The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-17
He rs ABOUT CURED
CHARLEY DoDRIDGE DOES WITH
OUT MORPHINE THIRTY DAYS.
After Being Addicted to the Morphine and
About Cured BY Joe Beahr OF This C .ty
He Does Not Crave the Drug Any
Pounds in One Month - He Will be
Kept In Custody Until He ID Positively
Cured.

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Charley Dodridge, who is known about
town under the soubriquet of Morphine
| Charley has about been cured of the
dreadful and vicious habit of using this
deadly drug. When seen yesterday, he
had just arisen from a couch in the
county jail. He hailed the reporter with
delight, and the first words ne uttered
were: 'I'll never want the stuff any
| more" II was just thirty days ago yes
terday when he was taken to Jail, and
the cure which Joe Beahr has discovered
| was given him. There was no legal way
in which he could be taken into the jail,
unless some charge could be preferred
against him. Some friends soon found
a way out Of the difficulty. He was
brought up before Police Judge Wilson,
who sentenced him to sixty days in the
county jail for disturbing the peace The
first night he was in jail, Sheriff Cone
gave him the minimum allowance Of
morphine, which was IS cents worth.
This he used UP during the night, and
toward morning he met with the unfcrt-
innate accident of breaking the only
needle in his possession.
When the sheriff went into his cell at
about O'clock. he was in a most pitt
ful condition. He begged, implored and
USED every argument at his command to
De allowed some more of the drug; he
said he would die, and he positively
must have some morphine He offered
10 oeSin TO take the cure the next day
II ne could only escape the misery then.
But the sheriff was obdurate. and told
MIN that he might as well begin then
as on the morrow. He was in such a
nervous condition that his hands shook
as II ne had the palsy. Sheriff Cone
gave him table spoon full of the med
1cine, Charley not being able to hold the
spoon. For the first three days he suf-
Tered untold agony, but from then on
the desire gradually left him, and for
the past two weeks he has not had the
least desire for the drug. Charley has a
large frame and is good looking man,
but the constant pampering to this habit
has very nearly made a wreck OF him
in every way. To those who have been
accustomed 10 seeing him on the street,
they will hardly recognize him when he
comes out of Jail. When ne began TAX
ing the treatment. he weighed 156 pounds
but now he tips the beam at 200, a gain
of A pounds in thirty days. The clothes
he had been wearing are, Of a necessity,
very close fitting; his vest will not come
within three inches of meeting.
The medicine which has effected this
wonderful cure is a secret, and is known
only to Joe Beahr. He has never tried
to put it on the market, nor has ne even
secured a patent on it. There are three
quart bottles, each one containing a diff
ferent mixture. These bottles are num-
bered one, two, three. The medicine in
bottle numbr one is very strong, so
strong, in fact, that person in GOOD
health would be made sick by only TAX
ing one dose of it. On the first day the
patient was given three doses from bot
tie number one. After administering the
first dose, a like quantity was taken
from bottle number two and put in mum
Der one, while from number three a SIM
liar quantity was taken and put into
number two, thus making the medicine
gradually weaker. AS the mixture in
bottle number two was weaker than In
bottle number one, and that in number
three was milder than that in bottle
number two. AT the present time the
medicine is quite weak, but il is still be-
ing taken. and will be until the amount
necessary to effect a cure is consumed.
Dcdridge contracted the nabit WHILE an
Portland. Oregon, where he was confined
in a hospital with inflammatory rheu-
matisn1. He is a native of Ontario. Can
ada. but he has taken out naturalization
papers and is now citizen of the Uni
ted States. He is a man possessed with
a good education. and a commanding
presence. When he comes out a cured
man he will have no trouble in getting
along in the world. He is very enthusi-
astic IN his praise of Joe Beahr for tne
making new man Of him again.