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AUTOMOBILES.
AUTOMOBILES FOR HIRE
Boulevard $3.50 and $3.50 per
227 and hour. clc;cf Gnr''
910-J NV r. .d nAH.;E.
EOH

y SAIf-SEHICLES.
TOP. wagons. i2G. s35. SEQ: open wagons
$50. ss5. Richardson Bros. els Brook
Avenue.
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SITUATION WANTED-Maie
SITUATION waNrED-remale.

desires pc-.t:or n private school ist o
IArisry. Tcach.s Eu. iisii. Latin ami rnusic
fliI. tctll!iion't!s Hps 10. Nenhr!iGc Va
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EPISCOPAL.
All. EPISCOPAL CHCRC
tFrankl!, Street. near MonrUc). REv } Y.
rcutor.--Surday school al 1890.
s,rvIcc,: morning at 81 O'Clock. afternoon
at {. Strangers cordially invited.
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nENRiGo TRANSPORTS.
Five Deeds OF Bargain md sal,
AnInhInfinY ln 81 GOO.

FINr DrtdS OF UhrGnFn nHN NRIc,
Amounting to SS,Gnn.
FW. Dabncy ~ ais. to y. l. camack.
lot 6 in block Il in the plan OF bloom
inSdair. Novcmhe! -. 1915; $500.
Abbey Itcait! Corporation "a Mrs.
Mary i. llaniin, lots IL and - IN block
81 in the plan Of Colonial tiacc, Sec
tion l. November 20, 1916: $500.
Washington PARK Land Corporation
20 john =. Stewart. lot x In block 20
IN the plan OF Washington Park. Au-
gust. IS, 1915: $500.
L. w. C~arrinRtou ct ais. to John
iicIGclnan. lI2 acres near Fair Oaks.
November -. 1915: t3.3oc.
g. j.. pohinan 1t ais. to NJ. r. Gill
liam. 81 ia acres. anout 1 miles west
Of the city. November /. 1916: tax. 81:
40.
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HENnIcO RELEASE DEED.
nc Release Deed, Amounting to

Hugh Dcnoou ct al. t%rustcs. to Jen-
nettc II. Lau2hlin, lot on billiard Road
uonr Lakeside Road. December IL.
1916: $4,000.
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HELP wANTED-Mulc aud Female

WANTED. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS science. SIo
tH9r'n eIahe $50. latin and inathe,rntics
GRADE. $50. English and history. $50: seS.
cath grade. saj its; grade. sf5; science,
hh. Sl9h: principal. man. Sll0: princlp1l.
MAJ. SO. Begin January ! Write FOR par.
uruinrs. southern Teachers Agency. Co
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HUsriNGs RELEASE DEED.

One Deed of Relense, Amountipr 10
S1,4OO.
A. L.. Adanlsor. tyustee. to a. y. Petit
grew, 33L1l0 feet west line OF Fifteenth
Street. otwce McDonough and
Sennnes Streets. December IL. 1916;
81, 400.
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THE: pLA%-Eus NATIONAL BANK
OF RIEHMN&D

R!ctlupH:, "a. Dec. -. l9ij.
THE directors OF th.s bank haze. To-Day de
ciar.d ;he regular dividend "t 10 per cent.
- tGta! Of IS p:F cent free OF ,ax O! the
!nEs 10! tho past six months, pa! able to
snsrcholdera on .iSnra:y :. t1l,. check
CONWAY GoEDo%.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Al ItsD. hr,t.ci:tan motor TRUCK. ~ icsn,an.
Apply In person. ~. y kiuE Motor Corp.
- NN' 'r"!d Sii-et.
Hhi.ftSME.S aIG saicS"oincr. "c have Il few
.tIoit' uDeninES nov fOr nur unique !iae
OF sap .i,d busin"ss C.,icnuarS Tor hisi-
riah, 9ttrNinch T." commence work next
Wis" huyer: i iaciu';c. strnur outfit OF
h"N".jti"s, r.i.5. ANA r!gns. NJ make All our
Own goods. IbIt 'i,canS low prices ami sur.
sales. The Kenyon Company, Dos Nolncs.
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O RI1NT-Roo,ns
BUSINESS CHANCES.

