The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-11-05

#. shutting up time. The woman diet
within an hour; and Charley Is under
arrest, awaiting the verdict of the
coroner's jury
| felt an utter disgust for this fel.
J, low; but I thought I would give hin
: 4 parting shot before 1 left him. Sc
I said
''Blt why don't they arrest you:
They must look TO you as princi-
., pal,
. : 1t was almost amusing to see his
!. expression of fright.
= Arrest me? What had l got to
do with it? Why. l wasn't even in
the store when it occurred.
No-the saeak-he was asleep in
his bed. while he put all the work
ami responsibility off on poor Char
lev. However, contented myself
with asking a few questions as to who
tie person was that had died, aud
when Charley had bceu arrested; and
then started to see him | found
him. iu very little time, in the Gus
tody of one Of the corDDer's officers,
awaiting the holding of the inquest,
which would come off in an hour. As
matter Of course, Charley was 10
intense mental agony, and it was only
with difficulty | could get him to
speak to the point. His mind wan
dered, and he was IN high fever. |
got hold Of his hand, and tried to
calm him.
"Now, my boy" said, "this is no
time for despairing. You must pluck
up courage, and look the thing
Isduarely in the face. All is not lost.
as long as life is left. Tell me the
whole story"
"Well, it was about one o'clock,
this morning, and was walked out
of sound sleep to pat up preserip-
ton, and L put it up wrong. L was
so sleepy, and had been so fired,
when went TO bed! Oh, poor Mel
lie! What will she say to this?"
"No matter about Nellie now, |
answered; oif she's the little woman
[ think she is, she'll bear it nobly,
and, no matter what the result. she
won't think less of you. Now, then,
what was the nature of your mis-
take?"
"Oh, dear Cousin Rob, a very bad
onel put in three grains of atropia
for three grains of assafetida, and
YOU know that one-sixth of grain
of atropia is a large dose. | knew it
was a strange prescription; but, as it
came from DR.. Barton Brewster, who
knows what he's about, and is regu-
liar customer of our shop, put it up,
and gave it to the messenger. l was
so glad to get to bed again, that l
didn't think about anything until
about half an hour afterward, when
the doctor himself walked re up, and
asked to see the prescription. l
hadn't put it in the book yet, so [
handed it to him. He took it to the
night lamp, read it, and handed it
back, saying, very harshly:
Young man, just read that pre-
seription again"
II did as he bade me, thoroughly
awake by this time, and, to my hor-
ror. read three grains of assafetida,
iinstead of three grains of a tropia.
"Dr. Brewster looked fiercely at
me for a moment, and went of, leav-
ing me with the prescription in my
hand, and saying You've killed
woman by your earelessness; you'll
have to settle it with the coroner in
the morning.
"Well; and they arrested you this
morning.
"Yes, about seven o'clock. The
officer says it was good in DIR. Brews.
ter not to give information against
me until after daylight, since L nigh.
have got away in the meantime, if l
had been of mind to do so; which,
no doubt, was the doctors idea
But, bless you, Cousin Bob didn't
think of running away. | couldn't
run away, if it was only for Nellie's
sake
Nellie was dear little girl, to
whom Charley had been engaged for
a year or two, and was likely to be
for few years more, as he was
Whiting, until he could get into bust
ness for himself, to marry her.
! [ cast over the whole thing iu my
mind, and the first idea that struck
me was, that Charley ought to have
lawyer present to watch the pro-
ceedings, and see that he had at least
legal rights, where all would be pre-
liudiced against him. No sooner
thought, than remembered that I
had been able to do considerable pro-
fessional service in the family of
young lawyer by the name of San
ford; in fact, l had been fortunate
enough to snatch favorite child of
his almost out of the griPe of death,
Sanford was, like myself, unable to
make both ends meet, and, in telling
me his inability to pay me then,
hoped that 1, or some of my friends,
would endeavor to make professional
use of him. This was just the time,
and before the inquest opened, [ had
Sanford on the spot, anxious to be of
use.
The evidence was very simple ::
The deceased boarded in the house
where she died. Was a young girl,
about nineteen. Had no relatives,
and only one or two friends, in Bos-
ton. Nobody visited her but her
physician, DR.. Brewster. She had
not been very we'll for a day or two,
and DR.. Brewster had prescribed late
the night before, and sent boy to
Marcelin's drug store for prescription
Prescription book produced by Mar
celin. the proprietor of drug store.
Prescription read;
f'R. Hydrurg ehIoromite,
| Ext rhei "a - scruplei
Assafet. gr. iii,
| Pillules Vi"
1t was written with hard lead pen
ell on an ordinary bit of white, un-
ruled writing paper.
Then came Brewster's evidence.
He identified the prescription. When
he found there was something wrong
with Miss Selby, the deceased, he
went to Mareelin's aid saw Drake,
who admitted to having put three
grains of atropia in the prescription,
instead of the same quantity of assa-
fetida.
Then came medical evidence as to
the effects of atropia, and the amount
that should be given in dose which
made half grain to each pill, when
sixth of a grain should be
enough:
It all looked very bad for poor