Tit 4
- -
A. IC- RH V' E Edifor4rropr
J. A. DUNBAR,
CARLISLE, PA
-. Friday Morning, May 2,8•;4869,
l'he Continual grumblings of the
Democratic press , at Gen. Grant's up
pointments furnish • satisfactory evi
deuce that all i; going Well in 'thw
quarter. The President has no don!)
made some mistakes, here and there
in his selections, as was to be expect
ed, some of which he has already
_ - )r
re'cted, but the general execration will
which the 'appointments have been re
tvived by the Democrats renders it cm
tail, that, upon the whole, they are vol
deserving the approval of the loyal anc
patriotic people of the country.
CANADA,—h, iS c •said that there is
growing a large party in Canada
tit
vortible to the annexation of that pro
vince to the United States. and that
such a union is now openly advocated.
A general Uniiin Convention is to be
held in June, when, it is expected, the .
whole movement will develop itself
Meantithe prominent citizens of the
New Dominion are being privately but
- thoroughly sounded as to their views
upon the subject, so that when it comes
up its, friends may know who are their
opponents, and the argumentS they will
have to combat. . .
i7 s Postmaster General CRESWELL
has completely restored the special
mull Service. The country has been
ilkiided into six divisions, and these
or • subdivided into districts The first
fourth and fifth three each, and the
sixth. six. Each division has a chief
officer, styled Superintendent Railway
Mail Service, whose i;alary is about
£.43,000, and alsocit Special Agent to
investigate riMil depredatio . ns. Each
district has an agent called Post-office
Inspector. There are also several
" agents at large." The'Superinit•n
arms are responsible for postal affairs
ovei the whole of their divisions
lit I: gin.'.a election has at last
been fixed for the.6th of July. The
,. day has been pta-off so late that the
harvest. may be - ga , ltvred hefo,re poli
tical excitement becoMes , too high. to
interfere with the necessary nork. The
twilit Can hardly he drmhte.d
Constitution. will I adopted, negro
suffrage, and all. Several clauses re
lating' to disfranchisement, test oaths,
and local officers, will he. voted on sep•
arately. These may be reje . et d. The
feeling against disfranchisement. is daily
gaining ground, and the 11FWIP7”111CRS'of
test oaths is fast beginning apparent.
There is strong reason )0 believe the
next I — mlunin will see all the States in
Utiinti once moil
Es; OLS TURA has issued orders
to the Mica that all the departments.
Of the Giiverninent'sbe closed on the.
lath iust , so that the otli-„iersand-ern
ployee's may - pirticipate. in the ceremo
nies of decorating tire gi fives of the
Union solditra and sailors at Arling
ton. Dime is a peculiar titUess about
this order which will tend to make the
ceremonies more touching and solemn.
The General of the armies in hich the
sleeping braves fell, at whose command
they faced death, and in wise _
they had the utmost coldhliince, is now
enabled, asybief 'Executive of the nit's
twit they died to save, to make the
most•imiising t'i , cognit inn nt' their ser
vices„lnd truly represent tiro nation in
its annual tribute to bra V er-6in a worth.
SCE•, find the following in the Boston
Courier, one of the bitterest I 4,iiinenitic
papers bit the country :
"Two things are observable in hen.
Grant—his power of holding his tongue
and his grateful remembrance, in his
day of prosperity and supreme power,
of those early friends who gave hitn a
start in life when poor. needy, un
knoun, unnoticed, and of no account
socially, politically, or professionally
Call it nepotism or what you will, much
worse traits than this have been ex
hibited by ruling men."
After this, frOm a political opponent,
one wonln think that• the ianit finding
Republicans, whose fealty is measured
by their success in obtaining office,
would hide their heads in shame.• If
they don't they ought to. •
now ENGLAND SSES
conscious of' her 'offences aglitinst us
when we were in trouble, expected
sharp retort - when we were on our feet
again. Reverdy Johnson was sent
out, and shc.seized him and dined hini
into oblivion. She did not know at
first that we wero not yet ourselves .
again, but began to think as much to
wards the close of Reverdy's career
When Grant came in and the Senate
came out mrith a full declaration of our
case her worst expectations were rea
lized Knowing the justice of•oirr case,
but not knowing how we may mean to
press it, frhe is i,naturally uneasy, and
the ministry, fearing war, stir up a de
ministration in the journals:
'[!fin BOURBONS. AND BONAPARTH
--4iabellii, the gx-Queen of t'pain, has
not forgotten the pleasures of IliEn6id,
her home or throne: Two thousand of
her 4 - ..beronts have mustered on-Prone!)
_ territory and threiiten to,oross the bor
der in opposition to the revolutionary
government. The men ate, it is said,
under the command of Generals Gasset
t and Th'zuela, officers of much merlt,
,and ..braVery; and
,distinguished for
their action tn, dqence of the royal
cause. The •Siparffish government is
. .
already on tin) al pt to prevent an in i
vasion. Very grave complications may
!Iris° , on the •peninsulr should it be at
tempted. Isabella is very rich.. She'
is:sheltered and befriended by Napo.
loon. Slionla r -Donapartism and Boar
brinism• pin' bands :cordially very ex
traerdinary • consequences may ensue,
such as the advent Of h•Preuch army
to Madrid; the neutralization 'd•Gib
raltar and
.the freedom (lithe 51e . diter-,
•reanean • Who' can foretell the next
Ouba should Real liercharter
:isitin.dePpngenc6 immediatply.:
The St s etineekeNMutder Case.
