The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

met Captain iGttman and told him TO
go for a doctor. She also sent Ben 10
Conyer's drug store for DR.. Farrar.
Mrs. Hay stated that she found Mrs.
Matthews perfectly unconscious n
breathing very hard. She tried 10
arouse the sick woman. DR.. Matthews
did nothing 10 he!p his wife while she
was in the room. Mrs. Hay told Of the
treatment administered by the doctors
and OF DR.. Matthews requests that
every one should leave the room and
allow him 10 be alone with his wife
and of her refuSals TO do 50. After q
OF her refusals TO leave the room Dr..
Matthews said he wuld go and lie on
the bed il she would not leave him
alone TO pray. When he reached The
bed he said. Poor little thing, she is
gone, but / can get another" He was
lying beside her at his time and he
reached down under the clothes. Mrs.
Hay said, What are you doing?' and
DR.. Matthews replied that he was only
putting back in his pocket some money
that spilled out. Then he arose and
after this got Mrs. Hay out of the
with q false story that some ladies
down stairs wished TO see her. When
she went back DR.. Farrar called her
attention TO a fresh puncture in the
arm of Mrs. Matthews which the wit
ness stated had not been there before.
Soon after this Mrs. Matthews began
drawing up as if in a fit, and in a III
tie while was dead.
An interesting part of Mrs. Hays
testimony referred to the year before,
when she said Mrs. Matthews had been
sick and DR.. Matthews had sent for
her. He had told her that lola had
taken a prescription that was not right
and it had nearly killed her" Mrs.
Hay also told of an occasion when Mrs
Matthews had made her promise hat
if she were ever found unconscious SIZE
(Mrs. Hay) would summon DR.. Turner.
She stated that when she requested
Dr.. Matthews to send for a doctor he
had responded that it would go against
the family for him to do so.
A point that will be relied On by the
defense to prove the insanity of the
prisoner comes out in the remark he
made to Mrs. Hay Nlile the two were
at the bed of Mrs. Matthews. Mrs. Hay
states that the doctor said to her. Mrs.
Fay, my wife will never get well. She
gave you some ducks a while ago.
There will be a sale of everything here
and l wans you to have the ducks"
Mrs. Hay was asked about the dia-
.mond ring which she had seen on Mrs.
Matthews hand On Thanksgiving day.
She said that she had not seen it since
and did not know where it was She
stated that during the morning Of Mrs.
Matthew'S last fitness DR.. Matthews
had been gathering up his clothes and
locking them up in the trunk in the
hall.
1t was at this .juncture that Mrs. Hay
began to look Ill. Her condition was
noticed by Judge Ferguson, who or
dered a glass of water brought, and
told Mrs. Hay she could leave the
stand. Mrs. Hay was assisted down
and taken to the jury room, but a,
the doorway she fainrsd. She was
raised up, bu fell again and went into
strong commissions. Drs. Turner and
Long and Nj. Hay cared for her, bat
it was some, time before she recovered
! Mr.. Hay stated that his wife was sub.
jsct L similar attacks.
DR.. J. P. Turner Was the next wit
ness for the state. On stating his
qualifications he was admitted BY
Judge Ferguson to be an expert wit
ness.
LII. lu1NcI uOIu VI HOW liz WcEl u
the Matthews house and found Drs
Farrar and Brooks il consultation. He
.agreed with the conclusion of the 9th
,ers that they had a case of opium pois-
oning to deal with, and %assentel tC
: their treatment. only suggesting ,ha,
.,caffiene and heat applications be add
ed. Drs. Brooks and Farrar had ad-
, ministere1 one-sixtieth of a grain q
strychnine hypodermically. DR.. Tur.
ner stated that the condition in which
he found Mrs. Matthews was a critical
4 one. She was profoundly unconscious
and the only life motion was the lao
I+ored movements of the chest in breath
i ing. The pulse was as high as 165 OF
no. The patient appeared as if she
! might die at any minute. The ques.
ton of Mrs. Matthew'S dilated pupils
was discussed by the doctors and they
were of the opinion that she had been
given a%trophioe, as the pupils would
re contracted had strychnine been The
only drug given. DR.. Turner outlined
the physicians ~ atment, which Wac
gerry simple, consisting of small dose,
If strychniDe, a dose of atrOpiEe, and
the application IF hot water bottles.
He also had a tale to tell of he Of
forts of DR.. Matthews t be left alone
with his wife, and Of the POSITIVE refus-
ais of the doctors &C accede to his
wills. Then ne ted of hoy at the
last wnen DR.. Ma1rnews foLni II III
possible to get the doctors to leave him
al-:.c ":,h his VIE. he had gone over
10 l.: Led, saying tat he WI nd pray
with lar. He had Garessed .icr and
finally slipped his nand under the quilt.
The next thing DR.. Turner saw was
the quick jerk characteristic of the
movement used in inserting a hypoder-
mic needle. In a fash he had sprung
over, pulled aside the cover, and re-
"ealed the hypodermic in the hand Of
Dr.. Matthews, who was just withdraw
ing it from the arm of his wife. DR..
Matthews closed his hand on the syr-
inge. and, when asked by DIR. Turner
what he had been doing said moth
ing"