Medical Expert Says Drugs Caused Death Of Patient

Dy EDDY GILIDII LONDON (AP) - Aa eminent Dr. John

of a rich patient as a effort to klil her.

Asked for his opinion of the inas- sive doses of heroin and Mums prescribed for Mrs. Alice Morrell. Dr. Arthur H. Douthwaite replied:

"Ne." said the medical espert. AME FLUGID

broad forehead.

"Were the amounts prescribed from Nov. I to 1! sufficient to cause her de.altho" inquired the at-

"The only conclusion I can come torney

tn is-that the intention was to ter- minate her life."

This damaging ev” given in a soft-spoken. bedside manner on the eighth day of Adams trial on charges of drugglng to death a rich widow. produced an electric effect in the packed courtroom.

Adams' wide mouth flopped open . .. red-robed Mr. Justice Devlin leaned forward . counsel for the sccused physician looked stunned.

Attorney - General sir Reginald Manninghsrn - Buller asked Dr. Douthwaite what effect continued injections of morphine and heroin had on Mrs. Morrell.

MADE HER ADDICT

-gener . "Yes." said Dr. Douthwalte. The crown prosecutor ealiad Dr. Doltthwaite's attention to the nurses' re for Nov. 12. This. he said. owed two grains of morphia and 3'5 grains of heroin. "What effect would these mas- sive doses of drugs have on a semi-paralysed lady of hi?" asked sir Reginald.

"I believe they would have pro- duced Jerky spasms or convul- slons-and ultimate death.” re- plied Dr. Douthwalte. Nurse Csroline Randall earlier testified that Mrs. Morrell suf- fered such violent spasms a few hours before her death that they almost jerked her out of bed.

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"That's all. said the at- torney-general sdtly. The 61-year-old medical man. who had been called by the prose- cution as an expert witneu. raised his eyebrows slightly and turned his blue eyes on defence counsel Geoffrey Lawrence. Lawrence sat motionless. There was an awkward silence. Finally. the any - wiesed bu- rlster slowly got to his feet. "My lord." he said to the judge. "this evidence (Dr. Douthwalte'a) is of a very serious character." He ,aused. "My lord. I wonder if it would be possible for me to defer my cross - examination of Dr. Douth- wsite? The truth is. my lord. I am not prepared to cross-examine hint at this time." "I understand," said the attor- ney-general. "1 do not oppose the request." It was obvious that Lawrence

These three girls are studying hard at their English lessons so that when they come to Canada they'll know how to ask for ice cream cones. They are part of the largest Hungarian family to be admitted to Canada since thel

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revolt against Russia. (ind they are now at a Red Cross camp at. nansportation with their motherl and father. Mr. and Mrs. Imre Sorban, and four brothel; and sin- ters. Their names are Anna. Eliz- abeth, and Kathleen.

ing with the Teachers Federation

said in British Columbia which

pa last to sort st Its som- nissse will be incomplete should I not oaarero itself with the field of adult education." They felt the Province and its rural people need a coordinated program of sdtdi

laei an the economic pruttioalwdludgr "

alas resources and they strnnglyl urged the appointment of a dir- Otter.

