Great Olive Poisoning of 1919 – Part 12

The Final Victim

Saturday, August 30, 1919

The final victim of the olive poisoning, Jessie Sanford, died. Reports on Mary Bates said that she was barely holding on.

The headline of The Alliance Review  now referred to the dinner party as the “death banquet” as another victim is claimed.

Headline from The Alliance Review, August 29, 1919

Mrs. Sanford could not survive, even with injections of a serum that was tried on her as a last resort.

The Alliance Review, August 30, 1919

Tomorrow: Aftermath for the Morgan Family

Part 13

Table of Contents

Part 1 – Introduction

Part 2 – Who was Col. Weybrecht?

Part 3 – The party hostess: Helen Sebring Gahris

Part 4 – The dinner guests

Part 5 – The dinner party – August 23, 1919

Part 6 – The first effects of the tainted olives

Part 7 – The similarities in the symptoms become obvious

Part 8 – Other members of the dinner party are contacted

Part 9 – The first information published in The Alliance Review

Part 10 – Jessie Sanford struggles

Part 11 – Funerals are held for the dead

Part 12 – The final victim

Part 13 – Aftermath for the Morgan Family

Part 14 – What happened to the other guests at the Gahris dinner party?