Evening journal., 1896-06-23
DOUGHERTY'S PLAQUES,
Morphine and Moriarity Too
Much for Him.
He TELLS HIs LONG TALE OF WOE

Pepsrs at PennsGrove.
Hearing OF the application Of DR. John
A Dougherty. OF Philadelpbls, for vaca
tion Of tho order Of adoption Of Cornelius
J MorIarlty, the pugiliat. was c,utin
ued In the Orphans Court yesterday |
afternoon
Rev. Augustine H. Rufs. Of Amber.
Pa was on the stand until o'clock at
which time court adj burned until this
morning The whole drift OF his testi
mony was to the effsot that at the time
Of the arrangement for the adoption OF
Morlsrity, Dougherty was OF unsound |
mind from the excessive use OF NOR
phine
"Will you tell In your own way what |
you saw or heard OF the manners, acts, /
general conduct and conversation OF DR. /
Dougherty. or Of the conversation Of any /
other person or persons with him on that /
occssion2' asked Mr.. Hilles.
'On my arrival at DR. pougherty's |
room at the Hotel Metropole found him |
In Whist l would call a very precsr
ious condition from the use of NOR
phiue." said Father Rufe He intro
duced me TO man by the name OF Dough-
erty. whom he afterwards explained TO
be Morierty He said 1t was his
Intentions &c take thig boy
as his own, for the reason
that he WAS his son. MoriRrlty WAS then
asked to lsave the room He went down
stairs or left the room De. Dougherty
spoke Of the thousands. In fact OF the
millions that he was TO make or realizs
| from his association or oonneoti N with
Morlarity. Daring the time that | was Ia
| bis Company he left the room several
times to take morphine. ! saw him do
IL; the door was open In the adjoining
room. Ho was In such a condition as l
never saw him In before THE occasion.
III begged him repeatedly during
our conversation TO consider the
step that ne was taking. but
he seemed not TO understand
what said. He asked me II | did not
think the boy looked like him. My
answer WAS Yes just about as much as
my shoe looks like you DR.. Dougherty
was very pale His eyes were heavy and
he was very nervous
Il will ask you from ths appearance
and conversation Of Dr.. Dougherty In
that interview. what was his mental
condition. asked MIR. Hills
This WAS oh ,cted TO as being matter
OF opinion aud an Inference which the
witness was not qualid ID to answer. aad
al o Irrelevant. The bjactlo1 was
over ruled and an exception noted
"He was Of unBt und MUD, said
Father Rufe. "Three days later he ser :
;or me. l saw him At the IL tel Hanover
! ! IA Philadelphia. He WAS 10 the same
, condition az bsfore ] was with him hall
an hour fow days later received mes
sage from Judge cox In conssq uenos
OF that messRge l saw DR.. Dougherty
the following day at James FisRherty 4
Office on South Sixth street. Philadelphia.
The doctor WAS there for the purpose oil
making arrangements Ia q divorce suit
that he WAS interested In. | met him 30
! often between that time and the time
saw an account Of this case 10 the news
papers that really cannot fix the time
when I next saw him l visited DR.
/ | Dougherty Rt Pennsgrove. n. j, on
b January -. 1895. In answer TO verbA
o message.
e Several letters were of srei Ia svidencs
despite he objections aud exceptions o
Z the soiieitors for the respondent.
Further examination Of Father Ruff
was continued until two weeks hence, Il
= being Impossible for him to return t
4 | Wilmington before that time.
Morality was present In person thi
4 morning and sat just back OF hi
r. solicitors
= DR.. Dougherty took the stand and
= testified during ths entire morniDl
= session. he told OF his hallucination
4 while under the combined irhlence O
a whiskey aud morphine. He frankl.
q admitted that he WAS morphiu
t fsnd having bicome addicted to its. us
). sincs he WAS put under It's irhuenc
n several years ago In q hospital down 4
I Lr 70 \
, operation for ipjuries sustained In a
N accident.
q Il met MorisrIty In November. 1894
IL said the doctor It Is impossible 70
me to fix the time when applied throuR
"a Colonel Benismln Nields for the order o
"a adoption. Ny mind Was not clear a
|, the time did not know OF the adop
|. tion until / read II In a Sunday paper a
, Pennsgrove At that time ] had beei
d using morphine
a Mt Bllles-"Do you remember havin
of applied to Judge EIcox OF Philadelphia
,e for an order OF adoption previous
n making the application here
II do. 4" Was the unex pectsd reply.
IL believed myself cuged OF the morp1in
d habit in November. after treatment las
ing four moaths
Mr Hilles eudeavored to provs thl
/ Morlarity mad ml7represented his Ak
at ssyiug that he wss but 10 years oil
Dv when, as matter OF fact, he was ov'
sn 2i years old when adopted The oth'
Il. | side obi scted but the chancellor admittl
m the testimony. Tue doctor said that
To eau not remember Rn5 misrepresent'
Of ton other than that regarding age.
be DR.. Dongherty admitted that be use
about o quart Of whiskey a day for aboi
In Eve years, in addition to to the morphil
Id be used The whiskey. be said, l
,ol creased the action Of the inorphii
.n and antsgonizsd IL. 1t incseas'
en- his ballucinalion depressed the bystei
IN affected the action OF the heart al
on nerves, rendering him semi console
Is for several hours At a time.
ar He had not been cross examined VIII
.rs court took recess un:ii 30 o'clock.
OF Colonel Nields' Statement.
This fellow came to me to see abor
% having Morsariiy adopted" said Color
~ Nlelds to au EVENING JOURNAL report
" who asked Asm about his connection vi
~ tha xffair. Il hesitated about takiI
ow sny action ard finally l spoke