Owing to the intense excitement.
everywhere pyevailing#o our commu
nity in'reference to the pioceedinge in
the trial' of this great cites., we have,
given up a very large portion of our,
.paper to a - detailed report of the evi
dence adduced upon the trial, tkp to
the tiMe of going to prose: SOOP'
as' the case is finished, we intend to
print an " ExTus," giving the whole
of the tei34imony,.an abstract of the ar
guments of counsel, and the verdict of
the jury.
These extrac t as soon as they are
printed, can be obtained ri 4 t our office
o-case ever tried in Stir Court involy
ed-so many-and so complicated-a series
of circumstances. A perusal of the
proceedlogs in detail, as they will be
Uund in the extra, cannot - fill to be of
_the liveliest, interest to every one, and
will be well worth preserving. for all
time. The defendant is either innocent
or guilty, and the data upon which the
jury make up their verdict, one way
or the other, will be well worthy of the
deliberate consideration of our entire
community. We_ would be glad, if
those who wish our " Extra;" would
call and give us their orders, Bo that
-we may be able ttvform some ;idea Of
the number that will be in demand.
B'e' - The Rock Island (111 ) Daily,
Union, in noticing a phort article which
appeared in our paper ota late date, in
relation to the cure of soldiers' orphans,
in which it was intimated that Penn
sylvania and Massachusetts were the
only States that had provided for them,
says :
The Herald is mistaken. "Illinois
has to day the finest and most complete
„Sold - ETA!. rifth' mg in the •nu -
try. The buildings are ample, are fur
nished throughout in proper style, and
in proper style, and have been erected
for this express purpose, without ie.
gard to cost. They will be inaugurait
ed June 17th, at Normal."
We are very glad to hear this, friend
FlnvElisrtcK, and it . goes to show that
the people of Illinois are as thoughtful
and Philanthropic as they Were during
the Rebellion brave and patriotic:' In
that contest, her sons rallie'd to the de
feiiiT of the Union witli an alacrity and
in numbers almost Unequalled . Of
.course, thousands of her sons perished
in the field and in hospital, leaving
numbers of destitute orphans behind
them. That this great State is now
providing forillosp, orphimais a_ matter
of pride and gratification.
THE Bi- s'r EVIDESICE L —The New
York Legislature,, having followed the
lead of the Pennsylvania Assembly, in
passing a bill pertyitting parties in in
ferest to testify in suits at law, there
have been: several illtistrations - !if its
practical working in the courts of that
city. „The recent New York statute
goes further than our own in the par
ticular -of allowing alleged criminals - to
testify in their own behalf. With even
thi ! i latitude, its operation in the few
cases where it has been tried, have
been_ entirely satisfactory. Whether
or not our jurists are willing to go to
this length in Pennsylvania, or whether
it would he adVisable for-them to do
so, we Itre not prepared to say. , Yet,
the practiCe has time-honored prece
dent, in both France and Germany.
As regards civiPcases, especially those
id which the settlement of commercial
transactions were involved, the obsolete
theory of supposing that every party
interested in the trial of a cause would
become a perjurer, though his interest
might be not more than a single penny,
was so monstrous and absurd as to be
a matter of wonder that it was riot long
ago exploded.
Tit E NEW DEMOCRACV..—TO DO
small part of the people of the South,
their reconstruction will be made more
palatable by the fact that impartial
suffrage under the Fifteenth Article,
may thus be imposed on the North,
That Article will disband the last ling
ering trace of the Northern Democratic
organization, and musters the party
forevJr out of existence in these States.
Its headquarters are to he at once trans
ferred to the late rebel States, and the
rag-tag and bob- tails of the once prowl
and formidable Democracy of the
North will be scattered to the winds,
and heard of no more. Oh engin thus
its local habitation, the Demo retie
party will forswear ono lof its o dest
principles ; immertally td 'white an's
party, 'it is hereafter to be"affectionate
ly devoted to the colored race, among
which is to be its new field 'of labor,
and by the aid of which all its'fature
victories .are to he, won. Thus, the
XArth Artide will work such a trans
formation of the political trigrale of the.
regenerated party, that the mere change
of the leopard's spots would benothiug
to it, .We shall then scarcely be. able.
