The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
Then Went Into His Kitchen to
Calm Nerves With
Hypodcrmic.
TERRIFIED BY POLICE
Unknown Man Gets Away With
800 Grains From Leigh
Street Pharmacy.

Clothed only in his shirt sleeves,
and with wild and haggard face, a
young white man, apparently twenty
two years old, and neatly dressed, as
far as his apparel went, entered the
office of DIR. j. C. Carper, colored, 1107
IVES. Leigh Street, yesterday after
noon and stole 400 grains of morphine.
After obtaining two partly empty bot
ties of the drug, he went into the
Kitchen, where the physicians wife
was preparing supper. and. rolling UP
his sleeve. injected a, hypodermic sy-
riuge, containing several grains. into
his left arm.
The colored woman, extremely fright
ened and surprised at the white mans
visit, looked on without saying word.
The latter, within few minutes after
taking the hypodermic. apparently be-
came calmer.
Makes Living That Way.
Look out, woman" he said. ~ make
my living by stealing. and If YOU
let the police know about this, they
Viii give HE hill" After waiting
long enough for his nerves to become
settled, he left the house. apparently
much better for the self-applied dose.
The stranger had first applied, 1t
developed afterwards. at Jackson's
Pharmacy, at Graham and Leigh
streets where he wanted a prescrip-
refused him, and in his shirt sleeves
ing.
When he applied at the office of DR.
Carper, the latter's wife informed him
that her husband was not at home
but that she expected him shortly. The
visitor said that he would walt and
was shown into tho office He fingered
a little while before reappearing be
fore DR.. Carper's wife. He had opened
she physicians case and taken there
from two bottles containing at4 o the drug hts
sleeves. leaving out enough for an
injection. When he walked into the
kitchen he took his time in preparing
the dose. He had his own syringe with
him. in his vest pocket. He took that
out, mixed the drug in the proportion
he wanted. and then applied it. At
irst he was wild and incoherent. But
after the morphine had coursed
through his veins he became calmer.
and spoke nationally, though there was
a CLEAN in his eyes"yhich BODIED i'll for
any one who attempted to interfere
with him.
Back 10 Carolina.
Just before he left the Kitchen and
house he told DIR. Carper's wife that
there was no use in searching for him.
as he intended to leave FOR North Caro-
lima at once. She did not follow him
rs he departed, and he was soon lost
TO view down the street
The 800 grains of morphine which
lie stole are worth about Sc. and he
took nearly the whole supply the col
ored doctor had in store. If he is a
dope fend. as he appeared from his
actions to be, the supply he took would
last him about TWO weeks-enough to
give him all the fancy dreaming and
air castles in Spain he could well want.
DIR. Carper's wife, so thoroughly fright
oned was she.icould give little descrip-
tion of the thief. But thorough
search for him has been instituted.
he knew evidently the habits of
physicians, and where TO find their
medicine chests, for he was in Dr.
Carpers office but short time before
reappearing with his morphine. II
is generally believed that he is medl-
cal student who has become only too
well acquainted with the use of drugs.