The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-09-19
RESULT OF CARLESSNESS.
w. 7. Peet and w. II. Crahs m
take Aconite by Mistake.
Former a Corpse, the
Latter Ill.

Stead OF blackOerry Drandy, came near fauS-
ing the loss of two lives Tuesday mornil e.,
and as it is, one of the victims has died ard
the other is not en- tirely out of danger.
Early Tuesday morning, w. T. Pee,
cashier of the First National Bank, CALI d
at Graham & Wells drug store, complain
stomach, and requested drink OF back
berry brandy and Jamaica ginger. AT the
time of his visit to the store, w. FL. Gra-
ham, the prescription clerk, was the only
person about the premises, and he was !'usy
sweeping ont the store. On making his
wants known, Graham poured out the GIN
ger in an ounce graduate, and showing Mr..
Peat where the bottl,> of brandy stood, dir
ected him to help himself. as he had done on
numerous previous occasions. Filling the
sra luat", Mr.. Peat took a drink, and i'm
me 1iats-ly rrmarkod To Graham that the
mixture III Int taste right Graham. to sat-
isfy himself that thrrh was nothing wron ?,
empti.'d the glass. when he, too. noticed
the poc'Iliar taste. Then. when all too late,
the In bel on the bottle was examined, aud
to their horror thew discovered that instead
y
ture Of aconite. fifteen drop. of which is
considered fatal dose.
The aconite was in bottle that stocd
on back shelf behind the prescription de-: k
and was similar in size and shape to the oHe
containing the brandy that usually stood
on the same shelf, but some distance from
the aconite. On this occasion, however,
h.. l b,J Ill. IL
side by side and Mr.. reet, who was re-
gs"d,d as an extremely careful person,
failed to discern the difference in their c. n
tents, and the mistake he then made cost
him hi. life.
On discovering',tha thoy had been ro-on-
ell and realizing the necessity for immediate
melical attendance, Graham did not lose
his head. but, on the contrary, acted with
r .,narkable GOODNESS. After giving Mr..
Pent an e'nrtic, he ran to the store of his
b~other and informed him of the accident.
Then he started for DR.. Farra who, fortu-
n stely. he met coming up town and together
they returned to the drug store. By this
time Graham was nearly exhausted, but was
not suffering As much pain as Mr.. Peat.
More emetics were administered to the vic
tins, and though they acted quickly, both
grew rapidly worse. Mr.. Ptet was conveyed
to his home in carriage and everything g
possible done to allay lis suffering and save
his life. but all these efforts proved futil {.
Within two hours the drug had accomplish
cd it's fatal work. During the last hour the
patient suffered the most intens. pain and
repeatedly begged his attendants to and his
misery.
| In Graham's case the poison proved less
active, which is probably due to the fact that
he had just eaten "a hearty breakfast, while
Mr.. Pect had eaten nothing since the pre-
vious evening. He was able to walk home
and has since been under the care Of Dr. c.
II. Lee, who now has his patient well alor &
on the road to recovery.
Mr.. Graham is an experienced drugci:t
and bars the reputation of beicg a careful
apothecary. No.blame for this most unfor-
tunate and sad affair can be attached to any
one but the victims themselves.
Walter Thomas Peet, was born a: Marl-
boro, Stark county, Ohio, August Is, 1852.
Left All orphan at an early age, he started
out to make his way in the world alone.
Having already learned the printer. trad. be
followed this work for number Of years in
Etie largest cities of the United States and
} Great Britain, and being thorough in this,
as in all other undertakings through life, he
met with success. Drifting to Iowa in 1879
he became connected with a book binding
adm publishing house in Ccl,r Rapids
t From this place he went to Upton, Iowa
l wnere he was for several years one Of tl.t
: proprietors of The Advertiser. He severed
| his connection with this firm in the spring o
1880, to engage in the banking business il
. SyracuS", Nebraska. Later, he returned t.
Tipt,n, and married Miss Matte Swartzlen
dor, Nov. 18th of the same year. Finding
tn. climate of Nebraska too severe, h
moved with his family to Oregon, in Ausus
r Is -, forming Il partnership with Hovey 4
Hum phrey in the banking business at Eu
: gene. He remained with them three years
daring portion of which time he manage,
a b tnk for the firm in Roseburg.
In 1855, he went east and upon his return
8 assisted Mr.. NJ. s. Woodcock in organic
t ing and starting the Benton County Bank
which began buciness June 27, 1887. Il
d 1885, he returned to Eugene to accept tn
: cashership of the Oregon National Bank
VIII ,rc he remained until three years ago las
NJ, ". since which time he has been connects
4 with the First National Bank of this city
il tho capacity OF cashier.
The immediate surviving relatives are tn
i willow Of the deceased, dau Inter, thirtee
3 years Of age, one brother, Frank NJ. Pee
: Of OLIVER Springs, Tenn, and three sister.
Mrs. j. W. Coulter, Pueblo, Colorado, Mr..
l j. \. Wann, Canton, Ohio. and Mrs. A
Il Christensen, Portland, Oregon.
J., Mr.. Peet was member of Coryallj
I Lodge, No. IL. a. F. 6 A. NJ, Ferguso
a chapter, No. Q, and St. Mary's chapter, o.
:. der of Eastern Star, of this city. and ais
1t member of Eugene Commandery. q
n WAS past master of Corvallis lodge and ,
: the time of his death was Worthy Patro
lof the Eastern Star. In addition, he WI
If a very active member in the Grand Lodg
- F,r oyar two yaars nroy;oue r., Ia. Jo,~.;