...
to recognize
_the. Democracy, in its
character of a newly-born philanthro
py ; indeed, we doubt If the party will
really know itself, Their- in.esent
leaders at theNoith will do well, about
these days,:to be loOking sharply to
the party's-latter end. . •
,
i
- - INDIANWi,at ...-It itir quite proba a le
that we shall have . more trouble wh
several of the Indian Crib- 8 of \ t e
PPiins during the coming Summer; in
fact the campaign may be said to have
opened already on a small scale. Soy.:
eral times the telegraph ban atinourced
" the war ended ;"abut in Indian mat
ters, as hien 'others, the, telegraph does
not always give the exact truth._ Un
less the Quaker . Agents reeeittly-ap
pointed can influence the warlike tribes
to remain at peace,there is liqle dottbi
that,there will be plenty of employment
for all the troops in the Indiatonuti:.
try through the summer. ;We believe
that the Indians ire 'generally proVok
ad to war by the , outrages of frontier
settlers and The infidelity and rapacity
of Government Agents—lsar there is
t
nu use •speculating in causes ; there
must be an end put to. Indian,' massa
cres by some means.• , If it cannot .be
done by 'Quaker, or other peaceful in
flume, it mast be done, by the mord.
England- and our National Se
curities. ,
As the eyes of so many of our people
are turned just now towards England,
to see whht course she will now take in
the Alabama difficulty, we take the fol
lowing pertinent,urticle from-the. the. Now-
York fleidd, believing thatbrief as It
is it speaks exactly to the point,- and
shows - that if the United States will
insist_ upon her rights, England most
yield :
Americans need no , prOofs of
English jealousy and hostility. they
didy:thc recent deliberate effort of the
Bank of England to force'our bational
securities from the . London ( market
would he r conclusive on the paint. The
Bank or England is the representative
of 'the British government. In (Ale
sense it is the government: The pop
ular' investment in United : States live
twen: ies has been growing, year by
I year. 'Great Britain, at the present
.time probably holds one-Aifirth of our
national debt. The fact is a very un
pleasant one - to the aristocrats, who
have had the bill for. the damages done
-by the Alabama again placed before
them by the speech of Senator Sumner.
If the people of England hold our se
-curities, how- can- they be induced--to
support a war against us ? They not
only like what they have, but they
want more of our securities. The con
'eels of an ancient and decrepit system
of government are poor securittes• in
in comparison with the promises te-pay
of a fresh, enterprising people, who
mean to discharge every dollar of their
debt, have already commenced to do
so, and are impatient that they cannot
00. so right away. ~
Yet, with' all this jealousy and dis
like to us, there are .a.ers in our
midst which take sides against us and
with our English opponents in the
matter of the Alabama claims. They
are the lieverdy Johneone of the Ame
rican press. • Fortunately, they are not
leaders or exponents of public opinion,
or the situation -might—be—misunder
stood. They deprecate such a thing its
a war with England, because it would,
• they say. ruin our commerce and bank
rupt us. Let us lOok at the facts. The
United States gives employment to
millions of operatives in England and
France. A war. with -ts would drive
these people to rebellion. A foreign
war, by clositig our ports, Would .de
light the great party of protectionists.'
While it lasted our mills' would be run
' fling night and day, and new ones would
.spring up on the banks of our Southern
rivers, to prodiice the materials for one
armies. Our Western States c(cUld
feed the whole world forever. But the
Bonen t point is this :—We import more
than we expbri: The United States
is the patron of the manufactures of
Europe. During the expired four
months / of the present year we have
bought, sixty minipill more of Europe
than we sold to her. A. war, therefore,
which would close our ports—hermet
ically seal them, eveu—would be an
actual. saving to the country of nearly
two hundred millions of dollars in the
year. A brief calculation will -show
that a war with England would soon
pay off the National debt.
The Presbyterian ASseniblies
The representatives of- the Presby
terian Assemblies, Old School and
New School, numbering many bun
dreds, assembled in New York city
lest week, the main ollject of the meet
ings being to devise and perfect a plan
for the re-union of this numerous and
influential branch of the Christian
Church. After organization a resolu
tion Was adopted directing the forma
tion of committees of conference, con
stituted of fire ministers and five elders,
to be named by the Moderator of the
Old School, who, perceiving the vital
consequences likely to result from his
action in this essential, requested that
he be permitted time to deliberate on
his nominations. These. proceedings
constituted the main features of the
first day's routine, business. A very
pleasing incident occurred in the ap
plication of a gentleman who had jour
neyed from the extreme point of Texas
for admission to the General Synod.
His credentials' were not in technical
form, as the Church in his locality is
too sparse, to form a local synod, au
thorized, to sign, them, in .Conforinity
with the rule adopted in the year P 337.
He stated that his co-religionists, hav
ing remained loyal to the Union during
the war, communion with their breth
ren during the war was interrupted.
An attempt was made to'" choke off"
the appliCant, but the MOderator bad
his claim referred to the , . committee,
The centre Of unity may thus be re
stored to the followers of John Knox
in the United States—a consummation
worthy of the religious fealty, devotion
in worship, citizen loyalty and unob
trusive' derileanor of the Presbyterian
body in general —ZslctO York Roma
HORACE GREELEY will commence
in the Tribune on or about the first of
June, the first chapter of a treatise du
Political Economy, designed' more es
pecially to educate and defend the poi
icy of pfedetien-to homejndustry. He
expects to bring. the work within• the
collapse of twenty-to twenty , fiVe Chap-
Jorsof three or. four columns each, and
'to treat the subject with such simpli
city and directness that few can read.
