Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-02-27
Awful Calamity at the Western Luna
tic Asylum.

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| AWAuA CaAasy a. INC western Luna
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FIVE PATIENTS DROP DEAD A FEW MINUTES
AFTER TAKING THEIR MEDICINE AND -FOUR
OTHERS MADE QUITE sICK-THE POISON is
AS YET UNKNOWN, BUT SUPPOSED TO HAVE
BEEN PRUssIC ACID.
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The third and most fatal 1y.iter Voc for the
fonr,b male ward and carried si1 muos Two
had oxide of iron and bromide of notassium
eor Hines ana Myers. ,1y, others nod ox,do ~
iron for Sperry and HolIoman. one had wbis-
kew for Loonev of Rotetourt and two had
medicines for MYERS and Thomas. This waiter
killed Sperrv. Holloman and Hines
The terrible work of these noisoned cnns yas
begun and comnleted within an borr On sot.
urday morning betweeu and O'CLOCK Dr
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Jobn w Hines of Rotn co,ntv vo aod AZ
in the Same ward an enilantic fook bic ,,,odi'
cine and died IN an bonr
Tn sone uord loo Tboroos ~ poo,r,,c,
ham and Ed. MYERS of Craigsvii,e toot their
medicine and were no,soned but have recov-
cred.
In the third ward or what ia known no tho
"Ward Building for the most violent no.
tients. Matthew Vaughan of Prince Edvard
county Va took his redicipa and in,radi-
ately fell senseless in a corner He Is still liv.
ing but III.
The physicians of the Asvlum. Drs. HamiI.
ton. Crockett. Strain and Rntl.r administered
antidotes at once to such of the noisoned men
that lived long enough to receive it, and thus
four lives were saved.
Immediately after the poisoning DIR. Butler
rant 20 his Dr,,,s;o A ia ho..,o. A. r,....