The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
MISS FOLLETT'S DEATH
ATTRIBUTED TO REMEDIES GIVEN
BY MICHAEL sHUPPERT.
The Young Woman Lived at Cam
bridge City, and Was Taking
Medicine for Epilepsy.

Michael Shuppert, OF SOC North Pine
street, was arrested yesterday afternoon
and locked up at police headquarters as
fugitive, his arrest being made on infor-
nation from Richmond, Ind, that a war
rant had been issued there for his arrest
on a charge of murder.
The dispatches from Richmond say that
Miss Johanna Follett thirty-three years OF
age daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Follett well-known people of Cambridge
City, died after several days of intense
suffering, and an autopsy by DR.. Littel,
of Cambridge City, and DR.. j. j. Conner,
acting coroner of Wayne county. indicated
the use of poison, which it was stated
caused her death. Her stomach, it was
said, was literally eaten out by poison, and
the liver and kidneys showed evidences of
poison.
Miss Follett had for a number of years
suffered much from epilepsy, and about
June went to Shuppert, on recommends
ton of friends. and began taking medicine
which he prepared. She became seriously
i'll last Sunday and gradually grew worse,
her death resulting yesterday morning. A
quantity of the preparation was found at
Cambridge City and will be analysed Up
on the application of acting Coroner Con-
ner the police arrested Shuppert.
Shuppert said he knew nothing of the
death CT the woman. but knew that her
Death could rot be from the use of his
remedy, which he had manufactured and
sold about the country for twenty years.
He said the formulate was secured from
DR.. Webster in New York city and there
was nothing injurious used in 1t. He said
he had cured hundreds of epileptic fits
and gave 4 number or city reference
people who have for year or more taken
his medicine and are now doing So he said.
He formerly lived at 1907 Cottage avenue,
and while there purchased his drugs from
Charles Eitel, a druggist at Low Shelpy
nothing of the preparation put up by
Shuppert, but If he put nothing more in
it than was purchased from him there was
nothing injurious OF poisonous III the
remedy. The ingredients he said were
bromide OF ammonia, iodide of potash,
bromide of potash and huid extract or
valerian, all of them being remedies COM
monty used for the cure or suppression
Of nervous disorders. Shuppert moved sew
eral months ago to SOC North Pine street,
and since that time has purchased his
chusetts avenue. A clerk In the store SAID
last night that Shuppert never purchased
anything other than the drugs named by
Eitel.
Regarding Miss Follett, Shuppert said
she came to his home in company with
her mother, two sisters, one OF whom lives
her brother-in-law. He said the sister hv-
ing in this city, whose name he did not
know, claimed to have heard OF cures made
through the use of his medicine and she
persuaded Johanna Follett TO try the rem
edy. He sold them one bottle and a short
time afterward received money order for
sour more bottles. On Aug. "A he said he
received a letter from the young woman $
mother telling of a serious condition and
urging him to visit Cambridge City. Tues
day last, in response to an urgent request
of the womans sister here, he went to
Cambridge City and found the patient
critically i'll. He said he advised that a
physician be called and then left. hearing
no more of the case until arrested.
Shuppert said there was no foundation
for the statement that the woman had
died as the result of the use of his medi-
cine He also said he had never claimed
to be q practicing physician, never labeled
his bottles and made but few claims for
his medicines, and then only dwelt upon
the cures which had been accomplished
and which could easily be verified. Shup-
pert is an old soldier and was formerly a
farmer. having taken up the medicine
business because of a cure by the same
remedy in his own family.