!1 E SCHOEI*I*E fll EIN» EIC TR I ,1 I, CONTINUED. I tonic lij-Jlr. Rheem in Baltimore, cd i'cl.rnar.v Ist, ISG9. There is no iti> to the will. Ci'OSS'JZ.vupihicd. —W itnc?s j?lin\vn voral pieces of writing. some of which ■ identified ns writing of MissStin ■eke, others resembled it somewhat; me he believed not to he her’s. W. U. Be I,lock, sworn.—l-am a erk in the office of Register of Wills Baltimore. Ido not know by whom iis paper, (will of Miss M.M.Stin i-eke,) was presented. It was exhihi ■d and filed ill Register of Wills office, i Baltimore city, on T'eb. l'i. ISG9. V. M. A. Stuart, reviilJed.— Paper importing 1° t )e will o I M. iM. »Stin ecke shown witness. ! .. | Maria M. Stinnecke, ol the city f Baltimore, State ol .Maryland, being f sound mind, memory and under tanding, do make and publish this, my ast will and testament,hereby revoking mi making void all former wills by no at any time heretofore made. As o such estate as it has pleased (Jod to ntrust me with, I dispose ol the same s follows; “1 o-ivu and )><*< li l<> Jan I r. ichoeppi.M. Do 1,1 bis mui use and lonelil absolutely, my wlmlu estate and iroperty, whatsoever and wheresoever, if what"nature, kind and ipndity soever he same may lit 1 . Mr. W. A. Stewart, ittorney at law in Baltimore, Stale of Maryland, will give iniormatioii over nv 'estate and property. And I do lnuebv constitute and appoint the said Paul F. Schoeppe, M. 1) , sole executor of this my last will and testament. “In witness whereof, I, Maria M. Rtimiccke, the testator, have to this m r will written on one sheet of paper, set my hand and seal, this third day of Dc eeinber, A. t , I Fds. M. M. Stinxki kk |My faeal. | “Simied, sealed, published and de elnreir by the above named Maria M Stinneclie, as and for her last will and te.-lament, in the presence if us, who have hereunto suh-riiheil our names, at her reduest, as « itne—e- thereto, in the presence of the said le.-talrix and of each other. Dr. SciP'EiM'E, F. t-Vfiot-.PI’E. Shortly nfter the will had been proved in the Orphans Court, and certain pro ceedings hud been had under that, I went into (Jrphaiis Court on Feb, 1-t, found Dr. Schoeppe and Mr. Webster there. .incite Daniels’ ol Orphans Court, told me a new will had been pro-meed by Mr, V\Vb-ter and Dr. Schoeppe, and handed me this paper 1 read it in, presence ol the*o genth men, ami then returned it to the Orphans’ Court. I turned round to Dr. Schoeppe ami remarked to him and the Court, that it was a very queer will. MBs Stinneckc’* property "as *orlh In the neighborhood 0f845,00u I do not know her age. John* D. Adaik, sworn.—l am an attorney at lids bar. I know Dr. Schoeppe, am acquainted with bis band writing, have seen him writing. I | -hould say tins paper ithe will) was] wiiiten by him. Dr. Sdioeppe came to ; my office’ either the day after Thanks giving or the day after < hristinns, and asked me if I had the form of a will. I h ok Dunlap’* hoot* of forms and gave him the form ot a will. He a-Ued me for a, half sheet of paper and I gave it to him. lie then took his lead pencil and copied the entire form of a will front the hook. Afierhe had lini.-hcd, he remarked voluntarily that he wanted it for an old man ol hi- father’?) congrega tion. 1 asked him whether there was any real estate to he deviled, he said yes. I told him he.■'hon’d be very care ful in writing the will, and referred him to several clauses on an opposite pare of the book, tor deriving real es tate, telling him at the same time that In- had better get ,-ome attorney who under.-tood drawing a will. This was all that occurred. The Dr. left the of- H>-e after that. The form 1 gave him was on nnge 878, Dunlap’s Forms. (The form bhok wa-1 lien ottered in evidence, i John K. Kki.so, -worn.— l wa* inti mately unillrtlliu.l v.«»V. l«l (irirt M. i.-n.v necke’during her lifetime. J knew her liclwoen -15 and 50 yea is. She wa-; a young woman when 1 lh>t knew her, about i!n years of age. < hj'ainiiii d. —She. was a well -el woman, lather rol.u-t in her appear ,iite,-, not very tall. Toe following letter wa.- then read in evidence: M i.-< Maui a M. .'vn.vNKcKE, Balti more, Till Nov. I8i;g, Carii-le. -. Stinma ki I ti-ar Mi- A> i have been rather bu-y in the la-l week-. 1 could not an>wcr -o .-non , a- I wished, your (Mci med N tu-r . of the iliiih of Oci., which 1 re ceived with much plea.-ure. But now I cannot endure to ob.-erve longer -Hence, and 1 have devoted a part of llii.- day to an-wer your la.-l letter— feeling very grateful for tin- lung letter you have lent me. At fir.-t allow me to exprtfe- you that the sincere interest which lill- my heart toward you, is in no \\ j-e altogether profe.—ionaliy. I keep the friend-hip of a inauMianiinoUs and noble lady higher than the interest "f my l.u-ine—. 'llml sen have been gelling atone eoinfortaltiy without any inconvenience or derangement -mice you leU Carlisle. 1 cannot help-eeing it in an ob-ervahh.* ejfect of the medi elne. J have been a-loni-h.ed when I was reading in your letter that you are eating sometime- at tea some* warm rolls and biscuit, without having felt any inconvenience from them. Indeed the unpuni-hed siicce-s ol this action of your Iree will and independence seems to me to be a very {food -ign of having not taken the medicine without a de lightful effect. I hope and wish that J his good state of your health may oe of duration, although I have not exptessed these hopes without a soft doubt ol their reality, for I know as a physician how deceitful sometimes this subjects e well-feeling is. You have written me that the o ulifet you have selected lor the treatment of your sick eye, has al ready relieved one gentleman and other* of hlimlnes- ol some years’ stand ing. and that you ,-ee in this a proof of Ids being not only nominally, but truly a man of great and distinguished ability. But with regard to this. I keep myself obliged—as a true friend of your-—to express you that this alone is not yet a full feign of a really able and good oc culi.-t. There are many cases of blind ness, of which to relieve were it is not too hard. 1 keep rnysell confirmed in my opinion so much the more a- you have writb n me that you cannot but feel sad that your eye is no better II the mode of treatment your eye phy sician is pi.r-uir g is aiming at to eau-e only a ful-e leech-bite, I, cannot under stand, why floes be not u-e natural leeches, which are to be got In a city very easily, and area good deal cheaper titan the operation you must -tiller. But however, I feel very craleful fur the detailed description of the treat ment of your eye you have given, and i hope that you will have a good suc cess of it. I will not leave off looking on God in your behalf, for 1 know that all human effort i.s vain without the help ol the Almighty God, and of our Saviour, Je«us Jurist As you wished I have called at IJan iion’ri Mole), and asked for a room for you- I got the answer that von can get it when you come, and that the hotel-keeper will do all lie can to make your residence hero pleasant. I would be very glad if I should see you in a short lime, and 1 hope* J will get fids pleasure. Returning you my. sincercst thanks for your kind inquiring after the state of my health. I cannot but say that I sun thus far qui e well. As a friend J will tell you that I could make a veiy successful business if 1 had the sufficient money. Dr. Herman, p’ho you are knowing perhaps, is going to leave us forever. He has a very large practice, as well in town as in the country, which he has offered me, if I would buy at the ..