had swallowed
nolsonous dost Of taHar emetic, the
8 ntomacould not havebeen the same,
tn unisonous doses of tartar emetic, you
would not have had the peculiar burning
*° BBt idns extending from the stomach
£ the chin. The sensation of burning
* mild bs located in the stomach and not
r u °Se throat; there wouid be no diffleui
of swallowing, nor that restlessness
in bed twenty-four hours before death,
nut on the contrary, after suffering ex
cessive vomiting and purging from tartar
emetic for that length of time, would be
utterly prostrate and passive. Wo would
not have that disturbance of the optic
nerve and it is highly, probable there
would not be the mental disturbance.
The pulse, after three dtys' suffering,
would be uniformly feeble, ipid almost
Indistinct; the lips would not,'nine days
■ alter death, have a brlghtish ijd hue, iu
the midst of the purplish dlsioloration.
The viscera, under tartar emaie poison -
ing, would, nine days after diiith, show
stronger, marks of decompoallau, and a
though X
part of Boionoe-from the tpown care
that chemists use In their analysis-tar
tar emetic could not ha.te failed to have
been discovered. I doijt know that Dr,
“Band looked for tartarlimetio or'arsehlo.
X believe the analysis nods by Dr. Band
would have disclosed aiy mineral poison;
Although I am not jtmlliar with the
processes, I think It dnost certain that
an analysis, for arsenj would have dis
covered tartar emetic,|f present; for the
reason : Arsenic is a ittal, so Is antimo
ny; and It would be (Boult, and to my
mind impossible, to (iraue the difficult
and nice tests foronehetal, without the
other interfering. Qudion. TnEelnaoh’s
and Marsh’s.tests (otVsenio, suppose all
. the other poisonous njtais were present,
’ would;the test for atsiiio certainly Arid
all the others ?’’ An\er. Every medi
cal gentleman shouluftiave a geueral
knowledge ofithe oollfcral branches of
this science, but as I mie no pretension
to special familiarity wit chemical an
alysis, I cun give nothin but a general
opinion—upon a genera|imljno special
familiarity with ebeuitstr. (And it is
my impression that without few excep
tions, though'l will not |em[)tto name
them, the'presence of da metal must
always interlere with $ detection of
another. Q. “Please lino any,symp
toms In the hypothetic case that are
peculiar to arsenic alom’ A. That pe
culiar burning pain, llJpecuiiar exten >
slon of tbo pain from tlstomaoh to the
throat; the immecliatqejeotion of cold
water, or any fluid; tan into the sto
mach, and the pain adiipoMylDg it; the
swollen tongue; the bmt red discolors
tlon of the 1 ips. Thesjym ptoms, sepa
rateiy and combined, aCharaoteristlc of
arsenical poisoning- lj the shade in
which these symptomappear in that
hypothetical case, thehre peculiar to
arsenic. Q. "Wiiat is it shade which
makes them peculiar |arsenio ?” . A.
The degree of severlisod distinctive
ness. I have had acasjf distinct tartar
emetic poisoning ; it accompanied
- with many of thesympns given In this
hypothetical case. I nlleot of attend
ing a case of perltonltffith Dr. Zitzer.
It was of on old lady wftame here from
. Philadelphia; she h* tumor which
would have weighed b eeu thirty and
forty pounds. I didn’ ;e her in acute
peritonitis. X saw her ee or four days
before her death ; sthad peritoneal
symptoms. The symins iu that cose
■ were in no special bA, but in a very
general way, analog u> those detailed
in this hypothetical cl Bhe vomited
occasionally ; didn’t pje to my know
ledge; was very wpokjer skin became
relaxed and moist befqher death ; she
rejected her food. Tie was dryness,
but no burning In her iat; complained
of very severe pain over the lower
part of the sbdomen— pain in the sto
mach—andjwlth that In. in the abdo
men hadaienaatlon a* ough she would
burst. So hr as I kn these wore the
only symptoms the ti patients had in
common. *2* “Was; are-not a great
number ofkrstnieal sy.ptoma absout in
the hypotletifal case, fat are never ail
absent in lasts of »rse|al poisoning?’’,
V A’. Not tbit//e peculia|) arsenical pois
oning aioie; I have ne* heard of a case
of arseniy poisoning | which the pa
tient gotP on the thirQlay after poison
was admlietered, and wito'ut to relieve
her bow- j
The (fence then' asld the witness
wheth/if certain sympims detailed to
him ayaid down in hot s as connected
with ijsnloni poisoning rere absent,he
wouldndertake, to say sat the symp
toms were tho of arsenical
poisojg, and whether roro were not
caseS’jbooks In which a the symptoms
detaiiwere absent? wi less replied he
wnuUlmt the absence rf these symp
toms jnld not change I s opinion.
Qu On. “ Wiiat wa there in the
post (tern examination that would be
peoulfo arsenic, or tbo would contra
dict th from other pois
onoufptals ?” A. Nothjug ; the post
■ morUjxamlnation neyeijoan, with our
presijfenowledge of pathology, deter
miucubugh poisoning b believed to
bavden practiced, wha) poison was
used,}. “ Wliot was there in the post
morf&xamination that would indicate
deathjm arsenic, or that would be dif
fetoifsho had died from gastro enter ■
by natural disease?” A If the
patiln the hypothetical case bad died
of r known inflammatory disease,
Invdlg directly or indirectly the three
coal.tlio stomach or boWeis, sufficient
durllfe to have produced the patbo
loglappearance there detailed, nine
daytiir death, there must have been
dlaiOlzation of these organs to a de
grciliimenaurate with the diaorganl
zatl4>und In the neck and external
boAjhere would have been sulphar
' etafflrogen gas, in very considerable
qutvsa, found In the peritonei cavity.
Kffl I believe that in any ordinary
dill; the Ups would,..nine days
def lave presented the distinct red
co*-," Sometimes we can tell the cause
o$ from post mortem examination,
nPqietimcH we cannot.
examined in chief —Bi-cli romuto of
pAJbas a quite bitter taste. The or
dfffdose is one-fifth of. a grain. A
plflpso Is poisonous, oud would pro
dWflnmmatlon of stomaoh, violent
vtipg, and extreme prostration.
H. LoNaanonp, re-called.—
(pbypothetlcal cose was put to the
V “SB',) The symptoms as laid down
jat case, in connection with the post
,em, and afterwards having found
,ainount of arsenic in the subject, I
Id pronounce it a case of arsenical
jnlhg—that the patient died from
Bfifeot of arsenic.
‘Ole examined—l never had a case o(,
thjfrum arsenic. I never bad a case
Mth from antimony of tartar emetic.
Me seen the medicinal symptoms of
mlo, but not the symptoms of arsea
' poisoning. I have seen the symp
is'of tartar emetic taken iu an over
bj Q. What symptoms in the hypo
thelicul acso t*ri , men tinned that migit
hot have been presented. It the detth
had been from tartar' emet)o7 A. Eeit
ienaness excessive, excessive’ burning in
the throat, peculiar as laid down in ir
.senica! poiao’uing—beat, burning senia
tlon. I have named all the sympttms
I can remember, peculiar tv arsenic pld
down In the hypothetical case. Ipt) - ,
symptoms I mentioned would caus> j n
form acute gastro enteritis, but I tl lnb
would not be so violent. Q. "W’ „t is
there in the post mortem exam) E ,u ol i
that might not have been j the
patient bad died from antimov y orifrom
some other poison ?>■ A. “Tl> , 0 blood was
dark and fluid, a peculiarity bf araliulcal
poisoning, Authors differ a 9 to l their
being Idiopathic oases of acute gastro en
teritis, and not having had one In my
practice, I doubt whether tliere am a,uy.
There was acute n'Mro enteritis, and in
my opinion, it must have heeu caused
from - some irri taut or escorotio taken
into the stomach. These patches of in
flammation, having that yellow or gan
- anti yet- iTolr n gan— ~
grenmis, were accoutited for Id c meas
ure by the preservative effect of arsenic.