FOL: sale inpucgn Eotel fGtn!suos. 10 p.,-
r','H-. bowling alleys. : bii..,r- ,uulss.
lunch ana -r't GrirI: rr.1tcrs ana o.. nI!
established business IN thr hc.it ~, mo he.
business city ~. tn" state. Apply ." fund
Nrr POI News. Va
MONEY ,oanea syeryhody savlny 81 ,see.!y
"iJmc!ribi Gnaruut," Ga. - <u!t.
Ninth.
MANuFAGTi'niNG, mmrrrai arf ,of, water
business. .StnD! Nod 80 yEuE.. k.-,-!n..
pr!.e. $4,000. which Is le.s imam irvrice
Yearly sai"s. 10000. Cheap rent. long
tate nro-e:s. 1873 r STREE; y. ". Wash
iu.tou. u. =
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HELP W.ANTED-Mare ana Female

800 month. Get government jobs Men
and women wanted. list Of positions
open free. trsnklin Institute. Dept. iS.-A.
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Horses, Mares, Mules

"ut q hS.d YORK 500 % 1900 pounds
young horses aru mares. very chcan All
this stock sold under q ful. guarantee. II
not as represented money Chtcr!ullv rA-
funded. rIo" mans Transfer Stables. 9
South F!nc"u;h Street.
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NNTNuNAL STATE NND CITY BANK.
Richmond. Va.
,a IN" ;G !, ,hT. a snnM u ;ret III b.i Sf ff:r5 siosy-
Janne:y g l.l7. - y o,cloc> nen,- AZ Il.
Osfi,irE house. III East Main street. for
the yurp"s. III .~iccilaS directors ~, the
ensuing year and trr TAG traa.act.ou OF ANY
other business that may properly come be-
fore thc M"ctiuS.
JULIEN II EiLr
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MEETINGS

SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE co. OF
Chicago. Iii, Dec. II. 1916.
TO the s,ockhollers OF the Security Life
You arc hereby notified that the regular
annual meeting OF tho etockhoiders OF the
Security Life Insurance Com pany Of Amer.
lea viii 10 held a. the onlce pt the com
nanydi A Ia . on h MEmNEs Il ~ i,l hSS i Hf hi DAY
q January. a. O. is!7 a. the hour OF II
directors OF the company for the ensuing
year. and the transaction OF any and all
tho meeting.
by "e" ~ p-esitent.
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TO NY ,fr..rcs hn,i ;he pubiic that have
,E"lt'H on irr % years at the George 3,
bu!! Company. i,Yi!t open IN q ,c% DAYS OF
nc "Isi rlds ~ sixth s,reeI between Broad
ISL; este, popitry and same and frni,
Old ~ruEp-necS and friends give mo a sh ara
>! il.-ir patronage. Respectfully. Nicholas
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DEATHS

ATTKISsOS.-D,cd q; his horn. loo i.as,
Main street. RICHARD ~ fJhiSSp%
ia .btaty-nrst year Of E!s nEe. a. - ".cir,.
lEtcr,ncnt nj his old HON. piac" IN LOUISE
COUNTY. saturday AtTEESOOE ~
n'cioCk.
DE MAlS-Dici. this rnnrniu2 n ~
o''l"Ct CHARLES WINTER III MAI,
orc OF NE oldest 'Hsiuerrr on =. - . keii-
road. aged scIrri.-h.t y-ITa
t.ns,a! services a. tnc re,iG,ney --''
- Z l., VI. BY .-gucsi., no t""e:' Inter
rTett a. Alexandra. Remains !ss.iUE ~
a:sn Monday morning by u: 2 {: T.. Rail
atArV.-Diec. Thursday. December 81. 1875.
". c MATE. IN. remain. are
=. the rcsid.nce %; bis bro,her-inIaw, Enrt
'ismes y: Dohtr!;, ~ south LaoLei Stree
Tho funeral VIII take DIsC. StNDt Al.
CEESCOS at : o'clock ;rom -. Mary
church. corner Fourth aud 1iarghall.
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CHANCEUS DEEDS OF Trust.
Five Decd. or Trust, Amounting to
SiO,t3S:iO
Emma TinsIey e. vir 60 ". ]. Wal
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MATCHES AND JEWELRY

