The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-04
.ACON|TE ORDERED
FOR DR.. ROWLAND
Deadly Drug Delivered to Him
but Two Days Before the
Death Of Strange.
WENT AS MAN AND WIFE

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
RALEIGH. n c., October s.-The
State won its great fight of to-day in
the Rowland trial in that 1t had adj
mitted as testimony three important
circumstances bearing upon the alleg-
ed murder Of Engineer Strange by DR..
Rowland and wife, the former Mrs.
Strange.
The most important OF these was
the admission by the court of the evil
dence of the bookkeeper of the W. H..
| King Drug Company here, that 1t had
ordered fifteen grains of aconite, d
ideally poison, quick to act, from New
York for DR.. Rowland. and that the
records showed that this was delivered
| to him on the 4th OF April, two days
before Strange died. the State, through
Its witnesses, giving Strange's symp-
/ toms before death as those from AGO.
\ llite. The State also scored in that
1.-THE railroad tickets were admitted,
Showing that DR.. Rowland and Mrs.
lStrange day before they We're mar
1 ried travelled by night in Pullman,
| while the hotel register shows that
1 they registered In the Monticello Hotel
4 In Norfolk as DR.. and Mrs. d. s. Row
land. The State insisted that strange's
Il
brought out every feature of heart
disease. The State rested late in
the afternoon and the defense put in
4 dispositions from Memphis to show that
lin 1905 Strange suffered from heart
! trouble there.
i. Show Effects of Strain.
When DR.. and Mrs. Rowland We're
drought into court this morning they
l.E ,,orka affaptS. Ofl the strain
they have been under the paI't several
4 days chat the trial has dragged along.
Mrs. Rowland was decidedly pale and
nervous. One thing that has made II
es pecially hard for her has been that
the testimony being all by witnesses
for the prosecution. 1t had depressed
|her. Both of them show decided eff
fects OF the Etrain. There Is strong
doubt as.to the possibility or con-
GLIDING the trial this week.
Clerk of the Court w. NJ RUSS tes-
titled to having granted admlnlstra-
ton papers to Mrs. Strange tRowland)
on the estate of her former HUSBAND
mis- cash assets being estimated at 81
4 $50. Sheriff Sears was put on tns
stand and showed from the tax books
that DR.. Rowland gave In his proper.
y ty for taxation last year as $500 re'
scientific Instruments, $25 for watches
and stewelry, all other property $lbo
making s4O5 In all This Is signihcas
4 in connection with the fact that NJ
mas one of the most deliberately anc
completely equipped offices in tht
South. with X-ray and large numpel
of the most expensive appliances, ane
is reputed to have $4,000 or $4,000
besides invested one way or announcer
= Object to Testimony.
Much of the afternoon session wa
taken up with presenting over asail
1 the testimony of j. G. Allison. book
, Keeper for the w. H. King Drug Com
pany, showing the purchase of tlfteel
grains Of aconite by DIR. Rowland
Judge Long admitted enough OF IN
evidence to show that the drug wa
ordered for him from Merck 4 20
New York, by telegraph and was &c
lIvered to him two days before en-
alleged poisoning of Strange, lie coul
only testify to this from his RECORD
Ton the books. He had no persona
knowledge of the delivery Of the pois
! on to Dr.. Rowland The clerk VIII
did this was DR.. Fisher. now III Rich
mon with the Purcell-Ladd Drug O.
He had refused to come to Roleigh an
testify. Counsel for the defense eA
cepted TO the ruling Of tho judge nc
! hitting the testimony of Allison, be
, cause he had no personal lknowleeds
of the transactions. 1t is understood
that an effort will he made to pro
cure the attendance Of DR.. Fisher
DIR, A, w. Knox, medical expert, detal
t&I ed the effect of aconite as poWerf'
iheart and nerve depressor ana mo-
deadly poison, rarely used by phys
clans. He did not think Strange Won
have died from keart disease und'
e conditions y outlined In llypothetic
questions as having had ono atlas
lin 1905; on duty two weeks in $50