these essays without at least realizing
that the .Protective polidy is either
grossly misunderstood or deliberately'
misrepresented by the champions of
Free Trade. The pablio Anil, at all
eyente„says Mr. Greeley, realize that
we, who stand for Protection, dmbitually
road and try to comprehend , our advor'
serieß. ; witile they ignore our writings
and grossly caricature" our arguments
.Secretary 13,outwell has . deter•
mined to put his , goldselling plan to
the severest test. Sales of $2.000,000
per Week, instead of one, as East in
tended; halre been authorized. •If any
one doubts his ability to de thin, let
him inquire the extent of ' the surplus
.tow in..the Treasury, and then consider
that in five days (from the 10th to the
150 inst.,) the revenue from customs
exceeded $3,000,000. , ~ •
General Sielcle,'
- The Deatocratic Apers throughout
the cenntry are wonderfully exercised
over the appointment of Gen. SICK - Lip_
ailifinisteito Spain.' They hirie raked
up the Key shooting affair, and paraded
.its ,details ._before the. country 'afresh.
Gen. Sickles was a .good Democrat
when that affair happened, 'and the
papers of that party' then universally
applauded him for. sheeting the Mall
who had. wantonly Wronged and dis
honored him, and • by his acts and in
trigues had caused' a once blameless
woman to become. an incontinent wife
and faithless mother. If Gen. Sickle
did wrong, then, he has entirely atoned
for it by his unquestioned — good coif
duct since. No man dirt greater ser
vice than he in helping •to put down
the Rebellion, and he fairly fought hi'
way up to the rank of a MajOr General;
against great opposition in-and out of
the army. Ie is eminently qualified
.for the honorable and responsible po
sition to* which President Grant has
assigned him ; and as we maY'possibly
have abraci trouble with Spain, before
the Cuban war is disposed of, we know
of no one in all the country to whom
we would sooner trust, our diplomatic
interests in such an exigency than Gen.
Sickles. He has the education and
ability requisite to make a successful
diplomat; and backed by his fine
miii
tary 'reputation, great personal recti
tude and excellent character, he can
not but be received with great respect
by the Spanish Government. His 'Coun
trymen at home and abroad are tog
well acquainted with hie history, to al
lOw the vituperations of the Democrat
is press to have the least weight in .
lessening their esteem for him as a man
and a sot ier. All true friends of the
country approve of his appointment,
and are thankful that we are no longer
to be disgraced as a nation by being
falsely represented at Madrid.
KFINTLICKY COMING RuUND.—Ken
way-Lit, last is
_beginning to open her
eyes to the important fact that the
nigger has some rights which white
.men are bound to respect, that-Judge-
Taney's Dred Acott decision has lost
its force Since the abolition of slavery,
and that something' n ust be done to
meet the new order of • things. The
Louisville Carle,- thinks that ncgroes
ought to be allowed - to testify in _ the
courts, that "negro testiMouy,-is right
in_ principle," _and that "it is demanded
by common sense ;" and the Courier
speaks from the out-croppings of the
controlling public, opinion. Kentucky
never did underAand the war; for she
got into it im both sides, and when she
got out of it -she- seemed..to consider
State, sovereignty established under
Jeff •Da;ds But, tlndizig, that the
thirteenth and- fourteenth amendments
of the borthtitution are accepted by the
United States Comte in the , ' State,
Kentucky is beginning to come
round.
SPAIN AND GIBRAVAII.-4212 Sa
turday last Spain, in spite of Cuban
trouble, not only thought but spoke
shout the Rock of Gibraltar, one of
the grandest—perhaps the grandest--
and most imposing of British outposts
Minia,ter Lorenzana'e reply was wise.
Spain must be strongly constituted
and financially reorganized before she
can speak to Great Britian about the
cession of the Mediterranean key.
There are theorists in Great Britian who
regard the great rock as Molly and
waste,' and who go in for immediate
cession. These men are theorists, and
and they are few in number. Great
Britian will not give up Gibraltar so
long as she lias gOod reason to bold it ;
and she will have goOd reason to hold
it so long as she believes she is mis
tress of the seas. The Rock of Gi•
broker, however, as the rock is now
kuown,'is a:perpetual insult to Spain.
If Spain awakens into newness of life
the Gibraltar question will be one of
the great questions of the future.
INIPMany of the standing committees
of Congress are proposing excursions
over the Prcific railroad. Is it imper
tinent to ask whether the 'met - fibers of
such committees have any more right
to ask to be carried free on these ex
cursions over the Pacific road than
have the members of any town council
in the land? There, is an ostentation
about these tours which is distasteful
to the American people. No practicl
good comes from such excursions. and
we hope the Pacific road officers will
put a. stop to them, unless the parties
pay their own fare, like honest people
always must and do. .
