The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-31

tered pharmacist and has been In the
drug business for twenty three years
0McstIOiIch bl Coroner.

tered pharmacist and has been In the
drug business for twenty-three years.
Guc.tioncd by Coroner.
Coroner Taylor then questioned Mr..
Warlnner. He asked the Witness II
"laxol" and 1ysol" are we'll known
to the laity, to which he replied that
the two drugs were quite we'll known
to the laity in Richmond and are often
purchased without prescription.
why did you sell iysol to Mrs. Will
bon instead of laxol?" asked the cor.
oner
II glanced at the laxo1 memorandum
but read 1t lysol," replied Mr.. Warinner
why did you not read 1t carefully2"
asked DR.. Taylor.
MY reason for surprising IL to be
lysol was that l saw the two ounces
on It, Laxol is never sold except in
original packages of three ounces. 1
was confirmed in my reading by my
question to Mrs. Wilbon and her an
swer" said the witness. u took the
prescription for the fever mixture and
placed 1t on the prescription counter.
1 then got the citrate of magnesia and
gave 1t to Mrs. Wilbon / then said:
Now, you want two ounces of lysol?'
She replied: Yes. two ounces OF lysol.'
1 then poured the lysol into bottle
and labeled IL lySol"
Mr.. Warinner then explained about
giving the two mervorandums to Mr..
Robins at the request of DR.. VIM. He
said that he should have kept them,
as they were his property but that
he agreed to do so without a thought.
Left on show Case.
What disposition was made of the
memorandums after the medicine had
| been given to Mrs Wilbon?" asked
| Coroner Taylor.
i.ey were left on the show. case"
] said Mr.. warinner.
How long did they lie on the show
| case?'
| About an hour"
You said In your statement that the
| prescriptions were taken from a
drawer and shown to DR.. VIM and
| Mr.. Robins. Who put them in the
| drawer?"
| ~ did"
| oHad the memorandums on the
! show case been handled in the interim
| of the time that you gave the medicine
to Mrs, Wilbon and the time that YOU
| took them UP and put them in the
| drawer?" asked DR.. Taylor.
| 80 far as / know they had MOI
been handled Mrs. Wilbon laid then
on the show case, and there they re-
NAMED until / put them in the drawe
| after had given the medicine to her
You understand that took the regu
lar prescription in my hand and wen
1 with 1t to the prescription counter
where prepared the fever mixture
preserved this as do all prescrip
tions. i t is not customary to keel
! the memorandums but after this ac
1 cident happened I decided to preserv
them" said the witness.
Did Not Change 1t.
/ II want to ask you a right pertinen
question. Mr.. Warinner." Coroner Tay
Tor said DIR. VIM has said that III
on the memorandum had been altered
Did you do it?"
Most certainly not. If the writing
has been changed I know nothing
Ing on 1t. so far as ! know. .excep
what DIR. Vim put on 1t himself" sale
Mr.. Warinner.
at this juncture Field wilbon. VIII,
had started to ask a question OF Mr.
Warinner when he was testifying tina
she wanted "lysol," requested the cor
oner to allow him to make statemen
and ask question. Dr. Taylor con
scented.
MIR. Wilbon Speaks.
IF you try to lay this blame OF
Mrs. Wilbon / VIII expose YOU" sal
Mr.. Wilbon. addressing Mr.. Warinne,
You know down in the bottom of you
heart that Mrs. Wilbon is innocent O
any wrong and that she knew nothin
about laxol or lysol. 1 haven't toll
half / know
stopped Mr.. Wilbon from further ex
, pressions. Some one exclaimed: "Tha
Is a threat" Mr.. Wilbon had moth
ing further to say. and walked aroun
on the other side of the table. Th
, examination Of Mr.. Warinner then con
! tinued.
Why didn't you put poison lab.
:, on this bottle of lysol?" asked the cor
! oner.
Because the law does not requr
9 Yes: I understand that, but If 20
y Will allow me ! would suggest that 70
quires it or not" Dr. Taylor said. &c
, course, you could not put a poison lab
! on every Doctors prescription prepal
q ed. for If you did you would have
iapel all prescriptions poison L guess
y Agrees With Wnrinner.
$ Clifton c. Courtney, clerk in Nj
a WARMERS drug store. testified tn
he distinctly remembered hearing M
Warinner ask Mrs Wilbon If she d
not want two ounces of lysol.
II heard Mrs. Wilbon reply. Yes,
want lysol,'" said Mr.. Courtney.
: Continuing. he testified that the tv
. memorandum We're in Mrs. Wilbor
: hand when she came in the store
was the prescription for the few
mixture. He said that he saw the
| lying on the showcase while. Mrs. WI
bon was in the store; that he did n
II see Mr.. Warinner read the memora
dums, but heard him ask Mrs. Wilbt
II If she wanted "lysol," and heard h
reply that she did.
In answer to question by DR. Ia
lor if the witness knew anything abo
the memorandum having been tan
pered with, Mr.. Courtney said he d
not.
II never had my hands on the men
orandums. and / never saw anybot
else handle Them" he said. II new
saw them again until Sunday ate
noon, when DIR. Vim, Mr.. Robins ar
4 III Mr. and Mrs. Warinper were toEeth
II at the prescription case 1 saw M
Warinner and DR.. Winn have son
papers. which l was told We're II
= prescriptions They We're taken fro
the prescription case drawer by NJ
Warinner. If it was tampered wi
!, | don't know anything about 1T. d
not alter the memorandum"
4 There being no other witnesses, D
\ Taylor informed the jury that unle
1t desired to see the memorandum
which Mr.. Robins had there was I
further evidence, but that he would
unwilling to render verdict unle
the memorandum which DR.. VIM te
t;Ra,1 ba5 hasn hammered with was h.