The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-08
SAYS HIS SON DRUGGED Him.
mn IPTON TELLS POLICE HIS
SAFE VAS LOOTED.
No., sentenced 10 Elmira. lie says. for Rob-
hing and ASSaultlnE Grandmother.
,.ot out on Parole strange StorS Of
Narcotics and safe Combination

a Harlem physician mo accuser Is Dr'
T-r,on himself. The boy stole, DR.. Upton
avs 500. together with three jewelled
enper rings worth $500
=, POWERFUL was the drug administered
:, DR. Upton that Dr.. Frederick f. Bauer,
,bc attended him. managed TO save his
ITO oplv by the most desperate eIertions
~. tnton was shaky and still weak yester-
DIV afternoon. but he talked clearly about
his son + doings
70, two wears back said DR.. Upton
.,ba, boy has committed one crime after
smother. He stole SIS from me and ran
owav 10 Aiken. 3. G.. He stole $50 from
ro and ran away to New Orleans He
ALTERED my clothes and trinkets and pawned
them my watch among other things.
,ou. cocks ago he robbed and murderously
assaulted his grandmother on his mothers
.,da had always forgiven him. His
c-ardrother refused TO do so, and | think
sbo was right She had him arrested.
Ho pleaded gnty in the police court and
ne,ded guilty before Judge Mcmahon
IN the court 81 General Sessions. Judge
vcNlabon sentenced him to the Elmita
Reformatorv He was under that sentence
and IN the Tombs prison three weeks ago
when my sister. his aunt, died.
Charley had been fond OF his aunt as
fond As person with such n nature vas
e,pable Of being. and thought that maybe
II could get him home and he we're to
attend his aunt's funeral il might soften
him and make him open to persuasion TO
oii, hi. vicious courses. applied 10
Judge Mcmahon to release him on proba-
uon The Judge was reluctant, but finally
consented He said | would regret It.
He was right The boy not only has robbed
mo. but he very nearly killed me as we'll
4, is an awful thing to say, but l fully
believe he was and is capable OF murder
ing his father | think. in fact. that in
carrying out this last robbery he had plan
ned 10 murder me IL that were necessary.
Let me show you something
ur linton produced the heavy butt end
Of whip handle about foot long. with
nails driven into the end to make It heavier
q rough. handmade. but effective, black
lack. IN to crush a skull II well handled.
i found that among his traps the day
before e r,hbed me, continued DR. Upton.
Il asked him where he got it, He denied
knowing anything about It. ] know now
that he lied. j know that he prepared
II 10 brain me with il occasion arose when
he vas ready TO steal the money that he
knew was In my little safe in the Office
He had been outwardly docile since
his aunt died and during his probation.
II he vent out nights he was in when he said
he would be. | had begun to hope that
he really had changed and that was right
In preventing his going to Emira.
Last Saturday j was Ill. ] have had
much strain on my nerves Of late-my
sisters death and the awful life that boy
led me. ! sent for Dr. t. Bauer, around In
i23d street but he was not at home Sun
dav | n
Bauer myself He thought / was on the
verge Of nervous collapse and he gave me
mild opiate. That night. Sunday, took it.
! had Charley sleep In the room with me,
as had done the night before, lest ! should
be taken i'll in the night The opiate DR..
a, Bauer gave me had no effect. I got no
slecp About O'Clock on Monday morn
ing ! called Charley.
Now Charles was very bright boy.
! He had helped me with patients many
times. He knew generally about opiates.
told him to get the hypodermio and bring
It to me with morphine tablet. He brought
me the hypodemic and gave me the tablet
and dissolved it. | administered it to my
self ] am now convinced that instead of
morphine Charley gave me apomorphia.
This drug acts, even administered hypo-
derncally, IA a powerful emetic. 1t so
acted on me almost instantly. After this
result ! was thirsty. / had some sarsa-
parilla in the room and told Charley 10
give me some. He did so. | am entirely
convinced that he put choral in II. Boon
after | took II l lost consciousness. /
came 70 about O'Clock in the morning
vas alone in the room. | was very weak
but got up ont of bed and managed to get
10 tho door. It was locked on the outside.
4 sliding rear door Of the room was fas-
tened with a cord. | loosened the cord
and got to the hall where | could ring.
Then help came and soon after Or. Bauer
arrived and a little later DR.. Phillips OF IS
West lleth street. | was then only semi
conscious | know they had a hard time
pulling me through.
1t was not until evening that I was
sufficiently restored 20 consider about
lharleys continued absence. Mrs. Grace
Rande and her eleven-year-old girl live
m the house with us. also my mother, Mrs.
News, and her two children and my sister
Ms McDermott Mrs. Randell is my
assistant and secretary. She knows the
comb nation Of the safe In the Office. !
sent Ter 10 it to see II il was all right. Then
We discovered the robbery. The safe had
not been forced 1t had been opened 10y
the combination Though. 30 far as knew,
Mrs Rdndell and j were the only ones who
Knew II. got the safe largely to keep
money out OF sight Of Charley He had
forced my desk several times.
onc' l was suddenly called out one
evening had SIS in my pocket and didn't
want 10 carry It with me. did not dream
that ] could not trust the boy l put the
money in the desk and told him to keep
an eye on It, l was hardly out Of the block
before he was on the way TO the Pennsyl-
wanna Railroad with the money. That's
the time he went to South Carolina. The
time be went 10 New Orleans he ran out
o. money down there and went TO the
Young Mems Christian Association. They
helped him to half-fare ticket home.
lie joined the Harlem Branch Of the Y. NJ.
= A. IN i2ith street some timo ago and
USED 20 20 there a good deal.
=, had good deal Of money in the safe
Saturday night and by Ill luck Charley
taV H. | had TO go 10 the safe when he
va IN the room; the drawer upset and the
olls rolled ont / don't know how he OF
ZONE accomplish learned the combination
earned Tho keys to the inside drawers,
TT.nere the money was. in my trousers pocket.
Hound them in my slipper.
We tined 10 call Police Headquarters by
telephone, but Charley had disconnected
me Wires. He worked for time for an
seo'uc company, and that was easy for
MN Mr. lllndell went around at o'clock
ana notified the police of the l26th street
sauon None Of them showed up until
to-aay. have just learned that Charley
was az the De Soto stables, where l keep
NY horse. at o'clock Monday morning
uIAt be saw another lad, an eI-Assembly-
man son, and told him he had touched
me up Tor several hundred and asked him