GERMAN' UNlTY.—Bavaria, the most
Persistent opponent Of the realization
of German'uAity under the supreMacy
of Prussia, has fallen under the line of
national advance: The general elec- ,
tions just held !in the kingdom '• have
resulted in favor of the perfect union
of North , And South Germany, revers
ing completely the public expression
recorded , in Munich at the moment - of
the Austro-Prussian war Bavaria is
About - to cut loose from Rome' and will
soon• become indePenden f and; proeper•
ous,:i
Tae REPUBLICAN conferees for the
Senatorial District composed of the
counties of Blair, Huntington, Centre,
• Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, have elec
ted William Lewis, of Huntington,
and David W Woods, of Mifflin, as
their Senatorial delegates to the next
Reptilificaii State convention, instruc
ted to urge the re-nomination of John,
W. Geary for governor.
The comet discovered . in 1858 by
Winnecks, and namod after him, is now
observed approaching the-earth. It is at
present too faint to be seen.with a toles.
cope.. .this. cornet
.travels once in five
years and a half round tub sun.
.During the month of April Colonel,
Si'#,lrriand, Brute , Supeiintondeot of Sol
diers' Orphans;'tpcoived forty-sit apiilica ,
dons for Admission.into: orphan schools,
and 11ftyoroloro of adrnirslort weorloneti,
The. Schoeppe. Murder. Trial!
Complete Report of the Testimbny.
up le time of going. to . P ress.
The whole.to be Printed by us in an Ex
tra as soon as 'the Trial is Comple
together. with Abstract of
the Arguments of-Counsel, '
Charge - of the Court ' •
and the Verdict - of , _
the Jury.
The Court of Oyer and Terminer con•
'vened - in Carlisle at 10 o'clock, A. 31. - 6 n
Monday last. Alter disposing of a small
amount of miscellaneous business, the case,
of ADAM' TITUS, charged witl , thi; mur
dei' of HENRY STA.nsi, was called np, on
motion of the District Attorney, - it war
passed by, and the case of pit. ntur,
SCIREPPE, charged with poisoning MARIA
M. STENNECKE, was called, when his •
Attorneys reported that they were pre
pared to proceed with it. ' The Court then
took a recess to await the arrival of
Jurors by the 11 o'clock train. - At 11,35
A. M. the Defendant, Dn. PAUL ScnatcrE,
was duly arraigned by the District Attor
ney. C. E. Mnot.a.uontart, Esq., who,
in conjunction with William J. Shearer
and John Cornman, Esquires, appear
ed ft.?. the Commonwealth, and W
H. Miller, Esq., Don. Samuel Hepburn,
Hen:y Newebam and Samuel Hepburn,
,Figs.. appearing for the Defendant. The
Defendant pleaded "not guilty."
The fo lowing Jurors were then called,
and having answered the usual .questions
propounded were sworn:
Jacob Rhoads, of West Pennaborough
Township; Thomas d. Early, of South-
ampton; James Anderson, ofSilyer Spring;
John Barrick, of Zslittlin ; Martin Kunkel.
Hopewell; William Keller,.South---Mid
dleton; H. Weakley, Penn; Henry
Draw mug., o owl' le; daeoY:1:1 --
Mubler. Upper Airon ; James Graham, of
Hopewell; William Baleley, Hampden;
pavidWborri, of Newburg. '•
The case for the Commonwealth Wile
eloquently opened by C. E. 11inglaughlm,
al.,.District Attorney.
The first witness calli;d. was .H. L. Burk
holder, who being sworn, testified us fol-
Was - proprietor of the Mansion House on
the 27th of Jim. last: Miss Stonnecke came
- ttrere - 19th - Jan,
• On rimming of 28th Jan
uary last ,kbout 6 o'clock I sent the porter
to her room to make up the fire in her
stove, after some little time he came down,
fifteen Minutes, late, wards_ the chamber
maid crime to me; from what she said, sent
for Doctor SeMeppe; 1 sent fur 'Doctor
Herman. Schreppe (lid not come. 'He
was not at home. It etween Bor9 or about
9 o'clock, I saw Doctor Hermon and
Doctor Schompe both at my htiuse. Maria
Stennecke died on the evening of the 28th,
Jamoary_lastr_abo_u_t_teri_tir_ls m unites after
6 oclock, word come to me that she was
dead, Died in mybouse. On-the evening
of the 27th, knowing that she was sick,
I went to 'or room. It was on he morn•
ing of the 27th, she was reported to be
113 ing. It must have been the morning of
the 28th, I went to her room, for she died
the same evening. On the night of the
27th, between 9 'and 10 o'clock went to
her room,— thinking that she might 'stand
in need 6f something. I rapped lit her
tloor two or three times without getting
any answer. The ventilator was open
above the door. I•called to her two or
three times, and got no answer. 1 did'nt .
disturb her further but left the room.—
The.body was taken away, from, my house
the coorntLe after the death.
LEWIS A.SmlTH,Blvorn—.l am the teller
in the .Carlisle Deposit Bank., On the
morning of the 27th, of January 1869,
between 9 and 10 o'clock, Muria Stennecke
was at the Bank. She - appeared to he
about the same state of health she always
was. I noticed* no change. This check
was drifwtl by her and - cabled on that day.
Filled up by Mr. Hassler and signed by
her. It was on the 27th of January 18119,
the money was received by her, on this
check.
