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llaaovor Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county,
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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
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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
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■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!'.
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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
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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
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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