The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-08-16
ST. LOUIS.
Deaths OF Four Pa
uents tn an Asylum for the In.
sane,

MYSteftOuS Deaths OF Four Pa
nentS In an Asylum Tor the In.
sane. ,. 'e.. ~.
ST. LOUIS, August l4.-A good deal of
excitement was Ocoasioned at the County
Insane Asylum this forenoon over the
death Of four inmates from the admins
tration Of sedAtive mixture to make
them sleep. The names Of the victims
are Annie Newman, Christina Koenig,
Anna Peters, and James Rockford. An
inquest was held this afternoon, at which
anumber Of physicians gave testimony as
to the nature and effects Of the mixture,
but the verdict was deferred until On
analysis Of the sedative could be made to
determine whether any other medicines
than those prescribed were put in the
preparation. Among the ingredients Of
the mixture were belladonna, extract
conium, bromide Of potassium, and other
poisOnS. The same preparation has been
used before without bad effects, but It is
now thought that either an overdose was
given the patients or some unusual article
was put into the mixture,
FATAL AFFRAY.
j, W. Beaumont, contractor, and
Isaac +, Rauden, workman under him,
got into an alteration this afternoon, in
the lower part Of the city, Bauden at
tackled Beaumont with billet OF wood.
Beaumont warned him, but he paid no
heed to the warning, and persisted in his
assault, when Beaumont shot him IN the
breast, nearly killing him.
IooT AND SHOE BANKRUPTCY CASE.
G. Il. Stinde, wholesale boot and shoe
merchant filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy to-day. Tho liabilities are
given at $1S4,0OO, and the assets at $780,
600.
ALLEGED MURDERER ARRESTED,
Griffin Cox, charged with numbering
q man at Fairfield, Wayne county, Ills,
four years ago, has been arrested here,
and Sheriff Nixon, OF Clay county, will
start with him tomorrow for that county,
where he Is 10 he tried,
THE INSANE DEAD.
ST. LOUIS, August l5.-The deaths at
the County Insane Asylum last night has
been the subject Of much comment to-day,
and many structures have been passed
upon DR.. Howard, the resident physician.
The sedative administered was composed
Of fluid extract OF conium, 10 ounces sui
phnte morphia, "a grains atrOpia, bella
donna Of grain, bromide pOsassium
ounces, berling water A ounces. This was
given in teaspOOnful doses to the patients
when noisy or very restless and repeated
In one or two hours, when the first dose
did not produce quietude or sleep, This
was given to eleven patients between 10
p. NJ. and 2 A. NJ, with apparently no bad
results to any OF them, excepting those
mentioned in the previous dispatch. 1t
appears, hOwevers, that the cOnium
used in this mixture was new
article, much stronger than that used
on previous occasions and was not tried
before administration. For this reason
and for placing SO powerful sedative In
the hands Of nurses TO be given with
more or less discretion Of their own, is
DR.. Howard pretty severely cenSured.
Physicians testified Mt the coronor's in-
quest yesterday that the estimated amount
Gf cohium was teaspOOnful Of the mix
ture, from 50 to 45 drops, which was con-
sidered large dose, and only to be given
under peculiar circumstances and not re-
peated oftener than from two to three
hours. Reports were circulated late to.
night that moro Of the patients died to-
day, but us the asylum Is about five miles
from the city, with no telegraphic com
munication, the facts will probably not
he ascertained tonight.