=nme'timehi.sthrec|hoiiseBhere,for\vhicb he is asking *5,0U0. He wants momen tary 52.000, which I should pay now mV will allow me to pay the rest, $3,00 in lour years. Out of Ins books which I have looked In, I have seen that his practice brings him $lO,OOO a year. It I could hold only half of his practice 1 would make—well and good—ss,ooo a year, so that the three houses were payed for in one year. But for wankol these $“.000, I am afraid another blip- p er man will get this fine business. Meanwhile I am quiet, the will of my God may be done. What you have written in legard to the gallantry to the fair lady, whom gossip said I were flirting around, 1 could n t understand at first the sense of your words, as 1 could not recollect of having waited on o lady. Before 1 had not heard one word of this gossip. but now after having made inquiries, 1 know that the origin of this gossip has been in my medically treating of a lady, who having been sick, sent for me! People who did not know the reason of my visits may have thought perhaps I were flirting around this lady on account of couiting her. But now as she is well already long time. 1 think this gossip-which I do not care a all much —may b ■ grown dumb. Besides n y life is very solitary and joyless. I know God will give me what is the best for me—and lli.it is my consolation. 1 hope you will kindly excuse this long epistle which conies late and in widen as I am convinced —may be many errois of the English language. But 1 trust you will not look so criti i eally on the words, but on the heart out of which these words are coming. 1 am your sincere friend, Du.Schoeim'K. The last will and testament of Maria M. Stinnecke, dated Nov. 17th, IxGH, known as the first Will, was then offered to the jury. Mus. Maiiy Parker, recalled.— Her cheeks seemed to lie swul.cn a little.— The breathii g I think had no plied upon her checks. 1 have seen poisons under the effect of morphia. I saw Mr. Moore under I lie influence of morphia, he breathed very heavily. Miss Btin neckc breathed very heavily. The cheeks remained quiet while breathing. Mas. _.. Shindle, recalled.— Tin re was no flopping or moving of Miss Rlinnecke’s cheeks. l)n. Cox aa D. recalled.— l did not make an examination of the kidneys because there was no other evidence-, ol Bright’s disease or other diseases of the kidnevs, which had they been present wouki certainly have attracted my at- Icniion. Thechief of these were (edema and theaminoiiiacal odor, which attend that disease both neloreand after death, and are so prominent as to attract the at’ention of any medical man, when present. Any microscopical examina tion of the kidneys would have been useless at that period afterileath. I be lieve there could have been no death from that source. I have had u number ol patients suffering from disease of the kidneys. There was no change of the tissues to which I couid attribute any disease with which I am acquainted.— I tould di.-covcr no natural cause to ac count for her death CrO'ts-JS.vaunned.—’Vha u-dema and nmmoniacal odors have been present in i all bodies examined by me, where the ' patient has died from disease of the 1 kidneys. Never having examined a case so long as ten days alter death. 1 cannot say 'whether they would exist < then. Had lids patient died Irom Bright’s disc ir-e, there would have been fluid in the andomimd cavity, to an abnormal amount, which 1 believe could have been found thereon the post mortem examination. 1 cannot imag ine the fluid to have peiietrab d the en tire tls.-ues and to have escaped.— This fluid being in a fibrous sac, I do not know an instance in my own experience, nor do I remember one in the books, where persons have died from Bright’s di-ease of the kid neys without leaving any Uaec except in’the kidney*. J donor acknowledge i Flint’s practice of medicine ard Wat son’s practice of medicine as authorities or; theqiic.-tinn. I did not examine the uro-genital organs of the d< ceased. ' Miss Matilda Wood.—l was pres ent when they were reading the will , in Miss Stinnecke’s room, While Mr. Miller was'readtng the will, Dr.Schoep ; pe said “ Is it possible, is it possible, is . that a'l!” This was while he was read ing the legacy to Mr. Kheem’s mother, ; nothing more took place at that time. - l)n. J. S. CnxKAD, recalled, —l had no experience with a. body dead in 1 days. From books W barton & Slide’s 1 jnri-nrudence. and from Sfille’s thera peutics, the description in those books, of the post mortem appearances, of a body, dead from the notion of pru-sic acid', r< sembled this body very closely. Wharton first attracted, my attention to the clo.-e .-similarity ol the description | in the body, that 1 was induced to look i farther in the latter hook, for cfnrol o j ration of the first. The firs' description i resembled it so closely that with few j exceptions it could not havebeen better I written if it had been written from this i bodyit-elf. Those were the only two honks I noticed anything In, In regard i to this subject. I .-aw them after the 1 post mort» m, and was ignorant of them ! at the time. ! 1 i'rntt*.l^rmnincd.— l read those hooks ' within a week after ihe post nmrtein 1 was held. -The description of the body | was a? I have stated it to he in my ex | animation, with one exception. J did not state, in my examination before, a circumstance whi h I now remember and which is « heexception. Oneoftlu** gentlemen asked me to look on the bund of the lady, for a ring; and in looking, my attention was atiacted to the contracted hand and fingers. Du. A. O. Herman, recalled,—Ac cording to the symptoms, that I seen in the subject, and the description of Dr. Conrad’s, of the post ino'tem ap pearances of tie body. Dr. Conrad said the body did not have any appear ance* of natural di-ease. The brain, lungs, heart and kidneys were all in a perfectly normal condition ; that there were no’ signs of any disease in the body attic time he examined it ; and taking, that in connection with the condition ol the blood— having that fluid condi tion which is said to be occasioned by prussic acid, I am led to believe, that by compound pnisnining—’of prussic acid and morphia—that was the cause of her death. idrotx-Kxamined. —l do not know that any person was ever poisoned by that compound. I neversaw a death result ing from that compound nor did I ever read of one. The condition of the blood is, according to Stilln, that produced by prus-ic acid. Prussic acid being a very quick poDon taken by itself, and that in conjunction with two grains tartar emetic would act as a powerful sedative in an old person —depressing and relax ing. And with repeated doses of mor phine of two or three hours, I think would have a tendency to cguse this long suffering by staying the effects of the pru--.ic acid. I have never had o ca-o where thes.e combinations were ii-eri. There are no easffls recorded in the hook- that I know of. There is no ca.-e recorded within my knowledge, U i- only my opinion they would have that effect, morphine and prussic acid would act as a sedative on the system, and 'hen the morphine would he given to stimulate there system lor a time. It is not an irnpos.-ihilit.y to determine the effects this combination would have without entering into an experiment or having witnessed the results. I am satisfied to testify on my own reasoning on the subject ns to the result. Dr. S. 13. K lEFFKK. readied. —I heard all of Dr. Conrad’s evidence relative to the case. (The following hypothetical case, was staled by Commonwealth’s Attorneys:) If a woman aged 65 years, was on the morning of 27th of January at 0 o’clock, on the street and in the hank transact ing business, her writing indicating no nervousness, nod a little alter II o’clock the same morning, vomited from some substance administered to her about half past ten o’clock, tvas found pros- Itrateand languid about two o’clock on the alternoon of that day; at three o’clock in bed hut not seeming verv ill, in the evening between seven and eight o’clock, found very sick and sleepy, so much so that while sitting on a chair while being undressed, she would fall asleep in t'*o arms of the person un dressing her, and would have to he aroused by calling her, at 9 o’clock of the same evening not aroused by knock ing at her door or calling, at six o’clock next morning, fom d in bed insensible, breathing very hard, not convulsively, not being a snore, but making a noise in breathing, her exes a very little open, lying in an easy position ; inclin ing to her' 'eft .