®I)C American Volunteer PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO DRATTON o. ICBJNIT32DY. orriCE-SOBTU MARKET WQCARE. "jri" L»“ i» ,r nß.my r Uooutiou ol the ltur ‘ —— professional Vtatis. -.a? ■ 1 ■ j ■■ UKt rrj UMKIOH & PAllliEH, JJ- ATTOJtRJS'yM AT LAW, .. Offlbe oa MlTnaucol. In Marlon UnU. Cur H.S- |TT7ii OOK JS MAJM . . ftl .7 < tnR N E Y AT L A W . ° nS ° i juuu'i ioua. fy . g&& S? **» «.au.* * Deo. 1.1805 —77 uwi TZHOUVKH, ATTOKM3Y -lj> E. Aj * 1 7, , Th vr Law. Curl Isle, Poutm. , P , aNI» oiniuslte Uenu’s Calico i’V, rtt 'V,tclftVunuua^*“ u with Uio Patent IggS.w«eu r uriu b B Btfonl lUi.hU. . i*ec. 1. W®- HEHMAS GOETZ, 'XjiTTOJtNEY A'l LAW , ) PENVVILL,TENN' A Pntcnls, Pensions and other claims attended to. May 28, IWb* • 1 °» N Nov. l-l. JKK7. . ■ , ~ ut-'pmaN Attorn by at Law. S!.°o f .ni o ,cS»io.i , '“ ! '- Dpo. 1. > wS - - , . AttornF.v ANI) I' 1 ' yfcfXc? "un L oSV«f =" I S'o'nu McornSr of tl.o Court House. Jan. 2K, 'llD-lv V, 7 KENNEDY, ATTimNIOY AT Law W rirtmle Pennn. Office same as Unit o llio" American talantoor,” fcjoutli side of the I up ic Snuaro. W. I . JTNXTED states claim AND REAL ESTA TE AGENCY! WM. B. BUTLEII, ATTORNEY AT LAW, onicein 2d Story of InhofTa Hulldlnc, N 0.3 Smith llaaovor Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county, '’pensions. Bounties, Back Pay, &c„ promptly by mall, will receive Immediate ‘‘'parMcuVar attention given to the Inc of Real Estate, In town or countrj . In mj leL ten* of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. Julv llJWff—lf DU. GKUK(»E S. SKARIOHT, Den* ri TIST. Frnui the nnllhtior* Colliiie of •*. at ii 10 rosidmico of-bis molhor tVistTo«th»*rßtvcot, throo doors below Bedford iVrllsle. Ponnn, £jaia anD ‘ffavs TUtESH SUMSUiHAiiIUVAL -** OF ALL Till? NEW OF HATS AND DAP S . The subscriber has Just opened at Ao. lo Aor ft Hanover Hired, n few doors North of the f L £, r Deposit Bank, one of the largest and besl &jlocks of IlATSand CAPS over ottered In Caihslo. SJIU Hats. Casshnoro of all styles and qualities, SUIT Brims, dltleront colors, nud every descrip tion of Soft Hals now made. , Tl . The Dunkard ami Old l-ashloncd Brash, con stantly on hand and made to order, all warrant ed to give satisfaction. A fail assortment of MEN’S, BOY’S, AND CHILDREN'S. HATS. I have also added to my Slock, notions ol dlller « STOCKINGS, Neck Tien, Suspenders, Collars, Gloves, Pencils, Thread, Hewino Silk, Umbrellas, Ac PEIMB SEOAEB AND TOBACCO always on hand. Give me a call, and examine my stock as I feel confident of pleasing alt, besides saving you mo* ney l JOHN A. KELLER. Agent, No. 15 North Hanover Street. Slay ISCO. TJ ATS AND CAPS I . DO YOU WANT A NICE HAT OK CAP ? IF SO. DON'T FAIL TO CALL ON J. G.CALLIO, WO. 29, WES 3 MAiy XTIiLET, Where can be seen tho llnest assortment of HATS AND CAPS ever brought to Carlisle. He takes great pleas ure in inviting his old friends and customers, and ail now ones, to his splendid stock just re ceived from Now Yorlc and Philadelphia, con sisting In part of line b BXLK AND CASSIMERE HATS, besides an endless variety of Hats and Capa o the latest style, all ot which he will sell at th Lowest Cash Prices. Also, his own man ulaclur of Hats always on hnn»t nnrt HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. He has the uest uriwugemont for coloring Hats and all kinds of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, «tc., at the shortest notice (us he colors every week* and on the most reasonable terms. Also, a line lot oi choice brands of _ _ TOBACCO AND CIGARS .always on hand. He de*/ res to call the atteutlo to persona who have _ CO U NTR Y FURS to sell, as he pays the highest cosh prices for the Ho Give him a call, at tho above number, his old stand, as h* feels conlldent of giving entire satis faction. May l*«o, ' Boots ant) Sljoeg. STUOIiM, ~~~~ W. D.. SPONSLER, JOHN W. STROHM M f) W AND POPBIAIf BOOT, SHOE, TRUNK AND HA’ STORE. NO. 13, SOUTH HANOVER STREET Carlisle, Penn’a. A few doors South of Inhofl’s building. We have Just opened tho largest and best stock BOOTS AND SHOES over offered in Carlisle, and eohtlnuo almost daily to receive such goods In our line as every body want-'. Our stuck consists in all kinds and V W.“meus’ r . MlPseß and (nill.livns’stroiiK Lenthar Shoes, Womens’ Misses and childrens Lasting s- Womens’Glove Kid. Turkey and crouch Morocco• Mens’ and Boys’ Calf. Buff and Kid BoomNlon>’ nd Hoys’Calf and Buff Congress Gaiters; Mens’ and Boys Lasting Galteis and Un .gahA; Mens’ a d Boys' Calf and Bull Ox lord ■TIVa- Gum Sandals. Buskins and Overshoes; Men’and Womens’Goat, Welt and Carpet Slip pers; Mens’, Boys’ and Childrens’ Fur and Sax- T of all sizes and jirloes; Traveling Bags, Satchels and Valises, together with a line lot of goods, which wo will sell to suit the times, “QUICK BALES AND SMALL PKOrITS, 1 is our motto. Therefore, In Issuing our card.it is Intended as a i ersonal Invitation to all In need to call and look through our stock without feeling under obligations to buy unless suited In duality and price. Wo shall uiwaystiyto deal with ov«-ry one in a straight lorwuid manner, •and give every customer u full eiiuivalunt lorUls money. Wo hope all will avail themselves ol ahclr first opportunity to call and see us. BTROUM A BPONSLER. April 8, 18G9-ly mHE CARLISLE SHOE COMPA **" MANUFACTURERS OF BOOTS AND. SHOES NO. 5 . EAST MAJKBIREEI Carlisle, Penn’a. ■Havlua commenced the mauulncturo of Boots and wh"vs. tho attention of tho trade Is invited to the largo assortment of LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDRENS’ SHOES. I ' Now In store nntl especially adopted to the f wants or the Retail Trade. We snu)i;ai nil limes » • have on hand a complete assortment of all the. I POPULAR, STYLE 8, I mode by workmen of the greatest experience I • and hUIIL Members of the trade wluvmay favor I u« with their custom uro assured that no elfort n on our part will be spared to furulsh good goods I at THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. Orders by mall shall receive the same atten tion that buyers would la person, and distant parties'can roly on yetting their goods on equal ly os good terms by seudlug then* orders, as by •personally visiting us. SHOE UPPERS FOR SALE. JOHN IRVIN. Treasure!'. April 22,18GD~3m I 1 ! 1 . , ~. . • * . . , . ' 1 ' A ~ ~ i Lik- , , , i i :, .i• 1 ,' „ , - .P . . 4 , . I (.• 41 ,1 c . ......, 1. ' ! . :1 . .. lel Itt 1&.:11; ) 4 . , ~,::, •3 t"..• c , ) ), ~. ....., . • . . BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. THE SCHOEPPE URDER TRIAL TRIAL OF >n. Paul Scuoeppe for the Murmur. op Maria M. Stinnecke. Oj’(T mu! Tcrininor of Ciiniliorlmul Co., FULL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS. The trial of Dr Paul Hchooppe, for the murder of Maria M. Slinnecke, in tins place, on the 2Slh of January lust, took place ut u special cou rt of Oj er and Tei miner, Inst week. Court convened- tlO o’clock, on Monday President Juduo Graham, and Associate Judges BUmrtaud Blair on the Bench. Dlatrict Attorney Alnglaughlin ami I Win. J. Shearer, ami John' Cornmuri. ISsqs., upi eared for the Common wealth ; umt Jnd.o Hepburn, Wm. H. Miller, Henry Nowsham, S. Hepburn, jr., ami T, Webster, Eaqs., for the prisoner The prisoner was then arraigned and ;ead “not guilty.” The following jurors were then called ami having answered the usual questions propounded*, were sworn. Jacob Rhoads, of Weslpenusboro; Thomas J. Karly,of Southampton ; James Anderson, of Sil ver, Spring j John Uarracv, ot Millllu} Martin KunUl**, of Hopewell; William Keller, of South Middleton; W. U. Weakly, of Penn ; Henry F. Drawbaugh, of Newviile ; Jacob D. Muhler, ol Uppei Allen ; James (Jrahani of Hopewell ; W. Ball/Jey, of Hampden; David Wherry ol iSewburg. Tne ease was opened on the partof the Commonwealth, by District Attorney Muglaughlln. He referred to the Impor tance of the cause—murder was one ol o highest crimes known to law. He ien detailed the circumstances of Miss eeUe coming to Carlisle, Inst sum her acquaintance with Dr. )pe, his aiiondaiico upon her «s ;iaii—his correspondence with her ticboe] her absence in Baltimore—his at lendatice upon her ut her return, and the jay before her death-his purchase ol prussic acid-the circumstances ol lier death—the linding ol prussic ueid in her atomach by Professor Pitkin, and the production of the will by Dr. Schoeppe. THU COMMOSWHA lull's TESTIMONY H. L. BuitKHOLDEii, sworn.