The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-10
TWO WOMEN TOOK POISON.
Ella Wilson Died and Another Col
Ored Woman Tried to.

Ella, Wilson, a negro woman living in
York street lane between Habersham
and Price streets, died yesterday from
swallowing two ounces of laudanum. Two
city physicians were summoned, but the
effect of the dose was beyond control
The woman made statement shortly
before it is supposed she took the lauda-
mum, in which she said she wished to die
because her mother refused to recognize
her.
There is another story that man is at
the bottom of the case. and the suicidina
was the outcome of his alleged perfdy.
An old woman keeping the house where
| the Wilson woman lived, said she talked
about dying Saturday, and also gave in
structions about the disposition of her
property, which is on the White Bluff
road. After giving these directions. she
told OF the manner and where she desired
TO be buried.
Throughout the day her companions in
the house say she seemed Respondent and
careless, but no serious notice was taken
OF her' conduct for the reason il was not
the first time she had similarly conducted
herself, and those around merely sized lIu
her respondent talk as an intermittent
spell.
About O'Clock Saturday, afternoon she
went to a drug store for the laudanum. and
II IS said, had no trouble whatever in OBJ
tanning II. Returning to the house, she is
supposed to have taken the dose about
0 CLOCK, after retiring to her quarters. in
the attic No attention was given her be-
cause no fears existed of any attempt al
suicide
grooming sound came from her quar-
tiers toward midnight and continued for
Two hours before any attention was paid
to it by the other occupants Of the house
Ihey thought it was dog on the outside
put when the groans continued
and grew louder, an investiga.
ton was made and it was found thai
the sounds were from the Wilson woman's
room She was found in an unconscious
condition, and physicians were al once
summoned.
They did all possible for the woman, but
she mad been under the influence Of the
laudanun so long it was impossible to re.
suscitate her, and a few hours later she
died.
DR.. r. S. Kenan. one of the physicians
attending the Wilson woman, was called
again yesterday afternoon to house in
York street lane, between Dravton and
Abercorn streets, where another woman
mad gulped down a half ounce of the same
drug with suicidal intent. The quantity In
TINS case seemed insufficient, however. OF
at least, the woman will not die
1t IS well-known fact that law ex-
lists IN Georgia restricting the sale of poi.
sons unless on a physicians prescription
IN case the purchaser makes sat.
istactory answers to a number OF
questions and convinces the drug.
gist that the poison is wanted
Tor legitimate purposes, 1t is understood
IL can be legally sold.
Il am surprised al the lavish manner In
which poisons are being sold Just now.
said a city physician. "a complaint came
TO my office some days ago regarding q
| young man supposed to be eating NOR.
| Prime | located the drug store where he
was obtaining the drug, and saw the pro
| prletor about the matter. They Informed
me they sold morphine to the young mar
| quite often, and in response to my cues.
tion II 1t was not viola ton of law e
sell poison in that manner, they replied
| that everybody else did it, and that the
| law was not enforced
1 am Informed that neither of the two
women who took poison to-day had ha(
any trouble in purchasing the polsons anf
| my observation recently has been that nc
questions are asked at drug stores wher
| selling poisons and especially is this so II
the case of morphine. which / am advised
| Is being sold in considerable quantities OF
! late"