-Ido, her forehead clam my with perspiration, no troth about the mouth, no puffing out of the cheeks in breathing, no distortion of features, no convulsions, the breathing not regu lar, no rigidity of the muscles; about- 7 o’clock same morning respiration slow, temperature of the body about natural, skin moist, her head nearly cntiiely on left side, her body on lelt sub- as i efore, the pulse seeming natural, muscles much relaxed, nccumula ion of saliva, at 11 o'clock pulseless, eyes closed, pu pils of eyes contracted, both alike, hav ing a conical rather elongated shape, the patient lying whithout change or motion until six o’clock on the evening of that day, end then dying, and after burial having been exhumed twelve days after death and presenting the ap pearance described by Dr. I Annul in his testimony, as to the post nior.cm ex amination of the hotly of Maria M. Stinnecke, what would be your opinion as to the cause of her death? Answer.—f must preniis" my answer by saying that a medical gen lemon would be unwilling to pass on base an opinion upon the judgment or the in terpretation of symptoms by what might be called the laity in our pro fession and in my opinon whilst Pinny consider these facts by the laity as to symptoms I must be influenced by the facts.and incidents connected w'dth the earlv history of I tie case. Dr. Herman’ observations, the facts therein detailed, the mtopsjcapi earancesin tie tail and from all these considered as re lated one to the otiier. I know (if no natural cause that would produce these results. What I mean by natural enusi is disease. I have an opinion led do not know whether it would he right m express that opinion as to whin would produce these results, because it. is based partly upon hypothetical, part ly on con-tractive prineiplesand parth i'n my own o' servatiou and experience. If on'this ground I am justified in giv ing an opinion I wall give it. ’fin negative* proofs ot her death are clout to my mind, but die positive data whilst I believe they show clearly liar the subject received both prussic arid and morphia, 1 eanliot .--ty uneondition ally that they cau-ed her death. Togivi an unconditional opinion, I would want more positive evidence than we have. Crors-K.i‘(nnhici/. - 1 made u-e of the expression “there is no positive data as to the cause of her death” hut qualified it afterwards as it stands. Dr. W. W; Da i.e, called. —Asked the same question ns Dr. Kieffer. Answer. I coulcl not from the post mortem ex amination see any results that caused her death. There was no natural cause manifest by the post mortem examina tion. My opinion from the post mor tem examination as detailed by Dr Con rad is that there w'ns no natural causeof her death. Such being the case, and coupled with the svinptoms detailed here, the conviction would irresistibly force itself on my mind that the imme diate cause of her death was opium or s me of its preparations. That that state might have been influenced, nr rather the predisposing eondi tion might have been caused by other means—Hie taking of other drugs or medicines. A few words mav explain what I mean; there may have "been some predisposing cause-t he emet i ie taken the day before may have been the remntclause, and doges which would not have been poisonous nr dangerous could become so. The combination of symptoms detailed, I could not ae count for in any other way than by opium or *nme of its preparations. (V oss-Examined.— the afternron proceeding her death the drowsiness amounting almost to a stupor, her c«>mato«« oftiviiiiftn which she was found next morning, the character of breathing, the contracted condition of the pupils of the eyes, tlv* relaxed cmi ditinn of the mu-cles—upon those taken together I found my opinion. Dp. Gi o. W. 11 ai.dem an, ('atjed. —l have been a practicing physician fornl most loyears. Samehypothicaleaseput to wine-s as to Drs. Keifier and Da’e From the results of the post-mortem examination as spoken by llh*. Conrad, showing no disorganizatiormn any of the parts examined, all the organs examined pre-enting a Wealthy appear ance, and leave no hesitancy in giving it as my opinion, by some cause or causes, cither than natural, must have produced Miss tinnecke’s death. Re viewing thetesfimnny of Dr. Herman as to the symptoms manifested—Her eyes being partially closed,her breathing be ing nepriy natural or heavy,flaccidity of the mu-clcs. moist tire oft hesk in. absence of the stertnr, and the blowing sound in breathing, contraction of the pupils of the eye, a comatose condition from which she could notbearoust d, 1 would naturally conclude without personal’ observation that tire immediate cause of her death must have been owing to a free use or administration of opium or some of its kindred prepara lions. This belief isstrengthened by the absence of many or nearly all of the symptoms winch precede or accompany an attack of apoplexy, or are pro-ent or accompanying uncmic poison. I believe there is no reference made to unemic poison, however, an Dr. Con rad did not examine the kidneys. Cross-Examined, —I draw my con clusion ffom what is in the c’se slated that she came to her d* ath from opium, or some of its kin dred preparations, I saw this case stated before I came into court, Mr. Maglaughlin showed it to mo. Du. Daniel Cornman called.—l have practiced medicine about ll years. Santo hypothetical case prop mndod as to Drs. Keiffer, Dale and Haldeman. in predicating an opinion upon the hypothesis here detailed, and the post inoitem appearances detailed by Dr. Conrad, I cannot con eive that Ihe individual died from any natural cause, and that death must have re sulted from some narcotic poison, eithei opium or some of its sa ts. Crass*Examined. —I base that opinion upon the symptoms detailed in the hy pothetical €u&e, that the pupils of the eye were contracted, the comatose con di'ioff in which the patient was and' could not be aroused at a certain time, the lact too of her lying upon her side all the time, and&jbm the post-mortem appearances as fluted by Dr. Conrad. '1 he fact too of her gradually getting into that comatose condition, sleepy, drowsy condition. This is all I can remember without referring to the paper. He ex-in-Chief, —'I he clammy condi- tionofher skin is also a symptom. I predicated rnyopinion upon the hypoth etical case and testimony of Dr. Conrad. The accumulation of saliva is another symptom. Da. ». P. Zeiglek, sworn,—Have been a practicing physician 23 years.— (The hypothetical case was also put to witness) Question: What is your opin ion as to the cause of her death? In reviewing the.symptoms as set forth in that paper, and detailed up to the post mortem examination, and taking the result of that postmortem examination by Dr. Conrad, in detail, X can find no natural cause of death. Taking the symptoms as detailed on that paper, it occurs to my mind that death must have resulted ftom some unnatural cause, from an in judieiuusmr over dose ol opium or its preparations.— Morphia is one of those preparations. d o s-E.annincd.-l base my opinion upon the drowsiness, growing gradual ly into a stupor,and an entire comatose state of the bruin, from which she could not be aroused by external applica tions; from her heavy, stertoro u breathing,, from her eyes being partial ly open, and the pupil of both eyes con tracted alike, Irom the entire relaxa tion of the muscular system, and. the clammy perspiration. A. B. Ewing, recalled,— l had a con* vorsation a day or two after the first conversation 1 detailed. Dr. S. told me ho had been offered a sum of money to go away. He told me that after this gossip was all over and everything fixed up he have the money, and ho would imyko'Uiose parties, who pub lished his name to the world, sutler lor if. John’ 11. Ureem, rcnallcd.—^ oino timeduringtheday MissStinneckedied, Dr. .'dmeppesaid t»» me Miss Stinnocke hadsymptomsofsiimT-pox ami typhoid fever. MBs stinnecke was very fleshy about the chin. Cros** Examined, —i never mentioned this conversation with Dr.'Schoppe in any of my previous examinations. It has been a good while since I fir&t told it to the counsel. I do not rtco’ltct what time of day lie told me. It w»s in her room. 1 could not say who else were present. D«. 