—l uni pro prietor ol Munaioli House, Miss ailnnc- I eke emne to my house on the morning ol Hit 1!) hof January. On tho morning 01 January 28th about (i o’oloek 1 sent the porter to her roou., to make up the lire In her stove. After some lime he eame down. In lo minutes alter that the chambermaid eame down and trom what she tool me I seat for Ur. rfehoeppe ; lie did not come, J. then bent lor JJr. Her man. Ho was not ut home. About 1) o’clock Dr. Herman and Dr. Schoeppe were both there. Jdlas Slinneeko died on evening of January 28Lli, about lo I minutes past six o clock. 15he died in in' house. On evening of 27ih, I went lo her room i on the night ol 27th, I between 9 ami ten o’clock, 1 went to liei 1 rbom 1 rapped at the dour two or three times, hut got uo answer. The ventila tor was open above ihe door j I culled to 1 her two or three times, and got no an swer. I lelt the door. The body was luken from my house the morning after death. 1 Duwts A. Smtii, sworn.—Am teller In Carlisle Deposit Bank. Miss atinneeke was at bunk ou morning ol January 27ih, between 0 and 10 o’clock. She seemed to be in same stale of health she always was I noticed no change in her. an diew this check, (check produced,) and it was cashed tor her ou that day. 1 am positive it was ou 27th ol Jan she was tb< tross Examined.— The-date of check fixes my recollection of date, aho was at m'v desk. 1 Was engaged if the time. 1 tin not remember whether she had a veil Mrs. Mary Parker, sworn.-I was boarding at Burkholder's hotel on Jam-7. Saw Miss SLinnecke at break last llun morning. This wusou Wednesday, lie was not at dinner, I weul to the room -10 see bt-r. I lound her completely pros trated Irom taking a vomit. Sbelold me she was very weak, and had taken an emetic. Sue seemed very languid. 1 leit and bear.il nothing mure of. her until 3 o’clock. 1 went Hist at 2 O’clock. I was not in barroom anymore that day. 1 saw inr on Thursday morning,.a little alter (i o’clock. I about her- She was insensible. I eaw her again at 12 o’clock, 'll same condition. She was lying insensible, breaming rather heavily. When I lirsl saw h r her eyes were a very little op-n, but were closed when X was m at noon. There was a perspiration on her lace at noon. I saw per at 0 o’c.ock in evening. I was in the from when she died, and remained a tew minutes a tier. X saw Xlr. rfcho.-ppe about 12 o’clock,'near Hughes simp, just above hotel. He came out ol hotel, and cold me she was very poorly. X a-keo liitu wlij be gave ber the vomit the day before* He said bo only gave lie two .•ruins of tartar emeiiu ami ID grains ol epicueuana.. He said Miss Htinneckc i,ml uo appetite. I told the doctor Miss gtiimeeke told me be bad given her something to make ber b eep. and told me sbe did not wish to be disturbed, lie became excited, shook bis bunds and said : “ no, be did not give ber anything io make her sleep.” On Wednesday afternoon, when I was there, I found ber very drowsy. . . Cross- Examined.— Hr; Schoeppo did not say to me that Mina fcStinuecke want ed him to give ber some hlng to make her sleep. On Thursday morning she was lying on lelt side in an easy position The room teemed to be, very close* I opened the door and Jolt it open while I was in. 1 was not there more than 20 minut's. I was close up to bed, put my hand on forehead and lelt her hands.— Her forehead lelt clammy, and was rath er cold. X was under the impression her bunds and head felt natural, and sbe would soon be bolter. There was no mi usal odor in the room-no smell of peach leaves or bitter almonds. Ttiere was no froth about her mouth. There was some- Lbinir running out of side of her mouth eariv in the morning, hut it was not froth* She made quite a noise in breatn imr. The noise seemed to bo made when ehe exhaled. There was uo distortion or features. You could see the end of her tongue. There was nothing likecouvul siuiis. Her breathing was not regular, it would apparently stop lor a while and tpen commence again. I did not notice auv rigidity of the muscles, tine was weaker towards evening. I had met the doctor once before. Dollib Tukner. sworn.— X wa« cham bermaid at Burkholder’* hotel when Miss titinnecke was there. I attended to her room. 1 knew Dr. tichoeppe, I saw h m there pretty nlten. J generally saw him in ihe mornings. On the day Miss bun pecko tuck tick, she told uto Or. cclto. p ne was to ciuue. I saw liliti tlicrp be tween 10 and 11 tlmt morning. r met pirn in tlie entry. He went to Miss SUnneoke'a room ; after lie was there Bite called me to brine a spoon- I took It to llte door, and Hie doctor took it from mo. 1 did not go in. The doctor inei me ut the door, I handed lilm Uie spoon. After the doctor was gone she called m» to empty her Ducket. She said the doc tor hud given her something to throw the heaviness olf her chest. After tin doctor left, she vomited. Tills was aftei 11 o’clock in morning. After I emptied the bucket she laid down. -She said - tin doctor said she should lie down. T <e doctor came to kitchen and called me and said Miss Stinnecko wanted me. 1 went to her room. She was lying in bed She did not seem very ill in the after noon. I went in again between 7 and B '•’clock. Site seemed to boverysick and sleepy. 1 left her that way.’ She gen up, undressed and went to bed. T helped her to undress. I helped her to get oir of hed. She would doze ofl In amo ii ont, and I would call her and rows* her. Saw her next morningat G o’clock She was in bed. I shook her and called her, and she never answered or moved She was breathing very hard. Cross Examined. —She did not take long breaths. There was nothing con vulsive about ber. Did not feet her hands or forehead. The porter was the first win* wont to mom. I did not notice any unusual odor in room. I took her sup per up—beefsteak, bread and butler ami a cupot tea. 1 le.t it in ber room. This was belore I undressed her for bed. - 1 did not nollcoany froth about her mouth. There was nothing in her throat or mouth. Mks L. Bhindlk, affirmed.—l hoarded ut Burkholder’s when Mins Stiuuecke was there Saw her at breakfast table ihe morning she took sick. Saw heron morning ol 28th, hetvyeeu 7 ami 8 o’clock. [ IcTuml her i.\ an unconscious sUle. She was breaLhingquite heavily. I fell her pulse, it appeared strong and a Utile quick. I felt tier hand and forehead, n-ey appeared moist and in a natural condition. Had a conversation with Dr. Sclioeppe the day Miss Stinnecke died, between 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning. Ho told me he had gave her a vomit the .l*V before, and when he returned, uh-mi 12*o’clock, M.. lie found her very much proslra ed. He was there several times in the afternoon,, and in the evoniiiv between 8 and 9, at that lim- she was in her full sen-ea, and.a dd she spoke ahoui tho eclipse ol the moon. She asked liini or something to put her to sleep. He refused to give it to her, saying she was too weak. She said she would lake -omelhlng herself, Ho shook hia liugei at her,-and told her not to do so. ami then left tho room. He asked hor how about locking the door. She said she was too weak ami tired to get up, ami would trust to Providence. Ooss Examined.