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The Lakeland Evening Telegram
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida
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State Attorney M. A. McMullen will reopen the investigation into the death of Evelyn Webb, a child from Gulfport, on August 23 in Petersburg, to determine if poisoning from pancakes caused her death and if a crime occurred. Previous autopsy and analysis were inconclusive.
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Petersburg, Aug. 22.--An investigation into the facts incident to the death of Evelyn Webb, who died at the home of her father, Henry Webb, of Gulfport, will be reopened tomorrow morning when State Attorney M. A. McMullen will arrive from Clearwater to take up the matter.
He will attempt to ascertain definitely whether the child died of poisoning and if so whether there is evidence of crime in the case.
After the child's death, an autopsy was performed by physicians under Justice J. M. Endicott conducting a hearing in an attempt to establish facts in the case. No decision was reached although it was thought that poison, probably eaten in pancakes served for breakfast, had caused the child's death.
The viscera was sent to the laboratory of the State Board of Health in Jacksonville for chemical analysis of the stomach and their contents. The laboratory officials there reported that analysis for bacteria were negative.
The organs were then placed in storage in Tampa to await the outcome of an attempt to have state officials order an analysis in another laboratory.
Whether this analysis is made will depend upon what Mr. McMullen decides tomorrow. He probably will question a number of witnesses.
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Petersburg
Event Date
Aug. 22
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evelyn webb died, possibly from poison in pancakes; autopsy inconclusive, bacterial analysis negative; further investigation pending
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Investigation into Evelyn Webb's death at her father Henry Webb's home in Gulfport to be reopened by State Attorney M. A. McMullen from Clearwater; prior autopsy by physicians under Justice J. M. Endicott found no decision but suspected poison; viscera analyzed in Jacksonville (negative for bacteria), stored in Tampa awaiting further orders.