of water, and-there was wine fetched. i
Thophysician said they should put wine
in water for her. I went down in the
kitchen, arid Mrs. Doner put tho wino
in the Wider; we went up stairs, and I
gave her the drink. Either her .mother
or Kiehi held her up. She refused it
when we fetched it to her, as if she was
afraid of taking it. She asked what it
WHS, and we told her it was wine ami
water. She took a drink of it, and said,
it was good. She said, “ John, is lids
of our wine?” he said, “ No, Sarah, ,t
ain’t; it is wine wo got for you.” iler
lament from that was about the. salva
tion of her soul; she slept a little while,
and when she woke up,she said, “where
is John?” John leaned'over and said,
“Here I am, Sarah,!’ and she said,
“John, you won't leave me.” Then she
complained about her sight, and said,
“ I do not know what ails me ; I can’t
see and I can’t hour.”' She said to her
sister, “Mary, were you that >vay when
you were sick?” and Mary told her she
wasn’t—she could hear and see. From
.. that.on I heard nothin's but the lament
"for ice and water, and for the salvation
bf lu'f' srvnl. - T thrairwertb-oonioaiul.
camo back Thursday •-evening about
dark. When 1 went up stairs, I found
her so anxious-looking and so sick that
I did not speak to her. All. the time I
was there she was wiling for water and
ice, that she was burning. She prayed
« great deal ■: she said. “ This was done
oiTSunday eve; me. ar.d it was wrong "
Her mother ask
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«t them on the ground in the cellar;
after thev were cool we set most of them
on shelves in the cellar. Some of the
women wondered whether it was safe
to leave them on the ground. Mr. Kiehl
wasdown in the cellar, and I asked him
whether it was safe to leave these things
stand; ho said it was; that there was
nothing there to disturb them except
the'cat would .get into the cellar.. 1
know Kate Myers: I saw John and her
taking a Jmggy ride; they ,told raethoy
were going down (o frank for J. They
were sitting beside others, ns any other
body would in a buggy. I heard her
laughing so hearty, as they came round
the turn near my house; I said, “Kale,
in-the name of sense, are you going to
run off with Kiehl?” and she said, in
a kind of joke, “Yea, she was.” I said,
“Kate, I’ll tell .Mrs. Kiehl.” She said
I might, “I like John,” and throw her
, arm around his neck. That was al 1 that
was of it—they went on. I know noth
ing that there was a suspicion that the
woman was poisoned.
Cross Examined —Kate Myers is a
cousin onvirs-Kiehl’s; her father and
Mrs. Doner are brother and sister. Hhe
said, “ John, you look so funny,” just
before she said her sight was failing.
Mr. Kiehl was always kind and atten
tive to his wife, I was looking at John
when she remarked that he lonke'd fun-,
ny. His face bore evidence of sorrow,
nothing else. There was not any fear,
or excitement, or nervousness in hi*
manner, that I noticed; there was no' h
ing constrained in Ids conduct. He
didn’t hesitate to comply with any re
quest she made. He was weeping ; I
saw the tears rollingover his fac e Kate
Myers was there attending to the work
of the house. Mrs. Waltrich was there
on Wednesday when I came; on Tliurs
■ day evening- til.- two 111 iss Cob vers went
with mo. Wo were there to half past 1?
o’clock—that was the night she died.
Mrs; Doner gave-Kiehl a push and push
ed him away, not so very rough. I
thought it was hard for her to push him
away, for he had sorrow enough that
his wife was dying. X could not say
' who paid most attention to her. Mr.
Kiehl was at her bedside all that night.
Some one else had the fan; she,said,
give John the fan, and he shall tan me.
He helped to raise her up and to lay
her comfortable iu the bed ; he asked
her if she-was comfortab’e, I never in
my life saw a man more sorrowful., or
attentive to his wife iu sickness. I never
saw a wife' more anxious to have her
husband by her bedside.
Mauv Donek, suwn—l reside in Penn
township—am one of the sisters ot Mrs.
Kieb). I went to mysister'a loth March,
and came home 9th April; my broHicf
brought me homo; my sister..was not
very bad; some days she didn’t feel so
well, but she was around at the work ail
the time. Slip did the house work and
feeding at the barn; she helped to wadi
and i ako and scrub ; all kinds of house
work. She dot; in the garden, me and
her; she fed the cows and hogs and
horse. I don’t know where John was,
when she did the feeding. We helped
John carry the. harrow out to the field
once. She led the horse to plough the
potato patch John was ploughing. She
said, “John, I can’t lead the horse, my
heart hurts mo ” He said, ‘ Yes, I guess
your backside hurtsyou.’ Me and Sarah
unhitched the horse; John was cross to
hie wife sometimes; he was not very
pleasant with me. He was in the habit
of visiting at Henry Myers’, Kate’s
father’s. He often wont in the evening,
and-sometimes it was 9 o’clock when he
came home. Sometimes he went there
every other evening; Kate Myers was
never married that I know of. She has
a bastard child. Often John would not
speak to his wife, or when he did speak
to her ho would cut her olf short. John
asked me and Sarah to go to Myers’.—
We refused, and he said we thought our
selves too good to go with him. Some
times we went with him, but not all the
time. One time he asked me to go on
Sabbath ; we didn’t go; he got cto-s,
and hitched up the buggy, and said lie
would leave, and wouldn’t come back
any more. He wasn’t gone very long
until he came back. One evening I
was getting supper, and Sarah was out
milking. John came in the home, and
bad an egg in Iris hand. He asked me
if I had supper ready; said iff had I
should go out, ano look under the hog
pen foregge. When I went out I looked |
back. John got up, lie wa-sitting on i
the steps, and walked through the kit I
chen, toward the cupboard. I looked I
for eggs, but there was none there ; I |
never found any eggs there. When I !
c.irne back, he was sitting at the table j
heebie Sarah’s plate. I had cream in ;
her cup; be bad the tabic drawer open, 1
and had a Utile piece of paper out; I ,
think he was wriiing; then he got up
and went out. .Sarah came in, and wo
gat down to eat supper. I poured tier
coffee out, and it looked Mack in the j
cup, when I poured it out. Sho laid n
little piece of bread in her saucer, and
poured her coffee out. Sho took tho
saucer up to drink coffee, aud only got
a little in her mouth, when she said,
“who put something in my duffee?”