—' l was in her room most ol the day, I found her m-c 1 lh»- s-im© all day X was there when sin •lied. She breathed harder betore she died. Her breathing was longan l heavy, not rapid gasping. She stopped breath ing sometUnes for a moment or so. I did not observe any convulsions, or any distortion of the features. Th • mouth was a little twisted. The mouth ind toucuo were drawn down in the left side, the side she was lying on. There was no contraction or rigidity of the hands, feet, or body . I observed no |u culiur or disa creeahle odor, nothing like bitteral nouds or peach leaves. I* was near enough to smell her breath. There was a little -aliva escaping from her mouth. Her eyes were closed from the-time I went in. There was no spasmodic contraction 1 about the mouth- Dr. Sclioeppe was ; there, nibbing her feet. Hoasked me to ! get mustard. He spread and applied it. He was there quite frequency through the day. We had appded hot bricks before he came in the morning. He rub bed her feet with a lies'll brush. William H. Counman, sworn.—l hoarded at Mansion Hou-e, on 27th day of January last.. On \V.m»m,itav ay nimr. 27th, f came from lodge. Pasted thiough bar-room into sitting-room at 20 minutes before eight. Passed out Into hall, saw Dr. Sclioeppe come running down stairs, f waited ai foot ol stairs until begot down, when X pushed up* Croas ■ Examined. —I generally run down the stairs. . , C L. Lochman, sit'orn.—l hoarded at Mansion House on 27th day of January last. 1 saw Miss Stinnecke Hie day before site took sick, at breakfast. On morning of January 28tn, I was called to her room about 7 o’clock, I found her lying on her left »He, insensible. He* respiration was slow and laborious. The temperature of her body seemed natural, the skin rather moist. Her limbs were warm, hut her feet were cold. Her mus cles seemed to be very much relaxed. The mouth was partially open, with some accumulation of saliva, and from j its llaccidity pendent to tile left. She wm reclining oil tlie left side.* Her eyes were 1 closed. Her pulse seemed natural. We looked for bottles outof which she mlg.it have taken medicine. We found a bottle ..f sulphuric ether, partially filled, on the table near her be' l ; aud a untile of loolli wash on mantel piece, which smelled of carbonic netd, and is used as a disinfec tant. Found a bottle of liquor also on mantel. Found nothing else. John H. Rubbm, sworn,— About half past 7 o’clock, on 28th of January, I was •out for, aud went to Miss Stlu necke’s ii.om. I found her in an insen sible condition. I then went for Df* Sclioeppe. Went to his office; he was not there. Went down to his boarding house; saw his father; told him to tell ihe doctor Miss Stinnecke was sick; I h(kird him cal the doctor; then went hack to Miss Stiimecke’s room. In a few moments Dr. Sclioeppe came m very much excited, and almost out of breath ; he went up to the he I and luade Borne examination 5 then said he must go lor his stethoscope. I gave directions to have arrangements ma .e, to have Miss S-iiinecke bled. Dr. Sch oppe came back in a short lime, made an examination ol Miss Stinnecke wit li tho slelhcscopt-; then said, “I not take it on my con science to bleed, I wo dd like to have Di* Herman. ’’ I went for Dr. Herman, could not find him ; came buck a cl asked him whether 1 hail belter not go for Dr. /it zer. He answered, “ no, Dr. Herman would he mad.” I then went again to Hud Dr. Herman, d d not succeed ; came hack into room, and heard Dr. Sclioeppe say, “might she take something ?” examined something and said “that n nothufg ti on examined a -mad vial and said, “that is for her eyes mat has strychnine In It.” X went again for Dr. Herman. This time succeeded in finding him, took him up to the room. He and Dr. Schoeppe consulted in German, don t know what they said. I was there several times during the day. la the evening about 0 o’cl ick was sent for, aud found her dead. Went for Mias (Joinfort l»lay her out, and for Mr. Ewing the undertaker. Then went round to Dr* Schoeppe’s office. He said she told him l« gel a lawer to look at her papers, H she should die ; I then suggested to him to get Mr. Adiir, as they were fiien .a. J-Je said, “ No, Mr. Adair was* out of lown,” Said lie wanted Mr. Miller. We started out together, to. go to Mr. Miller’s ; on the way, I suggested to uet Mr. Hum rich. Ho insisted on Mr. Mil ler. Wo then went to Mr, Miner a Inline. We mule arrangements with Mr. Millet to meet- us at 8 o’ulnek next mm ning, I then went buck to ibe hotel with Mr, Ewing. We lb,mil the corpse luitl nut. anil Mr. Ewing, tnok oliarip. He wet a towel unU laid it over thu luce, covered the body, and -1, 1 >oked the iru"h3, lint the keya in my pocket, lucked the dour ami gave the key to Mr. Burkholder. Went to hotel next morn ing, met Mr.; Burkholder coming outof her room • went down intothe bar-room, and wailed for Dr. ficboeppo to come. Tho dootor came. I said we have mu much time, Ictus go Up mid gotibinga ready. We rent up to nor room to-ielb er. 'I took out all her papers thut wo could find. I handed them to Dr. Sohoeppe, und be luid them on the t-dde. Among the papers was a large envelope marked lust will and testament of Marta M. Stinnecke, About tills time Mr Miller outlie in. X gave him the will to rtftJ. While the Will was being read, CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 18(59 when Mr. M him- read the bequest .to my until* r, Di. Seboenpo-said, "is Hint all ■die leaves you ?” 1 said she don’t leave tie anythin);, it is my mother she leaves it 10. He thoirsaid, ‘ oh, that is too had •on h After the will was read, I isked Mr. Miller what to do witli tile papers. Lie said to take the will with no lo Baltimore, seal the others up and out them in bank. Dr. Sclmeppe and I mok all the papers in a portfolio, and ■ventoot together, wrapped them up in 4 large sheet of paper, went to Ids ollieu mil sealed them, stamped them with his damp, and deposited them ill Carlisle Deposit Bank. Then went bank in hotel mil made arrangements to take the ■airpao to B dtimore. D’"' Sehoeppe told •lie lio wan goum ft'ong. Ho , ' l ‘* ijnnir. Arrived In Baltimore in evening. Dr. Sehoeppe went lo hold, am! I went 'o where undertaker took the u »rnse. I then went to Emit aw House, mil met Dr. Shoeppe ami tohl him that • ext morning at 0 o’clonk, I would deliver up will t keys, &o M to the exouu ion». Next mnrninjT * ,lu ivered up papers to Mr. Stewart, the oxeetor, and •it 1 o’d' ck Dr. Shoeppe and iin-Msil wont to tin* funeral toaetner, i loin Dr. ■shoeppe lha' the executors requested me to remain until 11 o'clock on Monday, and go into Orphans' Court with them. 1 saw Dr. Shoeppe about 2 o clonk no Mon,lav, and again 111 mo evening ; lie said lo me, "did Mr. Eichelherger tel vmi anything?" I said, "tell mo what? He said, "did he not tell ynn Miss Stm neuke left another will?” I said, "another will?” He said, ‘yea, yon got some thing.