When the neighbor came to the Cowle residence on January 11, 1923, there were already a few outsiders present who had been watching Alfie clutching his stomach and rolling around on his bed in agony.
According to some accounts, there was foam pouring from the man’s mouth.
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Daisy told the neighbors that Alfie had been complaining about a stomach ache. So, she gave him an Epsom salts solution commonly used for digestive ailments during that era, and it was not long after that he felt unwell and started convulsing.
She sent for the family doctor, Albert Pakes, who was unavailable at the time, so she called another physician, Dr. P.J. Leighton, who prescribed the suffering man an anticonvulsant and left in search of an unnamed medical instrument.