The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-23

against his hip. scotching it in some
suaugc manner ana treeiy was showed
over the rails Tor ninety feet, before MS
cries We're heard. The train was on Il
siding and the rails We're badly splinter
ed 50 tnat his clothing Was torn 70
shreds. and he received CHASTITY wounds
across the body 40 the hps.
The hiD-bone on the right side was
crushed All the spiintcrs that could
bee found were removed.
Crccry was unable TO turn over Tor
scvcnty-tWO days, and Wa unaole -
work for fifteen months Tie says the
Chesapeake and Ohio officials did every
thing possible for him and have treated
lie is a valiant defender Of that raj
road when any one speaks against n,
and says tho kindness shown 10 him
will always be- a pleasant memory
UNENDURABLE AGONY.
Creery says he returned 20 work In the
latter part Of 1883 and continued until
1873. Then four splinters OF bones IN
his les and hips began 10 work their way
lie had also contracted rheumatism,
and the two together caused unendurab.e
agony To secure relief he resorted 20
morphine which he used hyp0dermcally.
The bones. IN the course OF about hye
months. worked themselves out, and then
BE found. 90 his horror, that he had con-
tracted "a habit which was more power
ful than his own Will He says:
Il was a morphine ilend.
He then continued work in the car
service department OF the c. and .. until
September, 1851 when he went 20 In
dianapOls. Before leaving Richmond
Creery says he bought 30 grains OF NOR
phine from one druggist lie only re-
manned West - short time and returned
% Richmond. He made desperate ef-
forts TO throw on the habit, once or
twice going into the country where the
drug could not be secured. bat morphine
was the master.
From this ON the struggle grew more
and more hopeless, and CIeery dld Things
which ho says ue knows nothing OF. one
night last summer he stole thirty-three
bottles OF morphine from b. ". ShOre *
Co. and was arrested
The case was one which aroused much
sympathy. and 4. 3. Guigon, Esq, de-
Tended him as matter OF charlly. Hls
plea was not for acquittal, but mat MS
client might De sent 90 jail and there be
treated for the morphine habit
He was successful, and Creery says
today that while he feels the humll.a-
tion of his position. it was really the
best thing that could have happened 10
him that he was sent 10 JAIL Tor II un-
dOubtedly saved his life and enabled him
10 come out of tho most terrible thraldom
man can endure
re viii be free october 18th, and says
he intends TO get work mere II possible
and live down his past .
A FAITHFUL WIFE.
Creery is "a married man, but has no
children. He speaks IN the most ditec-
tionate terms oil his wife and the man
ner i'm which she has stood by him and
visited him during BIS incarceration.
Creery Is allowed the liberty OF the
corridors and yard.
Speaking OF his experience with NOR
phine. Creery says when he first began
It's use me usc4 One-f0urth OF grain
always hyYOdermlcally. He had never
been addicted to the use or intoNcanJs'
nor even 20 tobacco. ana his system rea-
Oily responded tO the drug.
lie usually remained under its infiu-
ence for from twelve 10 fifteen hours At
first d. produced languOr and made MIN
facl helpless but after time the euects
were reversed. and he felt stupid unless
he thinks he ofITsG used as much as TWEEN
ty-hve grains d day, sometimes taking
three grams az time.
PHYSICAL EFFECTS.
Crccry SAYS the popular idea tnat NOR
phine eaters rest well Is erroneous, as
the dug produces all kinds or pnyslcai
and mental disorders. Insomnia Is ire
quently experienced and often terrible
dreams disturb the sleep.
During the waking hours melancholla
and hysteria may alternate WITHIN
short time.
The victim who is without morphine is
I'm a terrible condition ana VIII resort
TO every conceivable device to Obtain the
stun. lie will not hesitate Creery SAYS,
TO lie and steal. ana scruples al nothing
10 secure the little tablets.
Ho had noticed two peculiarties OF the
morphine victim one was that the vic
tim will never admit 10 any person that
he IS addicted 20 the habit, denying II
most vehemently. unless caught Injecting
N. Tne other was the ingenuity In hiding
the drug. Creery says while a normal
man Is searching for the morphine the
victim will find a dozen ways or secret.
ing H. As an illustration, he SAYS when
he was taken 10 the jail he was exam
ined thoroughly for concealed morphine.
hut that he succeeded in carrying In two
phials and q SYRINGE.
The syringe was taken from him later,
and he gave up the morphine.
Creery says when he came 10 the Jan
he weighed 10 mounds. His present
weight Is 175. and he never had better
health and appetite than az present He
saws under no circumstances could any
one ever give him morphine again. and
he expects 20 do all In his power 70 ac-
quaint Others with the horrors and dan
gers OF the habit.