6. B. Kieffer, recalled. —I meant hy the term ’‘unconditional opinion” uVed yesterday, I meant by that that whilst I believed, from the facts detailed in the hypothetical case, that iiolh prus sic acid and morphia lird been received, and that we had the evidence of their conn ire I influence, and whilst 1 am lumiliar with the theropeutic action ol morphia, and also have consideiabie ex perience with the action of piussic acid, yet my experience and knowledge of the action of prussic acid is hot such * s to ii'tifyan unconditional opinion, in the ease,* in the absence of chemical proof b\ analysts. THE DEFENSE. The defense was opened by Win. H. Miller, E*q., who spoke for nearly two hours, in one of the best efforts of his John’ D. Adair, sworn.—l took these notes of testimony on the hearing of the habeas corpus. Dr. Herman was sworn and examined as a witness on hat occasion. To my recollection I took imost every word that fell from the ips of the witnesses. I have Ur. Her nan’s testimony on that c ccasion before ne. It was as follows on the evidence »f death from narcotics and tin* position »f the face: “When I was sent for they old me she had taken morphia. By he appearance of her eyes I did not liink that was the case. 1 could hardly ay what might have been the cause ol n‘r dmih. 1 was satisfied it was not irnduced hy narcotics.” Sam’l Hepburn, Jr., sworn.—T was me of too counsel of Dr. Schoeppe, and on the hearing ol the habeas cornua I nok note*of Dr. Herman’s testimony All that Dr. Herman said is not on my notes, but there is nothing on .hem that be did not say. He said “some one told me that she had taken morphia, but from the appearance of her eyes I 'bought that was not the case.” I re member distinctly Dr H’s. evidence, hut I remember no combination of poi sons spoken of by him. Henry Newsham, Esq., sworn.—l was one of the counsel of Dr. Schoeppe, and took notes in the hearing of the habeas corpus. Dr. Herman said,“some one said she had taken too much mor phia; I examined the eye and thought that was not the cause. I was satisfied that death was not produced by narcot- Mrs, Catharine T inn, sworn.—T came to Carlisle before the holidays. I had n’t hen well, and I came here. I was very nervous. I went to Pr. schoeppe. He gave me medicine* for n y nervousdisease. He gave me drops. I do not know how many drops I took at first, it was three or five. It did not do me no good. He then increased on to ten drops. He then Increased on to 15 drops, I took, these drops in the •Horning and the evening. I wanted to go home, and asked him to give me some medicine to take home. He'told me I must stay here and keep taking the drops, so that if anything should turn up with mo I could let him know right away. On**-I'fxfimi >ert. — After New Years he began to give me the drops. I came i heday before the holidav s. i took nied, icinefroin Dr.S. through January. I first -saw Dr. Schoeppe in thewi ek after the imiuiays, soonurtvi me some powders the first two times he saw me, and some drops. At fi'st time he gave me three drops. He mid me to tqke the drops in sugar water. He gave me the drops and told me to be parti ular and not take more than he told me ; told me to drop them particular. It was a little,small bottle. I kept the bottle on the bureau. I stop ped with my father, just below the college, on West street. I dont think J have the bottle yet. I guess I thrmved it away. I took all the mediemo that was in the bottle. I took 15 drops twice a day lor two or three weeks. I did not take it on first week quite so much. I live in the country, eleven miles from here, I staid in town four weeks.— Nobody told me to throw away the bot tle. 1 don’t know where the bottle is any more. I thrower! it out of the door. 1 did not perceive any smell about drops. I dropped the drops my self. I have the power of smelling. Mrs. Mary, Barker, recalled —T never * oticed anything crooked about Miss lace and. mouth. I did not tell Dr. Merman that Mis** titinnecke had a crooked face, nordid I hear.any body tell him so. Hermouth Inclined to left side. I did not notice her tongue, before death. Mrs. L. Siiindlk, recalled.—l never saw anything-crooked about Miss stin necke’sface before her illness. T did not hear any peison tell Dr. Herman she had a crooked face; I did not tell him so. Hermouth was drawn to left side and her tongue also ami protruded a little. Her nose was also turned to left side and a little discoloration. It was turned more than I had ever ob served. Cross-Examined.— Miss Stinnecke had rather a mil face. Miss Ann Comfort, sworn.—After Miss Stinnecke died I helped to lay her out. There was no evidence of purging. Her bodv and limbs were not rhdd. She was warm. I think see ■tfas on her left side, partly, when I first saw i.er. I ross-Examined —Mbs Eliza Dickey assiiited me to lay her out. I went there at half past six. Mrs. Woods and Mrs. Keeney were also there. Mr. John Rheem came for me. Mr. Ewing was not there when I came. He had not been there before. Mas. Hannah Horn, sworn.—l re side in Baltimore. 1 was ai Mr. Burk holder’s when Miss Stinnccko died.— Between G and 7 o’clock in jnorning, X went imo Miss Stinnecke’s room. I found her in an unconscious! state; She was lying with her mouth: open and her tongue drawn toward one side, and breathing heavily. They Were shoit breaths, not very short. Not natuial, snoring ike. Occasionally there was a very slight stoppage in her breathing. Tee nose Was drawn somewhat to the left s de. Her eyes w j ro chfaed when I went in and remained closed all day.— X was in the room nearly all day. Her pulse was not regular and! weakened rapidly alter I went into thi room. I found her feet cold up to theankle, and I applied warm appi ications! Her left hand was cold and not her right. We sent for the doctor in moiling at 7 o’clock. \Ve then sent for Alts. Woods her cousin. Mrs. Wood brought Mr. Juo. Rheem there. Mr. Rheem went for Dr. Hchoeppo and brought him.— When Dr, Bchoeppe came in he fell upon his knee, and put his ear to hei cheat. He then said he would go for the stethoscope. He afterwards said lie would like,to have another physi cian called in, Mr- Rheem then asked him who be should call in, and he sig nified it was immaterial, ' He said it ilid not matter. Air. Rheem said he would bring Dr. Herman, Dr. Schoeppe replied, ‘ yes, Dr. Herman." Dr. Bchoeppe said his object in desiring another pyhsician was to know wheth er she would bear blood-letting. The doctor w-ked me if I could tell how many hours she had lain in that posi tion; he then said it it had been but two or three hours she might laar blood-letting, but she was too week for that now. He then ordered mustard plasters to he applied to her chest. Hr. Herman came in alnut II o’clock, and they spoke together in German. We did not i ndersiand what they -aid.'Dr. Seluieppi* pronounced it astiokc, some time al’un he came in. 1 remained in the room hi! day. We could do noth ing for her:, she was unaide to swallow Dr. Herman came there at 3 o’clock in afternoon. I was standing at the doc tor’s side, and as ho looked down upon her, Dr. Herman said “ it is a stroke*’ I liien asked him ‘‘doctor, I suppose there’s no hope.” He sai l “ very lit tle.” I never said to Dr. Herman that Miss Stinnecko had a crooked face, in the aftermon she was in a profuse pers piration on the right side, and nub on the left. Her ie/t hand was cold. Dr. Sc oeppe seemed to be very much dis tns*r d. He called several* times during t eday, and said he wanted to give her something if he could. Her skin on right side felt natural. Dr. Schoeppe uncovered her feet, but cannot say whether he rubbed them. Cross-Examined, —l got dinner at 1 o’clock'that day. 1 was outof the room about 15 minutes. I was told it was 3 o'clock when Di. Herman was there. I felt her hand ami arm on the left i te. Her face was cold on left sid, the right side was warm. This was between 8 o’clock and dark. The last time 1 felt her was between 3 and G o’clock, tihe was in exactly the same state each time 1 felt her. William Drew, sworn, —Hive with Mr. Saxton. I wailed on table at time Miss Stinnecke boarded at Hannon’s. X attended to her at table. She com-' plained of giddiness in her head. 1 met her between 10 ami ll o’clock, on Wednesday, the day before she died, near the Episcopal church. 