, 1877-08-20


him ever san,c, but he wnull ~, even wien
lie might have knowcd.n
p tnsy a.H, 9qst h; hey threatened I" do
swell. don't know. u they hurt him; but
you could hlrc rehtl that ntwEparer through
him when they found his body III Dead A1Nn's
Canyon. never did sec body 80 full q holes
In my lfel''
A VICTIM or atOnrn1A.
.Sr Fort Tor!t.
On aug, 2 Charles Tyler was committed 10
the Tornbs by .Justicc Wandell from Jefferson
Market Polce-Court Tor stealing surgical
instruments md morphlnc from physI-
clans. A World reporter visited Tyler yes
tcrday in the stck-roon. oi thu Totnbs. lie
was lying ou narrow bed. in a most
uncomfortable position, but was asleep breath
Ing heavily. lie looked like n corpse. h!s skin
being devoid nf all 1iie-color; but when he
opened his eyes they we're discovered IT, be bril-
liant and clca.. lie awoko at a gentle touch
witl, frightened start and cry ot fear, and
stared about him like will snnn. Iy degrees
he was led into conversation, Hnd bccafnc flultu
minated In bis talk. showing lew signs Of tuE-
fcrtng.
nnii nrI g years old. My mother was Tyler,
Of Viseinia. but my father was n Northern nla1,.
They are both dead. hnvc brothers nut sisters,
though they east nc OF long ago on account Of
ated from the College Of phas.nacY ~ Chicago
started ont rs q pfl, scian. but ere long be-
came addicted to drinking whisky. found
that the habit vas injurious to !ny business;
failed tt, Eire me the satisfaction It did at first
II was then began to take morphine. That
hat splendid effect on me, made inc lively and
ambitious, and Rnye INC Gil amount Of happiness
$<s
me 1t once became strong al,d independent:
Nothing was too losu fur she to undertake.
sprculated and made lots Of money. At the
end Of two years my suiIcrings began. l had
/ hMl hurried aad lost my wife, and this made
It necessary for inc to take stronger duses, until
my mind bccamo impaired. was put Into
lul,atic asylun In Massachusetts,, and the doc
took 70 much morphine: Iva. allowed tu leave
tlis institution partially cured. nyain began
grains Il t,ay. It only had about thirty grnlns
dance all around tho room. The doctor gives
ft,c twenty gralns morning and night, but tlat's
only enough ta keep inc alive. take 1t by In
icctiou. Long ago Il ta'lch to haye any effect
on ulc when takrn through tho muuth.'s
Here he barc,l his left urt, mud showed The re-
porter the effect Of these injections: They were
made bs Il Aypoderlnte syringe, antl frou, tteIr
Frequency his arms, from the shoulders down TO
Tic Wr13t$, WGGE nuC 6AtlulE I'll kl1ltHf AuG luH
akin was of llussli tint, Many Of these pnnct-
ures were not healed, but Sanford declared TINT
he was totally devoid OF feeling. One might
bore into bis l!esh with rel. hot Iron. he sald,
and l,e would not fss' r. l., ana ~ pret .a tns
silver nalf-tlo'lar, and told how lsc gut them. 1t
appears that university in Its fullest measure
cafle upon him. lie lost Ills lyl,odcFnlic ayr
uru and 50 procured enmon IN ca 'yngs is
cutting hole. lie uscd to take razoF and cut
cash In lis thluh, md then with sessors burc
hole tntu thu tlesl, Into which ie would insert
tho syringe and lnlcct tue morphine. All the
lcsl,Y parts OF mis- boly Which ls could cnurcn-
icutIy grt at have BEEN cut aud pnMcturea over
and over as:ltl.
~ have taken over et1ty gratus Of morphine 4
day. hive often taken over d dractn. In ouu
day. t1ne drachm Of morphine u equal tu moro
than fo0 gratus OF opilim.n
,.,,, "wnat M {. ySr feeling nov when supplied
lit is one uf Independence. That is ns near
Without il NV only dcs,re H. to xiii lnysclf"
llc tooksd about Ills ec'i md called tho re-
porter 10 witnesa that there ws,s 10 means Ut
Killing himself within reach. ~ can't cvcu
straslglo myself" remarked sandford. "Oh, u
/ wasn't 80 helpless I'd soon lu ont Of this he'll
Pm 10. ! have no fcar Of lhe next world.
There Is nothing tn this for nc. For over two
years / hare been dead. Tierc is no b'us,d
keen Itfo In Iur cannot cct," md lie fcIl over
OH ills mlsernble cot aud sighed III aheartbrokcn
way. "Evsn wecn asleep ! have no rest. !
uuouv = 10. II doaa aud hcue compelled TO sat
thels lcsll. know when wake up, covered
"a uu with u cold pcrs,fratjpp, that it IL but
dream, but the effect Of It makes my dcsl1a for
morphine tosturu." lio rot up agaln OH Lila
elbow u,ld asked tue reporter for souc tobacco.
Thc reporter hnll none 10 give him, and he ie,l
back ayuia like dead man. I8u said to(,atro
wus tbs only thiuR lc could .rtsl. Morphine
taken In ths mouth, be sal,i makes ht,n sitk.
13ctng asked to explain bis present prcdica,
s 1ueans II making .noueY lie sold everything l,c
had from tjuo to Tine K, procure .nurphluc,
When everything vss gone liz protted a While
on credit With .lFuC0lsts aul drsfcrs Will. whom
ltu l1all a.xIuantunse, When this means of get
ting the drug was deu!cd him he stole what l,c
Gould. and with the p1ucccd5 got what be
wanted,
"Kuowiug tic ways of doctors anil tue value
OF their snstruucnts," said b., II ficyu,ctl my.
srDf to thia SPECIAL way OF raising the wind Ot
rou.,u lot caught. Whom want n.ornl,iue