- 1 get her personal property, and everybody gets something.” That was die last time I met him. Miss Stin neeker cattle tn Carlisle about Nov. 20tli, ISIS She had been liere during the sum mer. She met Dr. Shoeppe during the summer. , ~ S'.estopped at my aunt's, Mrs. Wood's, the llrsl lime she was hero. Dr. Schoep pe’s olllco was a couple of doors from I hat place. Dr. Soh-ieppo asked once whether Miss 8. was not wealthy. I told him she was very well oil. Cross-Kmmi 'Cd. l did not slate on the lormer hearing '* Oil, that is tn ■ had.” The first .summation was a few weeks after Miss Stiimee.ke, death, I told Mr. Miller, it was Miss Sliuiiecke’s r - quest that somebody should look at her papers. Du. C. M. Wobtiiinoton, sworn.—l am engaged in drug business,' in Carlisle, rjiiiiio - days before Ith h January; Dr. sehoeppe"bought from me* oz diluted prussic acid. A si.ort time af.er Unit he same to me, and told mo it was not goo I Pnat lie had given 2. 5 and in.drops to n ladv patient, and could produce no sleep He'thell iiske I mo if we could order him some from ilio city. I told him we could it he must have it immediately ; that mu expected a salesman from the idly in a few days and we could order it through him, if lie could waiT. He said he won'd wait. Sometime during the winter, he got muriate of morphia from mo, and id s i tincture of mix vo uloa, and Fowler's solution. A day or two alter lie got Hie prussic neitl, lio'told me it was not gooil Tills >vas before Jan. 10th. Fowler’s so lution is a prepare'ion of arsenic and po tassa. Muriate of morphia is also a poi son, when taken in poisonous doses. Dr. Sehoeppe aho bought a great inniiv medicines at the same time, which were not poisonous. Cross-JCramined. —Dr. fchoeppe was a practicing physician. The poisons I have mentioned are used by physicians as medicines. Wo dont often sell prus sic acid. I have sold those articles t'- other physicians. I never sold muriate of morphia to other physicians. They are all about equally poisonous. Prus sic acid is used as a medicine lor neryou diseases. It was nut Shield's perparallon, 11 11.0 U.. 140.1 utotoo |.o, From 3to o drops is tlie ordinary dose.— The muriate of morphia is very rarely used hero. Ido know how it is other places, it is proper to increase the dose oi nrussicaeiil until you noiice its effects. Prussia acid lias the smell of bitter al momls, or pounded pencil leaves. The odor ls quite strong. I think he got the prussic acid in a perfumery bottle, with n ground glass stopper-an ounce bottle He anted to buy tin- bottle m wlnoli it came but I wouldnt sel.l him that. Tlmt was not the first urusslo acid I had sold out of that bo tie. It was a white fiiiit bottle. , Dn. A. J. Herman, sworn.—l am a nruetici n i * physician- Have been engag-' ed in prauliee'slnce 183 G. On the morn imrof the dav Mias Sliiinee.ke died on, about eleven o’clock, 1 received orders to come to Burkholder’s to see Mias hiin neeke- we went lo Burklu-lder s, I M'eut up to the room, there I met Dr. Schoep ne Then he told me ho had a case of half pnlsv there, and I think lie said lie wauled tn know wheths* bleeding was called lor in her ease. She was lying there inclined lo her left side I was at mid in l 'at the fool of her bed, at the lime Ibis talk took place I wauled to he satisfied whether her lace was straight , crooked. I told the company what a halt palsy was; that the lace would he lop sided" in having it. A lady present said site always had a crooked face, thou made no other explanation ah m Iholi miplegia. I then went up to hei bedside,’ felt her pulse. I felt both arms and found no pulsation m either. I drew her eyelids apart, tn see if there was any liillerence in her eyes. I found them both alike, with a contra" Jed state-of Hit pupils. That amounted to about all X did Tile Dr. tol i mjj that lie Imd appli ed warm applications m the feet. I tol l the Dr. then I thought she was past bleed ing that there was no use to do anything e'se, tlmt she was past taking remedies. I did no look upon it as palsy at all. 1 was puzzled lo know what was wrong with her. I had never seen palsy n ha condition The singular expression oi tile eves was the mailer that puz- Si When I opened the eye. it just put me in mind of a chicken hawk that was poisoned with compound poisons. That made me Hunk tlmt site was rather overdosed with medicines oi that order. This hawk was so much re laxed with taking these drugs that it jnM stood with its wings drooping, Us mouth open, and its tongue at the side of Us mouth. . It looked hko this patient.— HerDliVf*! n Knornyalwwed about ihesHimo us the hawk’s. The drugs adiiunlstered lo the hawk were opium pilis pmssh, acid, and corrosive sunllmate. Hit hawk lived two or three .days. I nevei saw that founof sickness before. The symptoms did not Indicate any kiuiwij natural disease that I have seen. I could not tell the cause of her death. I t was a singular form of sickness that I could not account for at all. Morphine la the active principle'of opium. Dm glisoii auvs that pnifwic »oi<! hasaeontiuctlvo ef feet upon the pupil of the eye. Cross Examined.—the singularity of the easo was this. She laid there m a completely relaxed condition as a person feefs after taking an excessive dose of tartar emetic. I have staled all the par thudam I noticed. I saw the eyes. 'l'hey were contracted in same condition that they would he-from poison by opium or morphia. In the last stages of nearly all diseases, you will imd one eye con tracted and the other dilated, t can t call-to my memory any oilier cases in which the pupil of Hie eye is contracted In .-uses of apoplexy the pupils ui e dila ted I never saw a case of death from prussic acid. I do not pretend to say lint prussic acid has same elleots upofi hawks and animals that it has upon the human system. I novel' saw MUeh el ’s experiments with opium on pig eons ” It is hdd down in the bonks that one poison will counteract another.— Atr mia is an antidote.fur prussic acbi. When I was in Miss Siluneoke mom Dr. Sehoeppe ivas there, -Mrs shindie, Mrs Parker, and oiiela''y I did not vn 'W- U was Hie lady I did not know who said Miss Stiniieoke always hud a clocked laee, I did not say, that it was a ease ol ndsv. H I said S’, they must have misunderstood me, I repeated in English w'-at the dnotor said to me. rue ladles were sitting back of me u I did not suy in reply to Mrs Horn, “ it is a stroke.”— I doul recollect that I said on my for mer examination that her condition was not produced by narcotics. It could not have been my intention to say so. Shi was in articulo mortis, and I did not think it worth while to apply anything. I have used prussic acid. I would have given her a preparation ot iron ; I would have used electric ty to enliven her, and llaggelhition, but she was too old n subject to treat in that, way. I noticed'no pecu liar odor In the room. Jii'Chicf.— lu the case of hawk the eye had a conical appearance, elongated, that was the singular part of it. After Dr. Bchoeppo and I h tt the house, we walked out towards my house, I told him that folks told me, before I uamo to house, that she was taking too much rnorphia and was dying in consequence of it. He said he had not given her any, if she had taken it she must have got it elsewhere. He seeined*to b“ affected by what I told him. He seemed to be kind >f scared by the idea, and said if h*io hud aken morphia it might be fouml In her. [ said •* oil, I guess not, that would be illi ibsorbed before it would be found He •aid yes, by post mortem examinations, there had been found already as many as 1 grains In the brain. He seemed to b> •cared, and T pitied him, and said “ oh, that was given for her benelit. Thus.' post mortem examinations would be left to physicians, ami they would not be overly anxious to make .an examination too soon; the contents of the stomach would probably bo left Ivlng around un til they were accidentally hist. No per son that had corns was apt to tread on uno'lu-r fellow’s corns. That any an. i dentin that way wo ;ld be overlooked.” — I thought Xbis consoled him very much. ■ml met his approbation. At the time wehcard they were making a 'post nmr lem examination in Baltimore. Dr. met mein front of Court House. We spoke about the examination, he asked me whether I had a work on medi cal jurisprudence, 1 told him I had, bu! it had been taken from my olllce, and I could not lay my band upon it. I tolo him be could gel one from Mr. Shearer, we went in. He did get'it from him.