and she got up, and went out and
tin-owed up. She said sho never tasted
anything aa-hitter as that was. John
looked at me, ami said there must a
poisoned bug got in. Unsaid throw tho
coffee out', I told him I was going to
give tho bread to the cat. lie said no
don't', it will make her throw up. 1
gave tin the cat, and she ate it. Sarah
thrnwed np for hhout-an hour, and it
strained her to throw up. Sho went np
stairs to bed ; she said she felt so had ;
giro said her mouth was so hitter she
tasted it for a couple'of days; I tasted,
the coffee In the coffee pot; it lasted
like coffee docs, T slept in the bad;
room down stairs; they slept up stairs;
my sister cnine homo a couple weeks
after I got home. I was not at her
house until sho wnssiek. I never at thpf
time saw Mrs. Kiehl vomit, only'that
one time. I sa,w her again on Wednes
stairs in bed ; she was very bad ; I ask
ed her how she was; sho said she was
no better; whenever sho lifts her head
she faints. She said it hurt her so in
her stomach, and she was so hot she
would have to smother. She wanted
to be fanned all tho time. Told mo to
look down her throat—her tongue was
swollen. I could n’t see down her throat;
she said her throat was raw—she vom
ited—what sho threw up was green,
and at the bottom was black like coffee
S grounds. She died on Friday morn
. icg. On Thursday, evening she said :
‘ John, if you had only went for the
doctor sooner—l’d a liked to lived a
little longer.” He said : “ Yeti, if I’d
know it.”
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Cross Examined.— My sister Imrl pain
in the heart sometimes—l think it was
palpitation; no person lived with them;
I don’t remember how many cows there
were; I think there were five, but I ain’t
sure. When there was no one else there
she had to work about the cows. I do
not know that she refused to let John
work about the cows. She liked to do
her work right, and was a good house
keeper. 1 do not know she had a strong
will. She was a dar -eyed woman, had
dark hair. There was no one there hut
Sarah and me to lead the horse. Ho did
not often speak to mo,.but we never
quarreled; she did lead the horse at first,
but he said she didn’t do it right; she
was crying and went into the house.
There was about an acre or little more
in the potato patch. I asked him to lei
me lead the horse ; lie said I shouldn’t;
I never had anything against him ; lie
wanted the horseied because there were
apple trees in.the orchard. Myers lived
a quarter of a mile from them ; he is a
cripple, but a cheerful man, and is about
the house most of the time. He asked
us io go with him often. One of Myers’
anna is at home ; ha is not grown np; lie
told me the hen had come out from un
der the hog pen. I dldn’taeeitnr hear
it. I was in the house, and the door
was shut. When I went out X shut the
door. There w'as a window, and it had
a shut blind that came half way down.
There was no blind over the lower half
of the window. The steps are in the
furthest corner of the kitchen, opposite
the window. I was ten steps away
from the house; when I turned and
looked in, X was standing at the yard
gate. I turned around to see what John
was going to do. I thought ho was go
ing to do something. I didn’t know
what he would do. Sarah told me she
bolievert he would poison her. I never
saw any unkind treatment of Mrs.
Kieiil, except what I have mentioned.
I saw John walking through the kit
chen tpwards the clipboard. I went on
to the hog pen—he told me to go—that
is the reason I didn’t go hack ; I went
to the hog pen, and lonked carefully for
eggs. I didn’t believe lie sent me for
that purpose; I went hack to the house;
I put cream in Sarah’s cup before I went
out; no one drank coffee but her. X
didn’t see John do anything with the
cream or coffee. John was sitting at
Surah’s plate, There was a lead pencil
lying there; .1 tasted Ihc coffee in the
pot. The cat didn’t get sick.' I \vent
home with my sister to help her; she
hiid so much to do. There was nobody
hut John and his wife. When lie wasn’t
there she fed the cows ; I didn’t see him
digging any garden. Mrs. Xviohl was
taking medicine all the time I was there
from Dr. Zitzer. They were drops and
powders. I don’t remember what kind
ofa bottle the drops were in. She hail
one when I came and got oue while I
was there. She took the drops in a cup;
I do not remember the color of the
drops, nor how many drops she took at
a time. She never got sick, nor threw
up the medicine. The coffee was the
only thing that made her sick. Me and
her had a good bit to do; we visited
■Hoffman’s ; I was there two nights ; I
ate some apple butter, but did not say
it tasted bitter. She never said she
didn’t expect to live' long. She didn’t
say she never expected to cat the let
tuce we planted. I didn’t tell Mrs.
John Noaker she hud said so to mo.
Anna Doneii— sworn. —I am a sister
of Mrs. Kiehl; reside in Penn township;
I saw her on the 15th of January; then
I didn’t see her again till I went up. I
went the Gth of January and staid un
til th? loth. I know Kate Myers and
John Kiehl. Sometimes he would
speak to Sarah kindly and sometimes
not; she baked, swept liou.-e,milked and
cooked. Kate Myers was there twice
ibile I was there; Mrs. Kiehl and I
went to Mrs. Kulp’s., When we re
turned we, found Kate Myers and John
i here. John was sitting on a step, and
Kate was sitting hesidehim in the ruck
ing chair; she staid a while and then
went homo. I visited Myers’ with
John and liis wife. Mijs Rosa Long
and my brother Emanuel were with
ns. Wo went on the Lilli of January,
it was hetwi on S and 9 o'clock when
we got there. We occupied the dining
room first. Then Jane Myers and J
wanted to go out on the porch,and,had
to go through (he kitchen. There was
Kate Myers and John in the kitchen,
silling behind the tabic,on a bench, witli
their arms around eacn other. We staid
eut on the porch about twenty minutes;
when wo came in, they were still sit
ting there yet, In the' same position.—
John staid in the kitchen with Kate till
we staru d homo, between nine and ten.
We went through the kill ben to go
borne, and lie walked after us. One
evening lie said if Kate and her daugh
ter had no home, lie would take (lieu
and keep Hu m. 1 saw my si.-ter again
on the Thursday before tier death. She
was very sick and said her throat bn rut
her so, and tier tongue was swelled so.
Site said she was burning inside like
fire. The vomit was green, and below
was like coffee grounds. I was present
when my sister was raised at Centre
vilie, and saw Drs. Kieffor and Lougs
d >rf there. I saw my sister, Sarah K,
Kiehl, in the coffin, when it was open
■ ed.
■ Cross J\xamineit—W'c went through
the kitchen to get into the dining-room.
