The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-31
SAYS PAPER WAS
AMPERED With.
DR. Winn Tells Coroner
Laxol Now Appears
Like Lysol.
SENSATION AT
|. WILBON INQUEST
Hearing Adjourns Until Report
er, Who Is Holding Memoran-
dunn, Returns to city-Wit-
nesses Testify Alb out
Tragic and Accidental
Death of Little Boy.



In his testimony yesterday before
the coroncr's jury. which Is endeavor-
ing to iix responsibility for the death
by poisoning of John Odeneal Wilbon.
the three-year- son of David 7.
Wilbon, DR.. John +. Winn charged
that his memorandum ordering laxol.'
harmless preparation, had been tam
pered with by some one In an effort
to make 1t appear that he had pre-
scribed .lysol." a poison. sold by Drug
gist William L. Warinncr to the
mother of the child
There was no intimation by Dr..
Winn as to who had altered ths
memorandum. He said that he wrote
.laxol" plainly and gave the paper to
Mrs. Wilbon. When he saw 1t on sun
day after the child's death, DR.. VIM
said that he noticed that the had
been extended SO that II resembled
''y.'' He requested Mr.. Warinner, who
misread the prescription. to turn the
memorandum over to Nelson Robins.
reperter for The Times Dispatch. Mr..
Warinner consented to this. and Mr..
Robins now has IT in his possession.
Adiourns TIL Friday.
The inquest was adjourned yester
day afternoon at l O'Clock until Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock, when Mr..
Robins, who is at Warm Springs as
wedding attendalt, wiz be called 10
testify before the jury and produce
the paper. He left Richmond Monday
night without Hnowing 9hen the In
quest would be held and without the
knowledge that he would be requested
to appear.
Field Wilbon. an uncle % the victim.
who was the first witness. said that
Mrs. Wilbon was too III TO appear
at the inquest He said that an In
slant after the teaspoonful of ''lysoi'
had been given the child By his mother
last Saturday afternoon he became
paralyzed.
Mr. Wilbon said that he called a phy-
.sician Immediately, and that in a short
time FIVE other doctors were summoned.
In the mean time Mrs Wiibon telephoned
MIR Warinner an asked him what he
had given her In the prescription. The
witness said that Mrs. Wilbon told him
that the druggist said. II have made
mistake and given you the wrong
medicine
In a few minutes. Mr.. Wilbon said,
Mr. Warinner rushed into the house
with antidotes Mrs. Wilbon said.
My God. you have killed my child"
In reply to Mrs Wilbons excama-
tton. the witness stated that Mr.. War
Inner said, Yes; and l will never get
over it."
Wanted to Shield Him.
The witness then said that Mr.. War
inner took the child in his arms and
did everything he could to relieve Its
suffering.
Mr.. Wilbon then referred to the in
forma ton received by him from rep
resentative of The Times-Dispatch
that Mr.. Warinner had made the state
ment that Mrs. Wilbol was Ia blame,
because she had told him that she
wanted 'lysol.''
we did not intend to make the
matter public, but had done every
thing possible to shield Mr. Warm
tried to place the blame for the lit
tie boys death upon his mother we
sent for him
In the presence of Mr.. Robins
told Ar. Warinner that IL he did not
tell the truth about the matter and
not try to place the blame on Mrs.
Wilbon. that he would have to answer
to me personally. I told him that he
must withdraw the accusation that
the mother was to blame for the boys
death. Mr.. Warinner then signed a
statement which was subsequently
published in The Times Dispatch"
the druggist she wanted "lysol."
The witness continued his testi-
mony by saying that Mr.. Warinner
had offered to Yap the expenses of
the funeral and all other costs in con-
nection with the case, but that David
r. Wlbon, the father of the child,
said that he could not accept any
money. Call l want Is my boy back"
was the fathers reply.
DR.. Winn's Testimony.
Dr. John r, Winn testified that he
wrote one prescription for a fever
mixture for the Wilbon boy and one
memorandum for citrate Of magnesia
and one for "laSol.' He said that he
wrote "LaXol ounces" plainly. No
directions were given on the memor-
andum
In response to question by the
Coroner, DR.. Winn said that ''laxol'
Is a harmless preparation of castor
oil and peppermint, and Is a proprie-
tary medicine. He explained that
''lysol" is also proprietary prepara-
tion, but Is never given internally;
that "lysol" is a poison If given In
ternally, and has effects similar to
those Of carbolic acid
With some hesitancy DR.. Winn then
Informed the jury that as he was under
path he felt 1t his duty to tell all that
he knew Of the case. Coroner Taylor
agreed with him that he should keep
nothing back
DR.. Winn said: II went to Mr.. War
Inner's drug store In company with Mr..
Robins, a Times dispatch reporter, Sun
day evening. requested Dr. Warinner
to show us the memorandum which I
had written the order for laXol' on.
. When I saw the paper noticed that
1t had been tampered with. The *
In laxol had been extended to resemble
" W which would indicate that an
effort had been made to alter the writ
Ing so as to read lysol.
Paper Tnmpered With.
IT remarked that the prescription
/ had been altered by extending the X
Mrs, Warinner, who was present with
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