Under ordinary circumstances, as from
the effects of acute gqatro enteritis ut
these highly inflamed points decomposi
tion would have taken place equally to
other portions of the body externally.—
In poisoning by prussic acid, the blood
would be dark and fluid. Lead is an ir
ritant poison. If all the symptoms bad
been tbe sapoe, and antimony would
have been found, the post mortem exam
ination would have been different. There
would have beeu gangrene and decom
position. There is no metal that will
poison to the same effect as arsenic.
Mr. Shearer then mentioned a number
of symptoms and asked witness whether
he had ever read of a case where half
those symp'oms were absent. Ans.—l
never read of a ease of arsenical poison
ing In which one half those symptoms
were absent..
Db. Alexander Stewaet, re-called
—I was one of the attending physicians
of Mrs. Kiehl, in her last illness. The
hypothetical case was then put to. the
witness, to which be answered ; I think
It was a well developed case of acute in
flammation of the stomach and bowels ;
and from the,amounted arsenic discov
ered in the system, I am well assured that
a sufficient quantity of arsenic must have
been received into her system to devel
op the disease. The arsenic, in my opin
ion, caused her'death. As regards li e
organic lesions as developed by the post
mortem examination, I am not well con
vinced that such would.be peculiar to ar
senic, but from tbe history of the case as
then detailed, and tbe fact that chemical
analysis detected tbe amount of arsenic
there specified I have no doubt but that
her death was caused by arsenical poison
ing.
Cross Examined.—The inflammation of
the, stomach might have been produced
by indigestible food, in a stomach of im
paired tone, and marked by the same In
dications; with the exceptions of intense
burning beat and great difficulty of breath
ing. I would not say, from the symp
toms alone, that it was a case of arsenical
poisoning; nor would I, from the post
mortem examination alone. I would hot
pronounce it a case of poisoning, from tbe
symptoms and post mortem alone. I
would do so, if convinced that the quan
tity of arsenic found was not as great as
represented by Dr. Band. My opinion
would remain unchangedifcertain symp
toms enumerated were absent. In that
case there was repeated vomiting and
whilst we know that arsen
ic is very insoluble in water, the very
large quantity of water drank tliere, as
indicated by the repeated vomiting,
must necessarily have dissolved consider
able arsenic. Again, In that case there
was a considerable quantity pi mucous
ejected, with which, iu my judgment,
arseuio, if there, would become incorpo
rated. I came to my conclusion from
these considerations. I never bad a case
of arsenical poisoning in my, own prac
tice, unless this was one. I speak from
tbe symptoms as 1 learned . them from
the books. I have consulted the books
recently on those symptoms. I don’t
think I ever read of a case in the books
in which ail the symptoms given by Mr.
Shearer were absent. I have read very
few cases of arsenical poisoning. I think
it is probable I never read of a case iu
which one half of those symptoms were
absent. I never made a post mortem ip
a case of Suspected arsenical poisoning.
X never read of one having been made
without tbe stomach being opened. Tbe
stomach is the primary seat of the dis
ease in arsenical poisoning. Where the
arsenic has beeu promptly elected from
the stomach, no evidence of its presence
wouid.be discovered, elsewhere than in
the stomach.
Ha-examined in chief.—We judge of
diseases by tbe symptoms present, and
not those absent. . I would say in my ex
perience as a physician we rarely find
two cases, in any decision, in which the
indications are exactly the same.
Cross Examined.—l always treats dree
from the symptoms as they present
themselves to me, without regard to tbe
disease. The absence of a thing might
be a symptom. Sometimes I do take Into
consideration absence of symptoms. I
can’t exactly Cohcieve of a case in which
I would take tbe absence of any thing as
a symptom in that esse. If ail symptoms
of poisoning were absent I would not
pronounce it a case of poisoning. • If tbe
prominent symptoms were present, I
would then designate tbe disease. Every
symptom read Is not.a prominent symp
tom.
, lie-examined in chief.—The books lay
down os prominent symptoms of arseni
cal poisoning; First, intense burning sen
sation in stomach, then nausea,then vom
iting and purging, severe and protracted
pain In stomach and bowels; an exten
sion of the burning sensation up to the,
mouth and down into the abdomen ;
a sense of constriction around the throat;
extreme difficulty of swallowing, and
extreme thirst, and intolerance of alt
warm drinks—these are what I would
call the frequent symptoms in a case of
arsenical poisoning, as I have learned
them in the books. Those Mr. Shearer
has mentioned may be occasional ones;
the presence of those symptoms would
only confirm me in my opinion. It is
the mixture of bile and blood that gives
the vomit Us green and brown appear
ance.
Cross Examined.— Some of these lead
ing symptoms may sometimes be ab
sent. The symptoms I have given are
not constant symptoms. These are
laid down ns symptoms in ail tho hooka
I have read. I have never seen Worm
ley’s works.
Db. Thomas Stuart, sworn.— l re
side in Carlisle; am a physician ; have
been practicing medicine for twenty
one years, in Butler county and Beavfcr
county. (Hypothetical case rend.)
Acute inflammation of the stomach
and bowels was the cause of death.—
Keeping out of view the chemical an
alysis, ',t m ay have been caused by one
prominent thing, and by two seconda
ry causes. In the state of the stomach
'the time of eating the pie, the sausage
h r .id the cream cake—the running
around, and “afterwards taking the
powder, wore enough to excite the in
flammation, without any other cause.
But in connection with the Uncling of
’arsenic by the chemical analysis, the
amount of arsenic so found, was also
sufficient to create the inflammation.—
The inflammation, caused by oueornll
of these, was the cause of death. The
inflammation may have been caused by
even all of them; but the arsenic stands
prominent.. I attribute death to the
arsenic principally.
Oi'oss Examined. —Either was suffi
cient to cause death. ’ I l\ad-ono case of
arsenical poiaonijig. The symptoms
detailed in this case were not all there.
In that case tliere was vomiting, thirst,,
pain in atomfieh and bowels, and some
; sVi^^om©-jp^BtWiom-^h{i ;
pain and burning is nofso intense in
inflammation from indigestion, as from,
poisoning. There mitrht be burning in
the throat in inflammation from indi
gestion, but it is not so intense.
Db. W. \V. Nevin, recalled.— l was
one of the attending physicians upon
Mrs. Kiehl. Have heard the hypo
thetical case read. I think the patient
died from gastro enteritis, induced by
arsenical poison. The symptoms 1 no
ticed, while attending the patient, in
conneetioffVith post mortem examina
tion and.che|nical analysis, would con
firm thp opinion I have already ex
pressed, tirat she died from acute gastro
enteritis, induced by arsenic. The ab
sence of symptoms read-by defense,
Wouldn’t change my opinion as to cause
of death. I never had a case of arsen
■ ical poisoning, unless the present one
is such. I have read of a casein Which
symptoms, given by Mr. Shearer, were
all absent. I can’t tell what case it was.
From the symptoms alone I would not
pronounce it a case of arsenical poison
ing, nor would I from the post mortem
examination alone. From the post
mortem 1 and symptoms together, !
would not pronounce it a case of arsen
ical poisoning.
Db. W. H. Cook, affirmed.—i reside
in Carlisle; am a practicing physician.
Have heard hypothetical case read;—
From the history of the case, as de
tailed in the hypothesis, taken in con
nection with the finding of arsenic in
the organs submitted for chemical an
alysis, I would say arsenic was the
prominent cause of death.
Cross Examined. —There is nothing
detailed in the hypothetical case that
would give all the evidences of death.
Gastro enteritis might produce death.—
I have not seen any cause to think there
is anything mentioned that would have
produced gastro enteritis, except the
arsenic. Gastro enteritis produced by
idiopathic causes, generally tends to
recovery. . I would not consider a
stomach that could take in such food in
the morning, liable to gastro enteritis
from that cause. Appetite must be
present. I have had slight cases of
gastro inlerills. It does not follow, that
because it was gastritis, it was poison.
There are not many violent cases of
gastro enteritis brought about by indi
gestion. It might occur that a person
would contract gastro i.nteritis by drink
ing cold water when overheated. I
don’t think the food she ate would have
induced gastro enteritis. My suspicions
would be aroused by such symptoms;
if called to attend a case.