The door from kitchen to dining room
was open, while we were there. There
was . a light in dining room ami in
kitchen. Parlies were not passing to
ami fro between the rooms. We could
see from one room to another. Mr. and
Mrs.' Myers and Maggie Myers, and
our party were there. Mrs. Kiehl was
tri'uhlod about religious matters one
time, not very much distressed. 1 would
have liked to have stayed with her, but
had arranged to visit some of our
friends. I didn’t tell Mrs. Thumma I
went tuyay because my sister carried oh
so. ■
Samuel Doner, siroj-rj—l am a bro
-therof-frrrK.-Jviohl.—-l-sawlier.-oti-lhoi
first of May last. Kiehl was married
to my sister in November, 18G3. They
moved near Shippensburg in the spring
of 1870. I visitedjthem seven or eight
times. I found Kate Myers there, in
tho fall of IS7O. I was at Kiehl’s, and
she was speaking about going home
thatevening. I told her I would go with
her. Kiehl said ho would go along also,
as he needed some tobacco. We then
went. On tho road going over I saw
nothing improper. On the road com
ing home, Kiehl said Kate had a piece
of his tobacco, and he said lie would try
to get it from her. Ho had ids arm
around her, and was reaching down,
and saj(l s' lo luul il in her pocket. . lie
did notgetauy tobacco. Shesaid lieliad
enough and she would not give it to
him until what he had was all, lie
was trying to get it pretty much all tin
way from Henry Myers’ to Kiehl’s
house. After we got back, I said to •
Kiehl I did not know Kate Myers was
as hard a girl as she is. He said, '.‘Oh she
learned a lesson eight,or ten years ago,
when she had that.child.” He said she
was a nice girl. In tho latter part of
February, 1871, I was at Kiehl’s house
in the morning. Kiehl, Kate Myers,
Mrs. Kiehl and myself were in the
kitchen. Kiehl and Kate. Myers were
sitting on tho steps, Kiehl got np and
got :on Kate Myers’ lap, had his arm
around her, and got to combing her.
hair, and she combed him afterwards.
After that Kate wont out to. tho stable
wlih a bucket of slop for tho calf, and
Kiehl followed. They were out a short
timejwhen I went out towards the barn.
I went to the horse stable door. The calf
was in that stable. I found Kate and
John standing together beside the calf.
Kate-had just set down the bucket.—
Kiehl and I got talking together and
she finished feeding the call. On that
day I had a conversation with Kiehl,
ho said Sarah would hardly get well—
that she would be apt lo die a sudden
death ; that folks with palpitation of
the heart generally do. He told me the
same thing on Easter Sabbath last. I
went up Saturday for my sister Mary,
and brought her down on Sabbath. 1
went to Kiehl’s house on Thursday, the
week she (lied, about half past three or
four o’clock In the afternoon, and found
my sister very sick. I wont in and
asked her how she felt. Sho said “ Oh, I
arn almost burnt up.” She told me slip
could hardly see, and to speak loud, as
she couldn’t hear very well, . Her
tongue was very much swollen, and slip
complained of her throat being so sore.
She wanted ice put in tier mouth, and
called for water often, and told them to
fan her, she was so hot. She was toss
ing her arms about a good hit—throw
ing them up and down.' Tho vomit
was kind of a greenish color. She
didn’t Vomit very much—almost every
time after drinking—but very little at
a lime.
Cross Examined. —The vomit was
middling thin. Sometimes she hardly
vomited half a cup full. I was there
till after she died. I started homo about
daylight on Friday morning. None of
our family staid there after her death—
we all went home. X can't remember
who we left there. Father and'mother
bo.th left. I cannot tell how mnnyjici
sons we left at the house. John was in
the room when his wife died, cither in
very sick, vomiting ami purging. The
purging was a green slime, very offen
sive. I went to the stable, to do the
milking for lier and part of tho feeding
that room or the adjoining one. Ho I ho ,la ' l ,eft ll6l ' to 1 fltaid witb I,er
was in the room most all the time I was
there. He did anything ho was* asked
to do. He seemed to be a good, bit dis*
tressed. I don't remember it was unusu
ally cold in February. It was. about
20th February I was there. It was in
morning they went to stable, about
eight o’clock..-. Ka*e was hired there at
that time. There was only one calf* in
stable; I don’t remember seeing John
doing any feeding. It was about feed
ing time, Mrs. Kiehl was tolerably
well’ at that, time. I didn’t see her
lake any medicine while I was there.—
I know she was under Dr. Zitzer’scare
at that time. She said the Doctor, said
she had palpitation of the heart. She
complained of her heart hurting her
sometimes. It was in Kiehl’s house we
had the conversation ; Mrs. Kiehl was
present, lie said she would he apt to
have a sudden death—that people with
palpitation of the heart generally die
suddenly. My sister didn’t keep a girl
until she doctored her hands. I couldn’t
■ ell of my father ever visiting my sister.
Ho was never there to my knowledge,
Re-Examined in Chief.— Mrs. Kiehl
strained a good deal, and threw
the vomit up in mouthfuls. I never
saw him take his wife upon his
lap and smooths her hair, or show any
sign of affection, such as lie showed for
Kate Myers that day.
Rota Rang, sworn.—l live in Penn
township. lam not related to Donor’s
family. On 14th January last, I went
to Mr. Klehl’s on a visit, with Emanuel
Doner; Anna Doner was there. We
went over to Mr. Myers to spend the
evening. Mr Donerand Mssister went
along, also Mr. Kiehl and ids wife. We
went through (lie kitchen into the din
ing room, and sat there awhile. Kiehl
and Kate Myers went to the kitchen.
[ Miss Jane Myers, Anna Donerand I got
"Up.to.go out to Hie porch. They went
out on the porch. 1 staid in the kitch
en a feW minutes, ana then went out on
porch too. When I went into kitchen
I saw Kiehl and Kate M.ers sitting on
a bench behind the (aide. They Intel
their arms around one another, and
were still sitting that way wlicn f eanm
In. I was out just a few miniiles. I
slopped in Hie kitchen a few minutes,
talking to some little folks. The table
and bench were at side of room, not in
front of door. When wo-weio rcojdy to
go homo wo went through kitciicn—•
they wero there yot. I don’t remember
of acting eiiher of them in the rot m nil
tlie time I was there. Mrs. Rich said
she was getting better, she didn’t coin
plain about her. health.
Cross E.rmninrd —Kmanuel Doner Is
my beau; John am) K:\to had a newspa-.
per lying in 'front of them on the (aide;
they pretended to he rending; they were
talking-; I, was in the kitclicn several
times; (be* door was open into (lie dining
room; I think Jane Myers told mo whose
the i ieuires wero in the’albpm.
lb F‘. Miller — sworn~~l reside in
Southamnlon township, A mile from
Kiebl's house; I know him and Kate
Myeis; ahe lived with us In September'
1870; ahe was there a-little over three
weeks: Kiebl worked for me at the same
time; they were, sometimes together in
the evening after his work was done.
