The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-05-07

"otCp! stop! DoClol IlaXico; 0
tell about your suspicious" said
Mr.. Rockland, "jnst tell what you
know and nothing more"
VERY well; | found a phial of
StrycnDine in a bureau drawer in
Miss Viola Bramlett's room, which
room adjourned the n where the
boy died. The phIal was concealed
in a small drawer, which was inside
of a larger one. The phial was in a
small paper,box, in which Miss
Bramlett was in the habit Of keep
ing her jewelry. l found on close
inspection tfat some Of the strych-
nine had been taken out of the phi
al. Can't say exactly how much
had been taken out. When Doctor
Dodson arrived, | requested him to
give me a private interview; then
told him what | knew"
"Did Miss Bramlett appear TO be
greatly grieved at the death of her
hrotherg"
When | first entered the house, |
found her seemingly in great dis
tress; she was wrlnging her hands
and weeping bitterly; but when the
child expired, she ceased to weep
and began to stare wildly about the
room, like she was looking for some
thing. noticed hat she frequent
ly picked up the little blue papers
that had contained the quinlne, and
examined them; then replaced
them on the table. Then she would
fix her eyes on me and gaze, as if
she wished TO ask a question. Any
sudden movement Of the inmates Of
the house appeared to startIe her,
and she kept watching the door, as
if she expected some one 10 come
in"
"Take the witness, Mr.. Rock.
land" SAID Mr.. Outlet.
"You may stand aside, Doctor"
growled the lawyer without raising
his head; ave will not trouble you
with any questions"
awe will now examine Doctor
DodSon, if the court please"
Take the stand, Doctor Dodson,
and tell all you know about the
death of II. W. Bramlett."
"When the old Doctor took the
stand he was greatly agitated and
was making a desperate effort to
control his feelings, out without
success. A tear gllstened in his
eye, while his. hands trembled per.
ceptibly.
II am a practising physician, ah,
ha! you see, and had been called in
by Miss Bramlett to see her little
brother, who was suffering with
chills and fever. On the evening
Of the 10th Of February l visited
the patient and prescribed quinine.
| made up five doses, wrapped them
IN strips Of blue paper and directed
Miss Bramlett to give a dose every
two hours, commencing at 4 O..
clock. | knew 1t was quinine. All.
ha! yes, you see, l bought it from
our drug store--don't you see:
therefore know'it was qulnine; alb.
ha! that was certain. / was called
again to go to the patient late al
night; when ! arrived | found the
child dead, and Plaxico requested
r me to go into a private room with
him, which | did when he Informed
} me that the boy had been poisoned
examined the medicine, | had left
for the patient, and found that three
! doses had been administered, and
! the other two remained exactly al
l had left them; all! don't you see
yes, they were just as | bad prepar
ed them. No signs OF strychnint
there; all, ha! no indeed. l assisted
at the post norton examination
, and found strychnine in the stom
S ach of deceased; am convinced hi
} died from the effects of the poison.
"Did Miss Bramlett appear to b.
Q made much affected by the death o
her brother"
S "Ah, ha! yes, indeed; she, poo
3 thing, seemed to be shocked, stunn
ed, paralyzed as you may say. Sh'
looked more like a crazy ghost thaI
any thing else. There was a vii,
g expression on her pale face tina
frightened me-"
r "Did you ask her any question
b about the medicine you had left!"
"Ah, hal yes, you see, l was aW
S fully frightened when Plaxico tol,
me that the child had been poison
ed. You see how it is, don't you
e | was afraid | had made a terribl
n mistake myself. | began to fea
O that | had given the strychnine b