The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-06
POISONED.
CorOner's Investigation into the Cir
cunstances attending the Death of Mrs
a. Nhia Hpeht.


case OF Mrs. Hecnt, who was fatally poisooel on
TUESDAY Isst by the taking OF pdts OF dtropiT,
prepared at the store OF Mr. Bower, Sixth and
Green streets, lii.s,sad OF asssf@tida.
s!Isss, IssiasdSa day snsfaooa Ss M.s ~ asSi!
toa me she would take aose Of Plus ,S
.l%s III iSs S.sdss %s e se' be- myself A
psd %s ss.s hs w"T p Rs''sts &sss
s anu ~ s5s g.. Out I Of snaI' % m eS1 that me
100 large; took them home; sne asxel Tor some
sSa psfbsps abous ten muues after 81 told me sse
nsd taken them aud tel better; sae tneo sat dowat
me; ehe says, Can there be Aoytniug IN tn pills.
tue sofa and cal ed h SAuE6 6,er wnoa we reached
ss sSSn naS sns oi! SePS % car % led nee 70 ne. rem
HSs1 % s iS SfsStpasa yum.
scripLion Dr. De Young wrote no a9d IgSysi't9
prescriptions aud made u copy; brought it home
a. gave t 20 DR.. De Youpg could Iell Dy hs lua'
ten. d 10 ers.
Ihifip De You9s, NJ. D., living at No. 2i2 N. EI.a
tween " and ~ o,cock on TUESDAY mornlas win
should come tmmsoiateIy; went tseIt; wa, soa It
sue nsd been aksn Tn5 % 'p. pc syips 20 str t 1e.
sne was asleep ON the bed wnen I saw her she di
she had taken her Usual pills. ex smined her, aud
coulont rouse her: was Lold that he had eAen olt
Sc Rachel nsr weS ~ copy 9r tnS rops Pre-
On the s cspet "s%S fopia What never
10 be used internally; wnen Inis TO Bjwsr's
the oil he tod aksd to pS sss my oss
ton puS rashed 90 Dr. 'rD Dsmmss % Once Once; ne ne was OUT
vent to several otner ooctO1' Offices; found DE-.
Pfo@ps s%s.s; xs.t Ssss ' % 1 sas Ssuss saS ssas
was in dang :; got prs Andrews aud Gross fcom the
6sek 10 hs SUass s aers % ss
hta.es the lady about o'oocs In the alter COON OF
Iaesdsy. twitness then gave The history O. the pre-
1nss ne tBSwt5 had 5 MAKE %s;ake T Isas "a ng the
ioetiCa: prescription was shown the witness at
hoS.Is' drug store and he read it corr ectly-asae-
pl h Il. G. Past. No. s24 N. Sixth street testified
been ai!er me; that lady had been poisoned snrouEh
mistake a. BoSsss d5uS sIore %.It to sns SO g
shSwed the prescription Of De- :,,6 De YoUog: ne
ti.;" could maze out !he prsscri i!ion with tIls
5 S t,a nss @ ,na b asked HSd na him ,ro %hst m OF .
oeida a ssid lI ieaeal mistake aud ssksd
on the bottom Of the prescriptIi saw sixty eils
marked, knowing be Ihe price Of the pre-.
and knowiHg also that Dr. De Young SaS the nSSe OF
iailn al Il he So%ss does net vi
iainly drive me wild; went to the ou.e aud found
bonr aud give 1t as m, opialon that there WAS POS.
DIR Lt0zey, No, Sv7 N. Sixth street, corroborated
Dr. Ralph M. townsend No 1870 Tenth street tes.
tif was ca led from tDe Jefferson Uo.iege Hose-
Dl. sooE
syringe; reached the house shortly before Il oclocs
s.rsO.c poIso%; IL oa%s,css stats, ore .!ni9s
Va O. %? CT es COM
sIssla wsn W.T. aid pS PosssisJ
this s up nn Son 100 s S9cx ss
ysraiIia oi".nsS. shoald BE- spesd si%%s u. spine;
seUnsn, IS seemed to Isun sne Rolled her eyes aud
draw up both legs aud arms in response tIaageis.
tons by little snndles OF ,swcnss; about II Q Gocx
ever she appeared to become sniiocatsd ana Enough
80 pSS o the
a s on sRDS n onus Gs dea
De Young. in state OF agitation, cal ed On me snd
member q t1s ri =; 6as beISfa soiaS .poasss 2,
p6 Inc 10 70
solg.ion, Of %0rph1s 1 and syringe; fouaS tue
she H9s u
'HS1 of mi
II through the hypodremic syringe; the other doc
ss 'nss Sa' I'M sS sv.ass s:''s.i ss:
Was la6orng under poison; her was Dry as
iisiy 3. one Ii@e. wSuid rsjsc. Ins idsa i6:tsSe
dea from any disease she nad tnesy mptoms OF being
shapIeEha made Pc" or.sm snS%
Sns' of as'sS R brain asSss sas 81
spinal cord we're COM ested like ner; the lungs
Of @ ese NOT ver9 S' wsIi
narkt d. the blood was In fnld condition; the
this. / think. was a post.morfem efrsc; after
| poisoning by aropa decomposition 81 Is IN early;
In case of poisoning by narcotic like oria
aw be OF negative character fou nd ap pear
path ewh superstition that dessh had ems asd
an erdoss OF aropa; atropia is active
used Internally and only In minute doses in large
doses Is deadly pOsvn having stt aed TO the evi.
opiI lon H. founded upon their evidence corroooraes
by the postmortem arer .ards, that came to her
Green sweets sd-The drug store is mi origin.
wards oy my son Joseoh BSweT he Is not a
graduate; he never Dut mp the prescription before:
bscH learned OF the acc dent; my aoa has gone to
| Jert ey he was very much excited.
THE VERDICT.
The jury, after deliberation, rendered the fol-
| lowing verdict
| they find that Mrs. Sophia Hecht sent TO tue
| drug store of Henry A. Bower northeast corner
| ofSlxth and Green streets, on Tuesday morn
| Ing, November g. 1868, to have q prescription
| compounded, calling for four cathartic pills,
| which mad been renewed several times before.
| These pills were taken by the deceased; soon
| aner severe and alarming sym pt Oms came on,
| physicians were called, when it was discov vered
| that Joseph II. Bower, who had cnarge of the
| store In the absence of his father. Henry A..
| Bower, had by q mistake, while compoundlng
| poiS on for asSafOeiija.
We therefore n I'D that the said Sophia Hecht
came to her death from narcotic poison kno wn
| as atrOpia.
| We also most severely censure Henry A.
| Power for allowing an competent person TO
| compound prescriptions at his store, aud de-
| from nle.
|