Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-05-03 | Page 2 | Morrison Drank Poison by Mistake

MORRISON DRAM POISON BY MISTAKE . ; LOGAN, Utah, May I. A report is current cur-rent here of the accidental death of John Morrison at Hi-rum. , Morrison's hcBse was in this city for many years. ) but the past year or so he had lived at.Hyrum. It seems he was stopping with Thorgreen Olsen at the time of the accident. As .the story goes, Otoen had come to Ivogan on Saturday, and while here purchased what he supposed was a Cask of alcohol, but which, be discovered on reaching home, wss labeled wood al-cchoL al-cchoL He did not taste it. but set t it . aside, elpecUng later to rectify the mls-ttke mls-ttke at the drug store from which ne secured se-cured it. . - - . Th. flask somehow came into the bands f Morrison, woo. not understanding that it contained deadly poison, but supposing 1t to be usable liquor, drank a large quantity quan-tity of it, and wes soon in great agony. His condition and its cause Soon became rT.owB to Mr. Olsen. who sent 'for a physician. phy-sician. Dr. CantriH responding; but It was too late, Morrisoa dying during the night. Morrison was an eccentric Individual, who did not make friends, but toy his errs tie manner drove people from him. He had been a Blacksmith, conducting a shop In this dty. but recently a drift had " come Into his life and put up at the heme of Thorgreen Olsen, and there met his - end. . .