Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-24
DIED FROM POISON
coroner's Verdict on George AL
Iison Brown, of Baltimore.
Miss Gray Poisoned at tho Same Tlme is
Restored and Sent to Baltimore DIR.
stanley II. Graves Testifes as to Both
Cases Mr.. Stokes Statement.

slave to the cocaine and morphine
habit by his own admission, George
Allison Brown probably died from pois-
oning by these drugs about o'clock
Hotel.
There is an element of mystery about
the death and a woman is connected
with that mystery. This woman, whose
real name is Mrs. NIassie, a Virginian
by birth, is i'll Baltimore now, having
left here on the Merchants and Miners
steamer Sunday for that city. Satur-
day afternoon at the Monticello Hotel
she came very near n tragic end in the
same manner in which Brown died
there Sunday evening.
Brown. who is prominently con-
nected. 1t is said, having been the
brother of the late DIR. r. r. Brown. of
that city. arrived at the Monticello Fri
day evening last and was assigned to a
sixth story room. Saturday morning n
lady appeared and registered thuslv:
Mrs. Gray, Virginia" She was ac-
companied by nurse. They were
given third story room.
saturday afternoon, Il few hours
after her arrival. she was taken criti-
caily i'll and DR.. Stanley II. Graves was
summoned to attend her The phvsi-
clan found Brown in her room. He
was in nervous and excited condition
and inquired anxiousy if the woman
would live. He told DR.. Graves that
she had poisoned herself. Though in n
precarious condition, the woman re-
sponded to heroic treatment. and began
TO revive.
Dr. Graves left the room to go to a
leiephone and Brown was left alone
with the patient. When DIR. Graves re-
turned he found that she was in
much worse condition. more poison. It
Is said. having been administered.
MI. Stokes. lessee of the hotel. sent
Tor Detective Childress. who took
Brown to the police station. He was
allowed to remain in the captains
ONCE whlie further investigation was
made. No charges were made against
him. e'''''''
AL the police station he was very nor
Nous and his moods changed rapidly.
for n moment he would appear despon
uent. then he would jerk himself nm
ana throwing off his despondencv. pre,
seiileu the appearance of a man who
cared Tor nothing. He Law on tho
lounge in the captains Office and smiled
e c uIiousiy at nothing in particular. so
Lar as those who saw him could toll
one time he pulled out pen-knife
opened it,. and handled it in such ~
, "nS "a 10 cause the guard to watch
an eNcltable. intensely nervous man.
coroner Newton and n Jury of in
quest inquired into the death of Brown
S ys. morning. rendering YER
doct mat the deceased came to his
ueath from morphine and cocaine pois-
oElng' administered by his own hand
His body was shipped to Baltimore
last night.
Dr. Stanley II. Graves was the only
Il
story in detail. His deposition was as
follows: ~ 60
DIR. GRAVES STORY.
"On Saturday last I was called 70
the Monticello Hotel TO attend a lady.
found this lady in n critical condi-
Ton, suffering from some violent pois-
on "A gentleman was in her room.
VINO gave his name as George Allison
Brown. lie was in n very nervous. ey-
cited condition. and anXiousy inquired
II the patient would die. He told mo
she had poisoned herself with parable
hyde. This was noticeable by the
smell OF her breath. but further exam
ination showed that she was poisoned
with some form of opium
When j made this statement to Mr.
brown he told me she had had a short
while before one grain OF morphine and
one grain OF cocaine. and was anxious
TO know If / thought this was sufli-
cicnt to cause death in a person who
had been addicted to the use of these
two drugs in enormous doses say two
or three times this amount but who
had discontinued their use for six or
seven months.
II told him ] was not able to answer
MS VuCSrfUH, bUr SIC WIS 1T rTIiir t1ine
in almost a dying condition. She was
perfectly limp, totally unconscious, q
livid blue color, her respiration slow
and shallow, her pulse weak and irreg-
ular, the eyes relax. gone and pupil vi
olently contracted about size of n pin.
AT this time Mr.. Brown explained to
me that this woman was morphine
and cocaine fiend. taking treatment at
the Gundy Home, near Baltimore. He
also said he. was Il morphine and CO.
caine fiend himself and Immediately
drew out of his pocket n, hyperdermlc
syringe and n small bottle of solution
from his vest pocket and injected a
syringe full of this solution in his arm
He told me he had taken at that time
three quarters of a grain of morphine
and three-quarters or grain of CO.
caine.
"All this was said and done in n very
short space of time. and when I was
examining and stimulating the pa
tient. After heroic measures, from 2
to p. m. the patient began to re-
vive and respond to the treatment. She
did we'll for awhile. and I left her in
charge of the chambermaid and some
ladies in the hotel. ! was away about