1 asked her how she were. She fold me she felt very dull and had. She said she had been eating beefsteak the'evening be fore and she was walking, trying to walk it off. She was a hearty enter at the table She generally wquld take little things from the table with her to tat between times; it was on a Thurs day she died ; on Wednesday I met her at the church ; the day alter I met her she died. Dr, Noble told me alter breakfast. Cu as. P. Sanno, called, —The warrant for the arrest of Dr. Schoeppe was put in m> hands. 1 made the information; the charges made against him were talked of herein town for several weeus oelore. 1 saw him on thestreet nearly every day, I found him in his office wi.en I went to arrest him. When 1 went to his office I told bun I wanted him to go with me to E q. Dehuff’s office, lie linked mo then if I had a warrant for him ; he asked'me would 1 go with *him to Mr. Miller’s office, 1 told him yes. He asked me whether there was word from Baltimore rela tive to the examination. I told him .here was; he sail it had been going on for several daj s. I think he said he had seen it in the papers; from Mr. Miller’s office wo went to Esq. Dehuff’s office. Cross-Examined. —He was some what excited when am tried, lie appeared to he very nervous, he started out and forgot his spectacles, lie asked to go hark and get them’. Kennedy sworn.—l boarded at ,\ir. Hannon’s last year, and oici pied the front room, x>ver the lower parlor. Sometime in the fall, Miss Stinnecko came there, and was placed in the room immediately in the rear of mine; the entry making a turn , the doors of ourrespectiveroomfealmost jo netl*. The transoms were usually open in the evening. One night whilst she was there, sometime between midnightond daylight, I was awakened and st Tiled hy a noise as of some one in great pain or distress, or as persons attempt to cry out under the influence of night-mare. I was satisfied the noise proceeded from Miss Stinnecke’s room, and had almost made up my mind to go and see what was the -matter, when 1 heard a deep drawn sigh, and then a cough, and some one moving in the’room or in bed. L heard her.voice call to one of the ser vants, about daylight; I think it was to look at her fire, or something of the kind. -• Ort/norT I r.miVA nni i«-ll whether it was night mare or a dream. I cannot say whether I saw . her at breakfast, nuxt morning, but saw hen.t breakfast alter that. Dr. S. G. (’ouduey, called.—l am an assistant surgeon in the regular army ; have been for 2 years. lam acquainted with Flint’s practice as a text book ; it is used in the army as such, ami is also as a text book upon most if not all of our medical college catalogues, in the East at least. I have personal knowledge ol .Bright’s disease. I re member one case which I saw in New York City. I was first called when the patient was in a comatose condition. There had been no previous physician there. The patient died within 12 hours. I could not give a certificate of death without an autopsy, and this showed a disease of the kidneys which was of the nnall granular kidney, and known as Bright’s disease; this is the form of kidney that is ol ten not attended with the swelling. Then during winter before lust I attended nearly all the au topsies at Belleview hospital, ami a large pio| ortlon of the cases showed disease of the kidneys; many of them having no •-welling about them, perhaps one to five. The swelling or oedema Is the infiltra tion of water, when the kidneys refuse to curry off’ the water. The case that I refer to required an examii alion of the kidneys to dEcover the disease. medical-principle that it is impossible fur a death to occurami leave ail, parts of tin? body in a perfect condition, so far as an examination by the naked eye is concern ed. I h’.ive never seen it ‘laid down in the books. C> nan- Examined.— CHdema is not the only symptom attending til** di- e i*eol the kidneys. Belore the inliodueiion of itie micro-cope it was considered the import ant symptom, but there are numerous oilier symptoms. When the blood be comes poisoned by the urea, it mav dis cover itself by an nlJectiou of almost any organ. Sometimes the patient complains of dyspepsia, sometimes of headache. A common symptom is an aflection of the e\es, pain in the sine, left side swollen. Albumen is often found in the urine and casts of the urinifeious tubes. In' the case I referred to, I dlscoveied no le- sions except in the kidney, blood in the fluid condition apply the chemical test to find if the blood was poisoned, 1 judge *t wa* poi -8 uied. 1 judge that caused the coma. That patient died of the -mull red granu lar lorm, the kidney beconiesdiminished in size, tinder this form of discise.— There are three forms of kidney disease, as the kidney becomes small, the ureu is not excreted, but the water passes through the kidney. Under tills form, the urea in the blood might bo decom posed Into curb of ammonia in the blood. 1 never discovered any ammonia on the breath, and never saw it laid down as a symptom. Bright’s disease occurs more in one sex tlpm the other, hut don’t re member which. Ido not know of any place in the books where It says that Bright’s disease does not occur in people over 05 years of age. Robett’s, page 352 refers to a case where a party bad Bright’s disease at 63. The brain varies, in different cases in Briirht’s disease. The cau-es of Blight’s Unease uje most fre quently coin or exposure to cold, oecause the chilling of the skin gives the kidneys too much to do. Prop. C. F. Himes, sworn.— Am Pro feasor of Natural Science hi Dickinson College. 1 began to teach Chemistry in* 1855 by text book ami lecture. I have been engaged since then in teaching ami studying chemiHtry.Have been connected witlhidacollege touryears-J pursued those studies lor a year and a hair at the Uni versity of Geiuseu,in Hesse Darmstadt, in the laboratory of Professor Lelhig, under instruction of Prof. Will. Prof. Will la the author of a text book, on analytical chemistry, used extensively in this coun try and in Europe. I heard the testimo ny of Dr. Aikin. If I remember aright lie applied the iron and snip ur testa.— He stated that lie distilled the contents of the stomach with sulphuric acid and lained about four ounces of distillate. A portion of lids be heated with caustic potash, then added a pioto and sesqnl salt of Iron, and ih n a lew drops of hydro, •■hlorlc acid. Pie slated, it prussic acid had been present in the distillate, prus sinn l)tiu> wnuld Inevitably lie prndiWd. I He stated ino xamimillnn in ehiel that a I »uint bine color was produced, in H.« cross-examination he slated that lids was not in'itself conclusive. Upon such a statement from the chemist. I would Scarcely state positively that prussic acid was present. If not conclusive to him, it cannot he to me. In addition, t‘ds mix lur will not necessarily show the pres encoof prussicacid. Thereare falla'*iemon- • Heeled with every test. If an insufficient quantity <>f hvdro-chlorlc add were j.d led, u precipitate would he produced ol » dirty green color; nr Recording to some authorities, (if a bluish color. Admitting however, that the whole lest was prop erly made, it was still inconclusive. The next lest, called the sulphur lest, was made hy exposing sulphide of ammoni um to any vapois arising from the distil late before mentioned. It was then test ed with per chloride of iron. The Dr. may have u*cd the term eesqui chlo ride lor per-chb ride of iron. A faint red coloration was produced which would in dicate the presence of prussicacid in the disiillnle. In the ab-ence however, of any confirmatory test. I could not fiom the sUncment made, as a chemist, inter the presence of prussic acid; because of the extreme delicacy of this test, leaving out of'accmmt in y fallacy there may have he- nin testing. By this statement I mean to say that’however ciear it may appear to Dr. Aiken's mind, I would he unwilling to accept the feci for an infer ence of my own. In addhion, in all ca-es in which the contents of a stomach are to tie examined for prussic acid, an effort should be made to ascertain whetli »-r there may not be present in the s mu nch substances, harmless in themselves, which may produce prussic acid in the subsequent chemical lii-aiment. .