Mbs. Anna Hoffman, reoallcd.—
On Sunday Mrs. Kiehl left our place,
between five and six o’clock. She said
she Was well, and she thought she
wouldn’t take any more medicine.—
She had no good way of going to the
doctor, and she thought she would be
well enough without taking any more
medicine. She said on Monday she
was going to do her washing and go
to town.
Mbs. Barbara Waltrick, recalled.
I was standing beside the bed ; Wm.
Doner was standing there too. On Fri
day morning just a few hours before she
died, she asked me who was tending
to her. Wm. Doner was standing at
her head. She said who is this standing
here. I told her it was her brother;
she said he is to be married soon. I
told her he was married. She said well
then you marry him. I just told her
I would. Then she said again, “well
then you’ll marry him,” I just gave
her the same reply. Mr. Kiehl was
standing at her head. She said oh,
John, chase out cat or Cass; I don’t
know which.
Db. W. W. Dale, affirmed.— l am a
practicing physician; hpve been for
thirty-three years. (Hypothetical case
read.) Arsenical poison was the cause
of death.
Gross Examined. —I would pronounce
it a case of arsenical poison from the
symptoms alone. I would suspect it to
he arsenical poison from the post mor
tem alone. Then when you add the
presence of the arsenic, it would only
go to confirm my opinion. In- poison
by antimony I would expect to find a
greater immediate prostration, greater
relaxation of the system, an increased
amount of ail secretions—urine as well
as all the others—which would cause
the matter passing from the bowels to
' be more watery, while in tho case de
tailed here, the urine was scanty. You
might have burning in the throat, and
excessive pain and burning in the stom
ach, from any poison or acrid substance
taken into the stomach, it would - not
extend from the stomach up to the
chin, nor be so intense in degree ; that
with the constriction of tho throat
would always lead me to look for arse
nic in a case of gastro interiiis. I have
had one case of arsenical poisoning, and
I have had a great many cases of enter
itis ’where arsenic had not been taken.
I have seen several cases where anti
mony had been taken in excess, but
they were not fatal. In the cose of ar
senical poisoning the patient recovered.
My opinion of antimony is based on my
experience. The symptoms in poison
ing by antimony and by. arsenic are
similar. Let a person die from infla
tion of stomach and bowels, I vyojtld
expect to find decomposition far ad
vanced, nine days after death; and
where the diseased part of the stomach
and bowels bore the same test ns the
well parts. I know there must have
been some preservative agency there
—some antiseptic, and should expect
that antlseptic to be arsenic, I. have
»een bodies In a better state of preserva
tion than thin one longer time after death,
where no arsenic bud been taken, in other
Hensons of the year; and on tho other hand I
have seen them where decompo>ltton wa« more
rapid. If enteritis nud beeu .caused by ordinary
causes, I would have expected a very offensive
gas to escape from fhp hhdy* ♦Takonps a whole
tho symtoraa described In .tho hypothetical
citfonro peculiarly, absolutely and exclusively
confined to arsenical poison alone. Taken as a
whole, U\o salts of the alkalies yvlll not uroQuco
tho same'symptoms as arsenical poisoning,
without other symptoms to distinguish them.
The alkalies would not prodaeo tho symptoms
ns laid down In tho hypothetical case I have
no experience In chloride of Barium, and don t
know whet hernt would produce tho''© symptoms.
lodine-would not produce tho whole of, these
symptoms,-nor corrosive sublimate. There are
not any vegetable substances that would pro
duce the same symptoms. 1 can’t say whether
oxalic n6ld wonld—l don’t know whether It
would or not produce these symptoms, Oolchl
oam would not produce these symptoms; I
know nothing at all about poisonous mush
rooms;* don’t Know whether It would produce
this combination of symptoms I think white
llelebore would produce these symptoms. There
are no animal materials I know of that would
produce these symptoms. Cantharldes would
not. Vou would llnd the, blood lluld In poison
ing by prussic nold and other causes.
Du. K. B. Brandt, affirmed, — I hivvo been prac
ticing medicine 10 years. (Hypothetical onto
rend to witness.) Taking all Into consideration
you have read, my opinion Is tho woman*has
died from ©fleets of arsenic as an exciting cause,
dying directly, from Inflammation of the bowels.
CVojt flrnmined.—l have no personal ©xporl. nco
of death fromatsodlc. MlssKeim'wasapatlent
of miuonl one time. . In ray opinion she died o»
ceuomla. I had been giving her arsenic. I
eavo her Fowlers* solution, i put one ounce In
the bottle. That was all I over gave her. I
didn't attend Miss Kelm when she died I can
not remerphor when Miss Keira died,'but It was
months alter I gave !ho arsenic. I saw her alter
she took arsenic, in my o nor
February Ist, 1870; shod)
probably six months,
the efleots of arsenic.
reason to believe she ,
Lefevre attended hordi-.._„
was giving her iron nt tho same time, for the
purpose or producing blood.
Du. J. 8. Bender, termed.— Have been prac
ticing phys'clau. for eight years. Heard jno„
hypothetical case read. Taking all tho symp
toms into consideration, in connection with
the fact that arsenic wife found In the stomach
and liver, leads me to believe that death was
caused by arsenic. ....
Cross Jixamined.— l only arrive at this con
clusion byjuclging all tho symptoms, In con
nection with tho result of the chemical analysis.
Du. A. J, Herman, sworn.— l am a practicing
physician. I heard tho hypothetical case read.
I would be Inclined to think that death was
from niscnlc. I would think arsenic was tho
cause of death. i
Cross J&amined.—l would bo Inclined to think
It was a case of arsenical poison without the re
sults of chemical analysis, owing to tue burning
sensation In tho throat and the vomiting.
These red and inilamcd streaks from six t»
oven inches long, in tho alimentary canal, I
wouldn’t know by what they could bo caused,
. else than by arsenic. I couldn’t account for
them otherwise. lam speaking irom my own
experience and from books. 1 don’t know tba*
I have ever seen those red streaks In any other
than arsenic cases. If she had taken tartar
emetic It would have beeu thrown out too soon.
It would not have reached * the alimentary
canal In sufficient quantity. •
Jis-ezamined in Chief*—l have had two fatal
cases of arsenical poisoning Tue one was
twenty-flve or six years ago, uud tl\o other not
short of that. The symptoms in last case. She
had vomiting and great thirst, no convulsions
she got two ounces or-two half .ounces. She
told the doctor she nnd so many ruts. There
were two papers of It, I saw-tho papers, and
tho little mug she look.lt oat of. We burnt It
on coals and thought we had‘the garlic smell.
Burning nnd constriction ol throat are confined
to cases nf arsenical poisoning. I don’t know
of any other medicine that would piodnce It.
J. B. Havrrstick, sworn.— l am a druggist In
Carlisle. When persons come to my store for
rat poison we generally' -ell them arsenic. Wo
never kept a register at the old store—would sell
arsenic to any responsible party.
Mary Doner, recalled.- Mrs. Klehl often nt©
sausage and pie, and it never made her.slck—
they had sausage put up. X was at my sister’s
about six times since they lived near Shlppens
burg. She only had one spell of throwing up.
0*055 examined —I wont to Mr. Klebl's Istb
March, came home 9th April. Bhe was taking
medicine then from Dr. Zitzor, I don’t remem
ber whatklnd of medicine she was taking. I
never heard her .say much about herhenit. I
can’t remember whether she complained about
her heart Some clays she didn’t feel so well,
and other days' right well. She had the head
ache oftentimes. She said sometimes she wp
so weak at her heart. She was right well in
April when 1 came homo.
anna Doner, rectified,—l was with my sister
when she came to Carlisle. Rho dipped her
linger In nnd tasted It and said It did not taste
quite like the other, and she was going back to
-see whether It was the same medicine, and that
he told her he had pul something In to make It
taste better She didn’t take any of that medl
. Ino either In Carlisle or at her father’s, not
hat I seen.
Miis. Anna Hoffman; recalled.— Mrs. Kiel-
didn’t tell me on ttie Sunday she wa . there lhai
*he had head-iche and was going homo earlier
Mian usual.- She didn’t complain of, anything
that I know of. I didn’t tell Mrs. Myers 01
Henry Myers she told mo slie had headache.