Mb . Mauy Noakeb—awwn—l live
in Southampton township, Franklin co.;
I know'defeiulant and his wife; I saw
Mrs. Kiehl on Saturday,’ two weeks be
fore she was burled; site* said she was
very \vell and didn’t wish, to takd any
ymoi'e'mgdicine;-Jo>in;wanteddier-tn-go
to the Doctor "the next day; she told mo
she didn’t want to go, they would get
•oornphmters and she didn't want to go;
he said if you want to do anything do it
now:; she was doing tier own' work; I
went there on Wednesday when she was
del? in bed; she said she was burning in
her throat; she was vomiting; the vomit
was green, and some very dark green
bits in it; I was not there very long be
fore the doctors came; they questioned
her very much; they asked her if she
was taking rned’cine before she took sick,
and when she took the last powder; Kiehl
told them something but I can’t remora
her what he said; she said “Why, no
John, you made me lake one Sunday
John did not,reply to that; I
was there until her death; she looked
very *nd, and was wishing to get well;
■die complained of hey throat; the Doctor
felt her'stomach. and pressed upon it.
Crons Examined, —ur. Kevin and Dr.
Stewart were there. '
Mbs. Barbara Ann Wat.trtck, sworn
—I live In Southampton township', quar
ter of a mile'from Klehl’s ; knew him
and his wife. I saw Mrs. Kiehl, a week
before she took sick. I took her down to
her father’s; she fold me she was getting
hotter; ah© said if was the, last time she
thought she would go for medicine. Bbe
•wb? then coming to .Carlisle for medicine;
she said she was better, for she had wash
ed and dug garden, and it didn’t hurt
her. I brought her homo on Monday
afternoon, and didn’t see her again until
she was'sick ; I went there'on Monday
evening about dark, I went Into the
kitchen; Kiehl was there; she was .up
stairs in bed. I asked him how she was.
and he said she was' poorly.- He asked
me to milk for her, and went with me to
(he stable. I done his milking, and went.
np stairs to see her. I naked her how she
was, and she said she was very ill—her
heart hurt her so. I told her I would
make her somo strong coffee to stop the
vomiting; she said I should. Mr. Kiehl
vwid it would just giveher the head ache,
Mho had bettor not take it. I told her
• hen I would make her some mint tea.
I made it for her; she drunk it, and it
didn’t seem to help her any; she just
throwed up again. Bhesaid, If tills don’t
soon slop, she didn’t know what she
would do. He said If she wanted him to
-ro for rhe doctor, be would .go and fetch
him. She‘a s *’, “John, if you don’t soon
do something for mo, I can’t stand it.” I
told him if he wanted to go for the doc
tor I would stay until he came hack. ,H«
was Iving behind on the bed, and he did
not go—said he would leave it till inor;.-
ing/and see whether she was any better.
[ staid till ten o’clock, and then went
home. I told him I would como hack
and do the milking in the morning.—
There naa nobody then In the house but
Mr. and Mrs. Kiehl. The vomit was
green; sometimes It was thin, and some-
Hines it was slimy. When she would
throw up a good hit it was then Miinyi
with a chunk of green,stuff in it. She
vomited every half hour; she complained
nf burning in the throat ami being bloat
ed up in her stomach; she said her heart
hurt her so. On Tuesday she fold mo ahe
was so dizzy and her eyesight failed her.
There was no poison tlvre but herself;
mlio was lying on the floor in the kitchen;
Kiehl wasn’t there; she told mo he was
at planting corn. She was
all day, till four o’clock In the evening.
She was very nick all day. John came
home between eight and nine o’clock ;
she asked him logo for the doctor. Ho
told her he would have to go back to the
corn field; she asked him what he would
have to go back for; ho said to tell Mr*
Noaker he couldn’t stay. I told him Mr.
JSbukrr wouldn’t say anything if ho did
not C'>me back. He said he would have
to go back to fetch his coat. He said Mr,
Colby told him corn tea would stop the
vomiting.' He got tbo corn and [ parch
ed it, ami made her tea; that was what
he told me to do. He started off to the
corn field to fetch his coat. She drank
of the tea; it didn’t do her any gnod; x lie
was not away a long time. When lie
came back, I wanted him still to go for
the doctor. I told him if ho wouldn’t go
for the doctor I would go home; ho told
me I should go home, he wouldn’t go Air
tli© doctor til! dinner lime. I went home,
and left JCiehl ami his wi.fe alone in the
house. I came back directly; ho was at
the barn talking to Martin Coover. He
said bo would go to town and tell the
doctor ; I told him ho should bring the
doctoralong. I thought he ought to know
what kind uf medic.no she had been tak
ing. He said be could take the medicine
along and show it to the doctor. He did
not lake It though. Ffe went in, and came
bank wlthouttlie doctor. I said, you did
come hank without the doctor. Ho said
yea, the doctor bad been away; and just
come homo, and was going to go awsy
again. He said he had brought three
powders for her, and if they didn’t do
her any good lie wan to go and let the
doctor know. Ho said it was Dr. Neviu
who pave him the medicine. He gave
her a powder directly, and told me at 4
o’clock I should give tier one again; and
•the other one she should take at 8 o’-
clock. I was, there till after 4. X made
her sonic soup, and then wont home. On
Wednesday morning I went hack. She
was still very sick, ami I jusfstuid a few
minutes, then went home. On Tuesday
morning, she said lie always asked her
whether she took her.medicine; when 1
walnut milking she tried to take It hut
threw it directly. I ashed her whether
she had much of the medicine to take yet.
Hhe said he Haul there were two or three
doses of tier powders yet. Mr. Wultrihk
said I elyuld get a tittle ML of the medi
cln«. I went to the cupboard and pul a
few of the drop# in the vial; I wanted
to get Homo of the powders too, but when
I got the box It was empty, There was
only one bottle of drops in the cupboard.
They were kind of red like. There wore
no other red drops in the cupboard : I
was at the cupboard more than once,—
The powders were in a round wooden
box. I told John I couldn’t slay; Mrs.
Kiehl told him to go for Glnnle Myers.
He went and returned, aifd said she ns-,
fu-ed to cmne. I told him to go for one
of the Miss Hoffman’s. He said they
wero planting corn and could not come,
It was hardly worth while to go. I went
hack Wednesday', hut didn’tslay; Ifound
Kate Myers and Mr. Kiehl there, i\nd no
body else. Mrs. Kiehl was very poorly.
