The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-07-21

druggist FIVE grains of morphine, say
ing that DR.. Johnson wanted it for the
father of the defendant, who was dan
gerously Sick; ana lie Mantrd IL AGAIN
put up IN two equal parts in separate
papers, and DR.. Johnson would divide
it inlO proper doses, and it was again
put up by the druggist as required and
placed in like envelope, bearing the
same printed card, and endorsed by the
druggist Morphine Poison" That at
the time he so obtained it, he said to
the druggist his father was very sick,
and that Drs. johnson and Phillips had
given him up. Further that the proof
shows, that all the statements so made
by the defendant to the defendant to
to the druggist when obtaining said
morphine, were utterly untrue and
false; that in fact DR.. Johnson had
not ordered or prescribed any morphine
for his father, and had not requested
him to obtain any morphine for any
purpose. That neither DR.. Johnson
nor DR., Phillips had been treating his
sickness, and so could not, and did.nOt
give him up. That on Friday, the
10th day of December, 1880, being the
next day after the defendant so OBJ
tanned the second or last lot Of NOR
phin9, at said apOthecary, paper in
size about equal to the size Of the en-
velOpe it was wrapped in, was found
by the hOusekeeper of the deceased, on
the cold ashes Of the cook stove on
which the defendant had prepared the
tea and beef tea which he gave to his
father; the card of TOnner & Co, being
| printed thereon, with two. other figures
thereon, being partly torn. That the
defendant was alone with his father
Friday evening and night, preparing
his food and medicine; and the next
morning the deceased is found with
decided symptoms of narcotic poison
ing by some form of opium or morphine
upon him, of which that evening about
7 o'clock he died. That on the 9th day
of DeCember,E $780, the same day on
which the defendant obtained the last
lot of poison at TOnner " Co.'S. drug
store, the witness Kimes called at the
house of the deceasedsto. pay him a bill
which he owed him of $14.12. That
the money was paid and akreceipt
signed by the deceased. That the de-
fendant was present at the time in the
same room; and the deceased twice re-
quested him, said defendant, to leave
the room but he perslstently refused
to do so and remained in the room, but
asked the witness HINES to give him
the money. The witness refused to
give it to him, and gave it to his father.
That on the same 9th or on the 10th Of
December the defendant told the wit
ness HurfOrd at his store, that his
father did not stay in the house as he
ought to, and did not take his medicine
as ordered, and he had told him if he
would not obey directions he would
leave him, or he would use the
rod on him. That in fact these
statements were utterly false, and his
father had not, in fact, been out Of his
room, and had punctually taken his
medicines. That on the same Friday,
about noon, the defendant came to the
witness, Goldsmith, and among other
he told him that he had tried
that day to give his father some beef
| tea, and that he refused to take it, and
tried to 60 toward the door, but he
pushed him back on his couch, placed
his knee on his breast and forced him
to swallow the beef tea. That his IA
ther was sick Of overgrown liver, and
that his kidneys were ailing. That on
Saturday, whilst his father was lying
PROSTATE under the effect of morphine
poison, the defendant stepped over into
HurfOrds store to buy some cigars, on
his way up town, and there in the pres
ence of James Thompson, stated to the
witness, HurfOrd, that his father was
some better. He had given him some |
beef tea, and he thought he would now |
60 to sleep. That he told the house
keeper Saturday morning, when asked |
how his father was, that he was sleep |
ing that he had been restless in the
night, and that he had given him a
dose of medicine, and that he was
sleeping, and that she should not see
or bother him; but should let him
sleep. That at the same time he asked
her to give him the key to his fathers
bureau, in which he kept his papers
and yaluables. That, afterwards, on
the same day, when told that his IA
theirs sleep was unnatural, he told the
same witness thrt the deceased must |
have got up and taken dose out Of the
bottles there. That seeing the profound |
Stupor and prostratlOn OF the deceased,
Thompson and others insisted that the
defendant should go and bring doc
tor for him. That defendant left to
go and afterwards come back and said
he had no told the doctor to come along.
That doctor Walker said his sleeping
was all right and they should let him
sleep. That IN fact, the defendant had
called on DR.. Walker and asked him
whether he had given his father any
thing to produce sleep, and was told he
had not. And that the defendant !
thereupon told DR., Walker that the
deceased had been well at noon, eaten
some, and said he would be about next |
day; but he feared he was now Sleep
;,or foo D,uob Tbot tharnupOn tbo wit