Hero the testimony for the Commonwealth
olosea.
The case on. the part of the defence wn.*
opened to the Jury by James H Graham, Jr.
Ksq., who spoke„ln substance as follows:
Gentlejien of the Jury ; It is a beneficent
provision t, bat after darkness comes the day—
after the storm comes the cnlin. A storm oi
halo and malice has been heating down on
John Klohl’R bend for long, weary months, and
culminated in seven days of, (he bitterest per
secution over mau endured. But the storm has
'spent Us fury—now comes the calm, and soon
the clear sunshine of truth will dispel the
clouds, and the defendant will stand forth an
innocent man. as he is. A marked feature or
ihe case Is. that all the witnesses lor the Com*
momvoalth. with a few honorable exceptions,
are either Donors or their relatives. The lead
ing spirit is John Doner, who had not been
within his daughter’s house for eight ycais
. The Commonwealth hud attempted to estab
lish two facta, llrst: that Sarah Klehl died ol
poison, and second: that It was administered
by John Kiehl. * Their theory was that ho did It
-because of his lust for Kate Myers ;• but she and
John-wore cousins, and only Intimate as cous
ins are, It was remarkable that all the Instan
ces of Intimacy proved,bad been seen in broad
daylight and generally In public. John Kiehl
hud luito Myers living at ms house, but wo will
prove'that Mrs. Kiehl Insisted, time and
again, that Kate should come and do her work,
as she was the only one who could do It well.—
Then lohn refused logo for a physician; but
»o will prove that she had been for mouths
under the care ol a.physlclnn, and he told her,
when she had these spa.ls. Just to take her
medicine and not to go fora pbyslclah, and
she, herself, repeatedly declined to have him go
for a physician. If Kiehl did tell people his
wife would die suddenly—we will prove that,
the doctor told her she was suffering from no
Incurable d'soase. and would die middenly. We
will show by the highest medical'testimoy that
the chemical analysis was unsatisfaciory. and
that Dr. Hand cannot have definitely deter
mined that he found any certain quantity of
arsenic. As to the box—leaving out of view
the suspicious fact that it had been in posse.s
tion of John D®ner for eight days—we will be
able to clear It up to the entire satisfaction of
Hie jury. And even if Dr. Rand did flndadefi
nlte quantity of arsenic In the body, we will
bo able to show that Mrs. Klehl’s attending
physician had been treating her with arsenical
preparations for three or four months, and had
given herns mnny as thirty grains of arsenic
Dn. W. W. Nevin, RecfiUed.—l didn’t hearany
such expresslo’n by Mrs. Kiehl, as that testified
by Mary Noaker, ‘ No. Jchn you made iuot<*ke
one on Saturday evening.” o
Cross Examined.^ l remember the fact of her
taking a powder, but don’t roriiombar she said
John made her take It. ' I can’t recollect the
conversation with Mr. Sadler, and Mr. Ma
glanghlln and Mr. Shearer
Henry Waltrick, Reca l led.~ What brought
mo here first, Kiehl was taken to Jail by B. K
Goodyear, on Sunday morning , I couldn’t tell
the exact time. Wo came to town between two
and three o’clock—was absent from the Jail
half an hour ; came back to jail; wont Into tno
office ; Just Q 8 I came in ray fatner introduced
Snyder to me; I understood him to say this
was Mr. Kiehl’s brother, Snyder nodded assent;
1 don’t remember what conversation passed
between us. After sitting there a while we
walked around-tho Jail, Mr. wnyder following
mo: we were talking about Mr. Klehl; says i
to Mr. Snvder, you should know more about
Mr. Kiehl than I do, you being his brother, and
I not being acquainted with nlm very long.—
He said he was not exactly his brother but nis
step-brother. I said that was nearly the same
thing. We kept on talking, and Mr. Snyder
said he had been In his time a very wild young
man, very rough, but he had reformed and was
doing better, and that be ddslred to talk to Mr.
Ktohi In regard to the salvation of his soul. Hi*
also said he knew Mr. Ktobl to bb a very bud
man—that bo would steal, lie and cheat—and
had a very bud character from where he cam©
irom. Alter standing there some time, we con
cluded wo had bettor start home, om we had a
good distance to drive. Mr. Snyder getting on
his horse, and my father and I got Into the
buggy. On the way home ho said Klehl boro a
had character in the section in which ho had
lived, and he would He. and steal, and cheat.—
He tlrst teld me this before wo wont Into the
Jail, and second on the way homo, Ho first told
mo iu jail about John having raid he bought
pulson.
Cross Examined— I didn’t first charge Klehl
with stealing. I said ho bad gotten a bridle
awnv before lor father knew It; they have of
fered to pay me for the bridle since this trial
began. John Klehl had spoken to me about
the bridle some time before ho got It; but did
not say anything to mo at the time.
Sheriff J,K. Foreman, sworn.—Mr. Snyder
said he was Kiehl’s brother, when he came In
to my office. He rectified it In a minute, by
saying he was his step-brother. Ho asked
whether John Kiehl had come then, I said not
He said be heard he was arrested, and. he was
very anxious to see him. I told him ho had
not come yet. and If ho had come it wasn’t very
likely he.could get io see him ; that It wasn’t
proper any person should see him, and partic
ularly on Sunday. Said he had not seen him
for some ti me ; he said be was his brother, and
ho would like very much to see him. i told
him then If he would wait till ho would come
he could get to see him. I believe that was all
tbe conversation! had with him. Fred Mentz
or was under the influence of whisky when'ho
was in the Jail. My father and he look a drink
together afterwards,
B, K. Goodyear, [Recalled),—AVer I brought
Mr, Kiehl Into prison, and M“. Kiehl was in his
coll, the (sheriff Introduced Mr. Snyder to mo ns
a step-brother of KlelH's, and ho didn’t dis
sent.
Bam’l. Bkelly, nvom.— l would’ consider Mr
Mentzor prelty well intoxicated when ho came
Into the jail that day. I shut the door when ho
ramoto my coll because I didn’t want to t ilk
to him. He talked pretty loud. Iwontout—lie
was talking to a couple of girls—prostitutes—at
the next door. I hardly think he know what
ho was saying.
Cross Examined,— l saw him talking.to Mr.
Ktohl. I hud been In Jail over two months at
that time, I had never been lu Jail before that.
I was sent to Jail for separation from my wile.
I had left my wife and children.
Francis Hoover, sivom.— i was nolplng to
build a lime kiln. John Hoifman, Klehl and
I were there. I asked Klehl whether ho was
married, he said ho wasn’t. We were Joking
together. I asked Hoffman whether ho Was;
and ho said ho wasn’t, and thou wo talked
awhile, and I asked Klehl how many children
ho had, he said be had none. Isold 1 thought
you wasn’t married. Ho said yes I am mar
ried but I’ve got no children. Ho didn’t say
he was married but had no woman. Ho did
say ho wasn’t morrled.
Elias Hocii, ru-orn.—l was present when Mrs.
Hoffman’s daughter was on tho stand. I saw
her making signs (o her daughter. I was
standing alongside of Mrs. Hoffman, she was
motioning to her daughter.
David WALTHICJC. Recalled,— Simon Snyder
told me ho was John Kiehl’s stop-brother the
day wo came from tho Jail.
FRANK Hooveh, Recalled.—Oi\ tho 12th day of
April John HoQraau came down. Ho was
(towing oute, Ho said John Klehl Is going lo
raise ft fussnboutrthftt tlmt was talked at the
lime kiln; Ho told mo lo stick to ulni, and not
lot Klchl get ahead of uh. I told him I would
toll tho truth all tlio tlmo. Ho told mo Klehl
Said ho was going to And It out right, and I
told him Klohl would hardly nrnkoJTfass about
that, for vou Unow what he fluid. I told him I
dlnd’t think Klohl wouldfaken false oath,for
I didn’t think there was a mau living that
could. .John Hoffman mentioned a man’s
name that did take a false oath. Ho . said ho
could takoonetoo.