-'Uch substances as ferro-oyanlde of potassium, or the Common name, yellow prnssiale cf potafdi; or ferri-cyanide of potassium or red prussiate of potash. Tne first men tioned is an article mentioned in the dis pensalory as u medicine. It is the sub stance used lor the manufacture of prus sic acid, by treating it with sulphuric acid ■-me) distilling, as was done with the con tents of this stomach. The pre-ence therefoieof prussic acid in the distillate, might only indicate the presence of this harmless compound in Hie stomach. — There might lie a truce of prudsio acid produced from a normal constituent ol tne saliva. .There is piesent in the spit tle a com pound of sulpho-cyunogen ; and in consequence the saliva or spittle, if distilled with strong mineral acid, such assulp uric, would give decided indica tion for prussic acid. The absence of the silver lest, after the iron test had given a faint indication,was a serious omission. According to most lecent aulhoiiliee ills the most delicate of the three tests. Even hail the reason assigned by Dr. Aiken for not using this lest been correct, it would still nave afforded a negative fact that would have been fatal to the previous tesls; orto explain, if nitrate of sliver had been applied a porth nof the distil ale,or vaj o , arising from the distillate had been al lowed to act upon u drop ol solution of nitrate of silver, and no positive evidence of the presence of p ussicacid been giv en, it would have proved us conclusively thoj-bsbuce of prus-ic add; and wnuld have allowed us to infer that the taint (race obtained ly the sulphur test was line to accidental ami fallacious circum stances. such for example us accidental impurity of the reagents—that is ti e c e nicaia—or vesselsemployed—Hence I would conclude hy saying that the re-, actions obtained by Dr. Aiken, however atlsfuctory.to himseli, would not permit me to say positively that prusic add was present in the contents of the stomach. There is an additional fact, that it prua !-ic add is pbtuiued by means of the iron test, and an immediate blue coloration Is produced, I would look upon it, as my duly, - a examining chemist, to set aside the*vessel containing the test, until a pre cipitate of prussiun hlueshould he formed, which precipitate could bo produced in open court. Another point; there were lour ounces of distillate obtained, two -•nncesoi Which. I believe, were used in testing for | rusaie acid a lew of which would have answi-red lor the silver lest. It is not absolutely necessary to te t a piecioilate obtained by nitrate of (•y the iroii and sulphur test to ascertain whether it was produced hy prussic add. Chloride of silver and cyanide of silver might both be present—Microscopic ex amimition would show acystarliae form for cyanide of silver, and an amorphous uneuystaUine form for chloilde or sliver. Again, if a precipitate obtained by nitrate of silver contains chloride of silver, that fuel will become apparent hy placing it in Hie sunlight. When cMoride of sli ver will acquire a violet tint or color, and Hie cyanide of silver would remain un changed, The chloride and cyanide are both white. As stated in all the hooks on the subject, light decomposes and thus destroys prussicacid. Cross-Examined.— 1 am unable to say what amount of light would tcacha dead body underground. I cannot say which test is the best, hut the silver lest is the most delicate, and the sulphur test is het (« r than the Iro" test. I have seen Tay lor’s Medica l Jurispr idence I have nev ei been cubed upon to make an investi gation of a case such as this. If Dr. Aiken added only a few drops of hydro chloric acid, a fallacy may have been pro duced—there may have been ah indica tion resembling prussicacid. Dr. Aiken nays ‘Prussian blue will inevitably result’ hut does not give the proportion of the reayenta used. 1 would not consider that both tests nnd the odor as Aiken staled It to be, would be conclusive of the presence of prussic acid in the stomach,*. He said it remind ed him of the odor of prussic add. I cannot tell what substance in nature would have produced those colors, and Hie smell, had nut prussic acid b ,j en pre sent. I do not know of anytl ing hut prussic acid that would have produced red color from the distillate obtained in that way, except that the per-chloride of iron has a yellowish, red color itself, which might he mistaken for prussic ac id. A drop or two of iron in two ounces of distillate would not have produced a perceptible color. The sliver lest would have been a more reliable teat. I would take Gmeiin as authority on saliva. I have better authority than Taylor con tradicting him. The product of sulpha cyanide of soda and sulphuric acid would he prussic achl. Prussic’add is a com pound of hydrogen and cyanogen compos ed of carbon, iilirogen and hydrogen.— Under ordinary circumstances It is a li quid and not a gas. The tests used by Prof. Aiken are two of the best authenti cated tests. it is a - Dr. Aikdn could •have discovered a less quantity of prus sic acid by the silver lest than by the iron or sulphur tesJt. The nitiute of sil ver Is a test in Itself. There might lie sufficient saliva in a' single human hmly to give the colors produced by the leal made, but T would use a smaller quanti ty of reagents to discover it, aipi examine the product with a microscope. I found the I did not After l>isc‘Ovcrecl ICNlimoiiy lor Com. The Commonwealth here proposed to offer after discovered evidence to the eff ect (hat defendant had purchased prussic acid in Harrisburg, immediately before Miss K’s. death. This was objected io f »: = the ground that it was not after-discoy-. ered evidence, and even if true, was mute ly cumulative. District Attorney Maglaughlln was sworn ua to the lime ho discovered The evidence, and, after argument by coun sel the evidence was admitted. Dr. W. W. Hrcußoy, sworn.—l am a druggist. Do business in Jones' House, Harrisburg. I saw Dr. Sclioeppe, the defendant, In our store about the 23d of January, lie asked for an ounce of di luted hydrocyanic acid. 1 mean by that diluted prussic acid. He got the acid. I charged him 30 cents, and he objected to the price. Or oaa-Examination.— lt was put up ip an ounce holt e with a glass stopper in it —a round bottle, like Lubhi’s extracts. I do not remember whose preparation it was. The bottle had no wrapper on.— Was standing in r.«.y chemical case, ex posed to light. .’They are blue bottles, and are not affected by light I am not i.ertain whether tije bott‘e had ever been opt ned. I have no idea how long it hud standing on my shelf exposed to I lie light. The entry .in my book on that day is “pru&sic acid, 30 cents, German physician.” 1 sell prussic acid to phy sicians. I sold >otue yesterday morning, before I came here. 1 sell a great deal of it. A great many physicians deal with us. It is used a great deal in prescript ions. 1 came hero yesterday afternoon on evening train. 1 do not remember I told Mr. Mu luughliii, when lie took mo up to the bar, and pointed out Dr. Sclmeppe, that I could not identify him. T shook mv hood, and told him J would , p . '.•„* w n(i his i at on. and then 101 l him whet her' I recognized the Dr. I could then only see his side face. I did not say “ I don’t think that is the man.” I think mv remark to Mr. Mngian -hlin was “ I can't tell.” I emild" I tell Dr. Dr. S. until 1 saw him with his hat on. I saw him with his liai on yesterday eve -nin - and this morning, it was the same kind of a hat that, he had on in my store.