— I then left Mr. Shearer’s olllce; Dr .Selm'Mipe I mil ihe i-o »k. The doctor sank • If they cant it ml anything in the subject, wlnu will ne done then ?” * A B Ewing, worn.—l had a conver sation with Dr. Shoeppo, the Sunday a week alter Miss Stinnecke’s death, In :ont ol Mrs. Caldwell’s door. He said e wanted to sec me ; asked me if I had curd anything more of thegos-ip of the jwn. 1 said, 1 hud. lie asked me what jad heard, and J. told him. I told him save Mould-* he had better go to Haiti ire and have the body raised at his own pense. He said that would cost $l'M d he bad i’t the money ; I told him he d belter borrow the mone> tim if he did •l have the body raised, it would be I the next Tuesday Me said lie ot Hie money, and Mu re was no use m. to go, because the medicine she .. .aken would have evaporated before ..s time. Iloldnimihat in justice to io community in which lie lived, he id better go. He said lie had no money id could not go ; then we parted. Oi'osH’lC.vttmincd. —Ho used tne expres „oij “the medicine she had taken would evaporate before ibis Lime.” He did not -ay what kind of medicine she ba i tilken, nor that be bad given her any medicint. ‘J. P. ilAS.siiF.lt, sworn.— (Check d led 27th January, Ibtii), produced.) Tb eis a check 1 drew up, at the request ot Miss Slinnecke, on the morning of January 27th 18(JU. ''lie signed the check at the .•onnler and I pad her 'lie money. Tins was in the forepart of the day, after open ing of the buna. We open bank at !J o’clock. I am cashier of Carlisle Deposit Bank. raisei hid i Joun <•>. Vu.MUl'i tuvurit. - L am resident physician at the Baltimore In* ‘flrnmrv* Have been there little over a year. Have been in practice of medicine nince 1 SO—. ‘ We treat about 2U!) now case** a month. I performed the post-mortem examination on the body of Miss Stln uecke. The appearance of the fare of the body was discolored, most nearly re sembling a saffron color. The shoulder.- were ml her livid. The oilier parts of the body hud a few greenish spots or discol orations upon them. The finger nai s were of a livid color- The hair obscured the scalp, so that its color could not wed beseem The jaws were nearly cl>sed; toe teeth quite approximating, me num ber al»ent was not observed. An incision was made ncios*9 the sc dp, extending from ear to ear, down upon the hour. Tills incision ble'ii freely, dark fluid « lood. The scalp was drawn forward and backward from the line of incision, and !-ccurcd in their places to permit the re moval oi tlieauperior portion of.the skull itself by a saw. This was removed from some noniois with dillirulty, froin others freely. This portion of the skul.U was removed whole, by a kind of chisel, for the purpose. The dura mater was re moved with that portiup of the bone. The membranes of the brain were thup cut to prevent its removal. The vessels 'of the pia-mater, which covers the bruin immediately, were gorged with blood, but not distended, not turgid but flaccid Tiie idood was dark and ot a fluid nauii e The brain was then removed, by cutting the membranes which held It, together with the cerebellum. The brain ilselt was not disturbed ju the removal, but t the fourth ventricte was torn thn ugh before I lie cord wai cut. It wussos-dt it tore through by Handling. The hemi spheres .ot ’ihe were leun'ved by parallel incisions, so far as the corpus callosum* “Tins was cut through by an auterio-nosterior incision, and removed. Thisexposed theiuterul ventri ails. ‘These ooiitulneil-lluid, hut no appearances of bmud or cfots. The brain was then Incis- d perpendicularly throughout its lent. The. corpus stiralum was rut. The chest wa« next examined, hy a ImigUml itiiil incision, exle«idiog from the neck nearly lo iho umbilicus ami a circular incision along tho lino of the eiavieles. The soft purls wore dUs-cled hack. Those incisions scarcely bled at all. The che-t was then opened hy cutting through tho curtilage of the breast hone. The pericardium was in xt opened, exposing me heart., Tula did not contain more than Its n >rmal amount oi lloid, ami ap peared healthy-. Tho he«rt was then reniovcdi with a portion of the u'uta- An incision was made into tho heart. The Id-aid In the heart fluid, and was emptied out. This incision was made at the ap>-x of the leU ventricle, ard water was pour, d into the aoria from a vial, us a test of the healthy condition of the vaivcs, which proved to be healthy, as they did not permit the water to pa-s through. The ventiicle ilielf was then laid open, which -permitted me to exam ine the valves by the touch for the presence of any calcification or nodules upon them, mmciof which were present. Tnciiight. ventricle was simply laid open and examined, which was healthy. Toe lungs were next .extracted. There were no plural adhesions. Sections of the lungs jvero thrown in a bucket “f water, and floated, showing no consolidation A small fragment of calcification was found, about the size of a pea, in the lung The abdomen was next examined, by a longitudinal incision its entire ‘length', and its contents examined by in -pec! l<m Urst, before any incisions were made. The intestines were distended by air and rather pale. They appeared healthy. There was not ub much odor from the I ody as might have, been ex utfcedbt that date, although there was considerable. Tho stomach was next re moved by two ligatures, first passed around Us two openings and secured. U was removed by careful dissection to ayoid any incision imo it, and none "as made,'us it preserved the same distention us it did when first opened. It was placed iu a tin bucket, brought for the purpose by Prof, Aiken. 'I he liver was next examined by its external appear ance alone. This appeared healthy, not enlar Ud nor unnaturally small. Ihe 1 spleen wua examined in the same way,, with tho same result- A section ol iu teaUue, tlie ilium, about 18 lucUea lu length was removed by two ligature.-, one at each end of length, secured before the removal of that section. It also pre served lie distention by air, which proved mat It was not opened, ft was placed in a glass jar provided by Professor Aiken for the purpose. Another section of the same,inlevtine was removed In the same manner. This section “was removed lower down, near its junction with tin* eolem. This was disposed of in the same way us the previous section. All of these pans were taken possession of by Prof. Aiken, and carrion in a basket provided for the purpose, to the P.altimore Fullrm urv, and on a ch an pr<te the stomach was laldopon. I discovered no unnatural odors. This closed the examination. Dr. Ridgley assisted me in making the post-mortem examination. Crow-Examined.