, Vo.** Examined.— John Hoovorls myfather.—
no lives out In Frank ford, about a mile and a*
half Irom where old Mr. Ktehl lived. I nevsr
wnfllnold Mr, Klehl’a house. I.don’t know
that ho was over at our house. I don’t think
ho seed me till I came down here. I was hired
with Joseph Myers. Kate Myers’ brother, and
am living there now. Hoffman told mo Klehl
was going lo make a fussabuut what wo talked
at lime kiln. Ah Hoffman said ho was going
to raise a fuss about It. He had sale nothing
but.what 1 told you yesterday.
Wilson Waltrick, ittoom.— l know young
Hoffman—Had a conversation with him. 1
said I believed John Klohl would got clear: and.
be said before ho would got clear, ho, (Hoff
man,) would take a false oath.
Cfross Kcumined —John Waltrlck Is my broth
er. 1 think I am not. related to tho Myers’.
This conversation was at William Bmlth’s
farm ; this conversation was about Hire©
months ago. Mr. Smith was there;
not very far off; wo wore walking around.
on Sunday. It was u quarter of a mile
from Hoffman’s. Told piy aunt Mrs. Heeds. X
think maybe I am a'relative of Myers. My
uncle David Is married to a Myers—to Barbara
'■yors. She Is not a sister of Kale Myers. Unolo
David Is silting back there, I doii’t- see anv
body else. I have never visit* d at Henry
-MyersMiouse.—l-eame
-T’was-mopping'nirMr.-BbenrerßhouHcr'"Wohim”
no whisky that day. I dldu’t offer Jojm Hoff
man any. I didn’t toll any‘person Mr. Smith
know all I knew. This conversation happened
after the Align t court. 1 don’t remember what
month it was. I don’t remember when I offered
John Hodman whisky. I had it In a bottle In
my pocket. Ho wanted to see u, I didn't toll
David Waltrlck I was making a good thing of
it. I haven't been paid anything yet. ,
Levi Snyder, sworn,— Simon Snyder came to
my place on Sunday evening, after lie cumo
home from Carlisle the evening of tho day Mr.
Kiehl was brought to Carllso, Ho told mo ho
was In ja'l andsaw him, and had a conversa
tion with JClohl, and he told him ho bought
poison. I ain’t certain whether ho said for rats
or mice, he told mo ho questioned him hard;
and nesald he had bought it lor his wife,
or something to that effect. Ho said "no,
no, you bought It for yonr wife, didn’t you,
John?” Ho said yes. 1 asked him whether ho
could prove this, ho flald ho could if these other
men wouldn't go bank on him. Ho said that
Myeis was' along with him, but I afterwards
heard It was not Myers. 1 told him ho should
be quiet and should not say anything more:
to lei these men that wore along with him tel
H. Then he went t > church from my house. On
Monday, morning I went past - Slump’s black
smith shop to work. He came out and told
mo hot to say anything farther about this. He
.said the sheriff was there. Mr. Klehi, is my
cousin;'so is Simon Snyder. On Monday he
told me not to say anything about It.
Jacob Pair, qOlrmcd.— Simon Snyder came to
my house on a Hal'bath day, and 1 asked him
whether ho had been in to see Klehl. ard Klehl 1
had told him so and so Ho said ho asked
Klelil what are you doing here. Klelil said
they have pot me hero, they say. for poisoning
my wile. Snyder then said, '‘Did yon poison
her?’’ Ho then said * 1 bought rat poison then
Snyder said: "No. no, John* you lie; you
bought poison to poison your wife, dldn’fcyou ?”
and he answered yes. I then asked him -f any
body was present when Klehl told him this; ho
said there was. He said Waltrlch and the
sheriff were present.
William ADdams, sworn, —I live In .West
penshoro’- township. Mr, Snyder, moved Into
my farm in 1807. left it Ist April 1809. John Klelil
moved on in April IWIH and left April IS7O.
Her John Klehl moved to mv farm on first
of A-rll—X missed corn la March - before that.
Klehl and Snyder wore on good terms, but the
family were not. From September to April I
heard the Snyder boys frequently saying:
‘•There cornea the thlor,” “there comes the liar.”
I hoard Simon Snyder using that language.
Snyders took the corn and charged it on Kielil.
Myself, my son Alfred and John Klehl detected
Snyders stealing corn. My son is reading law
with Newsham & Miller. I never delected
•*imon Snyder stealing corn. John Field's
character as a good, worthy well-behaved clti
zen was os good us any man's In the county. ‘
Cross examined.—l have lived twelve or thirteen
miles from him for the hist eighteen or nine
teen months. I have seen him twice since, and
once In ihejnll. I have heard tumors In the
neighborhood In which ,ho HvoJ This was
after his arrest, noyer I efore. • It was three or
fourdays alter the arrest.
Dr, David Cornm an, mom.—l was doing busi
ness in Carllsleaa a drugyst; commenced three
years ago, and left Carlisle, £<ith ot last May, 1
never sold defendant any poison.
Cross examined.- 1 was practicing medicine
and frequently absent from store—a son of mine
and a young man named Corbet attended store
In my absence. My son Is now m Pittsburg. I
was strict in keeping a book In which the
names of persons buying poison were recorded.
1 was present when -Mr, Sadler and Mr, s)ag
laughlin called to see whether we hud sold
Klehl any poison. We ■ told them wo hadn’t.
There was a registry of a sale of arsenic about
isth April, but the name was not Klehl. Iknew
the name hut couldn’t recall the man.
■Jacob Corbet, Sworn.— l was with Dr, Cornman
in Ca.Jlslo from August lhtiBto27. May Is7l. I
never sold defendant any poison. Mr. Mag
laughlin got mo to go to the Jail. J told - him I
,had never sold Mr Klehl any poison. I met
Mnglaughlin at Jail; he was along with toe.
When the doctor and I were absent, his son,
aged 17 or IH, attended the store. Young C rn
man went, Into the jail-with me. Ho toldMag
laughlln he never sold Klehl any poison.
John A. Fleming, sw.rn,— l reside - in Rhln
'easburg; and employed by Mr. Altlc—first,
went Into the store in December, 1801. and have
been with him, over sjnee. I never sold dofend
»nt any poison, and I uon't know that any was
over sold to him.
CVosa examwed.— Mr. AUio is owner of store
■uid attends at times.
Efiiuiam Counman. druggist,
doing b isniess In Carlisle. I never sold Kiehl
any poison. X)r, Worthington la my partner.
Thomas Wilson was sometimes there—once or
twice during the entire day,
J. B. Haversticjc. Am a druggist,
living In Carlisle. I never sold any arsenic or
poison of nriy kiml to defendant.
CVost examined.—Some days I wouldn’t sell
•vny, not, ofioirer , than three times a day. I
never saw Kiehl before. Iliad a boy named
Charles Fmuolsrus living with me from March
to May last. I look closely at men who come to
buy poison. I have frequently refused to sell
arsenic to persons I don’t know.
\V. F. Horn, recalled.—! don’t recognize
Kiehl’B face as buying poison. I have u register
—his fa tune Is not,on my register.
Cross examin'd—l have a young man in my
store,
Dr. C. M. Worthington, sicortu— l am a drug
gist lu Carlisle. Have been between lour and
live years Never sold any poison to John
Klehl Kiehl’s name is not on my record.
John Bums, .worn.—l am in S. A- Haverstlck's
drugstore; went there last June a year. I don’t
remember of overseeing John Klehl before.
Cross examined.— Didn’t keep a record of
poisons before « o heard of this case. Ho may
have been there; I nm not certain, I don’t
pretend to recollect faces of people who were
in the store four or five monins ago.
charges Francisco? , sworn. —I am In Joseph
Mnvcrstics’s drug store. I never sold the de
fendant any poison.
CV'm» examined.—That Is the book in which wo
keep the record of poisons sold. A great
many people buy poison there. I think
we always make a record of persons buying
poisons. I think 1 would recognize a person
who bought pol-"n six months ago.
Robert Eqe. stoorn.—l toover sold poison to
any one In Jos. Haverstlck’s drug store.*
• Dr, J. J. Zitzer, .worn.—l have practiced med
icine about 25 years. I practice now In Car
lisle. Have been fer M years. I knew Mrs.
