The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-15

Alert Wright. the dssxxfss, died q u
anFyAiae s4Hsniss<ret By kins~if. kzs
rke<ser With sziessiai faseus o. b. mistake
Fes-zsins raYsssry.
MS fpExuTy.
he sssa si1sser, sxed Is. ard lesse.
tsso little esusksxyx. Who have been living
With his deeez~cd vffr1s fxxher. Mr.. 4 e.
shssn. Of white river. fsr sorne time Mr..
wrgas wss weiEfsown In sesrrle. hsrirx
fa< the post tne yesss been proprietor u
tae seattle Pharmacy. He eoE cot seTerai
idle He took ;h4 fatal dose IA the prrs-
<uee Of Jndxe Orange Jacote, nn1er the
| following circumstances. ~ related By the
tzfgs - = reporter;
| An ere WITNESS srarxnrxr.
AT so O'clock this evening NJ. Wright
|, came irts my otyies and sasd be had been
bleeding from s<snEs- esd fesr weak frozs
uens. and t3ss: be fess -
WEAK rnoN THE Ioss % sfusp
Thai be believed as be had sssae euirire
eapsnies he wousd take one He took
szsAA box from his poo kes- On the I'd Ct
wbif1 Was written -hyegrxln auiniae
cApsnies. and kAja: 4 believe II sske szo.
feel 70 bad told hfrn thar 10 grasFss II
quinine o. an empty stomach sss no,
good hing. and ne replied that he a. =
druxxiA and knew al about medicine. He
look the fso capsules He eoziG n0s SO al
low them. and asked me To get hira sorne
the cspsaIes shortly xffer he get them
down he s.sd .Jaaxe. gos these espsales
| a. keiloxgs. l
rEEI vEky srxAxsg.
Denf leave me- asked him II shoniA
get physician. aud he replied. No. wait
a Few minutes. sat by bis side on the
lounge. took up his arm and felt OF his
psl-e- II uas very strong AZ sat there
be said; Judge. do you suppose they
MADE A MISTAKE
And gave me morphine instead of eus-
| nine told him he was q drzxxist and
| ought 10 know whether he had taken
| yuinine or morphine. then took the boz
from bis pocket. wet the end Of my Anger
| and tasted the eonfenfa said 20 him Its
bitter, and II IL i quinine don't think II
IL very strong Shall 20 and get physi-
eians He said not to 20 for 4 doctor. bur
wait, ! remained by bis side, keeping bold
Of his wrist, and noticed
HIS rrLsE BEGIN TO FAIL
told him of II and further told him
oh. don't make fuss about IL Jasf then
| gentleman stepped into the once, and
after placing him In charge Of the siek
man. l went TO Ds. Weeds ONCE, hut he
WAS not In came back and felt wrishs's
paise, and noticed IL sas gradually grgw-
| Ing weaker. l then sent q messenger for
any doctor who could be found, and In q
| few minutes br. Eames arrived / showed
him the capsules and he pronounced them
morphine, and set TO work ct once on the
patient. Df. Weed cane afterwards, a. did
DIR. smith and Others, and everything pos-
siblc was done 10 revive the man. but
ALL TO so AVAIL
Artificial respiration was kept ap tin 10
O'Clock. when his heart ceased TO beat. To
be certain concerning the contents Of the
capsules he had taken, l took the box aud
remaining capsules 10 keliogg's store, and
the druggist pronounced Il morphine"
THE DRUGGISTS STATEMENT
Mr. X. H. Miller, head druggist in Mr..
kellngg's drug store, was seen by a reporter
After booking at the box. he said. Wright
did not get The earsais here We always
Label poisons-"
Harry shaw. one of Mr.. KeIlogg's drug
clerks, maze the following statement to
Sunday during my watch, and said tina, he
was going TO start a store of his own soon
and a. he liked the arrangement of our
place he would like 10 look around. 80 as
| % pattern from It,. told him 10 go ahead.
He walked around, pulling out drawers,
and
MAKING HIMSELF CUTIE AZ HOME.
Finally he came mp 10 the counter. and
said. 4 have a terrible cold. give me some
quiniDe. aci III try and break !: mp.
was very bssy AZ the time. and setting the
qainine can down on the counter. told
him 10 help himself. pad little more at
tentlon to him. After awhile he asked me
where the Pill boxes were, and I pointed
, them out 10 him.
Mg FcssED AROUND
, There for awhile, and afterwards ] saw
him writing on the lid Of the little box. !
supposed he had taken Q little quinine out
of the can. aud when be left ! replaced
| the can aud thonght no more about it, IL
he placed morphine capsules tn the box
while In the store. he took them wiihon;
my knowledge or consent"
| The deceased was a hroihef-in law of Mr..
John NJ blanchard. of this city. and has
resided ON the coast for many years. Mr..
Kellogg viii probably Insist on a thorough
examination hy the coroner, a. be cannot
afford To rest under the implication that
Mr.. wrigh,'s death was caused by mis-
| take made in his drug store.