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”Addiction." replied Dr. Douth- RECALLS DOSES wanted to consult medical experts h , , t walte. "it made her addicted to The attorney - general recalled for the defence before he began the II"! OFIW Ofdlrlnllllilt 9mi?0;'t does not have an agricultural y those drugs. It created a craving two huge (5 c.c.l doses of paral- questioning Dr. Douthwalte. "'9' Ice"-W5, Ill Perm 5. mi: economy it 1, possible to lake . I on her part for them." dehyde that nurse Randall said Mr. Justice Devlin said the case Pl'"'E.5"'"e "”P""9me”' "I at high school course which is 50 Mexican ,2 Dr. Douthwaite is senior phys- Dr. Adams ordered her to give was already lengthy. . 5m”"'w"' per cent agricultural and obtain 2 d LAYER SLICED ician at London's famed Guy's Mrs. Morrell on the last night of "Can the prosecution finish this SALARY QUESTION . graduating gel-gmcmel A course . . . . O1. C , Hospital and former president oi her life. week?" he asked. d. g. h ,1. I. . 1 which is roughly 25 per cent agri- . the London Medical Society. "What effect would those two "we ithe prosecution) shall cer- "I I5lfy"55;fl3 i efluleblolnfo has culture is avauable and ms mum, B. C. Wlncsap Dr. Douthwalte said he based his injections -- coming on top of tainly finish this week." said Man- "'1" I 9 ed”5””” "eh "yrs lg . cl-elm for junior man-lculs. I do! 49: . '- . ' conclusions on the day - to - day heroin and morphine - have on ningham-Buller. q”." M” "9! awe”; t" 9 5." ' lion and the brief added that a ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' nurses' records of the drugs they her?" "How long is the defence's "elem l"'9"'"i'lmv 53,5” ' fwlshev system of this land one;-5 mm-. La e Cris , y -4 v. . gave Mrs. Morrell from the sum- "it would have made death even case?" asked the judge. P3??? "P0" ',9 Sem”-'5 9 l 9 esling possibilities for this Prov- 1g E9 FROZEN mer of 1948 to her death Nov. 13, more certain than it already was.” Once again. Lawrence hesitated e"'”""v 3"” ii "?c”m""'"d5. "ml in;-e, It also said that it is felt , , , , , . gqch 25c 1950. answered Dr. Douthwalte. before replying. It was obvious "IBEX schedllles be 50 adluslfd by many mm schools are not . Lb. 25C 23c L ' counsel have empha- The crown prosecutor Pl ” d Dr. Douthwaite's devastating iestl- P3 W """”'”"3' 9"c”""3g9 "9 placing sumclem emphasis on the Crisp ' sized these records are the "true a copy of Mrs. Morrell's death mony - based on nursing records c”,mpe”'m am "3 e"w"Lage,"'"5e basic fundamentals of reading. c E Y . records" of the treatment of the certificate signed by Adams In that the defence had produced- "ml MW” 5435595 ”l I”9"5”5 l” writing and arithmetic and may, R . . . . . . . OOCEI T96 FRESH FROZEN eccentric widow who left an es- which he said she died from cere- had shaken Adams' lawyers. mnh" quamy 'hem5elVe5' s organizations and business con- . . . Lb. 19C Ea 29c tale of more than 8400.000. hral thrombosis. ”I hope you will forgive me." The brief 3150 9XP1'9S5i-'d "'9 cerns frequently remark on the Washed - n - ”Havlng considered all the evi- "Are there any signs at all-in said Lawrence. ”but I'm not in s Federation belief that normal incapacity of many employees in 2V2 lbs 25: dcnce." asked the attorney-gen- the nurses' report which justify position to reply right now." training In lhl-5 PFOVHICE Should spelling, English construction and ' ' ' ' FROZEN eral. "can you think of any legl- thsi conclusion?" If the case goes into next week. recognlw the fa” that WTBI I939” simple arithmetic. . Ontario

ers should acquire a reasonably broad knowledge of the rural situ- ation and econom,.. They suggest as a possibility the use of Farm

as it is almost sure to do. it will be the longest murder trial in the history of the Old Bailey.

The brief agreed with others pre-- senled before the Committee in its criticism of the one room 'a '

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”No. said Dr. Douthwalte. "Supposing there had been any of cerebral thrombosis.

timate reason for the prescriptions of the amounts from Nov. a on- wards of heroin and morphine?" signs

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no vourt 'clothes need clean- ing. We think they do. Look them over. De Luxe Dry Cleaners. Mon-

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coal today. Get it while it lasts Poole and Thompson Ltd.. Mon tague.

