The Philipsburg Mail

DIED IN JAIL.
Charles Walker, When His Supply of Morphine is Cut Off, Passes Away.

Charles Walker, a gambler, aged about 40 years, was arrested last Thursday night for disturbing the peace and placed in the county jail. On Friday he displayed a violent appetite for the use of morphine and begged the keeper to give him some of the noxious drug. This the jailer could not do, but he informed the sheriff, who summoned a doctor to attend the case. The doctor called during the afternoon of Friday, and as Walker's case did not seem critical he decided not to give him any morphine until the next morning. After the doctor's visit Walker became more quiet and early in the evening fell asleep. When the jailor went in to lock the cells he called Walker to wake up but got no response, and on closer investigation he discovered the man was dead. Walker was an inveterate user of morphine and almost lived upon it during the six years that he has been in Philipsburg. It is thought that his being suddenly deprived of it caused his death. He had no relatives here and nothing of his family connections can be learned. He was buried Saturday at the expense of the county.