— l discovered no un usual odor while making thoosamina lion. I did not discover anything like the odor of hitter almonds. There was a large amount of blood in the cranium, ft could not have come by hemorrhage previous to death, for there would have been a clot, and there was none here. I could not tell whether the blood was ef fused in U e membrane, in the ventricles, or in the substance of the hraln. I could have told If there had been any blood ellused in the substance of the brain pre ceding death. I made an examination in that view. I found no blood effused between the membranes. It there had been clots they would not have slald there. T found dark fluid blood post mortem. I did not discover any evi dence of ante-mortem hemorrhage. There was no effusion between the dura-mater ami the crania n. I examined all the ventricles. There was no ante-mortem effusion between the pia-mater and the brain. I found no blood coagulated in the substance of the bruin. I did not examine for spinal hemorrhage. Then*, were no ante-mortem blood spots lound ■ n the brain. My incisions could have revealed a cavity, if the.ie had been one on the bruin. If patient lived long enough blood might be absorbed. Ante mortem blood would have been clotted, post-mortem blood dark and fluid. I made no examination of the kidneys. I deemed it unnecessary. The small ves sels of tile brain oozed dark fluid blood, as I passed my knife aoioss it. The eor pua-trnUu .Is the most usual sc.i <>f appopjexy, also, the hemlspheies the , thalamus, the mesocephalon, the poster «>r lobes of the cerebrum the nous vuroli, the membranes of the brain. I read from “ Halstowo’s Hartshorne’s.” I did not. examine all parts of the biain in detail. I Mi. A. G. Hku.man, recalled for cross examination. I think U was Burkhol der and Mrs. Parker told me Miss Sun iiecke hud-laken too much morphia. ’ .to not remember who else told me. I thought Miss SUnnecko had been taking morphia. I could not have said in ni> examin illon before Judge Graham that horn the appearance of her‘eyes I did not think she had taken morphia. If I -aid so, I dbi it unthinkingly. I did not detail any portion of the last conversa* turn with Dr. Schoeppo la my evidence before Judge Graham. I have not hud me least unkind feeling towards Dr Sehocppc, and have not so expressed my self. Du. N. G. Ridcjlky, sworn.—l am practicing physician in tlie city of Balti more; assisted in ihe post mortem ex amination of Hie body of 4 \liss dtinneeke. 1 l;m*w her in life. It was hor body on which we performed the examination.— I found no organic, pathological lesions •tl any kind., I touml no cause ol death by disease. CiOtiS'L\coniuicd.—l saw no evidence o; disease in the brain ; there was a slight engorgement of the pia-matcr. We did not munC any »xaninatiou for spinal We made w cuiroi.v »-*• muinmiou of the kidneys, but tmta thor ough one The whole hruiu wusexainin ed.° It was divided through the middle, and then out into thin slices. There wa.- no effusion of blood in the brain. There was no appreciable serum there. I did not discover any cause of death. Xam a distant relative of Miss Stinpecke ; she was in the habit of "grunting.” I did not consider it complaining. I disco' or ed no jjnusual odor while making the fXiiininltion. Inindersland "grunting” lo be complaining without'a cause. 1 Hunk the examination was made lUor 11 di&’s after the burial of .M iss Stiimecke. Wm. IC. A Aiken, sworn, —My occupation is that of an analytical aid eoi»*»nl ii g chemist. I a er/of chemistry for 38 nr 39 years. Sine.* I have been Professorof Chemistry in me Medical School of University oi Maryland- I was requested by Mr. Slew ai c lto have the- liody of Mlas.Slinnccke examined, arnl setecte I DV. Conrad b> make the dissections. We went out to getlier, was-present at the disinterment and the subseqenl examination by D»‘ Conrad. lam not a medical expert. I requested Dr. Conrad to remove the pan I wished to examine. Ho applied uga fines l» each ontiee of the stomach. H • then dissected out the stomach, ami re moved it unopened, entire. I placed that in a clean vessel provided f>r the purpose. He then applied ligatures lo me intestines and removed the sectio • unopened ; that was place I In a separate vessel. When the doctor hud finished ms dissections, wo returned to the ei>y On the way to my laboratory.£ stopp'd at the Infirmary, where the Doctor resides. I took the vessels to his room. The Dr procured, -ome clean pMltes. We pul ihe stomach and intestines on plates, uinl I requested the doc tor to lay them open. We found both empty, with a little film of adner ing mucus in the insi e. I then look Mn-m to my laboratory for chemical ex amination The stomach appeared to be .omul mid healthy; no evidence of in flammatory acti mofiiny kind. This ev idenced the absence of any acid or norro mvc poison. I took the stomach and the intesmes and divided them Into small pieces, mingled them together. Tnc mingled mas- I divided into two parts.* 4 - One I used first for ascertaining vrheth ei there was any hydrocyanic acid, i sati.-fled my.-elf that ihetv were tra*e« of hvdrocy.-nlc acid present. Prussic acid and hydrocyanic acid are the same.' Cron*-Examined.—l f und nothing more than a perceptible t ruce of pru-sio aeid-a trace distinct tint slight. I in troduced the pieces of the stomach into a gia-s retort. I then added a proper quantity of water and a -mall quantity of sulphuric acid. I then applied heal to the vessel containing the mixture. 1 had previously adjusted a condensing ap piratus so that any steam escaping might ue condensed, and collect** I as a liquid. Alter I nad collected sonic few ounce-* of that liquid, represent!ngii'mutone lourtli o! the contents of •he rebut. 1 knew I then must have the pru-sdo acid, If any existed, in the liquid thu> cundeiised. I then proceeded to examine that liquid to ascertain whether it contained prussic acid. There are two modes ol enquiry, lo exam he for the liquid, and for the? vapor nf pru.-isic acid- .Either, I would Consider lei a> ie, ih»t by vapor the m »st reliable of ihe tvvo. Takingboth togeilt er X cannot concievo the pos-ibillty of a doubt existing. The liqiil I test was with potash, und sulphate of iron, also a few d.ops of muriatic acid. These imue rialsadded lounytliingconuuniug pru*sic aei«l, will give inevitably prusslan blue us a product. If the liquid is limpid and colorless, as in this case, the inniculious •will be very alight. If the liquid Is It f.elf colored’, you cun p ace very little re liance upon the result. In this case the liquid was colorless, mid thereupon I re lied upon my Indication. The color I obtained was such as to satisfy me that -icul mu the present —I got a blue color. The color is what X designated as a mint trace. It was u blue color—but their was very little of it. It was blue. Tlu-re was sullicieiit color for me lo de termine that it was* blue. There was no ur-at depth of color irom the scarcity of coloring mutter. I did not let the color ing remain. X set the ves.-el aside us soon us X distinguished this color. The second portion I used was to satisfy myself VOL. 55.—N0. 51 whether I could detect prussic acid in vapor. 1 placed a poilion of the liquid I obtained in the dish. I placed over it an other* vnporating dish ns a cover. I placed a lew drops of a suiyhur compound; sulphide of ammonium and by dr»w sulphate of ammonia are (he scienlllb' names of that compound It contained ammonia and sulphur, the ingredients I wanted. I then applied heat to the vessel containing the di-til late. I was thus certain to convert into vapor any jjxu«sie acid which might be present. * That vapor, If formed, would necessarily come in contact with the sul phur compound placed in the cover. As a necessary result of such contac* then would be a certain chemical change pro duce!, and the result would he the pro duction or* sulphi —cyanide of ammonia. My next business was to determine •bother any c.a.a. had been formed.