- It was not a sid't lull. It was an ordinary silk hut. I did not see him before I saw him in ihe store, iinr'since that lime until yesterday. He Hu was in the store hut a few moments. Mr. Miigluughlin came to see me uhoni tliis matter before the April court, lie came 10 see mu in Maieh. I told him that WO had sold so veral times, ami that we had several German physicians us customers; that I hud sold to a German physician lately, but I was under the im Jiressioii he was from Juniata county. I looked over the-memorandum then, and didn’t find ti e entry I gave hero now. I did not tin d that until yesterday. 1 think the German physician in Juni ata county never bought prussic acid from me. Hc-Ex.-iii-Chicf —I am satisfied that Dr. .'•’clioeppe was the man who purchas ed tile prussic acid. Testimony for Itefenee lEesiiiiied. Du. M. K Uoisinson, HWIHII,— r have I ice 11 practicing medicine tlj years. I heard Dr. Conrad’s testimony ol the posl mortem examination. Miss S. might have died of uraemia, which could not tnive been revealed by that examination. Tlie Kidney is the only organ which would show 'tlie pathological condition causing I lie disease. Cross- Examined.— 'Phis disease is ac companied with symptoms. Symptoms arc appearances before dentil. The pathological lesions may ho connected with contraction of the k-tlney. The contrnctod kidney is considered one of the conditions producing origin's dis ease of the kidneys. I am not able to say whether the contracted kidney is tho granular'kidney. Urea exists in the blood, in health. I am not wise about what is written. I have never seen tho proportion given in the hooks. I do not know that urea exists in the blood, in Iho proportion of HO parts to 1,001). I may have seen it, hut never charged my memory. I have never read Dalton’s physiology. 1 do not know whether urea exists in Hie hleod in Hie proportion of lii-100 to 1,01)0. Until recently it lias been a mooted iine.-dJon whether urea existed in the blood, or was secreted iiy the kidneys. Tlie recent experiments of liaininoi d have settled Unit ipiestion, in the ma jority of medical minds. Urtumia is a blood poisoning prnuueed by the check ing or lessening ol the i-li iniimt ion oi this substance (urea) from Hie blood. Tho kidnoi is both a secreting and an excreting organ. Urea is not. decom posed in' tho blood before death, and exhaled from the lungs. lam not sure that 1 am right in -that matter, hut that it produces its poisonous elfeets williiuit undergoing decomposition. I do not ivganl Bright’s disease and urminia as identical. Acontracted kid ney is one o. the conditions of Brigln’s disease. 1 never held a post-mortem in a case of unemia. Our knowledge oi urmnia is but recent. The disease, until recently, has been mistaken lm> appo plexy/und in post-mortem exuuimi tions for apoplexy, and there were no lesions of the brain, it was called nerv ous apoplexy. It is now generally believed that there is no such disease as nervous apoplexy, and that these cases called neivous apoplexy were cases of unemic poison. lam not able to say what would be the ellect ol unemic poison upon the blood after death. Dr. J. J. Zither, sworn. —Have been a practicing physician for 22 years. 1 practiced 18 years in this country, and the balance in the old country, 1 have seen t use-? of death fiom prussic acid. I saw G or 7 cases dying from pVussic acid ; in three of them I had a chance to see the post-mortem. I. was present when iho-o post-mortem examinations were made, . In reference to prussic acid, where a patient takes prussic acid that would fall in a disease, in three —.The. first stage would bo as soon as the poison is nceived into the stomach, and would have the following symptoms: a faintness, dizziness, loss of speech, a paralytic condition over the whole system, the face somewhat congested., the eyes brilliant, the pupils enlarged, irregular action in the heart, beginning of shortness of breathj inabil ity to speak. That would be the gen eral symptoms of the first stage ol intoxication from prussic acid, which will last from 3 to 7 minutes. After the second stage commences, the physiog nomy of the face are in a kind of a blue congestion, the eyes fixed, on both sides of the neck the chords will pro ject, the veinous system- of the lace becomes enlarged, the breathing very hard—almost impossible to get sufli *i ent air ; to the latter part of the second stage the breathing becomes wheezing and almost convulsive, the heart irreg ular and almost jumping, so that it can he seen through the clothes, a slight heat over the body, trembling of the muscles. These would be the general svmpto'ns . of the second stage, which would last from live to ten minutes. The third stiuregenerallv commences by changing the fiaunes from a blue to uii ashy or pale gray color, a slight per* piralion over the face, the eyes sink, loose their brilliant sight,become watery, the breathing.spasmodic, almost impos sible to get breath, the pulse becomes, unregular, until it finally cea-es it* action, the breath in a kind of ioUMmittlng, convulsive breathing, the pupil of the eve large ami fixed, the head drawn to touch the -bread. The whole •lasted about 25 or 80 .minutes. These were the'external symptoms that I saw by poisoning from prussic acid. In the post mortem examinations I saw, where persons died rom prussic acid about one week after death, the external appear 'ince was not very plain—kind of a biu- Mi or blackish appearance in the neck. By exposing the brain,it was almost, un der the pia-maler, a regular congestion. The blond was diffused over the top of the brain. By dissecting the brain it slewed an engorged condition of all the different purls and an effusion of a bin dy, watery nature. The bronchia was conuesteil, dark red, filled with a kind of hloodv slime, the lung congest ed, so i hat each lobe showed an engorge ment of blond. The ajsophagus was con gested near Che stomach, the stomach the same, the Inside of the stomach had a blackish, appearance, partly, The liver rihl not show much of a change. The rest of the organs in the abdomen looked pale. The secretion organs were empty, and the spine showed no change. I saw these on.thiee occasions. In reference to morphia; I saw one post mortem, and two deaths. The symptoms that I ob si rve i was that stimulating effect ot opium, which lusted a short time, an houroran Ifourand a-half, \ hen I found tiie patient delirious, somewhat wild, flighty ; his eyes red, congested, watery, and il<e eyelid's shut halfway ; the speech wa- broken, stuttering ; the pulse very Irequent, the skin hut, breathing quick, and a good deal through the nose, the tongue very dry, u*ni u wheezing sound thy ugh tlie windpipe, the extremities natural and warm. These were symp toms of first stage of an overdose of opi um or morphia. That condition lasted five or six hours. Then his-eye became sunken, his face pate, his mouth sunk, •'jmd lower jaw drawn buck, contracted ; Hla no-e and tongue dry, a sharp whee zing in Inspiration ; the expiration was at times hardly perceptible, so that f r minutes I could hardly observe any breathing at ail. By shaking him, he flew up, but soon fell fn a stupor again ; the cheek and body fell in.a heavy sweat The heart was fast, irregular; spasmodic contraction of the extremities,quick and quivering; unable to swallow ; that was the second stage of the disease or intoxi cation. It lasted six or eight hours.— ufier that I found that congestion was produced; the features began to change to u pale ash color, His eyes watery and slimy, his nose drawn up, his lip too; Qouiiln’t make any impression on his jnlnd ; Ids t* ngue drawn back, and dry ; his pulse unregulurand wearisome ; heart jumping with a long interval ; the ex halation of the breath very long and deep; liis iiihpiratim ui'emipted, con vulsive; his skin clammy, the extremi- l ?n!.7tlm X examh' C '' ’"ur.J'j Li ill-ath was from morphl,™l"". l ; l ' "he, Ll ■y exposing ,i IB louin, n„ , H li loml war lon ml beuvei’ni, 1 " # H it II ll.e rn,all brain. The bmi! " fjli congested, hard conec-sted • i f ‘ l cirion 11,0 presence IffjJlJ'fch I I|i was discovered, a quality? lll ''l,„ d II eerum and blood in u le v,.,,, ■ kul| iHil iii parlicularlv nil the basis ~ Here was along the spine an >iti- H lion of congestion of tlio h,,, Io, W fl many spots of infused lilood I,l?’