Evening journal., 1901-11-27
LaSheS Relnitted Owing TO
Prisoners Health
has USED OPIUM FOR YEARS
He Will be Confined in New Castle
County WOrkhOuSe for Three
Years

4 line lIldl OF JOlill H. lbDllO lpl Auutl-
lating and steanng books from the Will
mington Institute Free Library before
\ THE Court of General Sessions yester-
day afternoon, was affecting. it was
not an ordinary case OF trying and sem
fencing a criminal. He comes Of good
family but has been deserted by friends
since becoming a slave TO the use Of
Z opium Mindful that the prisoner was
Z at one time highly respectable, the
court spared glim the shame which
I comes from presence at the whipping
4 post and sentenced him to three years
Imprisonment. When arraigned ROllo
changed his plea from not guilty to
guilty in order that the court might
4 determine the grade of the crime COM
mitted by Rollo.
George T. Bowerman, Librarian of the
a Institute Free Library took the stand
and swore that Rol.O had cut valuable
4 pictures from books and magazines
{ and had stolen several valuable books.
STORY OF RoLLo's PAST LIFE
\ The Rev A. n Keillwin voluntarily
I. took the stand and said that he was
4 we'll acquainted with John II. ROllo
B and that the man had grown up with
+ his boys and was very intimate with
1 his family. He said that ROllo had
a been a great reader and would borrow
s books, read and return them.
N 1T was in 1895 that | noticed the
VI change in the young mans life. FL
n lnaliy he wrote me insulting letters and
g subsequently severed our friendship
H He finally asked for a letter OF with
y drawal from my church, which | glad
q ly gave him, because he had become SO
VI I,,I.
N were due to the use of opium. He
y ceased speaking to me entirely"
H DR. Kegwin further said that ROllo's
n parents were living and were noble and
y lovely people. "They live in Syracuse
but used to live in this city"
The minister asked the court not tC
"a impose amy corporal punishment on
y him as he was not physically able e
endure it.
. While DIR. Keigwin was talking II
Roilos behalf the prisoner sat TIN
ed picture Of utter detection. He did no
.c- look at his former friend.
X DR. William c.. Pierce told the cour
he that NE had prescribed for the prisone
he in 1895 when Rollo was suffering from
b. insomnia as a result of the excessive
". use of opium.
Id 81 treated him with varying effects
said DR.. Pierce. "and | found him
peculiar character
How much opium would prov
os fatal i'm one dose?" asked Mr.. Adair.
1o "A half grain Of opium would kill
ht man If he was not I'm the habit of tax
~, in IT," was the reply.
,o THAT will do, Doctor thank you,
said Mr. Adair.
DR. Ralph II. Stubbs was called mex
you were called in to attend RollC
/. doctor?"
tn yes sir"
nd I'm what condition did you fin
iE lhim?'
TX, Il found him weak and unable (
}. sleep owing TO the opium habit"
Is, Doctor, how much opium would
take to kiln a man unused to takin
it?"
1T would take about seven grains G
powdered opium"
ul About how much did Rollo take
'e- day?"
or HE had been taking 21O grains
oi day. / gave him ~ grains every fou
as hours and have since been reducing tn
MS doses"
IS; "How long will it take to brin
about a sure cure in his case?"
1T would take about seven month
IN. to cure him."
IA rs the prisoner in condition to stan
ch, corporal punishment"
"He is not"
Mr.. Adair asked the court to be I,
nient to his client and remit the co.
ma lpora, punishment. but that IL was II
3o wish OF Rollos friends that he be col
no fined somewhere so that treatment fC
bo his disease could be made.
ng. ROLLO GETS THREE YEARS
In sentencing Rollo Chief Justi,
Lore said
"a "Rol,o stand up. In view of whit
~ DR.. Keigwin says of your previous rel
%, utation. the court viii cheerfully rem
~ the corporal punishment. We do thin
" that YOU had better be confined
some place for some time. The SCI
tence of this court Is that you be in
SO1 prisoned for three years"
HooDoo DOCTORS TRIAL OVER
William H. Leonard, spell work.
and hoodoo doctor, was put on tri
charged with the theft of s. given hi
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