The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-16
SWALLOWS ACID;
DEATH FOLLOWS
William M. Young Takes CarboIic
Acid by Mistake.
DIES SUFFERING. .eREAT.AGoNY
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Hoping to Check Painting Spell. Fur.
niture Dealer Drinks Deadly Poison,
Thinking 1t Gin-Dies Despite
Efforts to Save Him.
ES.sUFFERlNG sGREATAGONY

Seized with a sudden fainting spell yes
terday afternoon, shortly after O'Clock,
William NJ. Young, a furniture dealer. of
No. 316 North Seventeenth Street, swal
| lnwed a quantity Of carbolic acid, mis-
| taking it for gin. stimulant which he
| had been accustomed to take upon such
| occasions. One hour and fifteen minutes
| later he lay cold in death in the drug
sto,e OF DR.. F. w. Hageman, corner of
Broad and Seventeenth Streets, just a
half block from where he had swallowed
the fatal poison He had hurried to the
apothecary Immediately after swallowing
tEc acid having discovered the mistake
1t was too late. however. for medical aid
to prove of any assistance. and Young
died In the greatest agony. his wife work
ing and weeping over his body.
Immediately after the demise OF the un-
fortunate man Coroner Taylor was noti-
fed and visited the drug store in which
the body still remained. He examined
several witnesses. after which he decided
that an inquest would be unnecessary,
Young having como to his death from
an overdose OF carbolfc acid. taken by
r1iatuke. There was no evidence intro
6uced to incline one to the belief that
1T had been taken with suicidical inten-.
ton
FAINT FROM OvER-ExERTIoN
Mr.. Young and his eldest son. Charlie.
have been engaged in the furniture bus
.iness at No. 316 North Seventeenth Street
for a number of years, the family.
wife and four children, residing over the
store For long time Mr. Young had
been subject to sinking spelIa usually
produced by overworA or exsrtion. ana the
% SnS .
these was gin
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Young en-
gagged himself in moving large amount
Of furniture from the store-room OF his
shop to the floor above. on which his
family lived. After time the exertion
told on him, and he showed signs Of faint
ing.
man dispatched his youngest son to the
store-room for a bottle OF gin. but the
little fellow did not return with the
3promptness that was desired, so Mr..
Young decided to go below and procure
the stimulant for himself. He left his
wife above, arranging the pieces which
had been carried up.
Upon entering the store Mr.. Young went
to shelf in the rear. taking ti1erefrom
a half-pint flask. He was under the Inn
preston that it contained gin, and with
out either examining the label or SMELL
ing the contents he turned the bottle to
his lips and drank freely. Instead OF con-
tanning gin. the bottle contained carbolic
acid. one OF the most deadly poisons
known to the medical profession.
Almost instantly Mr.. Young discovered
that he had made mistake of some kind,
but he was still unaware of his close
approaching death as result Of this
mistake. He called to his wife to, come
down stairs, and In second or two
she was by his side. Young then in
quired what was in the bottle, where
upon she made the discovery that the
bottle contained carbolic acid.
..Why, William, that's acid. carbolic
acid" said the badly frightened wo-
man.
SOONs IN DEATHS EMBRACE.
Being ignorant Of the danger attached
to the acid when taken internally. Mr..
Young asked quietly II there was any
danger Upon being informed OF the
proba BILE fatal result the man dashed
out Of the building, diagonally across
the stree = Hageman.s drug ~
Almost out OF II breath. and U6eA the
asey acid fast eating up the apaxkss Of