* (mid il lobes of tbe lungs, the , '>;« tl,e f | aas liver normal, the ba M "I 11 urethra were full of water ? r «H 11 tes'imony of Dr. Conrad Tin, l El nation he made was not c „ n ? M cause all tlie organs were not?’ * e , Is- iH and secondly f thought bi „ * ainl " e 'li skull the dura mater and udloi 1 ? 11 was accidently opened with '.'.""Seines I that it coup* not be told wlirr,, „ ei ' a 'd« a that escaped in opening the It" 1 ,!”* 1 I cornu from, and I would l,uJ! kuil M I attention to the aolteiiiue , |m ‘ * 5, % H The dura mater oughf „ I*bral'u 1 * b ral'u | preserved in opening the skull l * ai 3 nat e turned my attention to h„t % ing of the train. The spin. u? 80 l<* i| -exuai organs ought to hu v ’ -I ined. I believe it absolutely 3 examine tliese oruans to di!??" all ’ il cause of death. The blond' 2? "« position would become daik T, mo blood ought to have beet, ’ b ”tt.iil to discover whether it was\,luud*“,''l,'i"l water, boltening ol the bruin wimlu','l | occur unless something were h! , J ' $ The dark color of bfeod of “ :| irom decoin position of tbe blood 11S i Mrs. Horn’s testimony. Tlio ? d slie described, without the post S' 1 ® !, would make a persm think i" !' 1“’ ' the symptoms of apoplexy. Hof t „ i' 1 * d of tile bruin, thousands of neon,|. J’ { iron, that disease. By raelf it w.e'.n 1 a cause of death. Tl.t nruiti as described bv n,« “ .= Hidglev, in .the t tmu iing’it mdicjte different discs? solletiiiigui the bruin would causedeX the escaped blood would sliowsyml, 1 :• tif apoplexy. From Mrs. 1 nil p testimony, and the lestimo.iv of nV Cimra.l ami Uidgley, as to effused L|„s wlncli escaped, apoplexy w,is indie ? astne cause of death, if tiiat blood S been coniincd in u curtain place CVoss Examination.—The i.m’iiik -ud to sol'li-n m 1U or 12 days ufier.leaih a warm temperature it wonM (* de' J i.oaed more quickly than in a (. t , u , t pemture. Thu softening 01 u ihtriof n, 6 nraiu, while the rest ivm.iiii 'tl in j.,' normal condition, would imheatu a <||l ca.sM ol itsell, and nut dicompiwii'iii 7 slilllful physlcl-u upon a pusi.a.odwu examination could tell whether sufu-iiiw iifbiain wai occasioned by di s ,. a>l .i lt . it death or decomposition alter death, ‘j ivo-xms are Ist, chemically, 2tl, hy ini. A mmoscopc, the nutrilion of ih-j »\ i-arl whh other partsof the brain,:!i| ii lr '5 palliologie.uimtomic chauge.s. Soitenh,; 3 ot binin can bo caused irum obsiiuctiun of a blo>id vessel whiuli limnislies iuir- Cj>lm lobe of tile brain. Such a part wonM #0 sooner in decomposition tlian ifiilm lltTinV liealtliy; then again, h would ii less able to re.si.-l a morbid vircuhumt, >0 the blood vessels Wonltl buisl n|H<u It would be impossible to (e/l whether * bruin in healthy a- million, would 1, equally cllecicd hy d’.-compo.dUon jinn ry part at once, or w.ifUier mnue |) 4; vvould he de(;omposetl belore uiliei\- Parts of the brain of the same inaloriai would decompose at the Mime time. Tiie pons variola is h ml, the marrow is I have seen bodies taken up, which Id nueii buried 12 or 15 days. 1 have m a persons buried five uays, where dt-con;- posh ion of brain ban not commenced,- f have also seen them alter they Id been buried six weeks, ami decomposi tion ol bn.in hud not taitcn place. 1 liuvj dso seen cases where decMniiusitionlwA plac- hi two or three days. Prof. Theo. (i. Woumley, wroni.-l reside in Columbus, Ohio; uinu phy?i oiaii amt chemist by protcanum. lum py the chair ol Chemistry and Toxiwiu y in charting Medical College,Columbus, Ohio, and of Chemistry in Capital Uni versity in the same city. 1 luiu* occu pied the position in the latterinMiliuu.ii since 1851, in thfc former since 1*55. Tox icology means the science of pnhims.- From 1858 or 1857 until 18n7,1 Uevoied my attention almost exclus ve/y to Hie i-llecis and chemical prupvaVita, mi) methods of detection of tbe principal poisons. I make it my object to supply myself with ui Isysiematic trealises ii|>oii tbe subject, and also with the leuiiii.g journals relating io the subject, pub lished in this country uud Europe. I have published a systematic treatise iipin the subject of poison, the tale of wniih is “Micun Chemistry of PolMms." 'lliis is a copy of the book ami accoinpnny ini; atlas. Prussic or bydrucya io acid i» a ir«n*pareiit,colorless, very volatilelupd composed of tnu elements carbon, muo- and hydrogen,.ami having « railiw peculiar and characteristic odor. As luuiid in the shops, it is iu a stale ol mix ture or solution with water, constituting a mixture, containing, uccadiug to the U. IS. pbarmucopuea, two per ctinoi the anhydrous acid. Anuydrous meui.sjuie uciu, or acid without water. The dilute prussic acid of commerce contains l |tr cent of water and 2 per cent ol pure jmis* oic acid. The dilute acid us touud in .he shops is subject to considerable varia tion, iu regard to its strength. number of samples examined, m me state in which they came troui the liauc# oi me American manufacturers, uo»e was found to contain 2 pe • cent oi »e pure acid, and m.e sample was found to contain not a trace of the acid. UK statement of eaullsof will be found in Alice, (Jhetn. of Potsuiia, 108 These samples were all ot Aukti ern mai ufacture. In some instances, UK acid proves fatal almost instantly Biioulo say within a few iiiAuuLea—wuji •out any marked symptoms, other thin ,-tithe ioss of sensation and conscious ness. In others there is quickly indued toss of sensation and mtuum, I J® u [: o J* comes livid, the jaws dosed a id 1 x<d ahe eyes prominent, -«p*u and giui b, ilie pupil dilated, iroth usually exulu }“ OU1 A ihe mouth, the troth Irequent ) being tinged with blood ; ttiw lingt-i n« b are Vec utully blue, the fingers mb contracted, the pulse email < n i J -.ent: me respiration eutuely uriesiu. with ,lou« nuervul • tween the acts ot respiration. In ■' her of cases, involuntary evacuation have been observed. If life 1. lor some minutes, tli.ro is geinmJ “ lent convulsions, 111 .icguid tu t IL of .I.ail. iu poison by prosaic .icW, , lakes piano usually wubm hllcn o « tv minutes alter tbe taking o 1 11 1“ n .m. It bas occurred witniu two >“>»“ ITie lonuest period iu any Well a.itl which me patient auivn^ was 5 hours. .This case la ei led by ■J.t- Cusuer of Uuiveraity ot Berlin, (I «■-!'«- Porens’io iMedieeue.pugetUi It ' vu “ ~r i.olaoiliuK by cherry laurel wattr. t" tliia case there were moat violent coiivul ilona ! behove it ,s general-y ad.n|'U| that Casper has hah, on uc. ount u b ■» Hcial position, the largest persona .ib.et vlitio.l in eases of po.aou, ot any » man The next ease in reg oh to time 1 bat known us the Wukelleld case, In W hioh heath occurred iu three hours. I is recorded in Tayioron puism.s huu^n uex l i O o^eT™ve^tiann | Uoutm' Uoapi'ar'Kepor.a" Englaud, IStiS g 220. " Both m this ease and ease the poison waaoil of bitter* * uud iu the lust case there wr ™. convulsions, involuntary evacuations 1 . diluted pupils. Tub longest ease u»m prussic acid us such was observed «> - death so lor as 1 can And recorded,isi ni| l Mareooly cuse.iu which death o ccu "™„ e about one hour. (Taylor on p R U 39). TUero is another ease m " rlealh. occurred m tifty-ttve mini) es- •. next case is one of the seven r» - epileptics, in which dentil oeeu ie [jV 45 minutes. There is a case oh«“ Boouker, in which prussic acid, ken, uud death did not occur for 8b I o e Boeoker himseli, however, attnbiite 11 death to the consequences of bum , ul . and the want or menieul i.ttentiou s miu diUgontla mod ciua. ! referred to in Taylor on pomoua, 004. Taylor does not consider the ( one of po sou by prussic uoid. i no systeumtie writer ou the subject cites this .Boeoker ease as a case oi p iug by prussic acid, Iu regal symptoms of poisoning by htb ' ~.5. its well us tbe post mortem niT^'V,'. „ X woo In refer iho court more espeU J Prof. Tardieus’s lledioo-legul uu< * rn .- 0 ( oal treatise upon polsou, he isPr
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