Sarah Klehl. Have known lu rlO years. I was
physician to her father’s family before she was
married, In the latter part of January,’7l. Mrs.
Klehl camo to my office. She was by herself.
Sbe told me she was ailing for along while, and
bad tried a good many things, and they fallen
lu relieving ner. shO told mo about what she
WAs coraplnlnlngof. sue complained ofpnlniul
menstruation about this time or a little before.
She was attacked with vomiting, sick, fell had
for a week or more afterwards, couldn’teat. and
the function Itself was pretty much all obstruc
ted. She said the menstruation was merely a
symptom, very slight.' She complained of pal
pitation oftho heart. 1 then requested her to
remove the clothes and lot mo examine her.—
First I examined the heart, found Insufficiency
la the tri-cuspld valve. I examined the lower
part of the abdomen. In reference to that pain
she complained of. The liver, the glands, and
all the organa In the,cavity of the bowels; made
a minute examination In the region oftho ova
rytube. Found nn enlargement of between 4
and S Inches In length, and of about 11 inches
thick. It appeared to bo uneven and touchy.
I was satisfied that all the rest of the symptoms
were caused by that collection In the fallopian
tube, and It is rather a little difficult to say
whether It was cancerous or-ceroua or ovary
dropsy. I took the rest cf the symptoms from
the disturbance of digestion; don’t altogether
Satisfy mo whether It was cancerous. Thou I
prescribed a slight nmmoniacnl medicine, to
stimulate these organa—the sexual organs. Be
sides I gave her a preparation of a narcotic—
tobeusedatthotime v*hen she generally got
those violent symptoms during her menstrua
tion, • nud directed her as soon as that time
would be over, either to come back or send
word. She came buck with Mr, Klehl, both to
gether, lu beginning of February. Then I made
n close examination In reference to that en
largement of the fallopian tube and ovaries.—
I found very sensitive, and symptoms of slight
Inflamatlon, which I felt satisfied came from
menstrual period, It strikes mo the menstrual
period was about the latter part «f the mouth,
rom the 20th up. Then I prescribed, directed
from that diagnosis that I made, that It was
necessary either lo try and give that collection
a chance to disappear, by using something that
would have a tendency to open the I’ollopiau
Where U enters Into the uterus, or to absorb It;
and for that I made the preparation of one
grain of aisenlcnm, and two drachms of milk
su< r ar. Made 24 powders, one three times a day
ln°water. Beside that I gave her a powder
compound of columba,unripe oranges, andsabl
na. That she used, she told mo; and os I was
satisfied as to the symptoms, that the composi
tion agreed with her. and the digestive
organs had Improved. Th-y had agreed for a h it
t nri'serlbed. e>ho Intel nn in>ui!icdoncy In the
trl cuspidal valve. I changed that and gave her
a preparation of one grain of nrsenlc. ono-half
grata white ferrntilno. and the extract of beef
gall this was In pills. After she used It a
couple of days, the fenatr Inotu the pills seem
ed to disagree with her, and I stopped oil’, and
prescribed a mixture, citrate of iron. Alter
the third time of menstruation came around—
she cninu hack again, and I directed her one
ouneo of Fowler’s solution, a preparation of
arsenic- containing four grains to the ounce.—
and some of the sumo bitters. She was to taka
solution six" drops three times a day, until
four or five days before her time of chancing,
and then she should increase the dose unlit the
symptoms of changing should com© on; then
she should stop, and 11 itshould bo as painful
as before, she should u*>o the narcotics 1 gave
her along. Ami after tnese periods were over,
she should commence again ; and after me
medicine was all either come back or lot mo
know ; and If these spollsshould come on her
she should send down. The third tlmoshe re
turned was about the middle of March, Du
ring that time the powders got all, and Mr. K..
camo down for more ; ho camo about a week
afterwards. She wrote to mo, but ho came, for
fear X might not got the letter. This Is the let
ter ;
March 23d, 1871,
Dr. J must let you know how I am. 1 thlnkl
ain’t any better than I was. It Is always worse
when I change, I don’t know what Is the rea
son It Is worse then. Do you think you can
help mo ? My drops Is.all. _
* ~ ‘ SARAH E. KIEHL.
Dr. J. Jacou Zitzer,
Address: Shtpponsb’g,Dumb.Co., Vn ,
Mr Klohl was there frequently before I cot.
this letter. About the same day of next any I
received another loiter which X can’t ilud. Bn©'
.requested hae to send hef ono kind of medi
cine. I sent a prescription tip ito bo Ailed in
Shlppensburg, as tho drops could not bo seatby
roair, Tho prescription was citrate of iron.
I hunted for the loiter,Aut couldn’t And it, She
told mo she was sick, pain In her side, palpi*
tutlou.vomltlng and stek feeling, burnlnglu her
bowels. Photoll so bad sbo couldn’t sleep. In
a day or two after. Mr. Klebl catno to my office
early In tho morning, and told mo about her
being so very restless, sick through tho night.
1 gave him then a few narcotic powders. After
about a week Mr. Klohl camo back again lor
medicine. I gave him medicine thou again. I
gavohlm bitters—put a lltllo. magnesia among
1U I directed her lo take those drops again—
six drops three times a day—l mean Fowler’s
holu lon. That went on until tho middle of
April, he came back with Mrs. Klehl and then I
proscribed for her—gave her the bitters, colum
ba and magnesia and a vlnl ot Fowler’s solution
which would lust her until 1 came back from
California. It was between two and three
ounces—a little bit of Hoffman’s anodyne In It.
I told her whenever it came near the changing
lime she should increase It by ono drop dally,
up to ton or twelve drops, ana if sho fell an un
pleasant sensation in her stomach she was te
stop it altogether. I told Klohl tho condition
of his wife, that she had two causes that would
result In deatn if not arrested—the palpitation
of the heart, and tbd ovarian tumor.. I told
him I would do nil ray .duty. Klehl was at my
.oAice often. Ho walaeu in tho morning; came
gen* rally before I got up. waited until I opened
the door, and after he got. his medicine then
wont up In tho cars. In one eye ho got tears, and
dlrecllv In the other too. He promised to pay ,
nio well if I would attend this wife. I treated
frmq 15^to^a)
'-Igotrn'l©tter-fromherdurlugA’pril<~-HenoraUy..
commenced taking arsenic after tho symptoms
of changing was over, and continued until tho
symptoms came on. She couldn't change, that
was the tn-üblo. I thought tho arsenic would
open the fallopian tube, and would contract tho
■Abreß of the heart. I have used arsenic very
frequently. This Is a letter from her :
• April, 12,1871.
Doctor:—l must let you know how I am.
getting. I thought ‘those drops you sent mo
last, helped me some, but uow about two days
that my heart beats more again, and hurts mo
eo. I don’t know why U don’t get better.
Barau E. XCieiil.
Mrs. Kiehl said she followed my direc
tions. As she generally got very sick,
and used a preparation of arsenic, I
thought it would save her and I gave her
a powder of belladonna, and opium, and
hydrate of chloral. 1 intended that to
be used when she had her menstrual pe
riods. • I didn’t want her to send around
here and there, and told him and her
just to use the medicine. I gave her ar
senical pills.once, and was obliged tostop
them because they disagreed with her.—
Mr. Line, his wife and couple of children
were the first I had to tend to on arsenic
In this county—then a family that lived
near mountain, and Jaa Dunlap’s family
Lines was acute arsenical poisoning, got
by apple butter drops. Mr. Line’s was the
first I attended. I got them well; the rest
too.jexcept one. Mrs. Lino was sick,after
she recovered from the acute attack fora
month—thje rest got over It quicker—l
thought that was the reason she had to
suffer more than bur children* The first
stage will produce pain. They, ail had a
rash on their face, with vomiting and
cramp in stomach, with distention of
whole body, face contracted, mouth full
of contents of stomach. The sycaptoms
I could observe in that case were Vom
iting, cramp, contraction of features and
jerking, thumping of the heart—moan
ing continuously—so they couldn’t give
no distinct answer. 'They got over it. I
had other cases from the same cause; from
the glazing from apple butter jars. The.