Cross - E.ramened:—Nothing more than
date of the cheek fixes my recollection.—
She was ut my desk. There was nothing
out.of the way to attract my attention.-
1 cannot say that I observed anything
out of the way. I cannot say I wus busy
more than ordinary. I cannot any whether
she had a vei , on or riot.
In Chief:— This check came to the counter
without a stamp. And the stump was not
cancelled titT the . tiMe the cheek was cashed
but afterwards.
- Re-Cross Examined:—At the time the
Bank Book was settled up I observed
sevoml checks with the stamps not can
celled. lam mit positive as to the date.
know there was a stump on it'. when it
was paid, but was not. ancelled. Nothing
prevented' the cancellation that day. I
have nothing more dennite than the date
on the paper.
Re-In t. Ale/ :—This is the bank book.—
Thu account was settled some time after
the 10th of Fehruery. 4 /, .
MRS. MART PARKER, sworn —I VMS
hoarding at Mr. Burkholder's Hotel on
the 27th of January last. I saw Miss
Stennecke on the morning of the 27th et
breakfast/. It was on Wednei4aiy, She
was not at dinner. I missed her at the
dinner table and went to ber room to see
her, and found her completely prostrated
She seemed vary languid and I left. It was
2 o'clock, I'. M. when 1 went.in, Iwas not
in her, room that day again. .1 saw her
nest . on Thursday ,morning a little after
sit o'clock.. -In the morning a little after
ei o'clook I saw her insensible. She was
lying insensible, breathing rather heavily
In the morning when I,first saw her I
thought her 'eyes a very...little bit open.
I saw her again at twelve o'clock and her
oyes were not so much open, were clo ed.
There seemed to he a perspiration on her
face at noon. 1 wont buck to her room
before MX o'clock that evening, before she
died, and remained until her death; I left,
a fear moments afterwards.: I aaw'Doctor
Set.tenpe , about 12 o'cloelr,noar Hughes's
shop justabova the Haol, be came out of
the Hoteloind told moshe(Miss Stennecke)
was very poorly. I asked him why ho
gave her the 'vomit the day before, on
Wednesday, and ho told melte only gave
her two grains of Tartar-emetic, and ten
of Epicacuana... lile asked mo if I was
well. I said 1 was ell 'right. He said
Miss Stennecke had a poor appetite. I
told the Doctor that Miss Stennecke had'
told me that the .Doctor had given her
something to "mike. her'sleep. Ele shook
his hands very tritieh and said "no I no I"
I did'nt give her anything to make her
sleep." Miss Stonneeko told my and Mrs.
Schindel not tdcome into the room. We
offered to remain with her, but sho refused
us., On Wednesday afternoon I found her
very drowsy, (the day before her death.)
brow-Examined:- . - The Doctor did not
'say to me that Miss Stennecke wanted him
to give her anything to make her sleep.
She was lying on her left side in an easy
position. 'I he; room' seemed to be very ;
doze. I opened the door, and left it open
while d. was there.....l.vta , there-in-the
morning not more, thaii twontrtninufes.
I Was up close to her bed. I put My hand
on her forehead. Hpr forehead and hands
seemed somewhat clammy, .rather cold.—
I Was under She impression that her fore
bead and hands did feel natural, that she
was under.the influence of morphia, and
when that went off 'she would bo well.—
There was do unusual odor, but the room
' was very.close and it ,was very unpleasant,
to be in it until - the door was open. , NO.
odor of peach loaves Or bitter ahnoride. No
froth about her mouth, there seemed in
the morning as though there was 1301110-
thin,g running out of her mouthy but: it"
was not Troth. Did not observe -it after
wards., ,Ifor breathing did not amount to
- a snore, but made quite a noise. It seem.
ed td me the noise was When she exhaled:
There was no -distortion of features that
you could see. None ot them were dis
placed..., Nothing like
_convulsions. The
breathing was not 'regular.' It . would'aP=
parent!) , atop fora while,. There was no
rigidity.pf :the muscles About the same
condition-when I was thee - afterwards.
I think I 'talked with hind ono) More—
l' can't say' that his manner is always ex-
Cited, I thought he seemedimmewhat exci
ted when ho made the remark that he did
„not give her •anything. . •
Dumas TURNER., ccolored) r -sivorp
welt Chembeitnettl M Mi. Ilarkhelpt'a
Hotel when Miss Stenneckiwas there. I
attended to her r00ni.,,1 ' . know . Dr.
Schceppe when,l sea him'. Ile„ came to
see Miss Stenneeke, pretty often,l saw
him there prettyoft.en, can't say how often.
