!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