xSS22TITTY.S SEW .:AbbnEsst 20 i&5
WATrIiES DitMOND$' ir:iv EI.HY> 81 /.
NAtsNA CUT GLASS.
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WANTED. IA large safe. State price nU!
where can be heen. j 7na. care Times Dis
patch.
office iurn,iurs and dL;Irc- T.,
~. cM0r Times Dispntch.
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bookiecper and stcnosraphrr
Must be expert 1T figures. state salary
and references: lady preferred. II 700. care
TlIn&s- Dispatch,
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%,#r' lT iJfs n + II;
pE np%EY. DON'T Ali no ChiI, OK rs
II, W Nf:Mt LONE; PRIVATE OFFICES
FOE LADtES CONSULTATION.
conc gas rfIises, portable sas lamps ane
Ing out stock by January l.. Rich,u o.s
III. Annliaic. 70. 20 North Eighth Street.
Christmas Trees for Sale.
Va WI haze n, rhs Jefferson Marae.
mas trees. also Norway spruce and box " "1,;
II iuhs w. T. rood & co.
II CHESAPEAKE OHIO RAILWAY
COMPANY.
The Chesapeake AND Ohio railway comnnn
or Indiana.
yor,,r. RI, siehni"Rt. "a. Dec. -. 1915.
,opnny VIII be closed Monday. December Is.
isiS. and Janua1y !. lhlI. except ior the
hours OF = AMI 70 =. NJ.
Il. ~. wARTHEN.
General Agent.
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STORE AND OFFICE FIXTURES.

WANTED. 10 fresh cows. State particular.
-AdGrsss = EOS: care Times. Dispatch
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SPECIAL NOTICE,

WAITED. THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT
uTHfi h;HCiTA!5IT I;YAI S%GIEIY HAs
Us gT fouH WATcIIEs. DIAMoNDs
GLhSS, pEIyATE OFFICES FOR LADiEs
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WANTED. good ccok am! houseEirl at SIs
Weat Franklin Street. Room on promises.
Don't apply until after . O'Clock In the
morning.
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i,hLt. NA> rED--tcmaic.

WANTED, refined young lady OF pleasing
parsonui!," 10 teach Gregg shorthand IN
private school n 'nonntains DelishttnI To-
por;un'ty for advancement. Write fully.
giving age. education and experience. IL any.
address Principal. BOX i!5. clifton Forge.
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COOK wunted-unincumbercd. settled w"-
man to live at house: fulnil! OF ? Phone
Randolph 1851. o. write u. o. Box -.
WANTED. cook Tor family Of 8. Room fur
nished Apply 2+iS Park Avenue. {. II
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NATIONAh srAlE AHD City BASS
i!!chlaogi. .s.. p-c. 81. 1919.
THE hoard ~ directors OF this tank heye
declared , "crniaGuuai dividend OF 8 /.
per cent. p1yEh." 81 nGG after january /
i3li. JULIEN II. HILL.
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DANCING.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
MRS. i. 9. PORTER, va. cnuJuctrd her
l"ncinf .,ihstya ~ GIe"nwalI's Studio,
Ipt .Npith Sicairw street y.iah.s 81 iunwu
;hn' si. still ha. her studio at above adj
;Ie.s. itc.!:cn,- phu-c randolph s:.J.J:
Studio, EouicvNGd .U.J
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FOR SiLf-Animais
WANTED-Anima

FOR sale. one full-bl"odcd Jersey COW. eli
EairfhN ANcnue. Stop .. petcrshurE pik.
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AMEnICAN ~ rinNAL nANX

-AMEitiCtS ~ '''EAL BANS
Itt"h.uuru. W.
THE board OF directors Gt ln!. banE have
declared :hc regular quarterly '~!vi'!"pi 81
. pcr cent ard "a" cStra dividend of p.r
cent. payable JAM. / l?i1. Bo"hs. i"r
Dcceniber ~ l9it. % january : 1917.
Check, 70: .-.tHcai VIZ, be mailed.
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BOARDING
O WITH BOARD.

iiOT.WATER hcn;cd room: modern 90
Nonicnrrs. board. Ey Weq, Grace.
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IN a.CSlORt.AM.

