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Domestic News
October 12, 1945
The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
What is this article about?
In San Quentin prison, three convicts died and nine others were endangered after drinking a cocktail made from poisonous duplicating machine fluid, as announced by Warden Clinton Duffy on Oct. 12.
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Poison Cocktail Party in Prison Causes 3 Deaths
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Oct. 12.—A poison cocktail party claimed the lives of three San Quentin convicts and left nine others "in various degrees of danger," Warden Clinton Duffy announces.
Duffy said the survivors admitted in the prison hospital they had drunk a cocktail, brewed out of poisonous duplicating machine fluid.
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Oct. 12.—A poison cocktail party claimed the lives of three San Quentin convicts and left nine others "in various degrees of danger," Warden Clinton Duffy announces.
Duffy said the survivors admitted in the prison hospital they had drunk a cocktail, brewed out of poisonous duplicating machine fluid.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Poison Cocktail
San Quentin Prison
Convicts
Duplicating Fluid
Prison Deaths
What entities or persons were involved?
Clinton Duffy
Where did it happen?
San Quentin, Calif.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
San Quentin, Calif.
Event Date
Oct. 12.
Key Persons
Clinton Duffy
Outcome
3 deaths, 9 others in various degrees of danger
Event Details
A poison cocktail party claimed the lives of three San Quentin convicts. Survivors admitted in the prison hospital they had drunk a cocktail brewed out of poisonous duplicating machine fluid.