Frederick W. Ball, a commercial traveler of Jamestown, died under mysterious circumstances a day after arriving in Utica on an overnight train from New York. An investigation revealed evidence of arsenic poisoning. A coroner's inquest was held, with the jury concluding "That the said Frederick W. Ball came to his death by arsenical poison, at the hand or hands of persons unknown to this jury, and we are of the opinion that the case was not one of suicide." The case was referred to a detective in New York City, who reported that Ball was "keeping company with a woman in New York who did not bear the best of characters."
Source: Various Utica, New York, newspaper articles
Source: Various Utica, New York, newspaper articles
Frederick W. Ball, a commercial traveler of Jamestown, died under mysterious circumstances a day after arriving in Utica on an overnight train from New York. An investigation revealed evidence of arsenic poisoning. A coroner's inquest was held, with the jury concluding "That the said Frederick W. Ball came to his death by arsenical poison, at the hand or hands of persons unknown to this jury, and we are of the opinion that the case was not one of suicide." The case was referred to a detective in New York City, who reported that Ball was "keeping company with a woman in New York who did not bear the best of characters."
Source: Various Utica, New York, newspaper articles
Source: Various Utica, New York, newspaper articles
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