last case was the Dunlap case, in which
I was called to consult with ur* Geo. B*
Grove. Several of the family were attack
ed. I found arsenic in the system in
Lyne case* That mau was attacked ; his
mime was Jacob Mouufz. He was affec
ted by an affliction of the sciatic nerve
—that passes through the hip down the
leg. It terminated into a very troub
lesome case. Everything we tried failed
-the suffering became so severe he could
not rest on two or three grains of mor
phia. After we had pretty much the ma
teria medica exhausted, we concluded to
go into an arsenical treatment —gave one
pill dally, increasing by ono until he had
a grain a day. , He got well and is going
about. There was about one grain o£ ar*
senie In the first twenty-four powders I
gave Mrs. Klehl. Then one grain in 24
pills; then we were obliged to stop. Eight
or ten of them were taken.. Then left the
ferratine out and made twenty four .more
pills, containing one grain, one twentieth
of a grain to a pill. I next gave her one
ounce of Fowler’s solution, which con
tains four grains to an ounce, used six
drops three times a day—that was some
time in March. About middle of April X
gave her 2 or two and a half ounces more
of Fowler’s With 2 drachms of Hoffman's
Anodyne. That Would be about ten.
grains of arsenic in two and a half oun
ces, to be used six drops three times, a
day,until about four or fiye days near the
time her periods were to set in, when
B he might increase.it by one drop a day,,
not to exceed ten or twelve drops, until
she felt inconvenient in her stomach.—
John Kiehl came half a dozen times for
medicine, when his wife wasn’t with
him.
Cross Examined. —Tbo first time Mrs.
Kiebl came to see me, was latter part of
January; sbe was by herself. Tbe second
time, as near as I cun tell, was about tbe
second week in February, with Mr.
Klehl. I think I saw her again about
one week afterwards. I think sbe came
back In about a week. I think tbe first
time I saw her was in tbe latter part of
February or Ist of March. Tbe last time
I saw her was In April—about the 18ih—
John was down too; they were both to
gether then If tbe medicine is not paid
I put it down, if it is paid Ido not. I
don’t keep a book to put down patients
to whom I furnish medicine, to guard
against law-suits; I have mentioned all
the medicine I gave Mrs. Kiebl. They
didn’t pay for the medicine they got on
the 18tb of April—that I would mark
down in tbe book. I would charge all
they got from me. I say I have not got
John Kiebl charged only with a powder
on that day. I baye tbe book here,
(Witness produced tbe book.) Tbe note
in tbo book, “ polp,” expresses merely
be nature of tbe disease. I have a book
in which I record tbe name of party, the
disease, and tbe medicine. I have nobody
in my office now; Dr. Bixler is there some
-times. He helped me in case I was too
throng, and then be attends to outside pa
tients; Xattend to my office myself. I told
Mrs. Kiebl as some of the medicine began
produce unpleasant effects, sbe should
quit taking ft; until it did that she could
safely take the dose I gave her. I could
not fix tbe day on which sbe was there ;
sbejwaa there twice in two weeks, once by
herself, and once Mr. Klehl camo along
with her. She was down about a month
before she was down the last time. The
two letters were only a day or two apart
and be followed the’lettera tbe next day
-1 didn’t give him medicine; I sent him
a prescription by mail, after John
was down. Ho was down after night,
I think be took some bitters along that
time. One time in March sbe was down
by herself. I don’t remember whether
he was with her In March. lam satisfied
that on the date I have the charge in my
booh, Kiehl ami his wife were both at
my office together. I can’t say positively
she was there twice from 18th to 24th of
April. Kiehl paid me every time he had
medicine from me. One bthor time she
didn’t pay. This book began April 4th.
I can’t say precisely the day they were
there In February. I couldn’t find the
second letter; I bavn’t seen it since I
read it. I hunted for it, but unfortunate
ly couldn’t find It. I returned from Cal
ifornia lu Juno. I heard of Mrs. Kiebl’s
death before I got home. I said I treated
her with arsenic, am! wished I bad oaly
been at home. I did give her pllla. I
didn’t eay In presence of John PeU’er, J.
-B* Blxlor, W. F, Horn, and
-that 1 gave her ray dyspepsia pills. 1
have no regular formula for making dys
pepsia pills or medicine. When she
cdme In April, sho fetched the bitter vial
along, and tb.o Fowler’s solution I gave
her was all done but a few drops. She
took sick after a weak near or later. On
the 18th of April she complained of the
same thing she did In the beginning*
but little change for the better* 1 thought
the organs of digestion were a little
stronger. I thought the arsenic was do
ing her good. In the cases I spoke of this
morning, they were poisoned by eating
apple butter, from the, glazing in the
pots. The pot was half empty* They
got sick Soon after supper* I saw them
In the flrst<stage: If they got into the
second stage, the disease would be a good
deal more developed—the second coat ,of
stomach would be affected. Taylor is an
authority on poi&oning, Wharton and
' but I - apy
body else. 'He has largest experience,
and gives the most minuteness, and had
the best chance. Every stage tfrill have
its own symptoms. I remember the pre
scriptions given at £aoh time, because I
paid particular attention to her. The
witness then produced the book: On 18th
of April the following entry appeared :
“ Kiehl, John, near I Shlppensburg, O.
pulp—lso,
Re-examined in chief— l told the gen
tlemen named that I gave Mrs. Klehl
arsenic pills.
DR. C. B. Rury,* worn—' The druggists
in Shlppensburg are'J. C. Altlck, Jos.
Rankin & Co., and myself. lam in the
central part of town ; I have seen John
Kiobi ; never sold him any poison. I
attend to my store myself. :
Joseph Rankin, sworn— Am a drug
gist in Shlppensburg. I never sold John
Kiehl any poison. I don’t keep a clerK.
Catharine Myers, sworn— l live in
Southampton township, between a quar
ter and half ,a mile from where John
Kiehl lived. Wo moved there in 1850.
Kiehls moved there the spring before
she died; they lived there a year. Mrs.
Kiehl and I wore full cousins. My fath
er's family and Klelil's were, on very
good terms. We were a great deal back
and forward. My father and Mrs. Kiehl’s
mother were sister and brother. Mrs,
Doner was a Myers, a sister of my father.
John Kiehl and I are full cousins by
marriage., t first went to last
fall, early in the fall, about corn cutting
time. I went to Mr. Miller's in corn
cutting time; was a few days over throe
weeks there. Went from there to Klehl's;
was there about eight weeks; the first
time. Mrs. Kiehl bad asked me first to
go there, before X, went to Miller's. Mrs.
Kiehl had very sore hands, first when I
went there; that was why I went. Her
hands were sore all the lime; she had
tetter; she was complaining more or leas
all the time ; complained of her heart,
and a pain in her head. Mot of anything
else I remember of at that time. Borne
time after that she complained of e pain
In her side, but not after. She complain
ed of her heart fluttering veiy much, and
I told her she ought to go to the doctor.
She told me to lay my baud on her heart,
and it fluttered very much. The pain
her heart would.make her very sick.—
She was ing some days, and some days
she was up. She went to Dr. Nevin in
Sbippensburg, and took of his medicine,
and said it didn’t help her, and she was
going to Carlisle to take of Dr. Zltzer.
When she came homo from seeing Dr.
