Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-09

me was, That Charley ought to hav
a lawyer present to watch the pro
ceedings, and see that be had at leas
legal rights, where all would be pref
udiced against him. No sooner
thought, than | remembered that
had been able to do considerabl,
professional service in the family Of
a young lawyer by the name of San
ford in fact, | had been fortunate
to snatch favorite child of his al
most out of the grip of death
Sanford was like myself, unable tC
make both ends meet, and in telling
me his inability to pay me then
hoped that | or some of my friends
would endeavor to make profess iona
use of him. This was just the time
and, before the inquest opened, l 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 q young girl
about nineteen. Had no relatives
and only one or two friends, in Bos.
ton. Nobody visited her but her
physician, DIR. Brewster. She had
not been very well for day or two,
and DR.. Brewster had prescribed late
the night before, and sent a boy to
Marcelin's drug store for a prescrip-
ton. Prescription book produced
by Marcelin, the proprietor of drug
store. Prescription read
Il. Hydrarg, chloromite,
Ext. rhei aa scruple,
Assaioet. gr. iii,
Pillules vi.
1t was written with hard lead
pencil on an ordinary bit of white,
unruled writing paper.
Then came Brewster's evidence
lie identified the prescription. -
When he found there was something
wrong with Miss Selby, the deceas-
ed, he went to Marcelin's and saw
Drake, who admitted to having put
three grains of atropia in the pre-
scription, instead of the same guam
tity of asaiUtida.
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
one-sixth OF grain should be
enough.
1t all looked very bad for Charley,
and | saw plainly that in the present
state of the case, Sanford could not
help him any. There was only one
question ne asked DR.. Brewster,
which seemed rather TO bother the
doctor, and was suggestive to me.
Doctor, no said, how was it that,
when you suspected that something
was wrong with Miss Selby, you left
her for nearly half an hour with the
ignorant people of this house, and
went yourself down to Marcelin's
instead oftrying something to reliev c
the deceased, and sending a messcn-
ger to Marcelin's?
DR.. Brewster said be wanted TO be
personally satisfied.
And how was it, doctor, that, when
you were personally satisfied, you
contented yourself with only using
simple remedies, such as sulphate OF
zinc, and did not call in other aid
until Miss Selby was past all hope Z
DIR. Brew ster answered that he
had acted to the best Of his judgment,
and he was not responsible to any.
body, even if be had erred, which he
did not. And so closed the inquest
and Charley was committed to stand
his trial for manslaughter, his bail
having been placed at ten thousand
dollars. OF course, bail was impos.
sible, and Charley went to prison
choered to little hope by Sanford
and myself, but still nearly heart
broken. There either little Nellie
Wilson, Sanford or myself visited
him daily, and did our best to cheer
him but the prospect was dark, anC
the State prison doomed up befor,
his vision. The day of his trial wal
approaching, and there was not q bi
of evidence to submit in defence
save good character aud recommen
dations from former employers anC
from Marcelin, all of which was poo
hope.
One day business led me past tn,
house where Miss Selby had died
and | do not know what induced tn,
idea, but / thought | would go in.-
The only idea l had, in fact, was tC
see the messenger who took the pre-
scription, and talk with him, though
l knew him to be only an ignoran
boy. | saw The landlady-it was .
boarding housewife was kind
motherly sort of woman, and aftel
q little gossip with her, / got hel
interested in Charley's case, as al
orphan, and without friend in th,
world but myself. Then / founC
that the old lady was troubled will
a dyspeptic pain, which undertook
to cure, sending out for medicine oil
the spot, without letting it cost he
anything, and finally won upon Mrs
Bramble SO that, as | was goins
away, she said:
Now, doctor, why don't ye com,
and take my little reception room
and put o sign here? There ain
no doctor anywhare around thi
neighborhood, and I'll board We very
cheap, ist to nave We in the hous'
on 'easion. .sa r
l laughed at the old lady's propo
sition, and told her that | woult
try and think it over by mex
day; did so, and saw that Mrs
Bramble's house was much superio
in appearance and location to th'
one | inhabited. The result was,