I asked John how she was, and ho said
ahe was poorly. Kate Myers told mo ahe
told him.be should go for lier mother. .1
went back in the afternoon, ami was.
there an hour and a half. She was very
ill all the time. Her ‘mother was there;
gh© came at dinner time. I*was there
again on Thursday morning, and sta d
until between three and four o’clock ; I
was not up stairs with her that day; went
back about sundown or dusk, and found
Her getting weaker* jShe was vomiting;
the vomit was green. In the afternoon
she spit .out some yellow on a handker
throat, and her eye sight was failing her.
I was there when shedled —it was about
threoo’clock Friday morning. Mrs. Hoff
man and me were silting at the breakfast
table that morning; I atfked Kiehl tocome
and sit down and take breakfast. He
said he didn’t want any,.he wasn’t hun
gry. I told him to come and take a cup
of coflee. Ho sat down to the table; said
.Sarah was dead and gone now, and God
knows whether he would he there to see
her put under the ground. I then left,
the breakfast table.- He said he would go
up stairs to shave himself. He, went up;
I went up too, and was in the adjoining
room. He came to me and said he want
ed to ask. me one question ; he wanted
me to tell him whether Doners were go
ing to have him arrested or not. I told
him I couldn’t teii him that. He said,
for God’s sake tell me, I’i never tell on
you; X told him X couldn’t tell him, fori
did not know. He asked me whether I
didn’t hear them say anything about it.
T told him I did not; I told him it was a
had thing for him spilling those powders.
Flo said, God knows I could not help it.
This was on Friday moruiug after she
was a corpse; I staid there tillatter the
funeral, and done up bis work for him.
i e then took me bora© in a buggy. On
the road going home, he said to me, “God
knows who'll have pity on me, to come
and keep house for me.” He said,if peo
ple had held their tongues, he would have
his house-keeper in the neighborhood.
He asked me whether Mrs. Kiehl had
evc,r said anything to me about Kate
Myers and him. I told him ahe was now
dead and gone, and I would toll him if
ho wished to know.. He asked mo what
she said about him. I told him she told
me he had been very cross to her. He
didn’t say anything; we had just.reaoh
eil dnr gate; he got out to open the gate.
The pies were put to*the cellar on the
ground ; they were not The
conversation I related was on Saturday,
the day of the funeral.
Cross Examined —Mr. Doner’s family
came on Wednesday; I can’t tell whether
Doner talked to Kiehl or not; Doner was
around among the neighbors; Mrs. Kiehl
told me Kiehl said the box of powders
fell out of the cupboard and spilled; he
i manifested the usual grief and sorrow
, (hat persons do; he was attentive and
kind to her while I was there.
Re ex in Chief— I.examined and found,
no traces of powder spilled on the carpet
at the cupboard; the box, was empty*—
When Mrs. Doner pushed Kiehl he laid
Ills face on her, she had her arms around
his neck; Mrs. Doner pushed him hack
and said ahe was bo weak to bear If; she
just gave him a little push: Mrs. Pilgrim
said that was too hard; she just pushed
his head up; I don’t remember she said
lie shouldn’t “hough” In her face that
way.
David S. Wat/trick— sworn— l Jive
in Southampton; am a farmer; Jived
quarter of a mile from John Kiehl; I am
uncle hy marriage of Mrs. Kithl; I saw
her frequently; I saw her on Sabbath,
when we went to chinch; saw her in
through the window; ah© appeared to do
nil her work. I saw her again on Mon
day. I was to haul hay for Henry My
ers, my brother in law; T started in the
morning; didn’t get there very early; T
had employed Kiehl to help me load it;
he wasn’t there; they sent for Kiehl and
he came buck'. While we were loading
the hay he told me Ids wife had been ta
ken sick with vomiting in the evening;
lie said a bog had got in the Jot, and she
run after it, and ho thought ihat caused
It. Then I went to town with the load
of bay; when T came back she was sitting
on the back porch, her head reclining on
her hands; I asked lier whether she.was
sunning herself. I went home, put my
horses away and got dinner; told my
wife Sarah was ill and sho should go and
see her. I next saw her on Tuesday
about four o’clock; she was kind of “bo-
Uing” and throwing up; the complained
of burning in her throat and breast like;
I talked to John; I told Jilin if my wo
man was in that situation I couldn’t rest
without going for the Doctor; be said she
not wan’t the Doctor; I had asked
lier if silo wanted a Doctor, and she said
she couldn’t stand, it Jong this way; I
folk him what his wife hail told me, and
ho said "I Just now came down and she
don’t want a Doctor;” I told him I would
golf he said so; he did not say I should;
then I went home. I saw tier again on
Wednesday, about the middle of the day;
she appeared to be very ill; her mother
came and I didn’t go; her eyes looked
dim and glaring like, and sho looked
wild. Last April, when X was rolling
my oats, John was fixing fence between
rny farm and Myers’; ho came to me.
and we got to talking; he told me there
had been a talk about him; I asked him
if it was me, and he said not, but some
person down the country; he said he was
three times seven, and paid his debts,
and kept who he pleased; said his wife
had taken sudden ill at the table onr
evening; it made her throw up, he jump
ed up, ho told me, and took the apple
butter and stirred it. round to see if a
poisonous bug hadn’t got in It. He said
several times lie thought she would die
sudden some time; I think he talked to
mo about that time about it. I know
Kate Myers; I saw lier ami John togeth
er at a haystack, I didn’t go out to Held
at dinner time as early us I should; I go
to the field about two o’clock, and X saw
Ills wagon alongside of the hay stack; I
saw no person about; I started-my horses
and hallooed at them; then Kale Myers
got up into the wagon, and he began to
throw hay oil* the stack. That was on
Ills farm. They weren’t at their work
when I came there. The stuck was
about live hundred yards from the house.
Ctohh JCxamined— l’ve known Kiehl
since hia marriage; he wus not penurious
wilii me; he was u close, saving nii.n*
hard working and industrious; always
worked well for mo. My wife and Kme
Myers where thereon Tuesday when Dr. 1
Mevln came. I wasn't there; Ivute was
building hay for him on wagon; she
built hay at her father's, I maybe said
I’d give $5O to he out of tills case; I talk
mi about it. I have no feeling against
Kiehl, and would do, any thing in the
world for him. I saw no ill feeling be
tween John and Doner.
Du. W. W. Kevin, sworn.— l reside
in Shippensburg. * .1 am a practicing phy
sician, have heou practicing twenty three
years. I know John Kiebl ; X know
Mrs. Kiehl. On Tuesday, May 9, about
noon, John Kiehl called at my house*—
Mo said my wife is sick ngalu ; she has
that old palpitation df the heart; you can
hear it heating all through the room, and
she has some vomiting and purging. She
was taken sick on Sunday evening. She
had taken a powder, and went but to
chase the pigb out of the garden, and came
in sick. He said the powders she go#
were from Dr. Bixler. They were not
like the powders she received from Dr.