mg. ".3 MON-May; p,-gm. late William Wallace Levers pre- in the service of the government uhool lev no ll; ludlng in ll; 1-. director of adult educgtlon was roses sisters challenge the Souris d9c"'9d II" 1" 1931- ll 0ll3Wl- "11 Wmlld IP99" "lit riculum setudies cto suit thee main drawn by it to the attention of OZIIVIO girls to a game of hockey in the 55'1""! I0 m0l"'n- 0'19 dl"8l'I' evident that I DTOVIIICB Inch I! ticular needs of those boys land the government in its annual brief 015"”? Sourls Rlnh. For arrangements. W III”! iM"- N-W- Him") this cannot indefinitely sustain the girls who will become the future and stated "a Director of Adult vlTA' B l Georgetown and two sons J 11; ,1 ed 1 - - OATQ WHITE please call Montague 177. wudmn Lie" 0' Geornmwh Ind gr fhecolltemc! Ilglllltllhle P;l:3enrl':l alfaalldyresldents of Prince Edward I-:;tIiu:;t:,t)ilcie v:1)ul:io't::Iedr'lf;.)::;:1gae;l;te-

FUNERAL TUEsDAY- The fu- Stewart of Sackvllle; N.B. also .uum-lgy.-- my pmgmm, In em," gunherlng g LBS. CAKE MIX 86 og. Pkl, neral of the late Frank L. Coyls twotslsters. Miss Beatrice Skinner l.C. EXAMPLE moi, developl-ne - or 1,, we 59. took place on Tuesday m0m13lr M Oewnwwn mu M"' ' 5' ANTIQUATED SYSTEM It asked the Committee to give veloping of others. such as leader-

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Where REQUIEM MI" "P5 "hi TM I"""'1 "m I” held "Pm II-I'Ill0n lb! IJFICI IIMOI Elm In the rising farm population and cational couhses. We would sug-

braied by his pastor. Rev. J.Vl. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, mluy rggpgcu ml; Province lg Pkg. contains lbc c Mccardle. Seated in the Sanc- GGOPIOWWD 0!! Ffldlyu Mirth 29th handicapped by its lack of govern-

tuary were Rev. F.L. Mullally and It 10 l-m- Illufmlnt Will be In ment at the municipal level and ' COUPON

ROW OWCII KlI8ll1l- Pill 593"" "IE Cl""'ch C5m9l9l'Y- says with our present system of

;rtereKMlzlihaelCJ.uCollI!lIiolly. th trustee boards for ,

39 en 9- ell cev C I hool dltll "U1 d , ' Dewar. William Naddle and Dan Sf. And.-.w W M S 3 not cthat the. Eyfstem txolyllli 3 A-W Ogllvle 09"". Condon. The legion graveside ' ', ' well as it does but am it works , Q -emu by the Montague Brunch. Held March Meeting at Ill." c.,c.,,,,,,, ,,, CM, Cemmenl Cl:'ud(i!T1TnrI:i'olMJ.w D3: The March meeting of the wo- (kl "3I""..l'"" ':...tdll'll:i pmlillg K I . Pk

mun Minion” ,. , A M 0 an as emen on 1 or Gocoanut at White (J g. l.'IIII'IiHi

Roches. The firing party from the 17th Recce Regiment was under the command of Sgt.-Maj. Malcolm MscKenzle. and Last Post and Reveille were sounded by Corn- Intel'- mont was in the Church Cemetery.

rads George Boudreault.

PERSONALS

lllr. Doug to Charlottetown on Monday night

Mr. Ernest Shaw,

end at her home in sun-non,

M - . sibillty of setting up larger schools . t::.:.":--...t.:;'--3. 12:. '-':::::- .25. "::..L:::..'""::: -l--;,,,-- c-----s---e il ' I I . " ' 'y "" ” "" " " """"”""””'”" 8 oz. Size Petit Oh Henry-Bulk Bulk Seedlcss

Montague.