BCTLLR.-ln loving remembrance u w.;o
Hnd mother. E:i;iA MURRAY BUTLER
Who entered eternal liG- De- cEIhCr -. 1909.
HUSBAND AND ctiii.DEEN.
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BEFORE you rent see Us far room, or room
aU: board.
l.~E%I%GToH
ROOMS ard hoard 2os south Third Street:
ccni:tl. steain heat: modern 10 escry
respect. Accommodates Tor trauA!eu,y
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WiNTED-IioT.scs

WAITED ~ once. good work horses for
t1rm. $40 west Twcnty-fourth Street,
South Richmond. Phone Madison 557s.
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T.

r NATIONAL BANK.
Richmond. Va. D6CenIbct Z. laIs.
THE regular annual meeting OF tho stock
holders or the First Na,ionei Bank OF Nlch
lnond, Va. for the election Of directors
and FOR the transac,io: NJ any other busi
ness which may property come before said
meeting Will. be held TUESDAY. January
D. ,slT. ut 12 o'cioci. noon in The. diiec-
torB' room rt the bank. NtatL and Man
streets. EicltInouJ. Va
W. Il ADDISON. CsRhir-.
TIL annn.i mes;iri o ,he steSkn1iHsr,
held on Thursday. January II. 1917. at Il
oclook. noon. ct It's banking-house no.
GEORGE W. CALI.
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G. B. Skinner, the Druggist, Who
Must Pay Damages to Young
Rooney's Mother for Debauch-
ing Her Son with Drugs.

released practically cured. The physicians who
had treated him. however discovered Immediately
after his discharge that bottle containing several
hundred heroin pills missing
About this time DR.. B. r. Kirschberg, city chemist,
accompanied by the District Attorney. made can.
vass of the drug stores in Amsterdam. Complaints
had been made that drugs being sold to Schenec-
tady boys and suspicion attached to the druggists in
the nearby village. They called upon Skinner. among
other druggists. and crossQuestioned him regarding
the sale of the drug
Skinner discreetly admitted that he had sold some
heron tablets but had not done so for a long time
According to Leo Rooneys story. told recently in
court he went to Skinner shortly after the inyestiga.
ton made by the District Attorney and the City
Chemist to purchase tablets and was cautioned by
Skinner not to tell anyone where he securing the
drug as 1t might trouble"
Young Rooney often desperate in his craving
for the poison. His manner Of living had completely
changed He became corner loafer and was ar.
rested on this charge
His mother asserted he began stealing In order 10
secure money to buy heron, that he took rugs and
carpets from the floor of her home which he sold
and that he pawned her sverware and HE brothers
Clothing and even sold his clothing. He begged
money from whomever he could Among the ac.
qua1ntances OF Mrs. Rooney Attorney James J.
Barry OF Schenectady, who later handled her case
as counsel and to whom is due the credit OF securing
the verdict against the druggists
Leo went often into Barry's office to beg money
Usually ne asked for quarter half dollar maxi.
ing various excuses He wanted to get his laundry buy
something to eat or purchase needed clothing One
day he asked Barry for dollar Barry had observed
an amazing change In the boys appearance and had
become suspicious. Barry asked what Leo wanted to
wanted to get medicine which he purchased IN Am
sterdam Barry carefully undertook rigid cross.ex
animation and the boy hard pressed admitted the ma
ture OF the drug OF which he had become q. victim.
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on of his wifes affections order
that the plaintiff rights of the plaintiff
have been invaded there redress.
On one occasion 1000 pills to a week
enough poison to kill normal people,
this condition OF affairs amply defendants
complain OF the punitive been assessed
against them Unless there part Of
the defendant reckless disregard rights others
there can be punitive this case
does not the establishing an purpose to de-
stroy the health and activities this
does abundany establish Judgment that the
were wholly reckless Of the rights Of others.
1t estab ishes that the
Tor gain and profit absolutely dsregardng health and ro
Of this wholly of the to
MS parents sold him this drug him
ong after they discovered Its deeeous
say that they did this nnocenty the These
were Pharmacists skilled in mixing
lhey knew their
Inc subtle sinister destructive
this offspring OF opium. its malicious and ncon
queaoe mastery the human
demands victims. - - '''
But 1t to he q
eve LAY man knows It, However in the this general
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GONG on, the druggist accused-C. B. Skinner, Of
c. B. Skinner Company, Amsterdam, N. Y.-handed
out, according to the testimony produced in Court
this Daeful and deadly poison Week by week. for
an Insignificant sum OF money. for what must have
netted only a meagre and sorry profit this boy was
sold from three hundred to six hundred heroin pills
One week. according to the testimony one thousand
pills were sold to him-enough to kill declared Dr.
B. r. Kirschberg, city chemist. of Schenectady, one
hundred normal persons.
Before his eyes. week by week and month by month,
this druggist could not fail to CHASTITY effects
of the poison he was purveying-the fading OF color
in the boys cheeks the growing sallowness of the
complexion. the rings deepening under his dull sulen
eyes, the palsfed tremor OF his reached for
the drug He could not have failed see the yillajny
working-no than the poisoner who deliberately
watches his victim less than the saloonkeeper who
sells whiskey to young day by day over bar
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Ho0o the Drug Slapped His Health
and Made His Mind Diseased