Zltzer, she told me the doctor told her,
she had the palpitation of the heart very
bad. The doctor told her she was pretty
bad, and unless she was careful of her
self be couldn’t cure her. She must be
careful about doing her work, and keep
quiet, or he couldn't cure her, for she
was pretty bud. She-gotrdrops and pow
ders that time; this was the second time
I was there; I had been athome forabout
a- week ; then she came down for this
medicine. This medicine she got from
Zitzer made her very sick ; and I wenl
back then. She sent for me; she wasn’t
able to do her work. The medicine she
took made her sick. John came for me
I don’t know what one he asked for, but
I went. I went over ; she said she had
sent John over to see if I couldn't come,
and do her work a day or so. She wasn't
doing any thing particular at that time,
for she was very sick. She complained
of her heart, and a pain in her bead, and.
she had to vomit very much. I was only
there that time a couple of days. I went
home a couple of days, and she done the
work herself. It wasn’t very long until
E went back again, that she wasn’t able
to do her work. She was sick again and
sent John for me. John came, and said
Jane or I should come. He spoke to Jane
first about comiug. She wouldn’t go ;
said his wife was lying very sick; said he
wanted one of us to come; he didn’t care
which. When I came over she was lying
on the floor In the kitchen, she hud to
vomit so, and complained of pain In her
heart; I staid one nlghtthat time; I didn’t
go back then for a couple of weeks; be
tween that time she bad come down to
the doctor again. She used her medicine
about a week tofter that; before I weut
there to do anything. • She was not any
belter then, for the medicine bad made
her very sick every time she took of it
She complained of her heart, and pain
in her bead, and the medicine made her
vomit nearly all the time. I think she
got drops that time. I was there two
days and one night that time. This was
after she came book the second time from
the doctor. Sbe was sa sick I didn’t
think she would live till morning, and
she bad to vomit nearly all the time. She
was bettor, and the next day I went
home. I wasn’t then there for a coupleof
weeks after that; she was baking; John
came over for me, she was so sick. She
was sitting on stair steps when I went
there; sbe wasn’t able to do anything.
She was baking, but she couldn't finish
it herself. She had the dough kneaded
up, but got too sick to finish it. This
was on Saturday; X wanted logo home on
Sunday evening, but she said I shouldn’t,
I should wait till Monday. I went home
Monday morning. She said the snow
was so deep, and it was so cold, sbe
| didn’t care about going. out. I went
home on Monday, and wasn't there for
a couple of weeks, and then her sister
Mary came up* She staid four or five
weeks. I didn’t go hack then until a
week or ten days before she took this last
spell. I was there then two days—the
medicine made her very sick. X asked
her whether she thought it was the med
icine, and she said sbe thought it was.—
X was there from the holidays, nearly
half the time, back and forwards, until
her last sickness. It always made her
very sick when she took her medicine ;
she said X knew how to do her work and
she sent for me; she was a little particu
lar about her work. When I went over
she said the medicine made her very sick.
I asked how mauy drops sbo took; uud it
was from six to twelve, but I wont he too
sure about that. I was there so much hack
and forward, when she was taking the
medicine, Bho said she was.not partic
ulnr about dropping it. Sbe Bald once
sbo took tbe bottle and poured it in tbc
cup. I told her abe ought to bo careful
about taking the drops, and abe aaid that
wiiatabe took once abe needu’ttakeogalu,
it would get done sooner, and she knew
bow much to take, I often saw her pour
it out in a cup, and told her to be partic
ular; it was strong. She said the doctor
told her.to take it In. sweetened water.—
She put sweetened water In tbe cup first,
and then poured tbe medicine in the wa
ter; at first she dropped it in. She kept
the medicine in a cupboard in the kit
chen—that is where she kept the box of
powders and the bottica—two bottles
with drops. She was almost always
standing in the kitchen by the window
when she took her medicine. There’was
a bucket of water there. Almost every
time she took it, it mqdo her throw up-
She always went tel the water td put the
medicine in. The medicine made her
sick couple times. I thought the
woman would / not live till morn
oug. -- r , medjcihe
in the.oup not very long before her last
spell of siokn4ss—a "week or ten days be
fore she took sick. As near'as I can tell,
at that time the. bottle was about halt
full, probably not quite half full. These
spells were three or four weeks apart.
She complained of her heart, and said
she thought it was the medicine chat
made her sick. These spells were about
the time of her monthly periods; sbe al
ways did get worse then. She com
plained of a pain in her heart and bead—
She said the medicine was very strong
and made her sick. She would lie some
times, and it made her sick on her stom
ach; she couldn’t eat. While I was
there the last time, almost everythingshe
ate wouldmakeherthrow up; anil if she
drank coffee or anything; nothing would
lay on her stomach. These were the
times I spoke of tiiat I thought sbe
wouldn’t live over night; she Was very
ill twice when I was there. The last
time I was with her was on Tuesday
evening the week she died. She had to
purge a good bit still sometimes. (A
bottle shown witness) Tbe bottle «'as
about this size, it may have been a lit
tle smaller, I can’t say for certain; the
drops were kind of a redisli color.
Cross Examined —The first time I went
to John Kiehl’a was last fall; I can’t tell
the month exactly; about corn cutting;
time; I staid I here about eight weeks at
that time. She was away on a visit a
couple of days; she went down to foe her
uncle, inTTankford; John took her down.
She went Thursday and come back on
Monday In the cars. John came back oh
Thursday, evening. I think that was li.o
only time she was away wjbile I was
there- She didn’t go away much at that
lime, for her hands were so sore; she.
had to wear gloves. It was about
eight weeks after that I went home. I
Staid at home two weeks that t : me.—
went homo just before the holidays.—
I might have satid at home a week, or
two weeks. That time she was taking
medicine from-Zitzer,—white powders
and drops. The drops were a kind of,
reddish color. . The medicine made her
very sick.at that time, that’s the reason
Iliad logo there; the drops were pretty
strong. I tasted them; they tasted pretty
ugly and very bitter. The medicine
made her sick the day I was there; when
I left Kiehls then I went home, and staid
at home between one and two weeks;
she got sick so often; she got so very
sick. She was not so very sick at that
time, still she couldn’t do her work. I
staid at home a week or two, and went
back and staid ail night that time she
was sick. The medicine made her sick
that lime- She complained it made her
throw up so; it made her vomit so; it
I made her vomit very nearly evefy- lime
site took it; nothing would lay on her
slotnach. Siiewould get very sick in her
stomach. As soon as she would take the .
medicine,[she would go out and throw it
up. I was there one night; then I Went
homeland might have been at home a
week. She was Very delicate all the time,
and sickly. Then I went back again; she
was taking the sgme kind of medicine as
before. 1 was there a night and two days.
She was lying on the floor when I came
over; she was very sick; she had a pain
in her heart and a pain in her bead. X
didn't hear her say any thing about a
burning in her throat or stomach. Thei
vomit was green, and kind of curdled,
—after that she went to Dr. Zltzer's.—>
This was after she was down to
er’s the first time. She came home with
medicine that time. She had x drops,
but whether she bad powders I do
not know- The drops were the saino
color as she had been taken before.
I do net know whether it was the same
—I didn’t taste it; She took all tho
drops in water. She. didn’t like tho •
taste of the medicine,said it was awful
ugly to. take; she didn’t like to take it
—that medicine made her sick too. She
thought tiie drops made her sick. I
was there a night and two days. Sho
was poorly at the time. Mary Doner
didn’t come till after. Then I went
home, and didn’t go back until after
Mary Donor left. I am not certain
whether I was there when Mary Doner
was there. It might hove been a week
before Mary Doner came that I was.
I wanted her to go for one of her sis
ters but sho said her mother couldn’t
spare them. I was there a week or ton ■
days before her last illness. The drops
made her sick at that time. They
were strong and unpleasant to take—
she took them in wafer; they were In
a bottle about the size the one shown
me. She said the' drops were very bit
ter and unpleasant to take. Those
were the drops she took in the cup.—
There were two bottles and a box of
powders in the cupboard; Both the
bottles were of Dr. Zitzer’s medicine.—
There was no other bottle of red-color
ed drops—there were some' bottles of
essence and tincture, but no other bot
tles of medicine. Sho was Just taking
medicine out of the one bottle and tho
box. The bottle and box were stand
ing near together. The other bottles
were standing further back. She always
had a particular place for her bottle.—
The other bottles wete empty at that
time. There was no other medicine
there excepting Dr. Zitzer’s, and one
bottje of that was empty. It was be
cause it was so bitter and unpleasant
she didn’t like to take it.
Dr. Robt. E. Rodgers, sworn.~L
reside in the city of Philadelphia. I
occupy the chair of Chemistry In,
Medical Department University of Pa.
Tho symptoms of arsenical poison are
exceedingly variable, sometimes irrita
ting, sometimes affecting the nervous
system ; sometimes of a narcotic char
acter. When they ate irritating, they
affect especially what is called , tho
mucous membrane; or that lining mem
brane of the bowels, stomach and gul
let. When of tho nervous character,
or affecting the nervous system, they
seem to attach or destroy, more or less,
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