— lemoved the cover, added a few drop* f distilled water, to dissolve any new ompound whico might, have been mad»- v lire chemical action between the vapor id tiie sulphur compound in t lie cover o o vessel. To the liquid which I «ot, 1 ‘ led a few drops of the solution of iron, got a red color—all these colors' wi-n* That red color continued the don from the production of the olor. It could only have been . jeed as a consequence of the pres ence of prussic acid in the liquid .to which I applied heab The other fior ioti I used toexeminefor the presence *( vegetable alkalies ami mineral prisons Toe lesu ts were negative. I found no graces, I looked for all the ordinary mineral poisons-araenie. lead, antimony, copper, mercury, ami the vegetable poi sons, morphia,* strychnine—but should iave found others it they had been there- ichisi ie co [ never before examined a luiinmi stom ach for the presence of prussic acid. Rr-cx i/i-C’/i/cj/’, —loba«*rved tin odor un til 1 obtained thedistlllale. Thu distillt-d liquor had a faint odor that reminded mu of prussic acid, but too taint to nu o: any importance hy itself, and only im poitant in connection \vltn »hu co!oi lust. The odor reminded me of the odor of bruised peach leaves. It Is my duty as Professor of Chemistry to explain to ihe medical class the best, methods lor detecting all known poisons. That Is an annual duty. It consists of actual prac lice and illustration. 1 have made these tests regularly, sinee 1687. Prussic acid is very volatile. The proper term la un stable. My position as a chemist eu utiles me to know me properties of poisons and the quantity necessary m destroy human hie. From what is known of the nature of prussic ncid, its unstable chura.ter. the presence of prus sic acid in the liquid I examined, makes it perieclly certain, in my mind, as a matter ol opinion, that a much huger quantity imiai have been present in that siomacn, ten or twelve days before. What 1 fmnd was the mere residue of the origi nal amount. As to ihe actual quantity, ny weight or measure, present at any tune, either at the lime I examine », or at any pecod before, there are no data for determining. My position as el.emUt re quires me to become acquainted witq thi* action of all the poisonson the human oodv. Morphia is a very active vegeta ole alkali, a valuable medicine in small doses, ami poisonous in large doses. The ougth of lime It comd be lon ml alter death, would depend eu irely upon thequaiilil) in the body at mo time ol death. Whom present in suni'l quantities it is some what dillicult to detect. Vegetable poi sons, as a run?, arc less penmniant Ilian mineral poisons, It present in the dean body would disappear sooner than min eral poisons. , i could not lix the mini mum time after death In winch morphia might not be found in body, nut couhi saj less than live days: There is a test tor prussic acid, called the nitrate ot sll- y«r W.. 1. »* .H.«u s .UU <.u»y »■— dclcctii.g prussic acid in the suite oi vu nor. I think U. objectionable because tne tusult it produces -itu prussic acid, cy amdeol stiver, may be compounded with a white chloride of silver, winch woula be produced, it* there was muriatic aciU present, and no p-usaic acid. The white cyanide of sliver and the white chloride ot silver, when present in small quanti ties, cuuiiofbe distinguished by the eye. They can he Uistingui.-Ucd b.> chemical tests, ll tno cyanide I silver is in suili cient quantity, it call be collected and dried, introduced into u glass tune and heutuJ. It will give olf cyanogen gas, winch Is recognized by its being combus tible and us peculiar i use colored llame.— If the cyanide ol silver is in suillcient quantity, it may be treated with mumit ic acid, when rt will give oil'pruasic acid; , me only mode ol vernlying that, would be to Use me sulphur test or tile Iron test. I'lie while chloride of silver could give jou no sucu results as these just sipokeii oh, The use of tne nitrate oi silver cun only produce a cyanide, which mus. alierwurds be verilled by the sulphin and the iron test. For very minute quantities of prussic acid, the m rale ol silveriest is objectionable and miaat'S laclory because one mu> not get enough cyanide ol silver to be able to m-linguisli r adhy between Hie cyanide ami t e sui pnui cliloruie. Tlieappareutproduction ol cyanide ol silver, in me use of that lest, euii furnish no conclusive prool, until b,) .subsequent chemical examination, the up pur nt cyanide is proved to be a real cy anide. Therefore when 1 hive lo exam- ine for very minute quantities ol pru»»ic j acid, I rely upon the iron test and I he. , lost. Tne sulphur lest has the n-eom- \ inmnl ilhm Unit it Isinfallluln in delec ting the vapor of prussic acid. The pro duct of that lest gives a rt-»l color with a sesqui saltol iron, which produced mi*, der these circumstances, cannot be con found with any oilier known color. The sulphur and the iron test will therefore give refill's apparent lo the eye. when dealing will* quantities of matter 100 . small lo be manageable in the ordinary way. Insieudof using nitrate of Silver to Minw the presence of prussic acid, by pro hieing it compound, frmn which X should afterwards lie obliged to separate that, prussic acid, helorc 1 couln be Mire of it-* presence, I prcl**rred the moie di rect mode of piocceding to pmcme,- frnm any prussic acid present, certain colored-.products, lecogni/.able by their co or. and not o be mistaken lor anything else, if the ordinary precautions aic oh- Mjrved. Thcniil> uncertainly will arise from a doubt as to I -e color, the depth ol color, the intensity ol the colm will depend on the quantity of coloring mat- | ter or colored particles presenT, and ; iherelorc the depth of color will Uar a wry close relation to the qnunliiy of pr SB c acid in the sub-lance’ exam ine*!. A faint blue color is equally conclusive as deep blue in the one cu-e; uti'i a faint red is equally con clusive us a deep red in the other. — The only dillerencc is that with u luint color tlfere has neon little an i with a deep color more prussic ac id present. In the use oi the sulphur mid tne iron test the only assential is that there shall bo enough, coloring matter to be distinct, if the one is blue mid the otnerred, 1 would consid er the conclusion as irresistible. These constitute my reasons for using those two tests and for not using the ni mitts of sliver, in the post-mortem ex -1 animation X came to the conclusion that ’ there was nothing apparent, in the con ' dition of the organs, to account for j death. Crom-Examination.—l am unable to say what tests Taylor lays down in nis work totiiseover, prussic aeltl t'Ut presume ite has tlio same tests as oilier authors, the lsnpliur,iron,andsilver tests. Wlienex atninetl in Baltimore, I did not give anv reasons why l.diil not Use the sti ver test. 1 did not think I had a sulli eient quantity of material to use ail three tests on. 1 had the whole slom aeh and part of the intestines, but they were both perfeetly empty. The one half only was u ed for this purpose.