Ho generally came in the morning. I saw
him 'theta 'the . day,'sbe took sick. She told
me he wit to come that morning.' 1 saw
him there between ten and eleven that
morning. met hith in the entry. He
- went - into - her room, and after he.was
there she' called me.to bring.a spoon., I
took it to the door and handed it, to the
Dr. Ho took it from me Itlidn't go
into the room. He met me at the door,
and I handed him, the spoon. After the
Dr. was gone she called me to empty tier
bucket. He had given ,her something,
should mn to throw the heaviness Off her
chest. It'w;ss after the Dr. loft she had the
vomit,'after the cars had gone down. I
.don't know how flelig, Lthitak it was after
eleven,, Afterl' emptied- the bucket she
down. Sii - e — rgaid the Dr. said she
should he ddivn. ,In the afternoon, at 3
- o'clock;after - tho - Dr, -- eame to - the - kitchen
and culled me, and told meMiss Stan
necke wanted the chambermaid at her
room, I wont to her room. She was lying
in bed, she didn't seem' to be very ill
In the afternoon. 1 just went to the door.
l'went again to her room between seven
and eight o'clock, the same evening, and I
found her seeming to be.very sick and
sleepy. That is
~the way 1 left her that
night. She got up, undressed and wont to
bed ; she had a wrapper on, I helped her
to undress; I helped her to get out of bed.
WlCen I wouldn't speak she would doie
off, sitting en . the chair,' when 'would
cull her to arouse her. I didn't see her
then until the next morning at six o'clock.
I saw her then td bed I went to her,
shook her and called her, but she never
moved nor answered a word. Her breath
ing, was very hard.
C 7 .088 Examined:—Sho didn't appear to
take long breaths. I didn't - notice par
ticular but she was breathing very bard.
There was nothing convulsive about her
that I noticed. I did not2feel her hands
or forehead. The per; or was the first to
go into the room. I wt. nt in about six
o'clock. I didn't notice any unusual odor
nr smell about the room Didn't 'notice
any particular smell at all. I took her
supper ur,t,—some beef-steak some bread
and butter hod a cup of tea.-4 loft it in
her rosin. This was before I undressed
her for bed. I was in the 'room, off and,
on the day she died. Didn't notice any
frothing about her mouth. Was not-in.
the room when she was laid out. No
rattling in her turoat that I noticed.
Mrs. LANINA SCLIINDEL (affirmed)-1
the time Miss Stennecke was there. 1
saw her at the breakfast table on the
morning •of the 27th of January, the
day she took-sick. I did not see her
ufterlhat 'until the morning of the 28th
between 7 and 8 o'clock. --- w her L.
her own room in an unconscious state,
breathing quite h eavily. I felt her pulse,
it felt strung, a little quick, I felt her
hand, and forehead, they npneared moist
and in a natural conditicn. 1 was talking
that day to Ifr. Schoe'ppe, the day she
died, the 28th, between nine and ten
o'clock. He told me he had given her a
vomit the day before and when he re
turned about twelve o'clock he - found
hrr very much prostrated. -Re was
there several times in the afternoon,
and in the evening between 8 and 9.
That at that time Ale was in her full
senses, and said she Spcke about the
eelipse of the moon.- -That she asked him
for something to put her to sleep; that he
refused to give it to. her, saying she 10118
too weak. Tw i t she said she would take
something herself; that lie shook his
Il ngerisr her nmi-tryta he, not to - do - so, and
left the room. That ho asked her about
locking the door, and she said she was too
weak and tired to getup and would trust
to Providence.
Cross-E.ranuncti :—I was there most of
. that day, and found her during the.day
about the s me she was in Lll.-11 , 14M11441-gv--1
was there when she died. She .was in the
same position, bi•enthing harder of course.
• Her breathing was long kind heavy not
rapid gasping. :Frequent intervals of a.
moment or so in her breathing. I didn't
observe any convulsions. No distortion
of the features or face Her tongue and
mom... were a little twisted on one side,
the left: the-side she: was lying on. Hor
- tongue protruded the least bit. ''''There
wain° contraction or rigidity of the
Minds and feet. Did not observe any un
usual odor, nothing like bitter almonds or
peach leavqs. I was near enough to have
heard her breathe There was no foaming
about the mouth, but a little saliva •sea•
ping from it, during the day. I saw her
feet: There was no contraction or rigidi . - -
ty. Her eyes were closed from the time f
went in I was about her when she was
laid out. I did not notice any spasmodic
coni raction - about the mouth. Dr. S. was
there, asked ins to got mustard for a plas
ter, and he spread it and applied it. Ho
WSB there' quite frequently during the day.
Wo had applied a hot brick before ho came
in the morning. He rubbed her feet with
a flesh brush..
In-Chief :—Sho was-lying a:little upon
her left side, with her faCe from . the
W. H. CORNMAN, Sworn boarded
at the Mansion House on the 27th of Jan
uary '69 On that evening I came from
the Lodge and passed from the Bar'-room
th . ough the sitting room at twenty min
utes past eight in the: evening, passed out
into the Hail; saw Dr. Sdheeppe come
running down the stairs. 1. waited ut the
foot of the stairs until ho passed down.
Cross-Examined *;-1, never took par •
ticuiur notice of his walking, generally
run down the. stairs myself.
