Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-01

A DRUGcISrSFATAL MISTAKE

Two ysusa Ladies or nsboken are Dssed
with bisrphIne lnstesd or Quintne-Ose
Dead and the Other DYING.
tBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l
JERSEY CITY, N. j., August 3D.
An error by q druggist resulted in the
fatal poisoning oftwo well-known young
ladies in Hoboken this morning. U.
r. Holtz, a millionaire wine-merchant,
returned with his family to their home,
No. 270 Hudson street, from the Cats
kills, on Wednesday last. Two OF his
daughters-Gretchen Margaret, aged
nineteen years, and Ella, aged six
teen-were indisposed, and DIR. Au-
gust Lowenthal, young physician to
whom Gretchen was bstrothed, was
summoned to attend them, and found
them suffering from malaria. He wrote
prescriptions for four powders Of ten
grains Of quinine each, and had them
filed himself at the drugstore of c..
Am. Ende. reputed to be one OF the
best druggists in the country, at the
corner Of Washington ancs Seventh
streets. Each of the girls took one OF
the powders at 10 o'clock last night.
When DR.. Lowcpthal left for
his home, about o'clock this
morning, Elias peculiar breathing
alarmed her family and they aroused
her with difficulty. She began vomit-
ing, and DR.. Lo genthsl was summoned.
lie pronounced her symptoms those OF
poison. and DR.. Coward, Of New York,
was telegraphed for. Gretchen ex-
hibited no unusual symptoms and as
sisted in working over her sister,
making the case more mysterious.
She soon, however, began to ex-
hibit identical symptoms. The pow
der was examined and found to be
morphine, there being enough to kill
several men in each dose. The drug
gist was sent for and admitted that he
had made mistake. He then rushed
from the house and has not since been
found, and it is feared he has commit ed
suicide. By this time six physicians
had gathered at their bedsides, doing
all possible to revive the victims, but
without avail, Gretchen dying at
about s o'clock. At noon Elias con-
dition was very critical and the physi-
clans had little hopes Of saving her.
DR.. Lowenthal is Frustrated with grief.
Holtz is a member of tie firm OF Holtz
4 Koennecke, No. 349 Broadway, New
York.
Detective Gallagher proceeded to
Am. Ende's residence, where he found
him in his private apartment with his
arms on table and his head resting in
his hands. 81 have been expecting
you," he said, "and suppose you want
to take me to the station-house. Well,
90 and call carriage; ! am ready"
The detective suggested that they would
excite less attention by taking horse
car, and the druggist retired to procure
his hat and coat. When he returned to
the room he abruptly asked Gallagher,
"What is the feeling down town."
The officer tried to cheer him by stating
that the public sympathized with him,
knowing that IL was an accident on his
part. Am. Ende moaned deeply, and
exclaimed: "Oh, God My heart is
broken. Poor Lowenthal. How can
ever look at him or Mr.. IIoltz again ? ."
A minute or two later he hurredly
added: 81 may as well tell you now.
took one of those powders to see what
its effect would be-"
Thoroughly alarmed, Gallagher hur-
ried to the store to summon the clerk.
As he went down stairs he met Mr..
Heinrich Sternberg, of the Stats
Zeitung editorial staff, an init
mate friend of the druggist, going
up. While in the hallway Gal
lagher heard Sternberg call for help,
and, running back, was told that Am.
Ende had taken poison. He confessed
that he had swallowed dose of atropia
1.-THE alkaloid obtained from belladenna).
Physicians were hastily summoned,
but before their arrival Am. Ende had
become unconscious. He had taken
five grains of the drug, the usual dose
of which ranges from one-tenth to one
sixty-fourth Of grain. This evening
he is conscious, but very low, and his
recovery is considered extremely
doubtful.