The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-01-08
Tragic Dedtlll !!
DR.. Edward Dolan3
Drinks Carbolic
Acid b. Mis- .
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aud den death. s4 5
E Saturday evening about six o clock
1.-The doctor. received a call to- 80 to
lOle Langseth 8, six miles and 1 half
Asoutheast 81 Wofthington, TO attend
an injured man. He drove ont there
with his driver, Oscar Olson, aged
"a. The team. was not unhitched
from the carriage but fastened out
doors and blanketed. After the
wounded man had been looked after,
the docte1 and driver left the house,
!: about 7:30, and went to the carriage.
While the horses were being unfast-
ened, the doctor put his every day
medical satchel in the front part Of
J the buggy and surgical case in the
re ar, from this he took two ounce
bottle and drank it's contents. He.
then went into the house and aecur-
sel q small medical case which he at
first forgot Returning to the bug
gy be took another bottle from the
case aud told the driver. to drive to
town fastias he had taken the wrong
stuff. Olson detected the odor Of
carb0lic acid and thinking he had
drank that, drove the team as fast
as they could go. He also recogniz-
ed the second bottle being alcohol,
from this the doctor drank IN sips
the supply lasting while they drove
"a mile. Shortly after the alcohol
gave out the doctor clutched Olson
/ with his hands and saisii sorne thing
like s'oome, come u; except this. af-
ter directing the driver to hasten to
! town, the doctor did not utter an
intelligible word, but kept mdtter-
ing, aud clutched the driver harder.
The driver held him of with one
hand and drove the team with the
other. After they passed the Ocbey-
da bridge and near Ole Fauskees
the dBcter settled forward as though
he wanted to get out The team,
was stopped and he got out and
Istarted 10 the opposite direction.
He went three or four rods and fell
face forward to the ground. The
driver did not know what to do.
His team was in q frenzy from fast
driving but he drove 70: J.H. Bakers
ION Nance = farm, half mile from
where the doctor left the buggy.
They telel,honed Dr.. Hamiston, who
with his brother ]. p. Humistnn:
drove to whore Dr.. Dolan was lying
as fast as possible. It is estlmatetl.
that Humiston was out there in
twenty minutes from time he was
Lotified. Dr.. Humiston gave hypo-
dermic's g over the heart but without
effect. When he reached the Doctor
his heart was barely beating. Mr..
Bakers wagon was secured and the
remains brought to Dr.. Dolan y res-
idenoe.
The cause of his death, was, with
ont doubt, poisoning by carbolio acid.
The action leading up to i is we'll
esta blished by the doctors action,
n the first place he was greatly
fatigued BY over work !; going with
out his supper he hurried out is the
country not realizing how cold it
was, it being oneof the coldest night.
iof the season went out with insufici-
ent clothing; he is under treatment
Tor blood poison in his hand he was
weakened from his labor over the
injured man and. told them he would
return at ten o clock. He prot bly,
intended getting hold Of the alcohol
bottle, % q stinlulant, or the bottle
from which he was taking medicine:
These bottles with which his case ist
supplied are two ounce bottles, with,
no neck on them, that ID, they are
the same. .size at the top Us at the
bottom and as soon asstipped up the
contents all runs out. His acdon
indicates he at once discovered his
mistake and ndeavored TO counter
aot the poison with the alcohol, but
the supply be1ng small wa Insult o.
ent until he could nea0hs town. Hes,
proba bly, being so familia the
position 6 ditfeFent drugs IN IT,