The daily gazette., 1875-04-06
E0lIlQl 0ENllZ
Recording His Own Death.

NOTED EVERY SYMPTOM.
BRooK1YN, April 5.-Mr. 7. W.
Walker, the proprietor of electric baths
At 800 State street, Brooklyn, was at
one time under the care of Dr. Brown
Seouard, of New York, now in Eu-
rope, who treated him for a nervous
disease. After DIR. Sequard went to
Europe Mr.. Walker placed himself un-
der the care of Drs. Agnew and Web
ster, and they adopted the treatment
of Prof. John Harley, of st. Thomas
Hospital, London, and prescrlbed
"conium," or the fluid extract OF mem
lock.
walker went to DIR. Agnew's office
on SATURDAY. last. He took several
doses of the drug withoutany apparent
relief. On leaving the office, Dr: Ag-
new told him to get some OF Squibb 8
fiuid extract of hemlock, and take NIFTY
drops, He was told what the effects
would be. Walker then went to Dr.
| Souibb's place in Dougherty street, In
BROOKLYN, and procured an ounce Vial
of hcmlock. He went home, took an
over dose of the medicine. aud calling
his wife to his side, asked her to
write down the following, which he
dictated
A DYING MANS STATEMENT.
41Op. m. took fifty minims Squibbs
fluid extract of conium; 40 p. M, eff
fects decided dizziness, relaxa-
ton of muscles and limbs; fifty mip-
inns more then taken, difficulty of walk
ing Immediately, and want Of power
| fnrrnd fn 1ia
down, but no mitigation OF spasms;
limbs and legs weak; unable to hold up
head speech thiekening some ; pain
and heaviness in top and back part Of
head pulse &c 6,15 p. m, took fifty
drops some nausea, some tremor at
at base of collar bone and In muscles
across the chest, no d iminution of
spasms about the eyes, nor of photo
phobia dislike of 1ight); 5.25 p. M,
drowsiness, inclined to sleep; $40 p.
m, eyes difficult to open, speech diff
: cult, fulness in throat, prostration hear
: ly complete, diplopia double sight
9 vastly increased 6.10 p. m, nausea,
twitchings on right side, unable to ar.
tticulate, eyes closed, fulness almost tC
: suffocation in the throat, pulse about
5 leo.
v At this part of the narrative Mr.
8 Walker cries out frantically for waite
Z and his wife ran for some coffee Oh
e her return her husband was dead =
He had died of paralysis of the spina
~ cord.
Before leaving the Office Walker say
81 DR.. Agney told him that he might ea
:. pect all these symptoms. He was nc
!. told to take the third dose. Thi
caused his death. He was cool an
deliberate to the last, and said to hi
Is. wife, "Take down just as dictate,
ne and she wrote as above.
OF Coroner Simms was notified, anC
i, having viewed the body sent for d
Agnew. DR.. Webster his associate
came over to Brooklyn, and said thi
DR.. Agnew was very busy, but woul
come if necessary. They were bot
present when Mr.. Walker was treatc,
He had been under their,treatment fl
the last six or eight months. d
Brown Sequard had performed
surgical operation on Mr.. Walker
h face, but apparently to no purpose.
y MR.. WALKERS ANTECEDENTs.
Mr.. Walker was sixty Ave years
, age, and has been in Brooklyn sim
last December, when he moved thith
gs, from Plainfield, N. j. Some years al
u.s. he was the Washington corresponds
re- of New Y ork paper and became &
itie quainted with President johnson al
other prominent men OF that day. /
was one of the persons poisoned at I
, National Hotel, Washington, at I
time of President Buchanan ina
guration. During the war he W
commissioned by General Mansflt
NJ to go to "T. b" place of that nal
in Charles county, Md, about twer
es miles from Washington, to captur'
h Confederate spy named Ernack.
OK, He took regiment of cavalry W
With him, captured his man, and then Ii;
ded him over to the charge of two O
GERS. Ernack attempted to escape, o
stabbed Mr.. Walker in the abdom
our our inflicting sever wound, from whi
'''' he recovered in hospital Ernack
capped Since that time Mr.. Wall
has held several offices under the G
ernment.
ttbe In 1871, while crossing Will
/ all street New Y ork he was knocked do
-Rest and run over by truck. His Fl
was badly cut, and from this slight
cident arose the trouble which il
rectly caused his death.
Corpor Simms will hold an inqu
,si ye at 4 o'clock this afternoon. DR..
lsses new, DR.. Squibb snd other physici
sons have been summoned as 'wftnes
ssgedI sssed Mr.. Walker leaves wife and
# the ch1ldren.
omy
have WurN n man ge+s into IIn;tad ST
stab ! cn,,a. / - .ha,.lSS - ~ -