Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-28
, SLAVE no MORPHINE.
IN, Details of the Horrible Death of Bern
hardts Husband.

The story comes from Paris giving some
sensational details Of the death Of Jacques
usuala. husband of Sarah Beruhmdt.
p9mala was a slave to the morphine habit.
n5 juriug hi, last season with Sarah in
Fggut went SO far as to forge the names Of
doctors from Cairo and Alexandria to pre-
.rriptions made by himself, ordering enor-
mai. Quantities Of the soothing poison,
Waiter, were bribed by him in every hotel
where he lived. and became his accom-
phce, In the slow but sure work Of his own
destruction.
On their return from Egypt Sarah and
her troop stopped at Milan. There Dama-
Ia could 200 longer hide his situation from
hi, friends. one evening, when seated
with his wife at il table 'hote, he was
seized for the first time with fit OF de-
lerim tremeus in the presence of more
that 100 terrified people. Around him he
saw nothing tut rats, who were, he howl
ed ass1ihug him. running over his body
and trying to eat mp his yitals.
His formerly fine features were then
horrible to behold Suddenly he imagined
seeing also rats on some of his companions
Of travel. rushed upon them, and tore up
the dresses of several guests IN the dining
bali. No one dared lay hands on him bu'
Sarah, although frightened to death, seized
him m her arms, and by dint of carescss
and Kind words brought him back at last
tu his senses From that eyeutfG. dan
Sarah had him carefully watched, and as
>o3u us he was back with her to Paris,
She mmoued three of the most famous
doctors and asked them to prepare mix
tre exactly similar to morphine but
thoroughly lmOcuOus and induced Da-
malta t0use 1T AT first he had been very
suspicious, and had made a careful analysis
Of the new potion, as would have done a
tu't who would have stolen counterfeit
com. But he had discovered nothing, and
was thu, saved from himself for a little
while Sarah, all absorbed by the re-
hersaIs of Lena, at the Varieties, had
'ommuy locked him rpin her own house
" tne boulevard Perc're, denying him all
Mnos Of flashes, poti)ns packages and
even bus street garments, from fear he
would escape and buy the real articles at
some druggist place.
lH' day, however, he recovered his bib
rr't. bought big doses of morphine, and
a.aigI ty the idea that every one around
hug was prosecuting him He imagined
seeing one of hi, friends spying him tom
Tails %. tle suburban railroad. which was
running under his windows. He thought
ar -aw leamle the sister of Sarah, COM
my down with the help of "a sheet, from
me- story hove, TO peer mt him through his
window while he was injecting morphine
"4r a.- skim He heard an army Of
'N u..u4 to him: "Morphine NOR
.he from under every board of the
".' muI- room And. armed with a
..eI pistol, he would search the whole
-'a,. au1ting and bowling:
~" here THE miserable wretchesl They
44.H i.- This train won't crush them
',, fa bullet proof All; les Canailles
0| boa wits dead. at the end of one Of
.n-attu. scenes, there was not to be
l- diIapidated body single
which had not been stung by one of
W.. .."'r-tar-e Prayaz syringes he had
years TO saturate himself with
.H. and cocaine Pail Mall Gazette.