According TO Justice Howard the proof furnished
abundantly established that the druggists 'fmpelled
by the instinct for gain and profit absolutely dsre
gardine the health and future Of this young man. and
wholly unmindfu of the consequences to his parents
sold him this drug and continued to sell il 10 him
long after they discovered its deleterous effects upon
his system For the pills sold the druggist received
seventy.fve cents hundred On the single sale OF
one thousand pills-enough to kill hundred per
sons-they received $3.50.
shortly after the theft Of n large Of "a
heroin by young Rooney from another drugstore in
Amsterdam, the boys cousin, James Murry, found
dying IN the Rooney house from drug poisoning. It
IS believed by local authorities that his death was
due 10 an overdose OF heroin In the legal proceedings
1t was brought out that the heroin habit had been
contracted by a number Of other young men in
schenectady Young Rooney's mother at present en-
p'oyed as clerk in department store in Schenec
tady. admitted in court that she had expended her
entire savings Of $4,000 in endeavoring reform
her son.
The story of young .Rooney's downfall can possibly
be duplicated in many other communities where young
men are sold drugs by unscrupulous druggists Leo
Rooney at the age of eighteen possessed much of the
natural curiosity Of youth When, about four years
ago. William Slavn, pal told him wonderfully pleas
ant dreams could be obtained by taking certain
drug Rooney was anxious to try It, He given
several pills and-betng totally ignorant Of the hide.
ously destructive effects of this product of opium
said he would like to get more
According to the testimony furnished In court
Rooney was taken by his friend the drugstore of
e. H. Skinner & Co.. No. 8 East Main street Amster.
GAM which Is fifteen miles from Schenectady and was
introduced to G. b. Skinner being call right"
On January l. 1912. he made his first purchase of
heroln tablets, securing two hundred tablets for
winch he paid $3.50. These tablets were sold to him
without his presenting physicians prescription, nor
was his name entered on the poison book In the
store After his first purchase the boy according to
MS oeciaration bought pills regularly almost every
week up until June 1914 period of nearly two and
a half years. $500
Month by month the fatal power of the drug too,r
ho'o OF MIN and ne became a confirmed user of the
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What an Investigation Showed
and the Verdict That Resulted

