Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-01-13
Mary Lewis, 16 Years OLD,
Will Recover From
| Dose
TOOK BICHLORIDE
Was in Detention Room Waiting
to Testify in Case Against Al.
vim waters-Eleven Year Oid
Boy Purchased Drug.

While awaiting TO appear as a
witness in the detention room at
bolice station in the case against
Alvin Waters, Mary Lewis, sixteen
sIears old. swallowed bichloride of
Snercury tablets and became hys-
terical. Her condition was dis
byered by some of the persons who
|were waiting in the lobby adJoin-
Ing the detention room at police
headquarters and the young woman
WAS rushed Immediately to the
.Alexandria Hospital by Policeman
Magner who was accompanied by
Dr. w. Clyde West. DR.. West went
b work on the woman with the
Stomach pump and this afternoon
et 8 o'clock at the hospital Ii was
stated that she was rapidly re-
towering from the effects Of the
Tablets. Ii is reported she swal-
bowed four of the tablets.
Those around police station say
that the woman peered several
|times through the small glass win
how of the room and displayed the
bottle containing the tablets to
&hem.
Shortly after o'clock this af-
kjernoon Leslie Ale eleven years
bid. who lives at 81 North St.
IAsaph street, appeared at police
Headquarters and informed Sergt.
Wilkinson that he procured the
package for the woman.
According to the boy he went
b a drug store with note which
was written by Margaret Grace
Reed, sixteen years old, q COM
banion Of the Lewis girl, who also
WAS testifying at the time the
Lewis girl took the poison.
The boy said that string was
pwered from the detention room
Window by one of the girls and a
outh named Wade Pollen he al
eges tied the package to the
String. He said it was about 10:45
3'clock when the tablets were
brought to the girls.
The Reed girl says that when
She found out that she was to be
he first witness to appear in court
h the case against Alvin Waters
he turned the tablets over to the
Lewis girl. Both girls after the
Waters trial is disposed of are to
be sent to home in Richmond.
Margaret Grace Reed, sixteen
years old and the Lewis girl few
Jays ago were witnesses against
b young man named Clarence
Long, who was charged with con-
Fributing to their negligence. Long
was arraigned and fined 500 and
ent to jail for thirty days. The
3irls were ordered by the court
$ant to a home in Richmond. They
where enroute 10 the railroad STA
jon when they were recalled, and
Waters was taken in custody and
TarrantS charging him with vio-
ting the prohibition law and al
alleging he contributed to their
egligence were made out. The
iris consequently were held in
he detention room at the police
eadquarterS til 1.-THE case of Wat
rs is disposed of which was be-
nn shortly before noon today. He
represented by Attorney Smith.
The Reed girl was called to the
stand and testified 10 going out
fith the Lewis girl on n party in
h automobile last Tuesday night.
according to the young woman,
Waters procured bottle of whis-
" and she had four drinks while
a the party.
The party motored to dance
an at Relee, Arlington county and
ound there was no dance in pro-
Iress and returned to this city.
Che two girls then made ineffec-
lual efforts TO obtain a room at a
booming .,ouse and also at a no.
el.
However, before doing this, all
bur went to the house of a colored
|amily in the southwestern section
II the city where whiskey. the
Reed girl said, was offered them.
he. however, said she did not take
Inv, being unwel and she became
lex and went upstairs and threw
erseK across the bed where she
emained for ten minutes. The
hlv thing Waters did, the witness
aid. that ne came up stairs to see
bw she was getting ON.
Il was after the visit, to the
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