— The rest Us which 1 obtained satisfied me that prussic acid was present, and that 1 could not obtain sufficient cyanide iof silver to enable me to identify it. X Hat£3 for 3Vf»uctlisina Advektisememn will nc msorloil at Ten cctilit i>ci- line lor the first nißortiou, anil live cent l>cr lino lor each KUbsoqUi-iii inserium. tiujir terly half-yearly. nmi yearly lulveriihcnient* n cried ui u liberal reduction on the above VUvertlßemenU* should bo accompanied by the •'ash. When scut without any length ol tin;© eclllcd for publication, they will bo continued ml ordered out and enarged accordingly. JOB CUINTINO. Cards, Mandrills. Circulars, and evei.i oth ■ir description of Jou and Card Printing exom t-d In the nontext Bl'-Jo«nd nt Imr nrloos. used all the stomach and intestines in my experiments. 1 commenced my experiments the day 1 procured the stomach. My impression is tha' it oc cupied about a week The prussic acid investigation was finished the following day or day after. J kept the material in mv laboratory during that time, in the medical College building, in Haiti more. I reside from ‘quarter to half mile from college. The janitor low charge of the lahratory. .students are never admitted in my absence, to my knowledge; the janitor’s o ders were to admit no one. The examination was made while college was in session. The laboratory and lecture-room are one and the same room. I have a aide room in which I put any object 1 wish to place ■ ait of the way. The students are nev er in tlio room when Igo there. I do my«work in the lecture room. I per formed the iron test first, i was at il from the tijne I began until I got the result. I might have said in my ex- amination in Baltimore the iron te-t was inconclusive. 1 would not have relied on that alone. My impression is £ finished the test the next dav. but am not certain. I began tie sulphur teat at the same time,and com pleted it within the. s; > > time. hi these tests > ou «io not fmu v. hat you d<» not look for. I found hut a small quan tity of prussicacid; that small quant hy is to mo a physical pioof of rim 'existence of a larger quantity at a Him* previous. There was nothing in my result to indicate when the poison na> i-ut Into the stomach. I found it i.on •ml that was all. There as no ] by.— ical proof of any more pms-dc . -id having been present than I founu i did say in .Baltimore that * l l found a mere'trace affording in Itself no indica tion of the amount that might have been there at an.\ previous lime,” 1 meant that it afforded in itself no par ticular indication, I did say that the trace found might indicate a larger hid unknown quaiitiiv at the time of death. L do not pretend to infallible. I deduce my conclusions from known lads wliich may or may not bo correct. If die prussicacid had not been placed in the material J examined, a (lay or an hour before the examination,—my con elu-ion that the trace found indicated a much larger quantity in the stomach at the time of death would ho positive. [ have no data to measure that quantity cither in weight or measure. l«mi!d not tell how many grains by weight, or now many drops by measure might have been in (he stomach at the time of death. 1 should think that pnis-b* add would disappear ino>t rapidly in decaying animal matter. Prussic acid is water containing prussic add gas in solution. I cannot tell precisely bow long morphia has been discovered in the system after death. It is dilUcnit to institute a comparison between mor phia and prussicacid. The morphia i much more permanent if in vials. I received a note from Mr, Stewart of Baltimore, requesting me to make the examination. I felt incompetent to make the post-mortem examination, and called upon Ur. Conrad for that. I did it for a consideration ; it was not a contingent foe. I received the fee which I always charge for examining the stomach of a dead person, I received it from Mr. Stewart. 1 heard there were two subjected. Suspects to in in stomach, prussic add and morphia. My attention was directed to these* sub stances. 1 cannot 101 l where or fiom whom I got the impression. Re-ex-in-Chief.— ln the human body, during Ulc, morphia would be absorb ed more rapidly than prussic add.— The janitor, and he alone has access to my room. When I have private work oil hand I have a private lock, which the janitor cannot open. I use that so that no one can get access to any subject I may have on hand. LTosH-JS'xarnincd. —I have no evi dence, except what the books say, that morphia in a dead body would bo ab sorbed.sooner than prussicacid. I pre sume you 1 11 lind it in Taylor on poi >olH. Du, CoNtiAD, recalled.—l have per fonned a gr at many post mortem ex aminations ; I do not know how many. J performed frequently during the war. Since the war have performed them al most daily, at the Anns House fur two months. For ten months preceding this examination, I had occasion to perform post mortem examinations weekly, at tho Infirmary. I have per formed a hundred post mortem exami nations during my life. I found no lesions of any kind, indicating any lorm of disease of which she may have died. Cross-Examined.—l never before ex amined a subject supposed to have died from prussic acid. I never before exam ined a no ly that had been buried ten days. The majority of my post mortem examinations were made from 21 to Is hours after death of the subject. Dll. S. li. KIEI'EEU, sworn.—l am a practicing physician, and have been for 1!) years. I leave heard the testimony in "this case. (The testimony of Mr. Sliindle, Dolly Turner, Mrs. Darker, (J. L. Docinnan, John H. llhcem, Dr. Herman, Dr. Conrad, were then read to witness, and he was asked the ques tion: Whether from the evidence de tailed-, he could foim any ip inion of the cause of Miss Stinnecke’s death, whether from natural or other cause, i From tho facts I have,heard, embraced .in the evidence, 1 have an opinion ; lie the first place I d« not believe that Mb- Htimieeke died of any natural disease-. My opinion must he formed by nega tive and positive facts. Lewis A. Smith, recalled.—Am acquainted with the signature of Dr. Schoeppe. (Paper presented to wit ne-s.) 1 believe this to bo his signa ture. (another paper presented to wit nesS.) This check was presented i n tho morning of 2t)ih of .January, ISUh, about 10 o’clock, by Dr. Paul Schoeppe. Ho laid the check on the counter at my desk. 1 look tho check and looked at the doctor. I said doctor 1 don’t think Miss Stinnecke signed this check; or 1 may have said did she sign tins check? He looked rather confused at the time, and remarked, “surely,she signed it just before her death.” 1 paid the money. It is a check for Soil. I-am acquainted with the signature of Mi-s Stinnecke. 1 have seen her write her name quite o'ten. 1 do not consider this Miss Stiunecko’s signature. Cross Mmmined. —I paid tho money on tho cheek, charged it to Miss Stin nccke’s account. It remains charged there. Tile cheek was paid morning Mbs tinnecke’sbody was taken to Bal timore. Tho Doctor said “sure, she did, just before her death.” Jnd. B. Kelso, Jk., sworn.—l knew Miss S. about 20 years. (Check shown witness.) 1 have never seen her signa tures in that manner —so large and hea vy. I should believe this was not her signature. Cross Examination.— Tho signature somewhat resembles her’s. (Several • pieces of writing were hero shown wit ness, some «l which he identified as writing of Miss S., Olliers of which he thought resembled it somewhat, and some coul 1 not say.) Wil, A. Sl'L'AllT, Esq., sworn.—l knew Miss B. very well, fueled a- her counsel a low years before her deaih. 1 am acquainted with hersignalure, have seen her writefrequi ntly.correspqnili u with' her while she was m CamMe (Check handed witness ) 1 ins is urn Miss Siiunecko’s signature, in my opin ion This paper, the last «ill and tes -1 lament of Miss M. Stelneeke was hand
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