Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-01
GIRL KILLED BY COCAINE
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PAIN.


Chicago. Sept 20 Belle White. "a
Gears OF age. daughter OF Benjamin
8. White, n wealthy iumber man, died
AZ Woods hotel this morning about Z
o'clock while under treatment for The
removal Of facial biemlshes. Death was
caused, It is said. by the use Of CO.
calne, to deaden the pain from the
application OF an electrical current.
which constituted the means OF treat
ment' The operator was Or sophie
Santa Of the DR.. Sophie Santa com
pany. Eliza A. James. the business
partner Of Or. Santa. was assisting m
the operation at the time In one hand
Or. Santa held Tho electric needle and
In the other sponge soaked with a
per cent. solution OF cocaine, which
she applied at intervals to deaden the
intense pain caused by the needle She
had almost completed the treatment.
when Miss White CAPPED for breath.
ana before the operator could assist
ner. she slid nom the chair to the.
loor. dead. AID was hastily summoned
and resloratives applied, but without
avail. the young woman having died
almost instantly. DR.. rallman, the only
physician called, arrived too late 10
pc OF any assistance. and as the peo-
pie In. the room where the dead girl
lay acted In rather strange manner.
he Informed the police. and Dr. Santa,
win heT assistant, was locked up until
the exact cause OF the young woman's
death Is known. There Is no Thought.
however, but that the death WAS the
result OF anything but an accident.
Dr.. Tallniun described his visit as
follows: when ! reached the room
heard through the closed door. a wom-
ans voice repeating, Is she d0adY' |
knOcked several times. AT last an ell
nuriy woman opened the door, when
she saw me she banged the door shut
again. | felt sure that something was
wrong and forced my way In. told
the woman l WAS physlclan. and
brushing her aside found two men
making vigorous Efforts 20 revive a
woman, As soon as / looked upon die
woman J saw that-she was dead,
SAID You can not do anything;
that woman is dead
The elderly woman who opened tho
door began lamenting ana cried out ~
only used a I per cent solution. That
would not have killed her."
"a per cent solution os whatY' ]
"she replied Cocaine. She said the
young lady was sitting on 81 chair
while she was at work rem0vlne The
outer cuticle from her fnce. 10 Il s.2eii
the pain she kept brushing The face
with the solution OF cocaine Seeing
that any devices were Of no rsau, I
eft the room. l had heard enough to
warrant me In thinking that the people
Interested Intended 20 bush up the ar
fair n they could, / tciephoned 10 the
Harrison street station and advised the
arrest Of all the parties In uieroom as
the--oIiis-rwsy o. Ending OLA il,e -sruo
story
IAN amusing incident occurred as
left the room that has It's serious as
pect In showing to what extremes OF
danger woman Is willing TO 70 in
order to beautify bor face outside IN
the corridor was an old woman we'll
dressed. She stopped me and asked
II there would be any danger TO her In
taking the treatment told her Of the
fate Of the young womnu and she re-
Piled that she knew the gill had died
IN the chair, but she believed she was
strong enough 10 bear the pain with
out fllnching"
The father Of Miss whItelis n busl-
ness partner OF Don J Lodthers, the
well known capitalist OF Grand Rapids.
Mich.