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The Evening Tribune
Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island
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In Brooklyn, a chain of sudden deaths: saloon keeper Michael McKuster died of heart disease on Sunday night; friend William Robinson suicided with poison bought from druggist Andrew E. Shield; Shield died of heart disease after confrontation with Robinson's sister on Wednesday. Reported Oct. 14 from New York.
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New York, Oct. 14.-A singular train of fatalities in Brooklyn came to a climax yesterday. Michael McKuster, a saloon keeper, died suddenly Sunday night of heart disease. An old time friend, William Robinson, was so shocked at the news that he purchased paris green at the drug store of Andrew E. Shield and killed himself. Wednesday Robinson's sister went to Shield's store and upbraided Shield for having sold the poison to her brother. Shield was a sufferer from heart disease. He became excited at the charge and dropped dead.
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Brooklyn
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Oct. 14
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michael mckuster died suddenly of heart disease; william robinson committed suicide by paris green; andrew e. shield died suddenly of heart disease.
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A chain of sudden deaths in Brooklyn: saloon keeper Michael McKuster died Sunday night of heart disease; his friend William Robinson, shocked, bought paris green from Andrew E. Shield's drug store and killed himself; on Wednesday, Robinson's sister confronted Shield, who became excited and dropped dead from heart disease.