Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-02
h i.audanum Poison.
A DRUGGIST FINED TEN DOLLARS FOR
LABELLING IT AS SUIH.

A DRUGGIST FINED TEN DOLLARS FOR NOT !
LABELLING IT AS SCLH.
In the Police Court TO day. Joseph r Cas-
sin, druggist was charged with selling poi-
SOD without proper laoel-a two-O ounce vial
OF laUdanum.
DR.. HELEN examined the vial produced,
ard testified that the article solo was lauta-
mum. and that IL was ranked with poison,
and usually so labeled. IL would probably
take two or three spOonfuls TO produce de..th
where the IAtient was not usei to TAX no 10
He produced a label commonly use, with.
out the mark OF "poisOn" on il. IL is one az
the most common medicines used. All med.
icines are more or less poisonous.
Or. Il. II. Gilman testified That laudanur
is Put down In the books As poisonous al
though IL is not gen orally so regarded He
sells II every day without the label poison
attached nj. Corrosive Sub.Imate OF stTych-
nine are usually labeled as poison, but not
80 with laudaDun. Persons take il in large
doses 10 commit suicide, and ID produces
death.
CTOss-examined by Mr. Darlington for de-
fence:-Q. Did you ever know a man to
con nit suicide by hanging" \. II have
q. "Did you ever know the person who
sold the rope to such suicide 20 be charged
with being accessory To such suicide?" y.
Couusel.-..Nor did anybody ever hear of
such case, nor in a case like the one before
the court Of selling common article of mel
icir e.
Testimony here closed, and Mr.. Carrfngt, n
addressed the court in behalf Of defendant,
and read the law bearing on the case. He
tOOA the ground that all medicine contained
poison. but to hold that IL Is a deadly poison
and should be so labelled under the law il
ridiculous NONSENSE. The simple wort Gland
aiuIn Is commonly used among druggists
as d laoel, and ~ all that $ deemed n.cnS-
saTy. az there is not a child hardly but who
Knows how to administer a lose OF lauda-
NUN.
Mr. Birnev. for the District. argued that
his was grave Offepce-to sell such a 1ral-
tlty 10 an IN known man, which was usej
IoT criminal purpose. II is admitted that
Or. Cassin sold IL without a prescription from
physician, and be cOlteHded that n fine
should be imposed, and that IL should 90
forth as reminder IN all apOthecaries in
the District that this loose way of dispensing
daI geyOus poison 20 the public Is to be pun
lShCd, that is a custom Ia be checked by the
courts. The law requires this, as all other
dangerous IslSons. 10 be properly labelled
as such. The court read the law approved IN,
1S5S, requiring all such JrUgS 20 be marked
as poison, except when put up by a prescrip-
ton. lie reviewed the testimony and sale
TIE custom should not override the law
Here was quantity of laudanum sufficient
10 xii half dozen'persons probably with
out physicians prescription and not
labsiled as the law requires. He thought if
due 70 the public that this case should be
properly met, and imposed fine OF SO.
a DAYS Fun AT FOREST GLES-T7qf-,r-
r4CT;- Speeches, SUCCESSFUL knights. dc.-The
festival and tournament at the Cottage"
near Forest Glen q station on the Me'roTol-
road, yesterday, for the benefit of Carroll
chapel, was largely attended by people from
the District and the surrounding country.
II the morning game Of base bail was
played between the MOntTose and No Name
mines, and resulted in victory for the
former, the members OF which were pre-
sentod with handsome ball and bat. At4
O'Clock the tournament. the feature of the
Gay, took place. Mr.. w. ]. Brown was tho
chief marshal, and assisted by Messrs sam
uel CSshell and Thos; +. France. The judges
s.
Casheil, T. {. Connolly, and r. Mull!can;
and MeSsrs. G. Grady and f.. III. Perry ac,ei
as heTalds. The Knights, = in number, were
drawn up ard addressed by NJ. T. ~. Lam
bert, Of the Washington bar. The explana-
ton was given that this was q twO-Ting
tournament, The distance 40 yards, and the
TINE allowed twelve seconds. AlthOU gh the
score does not show that the knights were
eHinently successful in taking the rings,
he riding was very fine as a rule.
The fitting resulted I'm the knights Of Belle
view Mr.. f. COOr) Sunflower Hill (Mr +. IL
IhOn psOn), Silver Grove d. III. Nicholson,
Indiana q; J. Kemp, Trembling Hani IF.
Is. ClaTk), Silver Wave IS. CiSselj, each TAX
lrg four rings, making tie; Messrs. G. I.
LeZler, T.. j. Letter, W. L. Lezier. and II C.
Barnes each took three rings. Those making
iOur RAJ gs rode OFF the tie. Mr.. +. II. ThOmp-
MISS Luin queen OF love and beauty; Mr..
samuel CT sci second prize, Miss Eta Arm
stead frst maid OF honor; Mr.. F. b. Clark
OF koE or; Mr.. j. II. Nicholson fourth prize
Bliss Lizzie Kent third maid of honor. The
coronation exercises followed, and Hon.
Montgomery Blair made the coronation ad-
dress The dancing OF the queens set closed
me festivities, and the country people left
Tor their homes The crowd bound for WASH
IL gtOn on arriving al the depot, about half a
m Ie from the grounds, learned that the $50
o ciOCa train, contrary to expectation an!
adv eIilSemeut, would not stop. As the ONLY
way out of the dilemma, Father James +.
MackiD, pastor Of st. Johns church. role 10
Silver Springs, some distance away. AMI
tsle gTarhed TO washington for a special
train. After the people had wafte1 In tha
open Gir for about two hours the train nae
its appearance AID tie passengers were
brought TO town.