The mlny friends of mu Jean hear she Is confined to her home with a slight

Knox are son'y to

illness. Mrs. Campbell gave a splendid " ml?" . I M -,-----,,-v gm,-;"'lgg;dog;hf Mg .:.'.a...:.".: .:":..:'..':::..."l:...:.':.'..'- COMING - FRIDAY and SATURDAY . POSS FOP MP8. :&'l'dn:"v;e" 'u.:u an :nm:o' which whould originate with the . I Ilcntz I5 01.. D. A M. MM mm hook "second 30".? lovernment of the Province - - I Hellll ' " '''''''' -M W in -W W v-mi ""”""' ”" ”"”'"'"'"' ”' '”"' oousus BILL Wren: .13. 3'. MacPheraon of Bell; ax for the port worker at run. "Adan PROBLEM y Tunaio or Vegetable Ifllied 1::-V51-zlenlng of Feb. Isth. when Mirna.-'A.l'.'imli:;cl.lpi: guns in charge Wm, 3,, mmmu ' Beans

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baked in Kings County Dally. Be sure to order your weekend I w e e ts

Sorrie was a visitor

Gaspereaus was a recent visitor to Montague.

Miss Murna Kemp spent uu yak

Mrs. W. W. Lovers Passes At 83

The death occurred in George- town, at the home of her daugh- ter. Mrs.- N.W. Hansen of Mrs. Laura Florence Levers in the early hours of Wednesday morn- ing. March 21th. following a len- gthy illness. The deceased was in her Bard year.

She was born Laura Florence Skinner at Madame Island. Cape Breton and moved in Georgetown : at an early age. She was a devot-

ed member of Holy Trinity An- glican Church. Her husband. the

Farm People

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Federal Government is deeply in- volved in education right now with the Department of Mines and Re- sources employing more teachers for education of Indians than this province has. And it adds more- over it pays its teachers far higher salaries than P.E-I. can and thus becomes morally at least party to :1 lglarlng discrimination education-

y.

The Federntion also said that this province for years has been educating persons who are today

Andrew": Presbyterian Church. Montague. was held at the home of Mrs. A.D. Msclmre.

The devotional program was led by Mrs. A.F. Mackenzie. and the meeting opened with the call to worship. Psalm 100. and the hymn "Awake My soul. in Joyful Lays". The scripture lesson. Acts 1821-23. was read. followed by prayer and the Bible exposition by the lead- - er.

The president. Mrs. D.A. Camp- hell. presided during the business of the meeting. There were is membe a present and roll call was answered with a verse of scrip- ture containing the word "Grace".

the cues pondence was read and discussed. An interesting letter was read from the Rev. G. VA. and Mrs. Malcolm. dian mis- sionaries at Taiwan.

rural districts and transportation facilities imposed upon the Pro- vince ln a pioneer era still con- tinue to influence our thinking in school organisations.

There should he an educational program directed towards rural people to acquaint em with the possibilities and advantages of the system of larger units of admini- stration for schools and dint active steps should be taken to establish experimental or pilot units as an approach to developing a system of administration for larger units.

"Eventually consideration must be given to reorganisation of our one room schools and to the pos-

of administration would appear to he one of the first steps neces- sary if communities are to group themselves in a united way to lm their educational facili-

Radio Forum by the normal train- lng class to acquaint students with the social and economic problems affecting agriculture.

A definlle recommendation is contained in the statement that in view of the fact that applicants for licenses may he appearing from institutions other than Prince of Wales College and in some cases from outside the Province. the time would appear opportune for the setting up of a Certification Board which should include repre- sentation from the Teachers Fed- eration. ,

The brief did not advocate teach- ing practical agriculture at the elementary level but did suggest consideration be given at the high

attempting too much in trying to cope with ten grades and favored the elimination of grades 9 and 10 at least. This forced facing the necessity of establishing rural high scllnols and the brief em- phasized the word 'rural' as they saw danger in agriculture in set- ting up high schools in urban areas. It said a well - round- ed educational system in this Prov- ince will require regional compos- ite high schools which are equip- ped to assist rural boys and girls in becoming citizens and farmers in relation to their inherent cap- acity.

ADULT EDUCATION

The Federation pointed out that a year ago the lack of a

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