wrong with the boy His surness and i'll temper hurt
her When he began having Authorizations, his mother
decided that something serious the matter with
MS health. The boy had decisions that black bugs
were crawling over him and that the air was full of
bugs. He skulked about the house, declaring that
policemen were after him. He officers watching
MIN from catch basins Of Sometimes at night
ne awoke screaming declaring that persons intent
upon iiarming him were trying to get into his bed.
room through the window.
In the Fall Of 1913 the boy developed Authorizations
OF such violent character that he sent to the
Ellis hospital for treatment There the physicians
discovered the cause Of his trouble. He in such
serious condition that they did not dare stop the
administration Of heron, but began treatment with
reouctlon IN doses. In about two weeks the boy
seemed we'll on the road to recovery and was soon
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DOPE He sometimes took from six to eight Mills an
hour His purchases averaged from three hundred to
SIX hundred pills a week Sometimes his daily con-
sumption was as high seventy-ave to one hundred
taolets One week he made the astounding purchase
Of one thousand tablets These tablets we're all ona
twelfth or one-eghth Of a grain each During the
proceedings brought by the boys mother against the
druggist 1t testified that on no occasion did Skin
ner place the pills in bottle bearing poison label
as is required by law.
C. B. Skinner, the druggist accused has hoo,
pharmacist since 1892. He graduated from the
University of Buffalo in 1898. The other member of
the nrIn' 8 W. Skinner, Is in charge of drug store
IN ihon' ~ T. This concern, accuhed Of selling to
young boy one thousand heroin tablets in single
week 1or the sum of $3.50, is reported to be worth
$4,000.
In November, 1912, the boy declared that Druggist
Skinner asked him If his mother knew that no was
using heroin mot to my knowledge he answered
Nooheys mother however. began to observe a change
IN the boys appearance Day by day he afflicted
by what seemed an increasing sickness His com.
plexion became sallow, his eyes deep and sunken
"hen walking the streets he would sometimes stop.
ahdf leaning against post fall into profound SUM
Der In the daytime. From healthy athletic erect
i it man ne began to show signs of deformity.
he no longer walked erect but stopped constantine
ne became sluggish and indolent: his temper was
sullen and irascible VOC
mad come to Schenectady from Leadville Colorado:
in August 1903. and sent Leo to school until he was
slNteen While attending school he sold newspapers
and afterward worked for while for cigarmaker
ne then secured employment with the General Elec.
haa voice or extraordinary quality and was in de-
mand at local entertainments He often earned from
$40 to SIS week by singing.
Until the drug took hold OF him he was most solicit
,ous ABOUT MS mother and attended to all the house
nold chores HIS mother was hurt and perpexed when
the time came that he refused carry coal from the
cellar One day he had told her that he had given up
MS position During the day he slept of the time
and at nights stayed away Sometimes he was absent
from MS nome for an entire week.
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U1eder an Entirely Novel Interpretation of Lnuu
the Boy Her0in and Thus Made o. D,uQ Fieya
Young Leo Rooney, rs HELD TO ACCOUNTAl
TO THE MOTHER--a Wholesome lesson
TO Those Who Traffic in DANGEROUS


Opinion of the FIVE Judges the Appellate Division writ
ten by Justice Wesley O. Howard, affirming the
of the Court awarding $4,000 the mother for
done in destroying sons services, was
legally entitled
MOTHER brings this action against drug having
~ sold to her minor certain poisonous drug
heroin. She alleges that result of these
became habtual OF heron thereby
physical moral wreck unable
his health ruined and his mind destroyed
deprived Of his services and has been greatly
facts submitted and verdict
OF the plaintiff for $4,000 compensatory damages
punitive damages.
Our examination OF the the
sales Of this drug this continuing long
period Of time have been established
AND we believe that the evidence shows that plaintiff
IN actually damaged The shows that
acquisition OF the drug habit
money
The action is said to be
true BY whatever this action
the property rights OF the respassed upon
and she is simply suing services of
her son. to which she legally
she alleges and the Jury only asking pay
for this damage - Ne 'N'
me plaintiff bases her claim principle which
the cause OF action accrutng the
OF NIB daughter or to husband in