Zitzer, but Bixler said they would have
the same eflect. X prescribed for her —
gave her tannic acid and opium. Ho did.
notask me to come out to his house; he
said lie wanted powders. I did not make
any suggestion about going out. 1 spoke
-about-the-Hmproprjety-~&f—profiler jhiug
vyitßout seeing the patient 1 do not
know that ho made any answer. He did
not ask me to go out to see bis wife. I
did not suy I was going away and it
would be impossible to go out with him.
I had not just returned from the country
bad not been away for several hours
previous to that. On Tuesday afternoon,
about five o’clock, Kiebl called ot my
office, and said the women want you to
go and see my wife. I visited Mrs, Kiehl|
a liitle after five o’clock. I found Mis.
Kiehl in bed, with a quick, irritable, al
most indistinct pulse. The tongue was
dry, coated and swollen ; there was great
tenderness over the region of the' stom
ach, with a burning sensation in the
aiornoch, extending up into her sopha
gus and throat. Her extremities were
cold and covered with a clammy perspi
ration. Bhe bad a disposition to faint or
swoon, when her head was elevated.—
She had violent vomiting and purging.
The. matter ejected was a yellowish
brown fluid. I gave her pills of calomel
and opium, applied a blister over the re
gion of the stomach, and mustard appli
cations to the extremities. Early on
Wednesday morning Kiebl called at my
house, and said his wife was no better.
I visited her, and found her in about the
situation T bad left her the evening pre
vious, and renewed the blister and mus
tard application. In the afternoon about,
three o’clock. Dr. Stewart visited her in
connection with me, and approving of
my treatment, it was continued, with the
addition of Ice in the* mouth and port
wine. On Thursday we visited her twice.
She had great oppression of breathing,
and an intense burning in her throat,
with the greatest possible difficulty in
swallowing anything. There was almost
a total suppression of the secretion of N
urine. Another symptom' that attracted
my attention was the contraction of the
pupil; It was contracted to a remarkable
degree. Shedled on Friday morning. I
was there at four or six o’clock Thursday
afternoon—that was niy last-visit to her.
Bhe would throw up anything that was
taken into her stomach. During tby
presence she made frequent applications
for water. She sa’d at one time that she
could not see me; it was all dark before
her eyes.
Crons Examined. —Klehl came for mo,
on Wednesday morning before I was up,
, to com© and see his wife. I gave her one
, grain of calomel and half a grain cf opi
um in each pill. I left six or eight pills,
to be taken one every four hours. I di
rected John as to the time of taking.—
The first time John called, T sent out
tannic acid and opium. I presume
we prescribed from six to ten grains
of calomel while we were attending her.
$ treated her for acute'gantro enteritis;
inflammation of bowels and stomach.—
John Doner visited mo on Wednesday,
about three ( o’clook; in company with
Mr. Waltrick; he said he wanted me to
go out to see his daughter, and bring
some person with me; I asked him who
his daughter was, not knowing Mr. Do
ner; he said Mrs. Klehl; he said you are
all right, but I want another doctor too;
T a*ked him why he wanted another
doctor; he replied. “Did you see the pow
ders’ she lias been taking;” I answered,
“No;” ho then said “I wish to God you
had; we must have another doctor right
away.” I asked him who be wanted;
and his reply was: “It makes no differ
ence, any person;” I suggested ray
friend Dr. Stewart, and he went out
with mo. Mr. Doner went down to tell
Dr. Stewart, Mr. Waltrick remaining a
moment with me. I said the old gentle
men thinks his daughter is poisoned; he
replied, “Yes, he does,” and then ex
plained about the powders. There were
some powders In a box in the cupboard,
ami when the women went to look for
them, they had disappeared. Dr. Stew
art and lavished her. I told Stewart, of
Doner’s suspicions, and requested him to
examine the case carefully, in regard to
her general health previous to the attack,
what medicine she had been taking, and
what effect it -had. Hia examination
was thorough, and we found she had
been suffering with dyspepsia or Indiges
tion, for some time back; that she had
Ven taking, medicine from Dr, Zlfzer,
but the last medicine was from Dr. Blx
ler; the powders from Dr. Blxler, always
made her sick in the stomach, and kept
her bowels loose. She had been eating
pie, on Sabbath, for breakfast, and for
dinner, bread and butter and sausage
After consultation wo concluded that the
symptoms she was suffering from were
the symptoms that would be produced by
irritant or corrosive poisons, but they
might bo produced by other causes, and
nil we could do was to treat tbe symp
toms as they presented themselves. Mrs.
Klehl. didn’t say anything to mo about
running after the bogs. Let tbe cause
be what it might, it was nothing more
nor less than acute gastritis, and for
.that we treated her, I would have treat
ed her, at that stage, in the same man
ner, if I bad been satisfied sbo was
poisoned. All we could do, at that stage,
was to combat tbe inflammatory symp
toms. I would not have admiustered an
antidote, at that stage of the disease, for
f supposed, if she hud taken poison, it
would nil have been thrown up by tbe
violent vomiting. A poisonous dose of
arson ic would have caused gasfro enter
itis. The symptoms were such as would
ho induced by arsenical poison. They
were also symptoms of acute gastritis,
let (ho cause be what it might; and it
might come from other causes than i
poison,
liC'Cx . in Chief— I didn’t hear Mrs.
Klebl’s heart beating; it was very feeble
and could.scarcely hear U, placing my
oar close to her.
