bootleggers are rushed to death, and do not give sufficient time for the poison to steep out. The Government well knows that it is not stopping drinking by placing poison in alcohol. ”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10806, 29 December 1926, Page 3
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