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Wife of a Prominent Greensboro
Physician Dies in
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Poison Administered by
Her Husband in Presence
of Three Other Physicians.
Greensboro special to Charlotte
Observer:
Mrs. J. I'. Matthews, wife ot
one ot Greensboro's prominent
physicians, died at 7.30 o'clock
tonight, iroin the effects ot a
h\ | -dermic injection ot sGychn
inn s i i in i m i nrni I 1*1/ i nr I.ii-Iiiii.I
who was placed under arrest
shortly alter midnight and commilled
to j.u!, charged wit ii murder.
A young railroad man who
boards at the Matthews home
heard heavy breathing in Mrs.
Matthews' room this morning as
he was prepating to leave t tie
house. Starling into llie room
he was con I routed by the husband
who iold him Ins wile was
ill and would be all right in a tew
minutes. The young man, however,
was suspicious and brushed
past the physician. lie tound
Mr '. Matthews in an unconscious
and apparently dying condition.
He at once summoned Dr. J. J*.
Turner, who is the county coroner.
Dr Turner called in Drs.
M. II Farrer and Z. T. Moore
and the three, finding Mrs. i\Ia'thews
suffering from morphine
poisoning, applied heroic treat-j
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le-third off Lot n
acrifice- Lot 54-in
t half patent Flour
i price is cut on ev<
afford to move the:
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ments. The lliree physicians re-1
mained at the bedside through
out the day and the patient re
sponded to the treatment qnd
hope was entertained that she
would regain consciousness and
recover.
About 5 o'clock this afternoon
Dr. Matthews requested the physicians
to leave the room, saying
that he wished to pray with his
wile. This they refused to do
The husband went to "his wile's
! beside lor the ostensible purpose!
| ol feeling Iter pulse. I)r. Tinner,
who had grown suspicious,
[detected that ho had in his hand
I a syringe and immediately look
jit., not, however, until the litis
hand had succeeded in giving Ids
wile it hypodermic injection. An
examination of the syringe rove
dad enou'ih strychnine I 'It in it
to kill three persons. Two hours ;
later Mrs. Matthews died with!
convulsion
Tonight Mayor Murphy issued
la warrant lor l)r. Matthews and
j he was arrested at ids home and
placed in jail, charged with niur
I dor. Wl w?li minct Srwtnil o ?? I lw? I
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iili.ur lio said that his wile 1i.mIi
taken morphine an ! he had ad- I
ministered strychnine lo counteract
the drug. Dr. Mart hews
has been in poor health for ome
time and this, together with the
fact that lie is a dope fiend, is
believed to be responsible lor the
terrible deed.
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ivirs. Man news was about 25
years old and Dr. Matthews is
about 30. Tlioy move I to Greens
boro four years ago from Durham 1
and he had built up a lucrative
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are going to offer
ve January 1st.
and see:
were $6.00, now
Hats 50 per cent.
lens Overcoats
ich Broadcloth at
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erything in our st
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Yours foi
practice. Both belong to pro-!
ininent Durham families. A little
six-year-ohl boy is the only
child. Mrs. Matthews' brother,
and Dr. Matthews lather and.
brother arrived tonight from Dur '
ham, to which place the body
will be taken lor burial.
Dr. Matthews will probably be
given a preliminary trial within
the next day or t wo
$100.00 Reward.
Ol'K M AN* DISCOVKI.'Y MF.MOIMH '
COMFANY of l.tmroiiM. s C , loss maunI'netured
uud Hold thousands ot bottles ot
l)FU NF.W IMSCOVKit Y within the lest
three (!) yo ?r? \\ i li uu nlis* lute (?F A It \ N I
I'd', with each lw>ttie for nil l)loo?l nn<l
SUin LMsenKes, Nervousness, Liver and
Kidney i rouhb s, and nil' rs $11111.CO reward
to any person who will prove that
lle y ha\ ev< r f died or r< fusel to comply
With the terms f.| tile irallti' Sold by
('tawlord lines
MONtY TO LOAN
I am prepared, as usual, to nc-'otiuU? loans, |
on improveit cotton farms hi sums of ftSun.OO
an I upwards for live years. Interest at 7 per
is i on - iins of l.neiioi and over I'mli-i
(I .Uae.lM). s per cent, interest. No brokerage
or txmmiM Son t'liaractl?onl.\ a reasonable f? ?
for (instruct of lltln.
If. K. WVI.IK,
Attornovat-1/.iw.
Notice to Taxpayers.
Taxes w ill he due nod p lynhle with
out penalty troin Octobif Into l>e-|
cember HI, 1005.
The tax levy for State purposes is
">'s mills, for ordinary county purpos. J
es-l'.j mills, special county purposes I
(I . A ' . It, It. bonds) 2 mills, consti
tutional tax for school purposes
mills, making a total levy of 15 mills
on all taxable property of the county .
In School Districts Niw. 5, HO, H2 and I
It!, there is a sprcial levy of 2 mills!
additional for school purposes; in |
District .no. 21, :t mil's; I?istriots Nes.
12, 17 and HI), 1 mills; IHstrict No, 38,
" mills; No. II, (? mills, and No. 10,
7 mills. Iii Cane Creek Township i
l here is special local levy of 4}? mills
for railroad purposes; Gills Creek, li j
mills, and I'leasant IIill, 'A millh.
There is also a tax of one dollar on i
each male citizen between the atjes of1
twenty-one and sixty years, except
ex-Confederate soldiers and sa'lors,
or those who are so disabled that they
B&nnot earn a support by manual
labor. J. F,. BLACKMON,
Treasurer Lancaster County.
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Charleston, S, C.
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