Sundry claims

It is fairly easy to find online sources about Uncle Charley and David Puskin, but after the initial poisonings it is much more difficult to find information about the other victims and what happened to them. These two clippings made me sad.

First, this was in the Oct 23, 1924 issue of The Athens Messenger, three months before his near fatal poisoning:

NEW GOLF PRO IS OHIO STATE MAN

Delbert Thompson Has  

Two Brothers in Game

    The board of directors of the Athens Country club has appointed Delbert Thompson as professional for the club's golf course.

    Thompson is a student at Ohio State university and will come to Athens in April after finishing his studies at Ohio State in March. He has had seven years' experience as a golf professional paid for his education with his clubs. His last connection was with the Ambridge club of Pittsburgh.

    He is a brother of T.D. Thompson professional at the Parkersburg country club. He claims the unique distinction of being one of three brothers who are all golf professionals.

I then found this in the Thursday, Dec. 16, 1926 edition of the Dayton Daily News:

Poison Victim Files Claim

Attorney Seeks Compensation for Canton Golf Instructor

    Attorney Don Thomas, of the law firm Baggott and Thomas, conferred with officials of the state sundry claims committee at Columbus relative to compensation for Delbert Thompson, Canton, golf expert and instructor and one of the victims of poison at the Ohio State University in January, 1925, he announced Thursday.

    No definite sum was asked for the bad condition in which Thompson alleges he was left by the poison, which was dispensed to a number of students accidentally as quinine.

    Thompson has no adequate relief in the matter in the courts of the state and must depend upon the decision of the committee, Thomas stated.

    Thompson lost a position at Athens, where he was hired as a golf instructor, due to his ill health, it was reported. He values his service at from $4000 to $5000 a year.

    Charles Huls, Logan, and David I. Puskin, Canton, died as a result of the poison. A.E. Huls, father of the dead boy, is seeking $15,000 damages for the loss of his son.

 

I'm still trying to discover more about Delbert, but I think his job loss must have been especially painful coming from a family with two additional golf professionals: Thomas and Clifford. I wonder if it was permanent? To date, I can find nothing specific about Delbert or his golfing career after this.

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