Du. Alexander Stewaiit— sworn -I
reside in Shlppenshurj;; have been u
,uuotiotni» phynlelau for (oily years. I
know John Klelil partially; and uover
-av/ her until I waa called to the houiie;
1 to called to visit her on afternoon of
May lilrli, IS7I- I went out lu company
with Doctor Nevin. I found Mrs.' Kiolil
extremely 111, suflering from what I con
sidered to lie acute inflammation of the
stomach 'ami bowels. 'Her prostration
was extreme. I had an intimation from
Dr. Nevin that Mr. Doner suspected that
poison had been administered. I asked
her what had been the condition of hei
health previous to this attack; site said
it had not been good.' I asked her when
she was attacked with the vomiting; she
told me on Sunday evening. I asked
her where sh« was when she was attack
ed; she replied that she hud gone to the
barn to do some work; she saw the plgs
in a lot convenient to the barn; went In
to the lot to turn them out, and there
vomited for the first time. She did not
say whether ehe ran after the pigs. I
was anxious to know whether she had
beeu suffering from Indigestion or not; 1
asked her how her stomach feft after sin
ale, whether it felt heavy and full; her
reply was that it did; t asked her if she
was troubled much with wind on hei
stomach, rifted much; she said she was; I
asked her what she had eaten for break
fast that morning; her reply was sausagr
and cream cake and something
-else-forr-dinnyT—l-asked-her—wliati-con—
dition her bowels had" been "usually in'
prior'to this,attack; her reply was she
thought.the powders she was taking
kept them open; asked her bow bar
stomach felt after she took those powders;
she replied, it felt bad; asked her if she
had ever bad attacks of that kind before;
her reply was, twice, but not so bad; sbe
articulated with a great deal of eflbrt,
and complained a great deal of thirst,
and of a burning sensation from her
stomach to her mouth, or her mouth to
her stomach; she craved cold, water, but
her stomach retained it hut a moment;
Dr. Nevin had blistered her over the re
giou of tile stomach, the day before I saw
her, which produced slight vesication
without any redness. I endorsed fully
the course of remedial management that
Dr. Nevin had pursued, with the sugges
tion that he should substitute pellets ol
ice for the cold water, In our conference
I agreed with Dr. Nevin fully that It
was a well marked ouaeof acute inflamma
tion of the stomach and bowels ; and
whilst disease of that kind would be pro
duced by irritating poisons, it might be
produced by other causes, such as a hearty
driuk of cold water when the system was
heated, or in a stomach of impaired tone,
by indigestible food. But oiir business
was to treat the disease as we found it.
Cross Examined—l did . say to Doctor
Nevin on our way home, or in the con
ference at the house, that in view of the
condition of the stomach, what she bad
eaten for breakfast on Sunday morning
was adequate to produce inflammation of
the stomach and bowels. X mentioned
the same thing to Dr. Grove; I didn’t at
any time say that it was or was not a
case pf poisoning. I may have said we
bad noevidenoe of the fact that there was
poison. I was asked for the history
of the ease, and whether a post mortem
examination would develop anything.
I wrote Mr. Sadler I didn’t think it
would. This is the letter I wrote in re
ply to Mr, Sadler : 1
' BniPraNSßona, May 16th, 1871.''
W. F. Sadler, Esq.,
Dear Sir ln reply to your’s I will state that
on Wednesday evening, the 10th Inst,, I wn*
called upon by Mr, Doner, and requested to
meet hl» daughter, In company with her physi
cian, Dr. Noyln. On the way to see her,;i learn
ed from the Doctor that the friends had some
suspicions that Mrs. 1C had been poisoned ; that
she and her husband had not been living-pleas
antly together, and that lie had manifested great
reluctance and unwillingness to have a physi
cian called; that she had been violently attack
ed on Sunday evening, and that he(Novln) had
not been summoned to visit her until the fol
lowing Tuesday evening, finding her extreme
ly 111, suffering from inflammation of the stom
ach. Whon I saw her, she was almost In “arL“
etilo viortin,” and Incipient gangrene (ns a conse
quence of the inflammation) had set in. Know
ing tiie suspicions of her friends, I made a rigid
- examination of her situation, and propounded
quite a numbejr of pointed questions. The re
sult of my Inquiries was that her health had not
been good, having suffered for some time from
indigestion;.that she had eaten a pretty hearty
breakfast and dinner, of .food difficult of diges
tion, the day on which she had been attacked
which in my opinion was adequate to produce
Inflammation-of the stomach and bowels, and
whilst her disease was such ns might and would
bo produced by Irritant polsons.lt might also.be
by food, difficult of digestion, or oven by a hear
ty drink of cold water, when Is heat
ed, In.my practice it has booffijlSlquently ray
lotto meet with Just such cases, the result of
Imprudence In eating; and In the above case us
It was presented to our notice, there was noth
ing to Indicate the administration of poison. As.
regards an autopsy, In my opinion, nothing
coal i bo developed but mortification of the
stomach. She vomited very frequently during
Sunday night amt Monday, and an analysis of
what she (hen qjccted would ulone'provo the ex
istence of poison, if it did really exist. If any
was administered, It must have been either ar
senic or corrosive sublimate (blchlorato of mer
cury) or of this class, as the brain and nervous
System were not involved.
I saw Mrs. K. ngnln, la company with Dr. No
vln, on Thursday morning and evening, and
that nlghtsho died Thnther husband was cen
surable for the indifference he nmnl/estcd by his
unwllllngnes- to smnmoi- medical aid, when not
only his wife, but his neighbors, also, urged It
will be admitted by all, and that there is a strong
feeling against him, In his Immediate neighbor
hood, evidently produced by the above cause, in
connection with the unkind treatment, which
chiefly leads to the : suspicions,
‘ Yours, very truly,
Re-examined in chie.f~U a.porsou with
Impaired atomaoh bad eaten the indiges
tible food mentioned, I don’t think ahe
would have felt comfortable through the
day—it would naturally have oppressed
her. I examinecUier tongue—it wau red,
smooth and dry—with the absence of the
papillie. Her face presented a pinched,
contracted appearance, expressive of ex
treme suffering. The matter vomited
was brown mucous, tenaoloue. The burn
ing in her throat was the only indication
her case presented to my mind, that I
couldn’t reconcile with the view that the
disease might have been produced by in
digestible food or cold wate^—this in con
nection with her difficulty in swallowing.
The pupil of the eye was very much con
tracted. The opium, given by Dr. Nevln,
would have produced a contraction of the
eye. I do not know that arsenic would
produce contraction of the eye. There
was no pufflnese about the eye; I didn’t
detect anything else remarkable about
the eye; the eyes were sunken.
David Criswell, sworn—l reside In
Shippousburg; am an undorlaker. I pre
pared Mrs. ILlehl for burial. She was
burled in the graveyard of the Lutheran
church at Centrevllle I used no arsenic
in preparation of body for burial. I never
used arsenic.ln preparation of bodies.
Dr. 8. B. Kieffer,.farmed—l reside
in Carlisle ; have been practicing medi
cine for twenty years. I was employed
by the Coroner to make the post mortem
of Mrs. Sarah E. Kiebl, on 20th day of
May, 1871. Performed the post mortem
at Centrevllle, Cumberland county. The
body was identified by her father, .John.
Donor. Wo first noted the general ap
pearance of the body. I was assisted by
Dr. Longsdorf, of Centrevllle; the body
was full; the skin was o( a purplish color,
very much mottled, with greenish tints
at points, hero and there. The blood
vessels Immediately under the skin, es
pecially over the chest and arms, were
patulous and much discolored—very flat
and somewhat Irregular. The abdomen
Was somewhat distended,,but uot extc
-ivoly so. The eyes scorned protuhera'up
there was considerable purging of lialf’
bloody matter from the lips. This wi>
washed away, 'the countenance th (n
looked natural, except the prnrusiim 0 j
■lie eye’s. The lips were purple, win,
however, a deep reddish tint. There w
swelling on each side of the neck, -j ua .
below the ears, with softening; Indicntin
rapid decomposition. We then proceed*
••d to tlie regular autopsy. X made „„
I'isinii from the breast hone to the p.,; J 5
—tlie lower extremity of the abdomen!'
io the depth of tlie peritoneal sack, j
then carefully punotured the peritoneum
by moans of a smpll knife, and a very'
-mail quantity of offensive gas escaped
[ then carried two incisions,on either side
he one along the edge of tlie rllis, the
other along the spine of the Ileum. The
object of that was to expose the orgam
of the abdomen just as they wore. They
were then lying before us in a trough u
it were. The transverse colon was dis
tended with gas, but empty; the external
surface of the omeritum was dry, a u J
looked as if it had been pressed by n 80 (j
■owel, and the moisture lapped ou ofit
“The transverse oolou also had .a very coa!
rested appearance,—The-blond-veasejnif
thesloniaeti and iitiwuh were unusually
large. The stomach and bowels wen
also unusually dry iu their appearance
and (die blood vessels were much congest!
ed. The stomach and bowels were also
discolored, of a purplish hue, with.,(ieep
red aud yellowish Intervening. spacer
the blood vessels of the peritoneum seem',
ad natural. We then proceeded to op 6n
tlie cavity of the cheat; I removed tbs
sternum, with the cartilages of the riba
entire. The external appearance of ths
organs of the chest was healthy. Wo nosy
opened the pericardium, the sac that
surrounds the heart. The heart seemed
natural, but on handling, the muscular
fibres were flaccid, aud the heart, when
taken out, flattened down, Tliq heart
was carefully removed, and placed In a
clean vessel; it was empty. I didn't ap
ply the hydrostatic test, but inserted my
linger in each cavity, and found nothing
(here. The lungs I.carefully examined'
they were healthy, except elightly con
gested. The stomach was next tied it
both extremities,, carefully removed eg*
tiro, and placed in a clean vessel. A. tec.
tion of the small bowels, removed in the
name way, was placed with it. The liver
.was natural in alze ; free from organic
lesions, but externally unusually dark,
and of a greepish lint. The gall-bladder
seemed natural, was partially emptyfand
had somewhat a shriveled appearance.
Making several sectious through the lobes
of the liver, this organ was also carefully
removed and placed in a clean vessel.
We now proceeded to examine the bow-
els, and found marked . inflammation
extending along their entire coum—
thls inflammation not uniform, but in
patches, from one-fourtli inch square
to large spots from seven to eight iuobei
iu surface. This inflammation conshti
of congestion ol (he blood vessels of in
ternal and external coats, alike and in
color from a light pink to a yellowish and
purplish, gangrenous hue—more marked,
however on the mucous coat, the inside
coat of the bowels. The bowels worsen*
tiroiy free from feculent matter, and
therefore empty, except that, they con
tained a very small quantity of fluid.—
This fluid was of a yellowish, darkish
color, \We carefully examined the kid
neys, the pancreas and the spleeu, and
found them healthy. We next proceeded
to examine the genital organs and blad
der. These I removed carefully, by lint
dissecting a fold of the peritonff/wi
which covers the ovaries, and tben^Wv
seating out the womb, the broad liga
ments, the vagina, the bladder and the
•Internal labloo, and removed them, to
gether. The genital and urinary organs
were healthy, except that there wasflac-
cldity of the muscles of the bladder. I
thfn detached the bladder carefully, and
placed it in a clean vessel. There waann
enlargement, however, of the left fallo
pian tube—it being more than ten limes
its natural diameter; but evidently con
genital or natural, as there were no in*
dlcations of disease about it. We next
proceeded to examine the head. Having
carefully removed the cranium, the mem*
hrones of the brain were healthy; the
blood vessels were slightly turgid, but no
evidence of inflammation. Removing
the membranes carefully, the surface of
the brain looked natural. Having mndo
several transverse sectious thro’ its lobes,
and finding no evidence of disease, the
autopsy closed. 'Thecondition of theblnod
was dark and fluid. A peculiarity of this
case, besides the dryness of the bowola
and the peritoneal folds, was the absence
of smell from the cavity of the abdomen.
The organa removed were now placed in
the hands of the Coroner, D- Smith, aud
the nutopby closed. I placed in his hands
the stomach/and a section of the small
intestines together, the liver, the hear I
and the bladder. I procured one aelf
-8 'aling glass jar, 'and the' three other*
were ordinary cap sealing jars. I care
fully washed them myself. Dr. Longi*
dorf and I put the organs in, covered the
jars with clean white paper, and then
placed on the caps, and bunded them over
to the Coroner. I located the seat of the
disease which caused Mrs. K’s death In
Alex. Stewart.
the stomach and bowels. The disease
was that of acutegastro enteritis. Gaotro
Enteritis Is very rare, and seldom occurs
as an idiopathic, spontaneous disease; but
Is, in my experience, almost always, by.
either some acrid irritant or corrosive sub*
stance. But this case, especially, IJo
not believe to be idiopathic, because tbo 1
wo had extensive inflammation of tbo
stomach and bowels, the surrounding
circumstances would hot warrant such a
conclusion. We therefore said that
believed It to have been Induced by aomo
acrid or poisonous substanco,and[ we tliiok
so still, for the following reasons: Tbo
congestion of the blood vessels and the
inflammation were confined exclusively
to the coats of the bowels; and although
the bowels had this gangrenous appear
ance, they were not.really gangrenous;
but though this was nine days after
death, they retained almost the ordinary
consistency and firmness, which could
not have been, h'nd there not been some
modifying or preserving agency. Beside,
there was not the ordinary softening of
decomposition, which would follow death
from ordinary Inflammation at that per
iod, as would have been evinced by tbs
formation and escape of gas on the open-,
lug of the peritoneum. 1-would regard
arsenic as an agent which would preserve
bowels from gangrene, chloride of ziuo,
coroslyo sublimate In a polsouous dose,
and ulbpr agents would do so.
Cross Examined.—X account for the
gangrenous appearance by Inflammation
keeping up the capillary congestion s
considerable while, but mainly by lh°
acrid secretions from the stomach and
bowels themselves, caused by relies ner
vous action ;-and then partly by the ex
cessive flow of bile caused by continued
vomiting, and the discoloration caused by
reabsorpllou. Powerful muscular eflurt
always causes a flow of bile. There
would be nothing specific In arsenic to