C. L. LOCTIMAN, Sworn .—I boarded at
the 'Mansion House at that time. I saw
Mies Stennecke, in the morning at break
fast on the 27th of January On the
morning of the 28th I was called into her
room about 7 o'clock. I found her lying
on her left side insensible.._ Her respira-•
Lion was slow and laborious.' ,The temp
erature of her„ body seemed natural, the
skin rather moist. Her limbs were warm
but her feet wore cold.. Her muscles
seemed to 'be very much relaxed. the
mouth was partially open, some accumu
lation of saliva, and rather pendant from
Its flaccidity to the left, alto was reclining
very nearly entirely on the left side. Her
eyes were closed, I made no examination
of them, the lids being closed. Her pulse
seemed natural, a littledixcited. We looked
for articles, bottles or parcels, out of which
she might have taken medicine. -We
found a bottle *of sulphuric :other "partly
filed, on a table near her bed, and a bottle
of tooth-wash on the mantle piece, that
had the smell of carbonic acid, whirls as
generally used as a disinfectant, closely to
Isreosoto. ' Found also on the mantel a
bottle of liquor. That, is all - tie found.
Carbolic acid has a strong odor. - The bot:
tin was oppt.ed, and 4was handed to me to
see what it:was. dorne thought it had the
smell of Laudanum. I told them what it
was.
JOHN H. RIITtEM, • sworn—At past .8
o'clock, A. M., of the 28th dt January, I
was Bent for; I Went to her room, and
.found hor in an insensible condition.„....L.
then went for Dr. &hoe*, ; Went to his
office; he was not there;
,went doWn to his
boarding house on Sout h street; saw his
.fathov; told him' to tellthe doctor Miss
Siefineeke - was'sick ;` heard him all the
gooier. I then.wont hackto-Nlis -,Sten
-hecice's room: in a, few mono t s.
&hoopoe came in, vary much excited and
almost out of : breath. The doctor wont
up to the bed and made some examination,
`and said'he must go:for his stethoscope. I
'gave directions then to,have iirrangerneets
muds "to 'hilVo Miss St e rinocke bled- ,The •
'Doctor'camo back in a very short time. I'
obn't know hdVe long; -Mace an minima,-
tion of, Miss. Siennooko with his stothes
coos:, He then said: "I am not take it
on`nry - cOnsalenco to bleed, I would like
to have Dr. Herman." I wont for -Doctor
Herman and could not find him. I came ,
back and asked Dr. Schooppo if I had not
bettor go for Dr. Zlizer. • He answered
and said, 'no, Dr. Berman would be mad.'
J. - then-wont again to find Dr. Minoan,
but did not succeed. ;Uamo boa , - into the
room ; heard Dr. Scheeptio say, ‘. Might
she take something 'r Saw him examine
a tumblen, and say, that is nothing;"
then oxaml,no a small•phiril, and say, "that.
is for hevisyes 7 -that has strychnine In it."'
I then went again- for Dr. Herman, and
;this time succeeded in finding him. He
mono up to tho room. lle and Dr. Subotippo,
.consulted in Gentian.' I don't know what
they said. I was theroOoversi times dur
ing the day. In the evening, about six
o'clock, 'was sent for, and' found her dead.
, Went for Miss Comfort .tir lay her out, ;
and, fur 31r. Bering, the undertaker. Then
wont around to Dr. &hoopoe's office. He.
said she told him to get a lawyer to look
at hor papers, If she weuld die. 1 then
suggested to lurn to &lir. Adair, as they
were friends. Ho said, ...no. Mr-Adair is
out of town ;" ho said ho wanted Mr. Mil
ler, • We started out-together to go to Mr,
Miller's. .'On the way. going I suggested
to got - Mr. Hunirich, He Inshited on-Mr.
Miller. Wo wont to . Mr. Miller's house,
and made arrangements With Mtn to Moot
us at 8 o'olOok the next morning.. thou
went back* to the hotel with Mr. Ewing,
and found the corpse laid out. - Mr. Ewing
took charge of it..He went and got a towel
and laid it over the :face, and covered up
the body'. - locked, the thinks, put the
keys. in my pocket, locked the door,.and
gave the key to Mr. Burkholder. Went
buck the next morning -to the, hotel ; met
Mr. Burkholdeneo,mirigent other room,
went dOwn into the bar-ronah aid - waited
.for Dr - Scheeppe.... The Ductor-came, and
I said. we had not much , time. He and I
mount together to her room. ', I , knelt on the
dour 'and took '
out of hoe trunks all the
-papers I could lied. - 1•• handed them to Dr.
Schooppe, arid he laid them oh the table;
Arziong , the papers was a large envelope,.
-marked, " list Will and Testament -of
Maria M. Stennecke.'.' About this, time
Mr. Miller curve in. • I gave hin - Pthe will
to read. While the will was being read,
when Mr.,Milier read the bequest to
. my
mother; Dr. Schoeppe said, " is that all
that she leaves you." . I answered him and
" she don't leave nits- anything,- t is
- My - moth er - shri - leaves - it - to" — He - the)
said, "that is too bad I too bad I", After
The will was read, I asked Mr, , Miller what
to do with the papers.: He said, .take the
will with you to Baltimore. Seal the
others up and put them in Bank." Doctor
Schoeppo put all the papers in a portfolio &
wo went out together, wrapped them up
In a large sheet of paper, wont to his office,
(Schoeppo's) . sealed them, stamped them
with his stamp. and then deposited them
in the Carlisle Deposit Bank. Tnbn went
back to the hotel and made arrangements
to take the corpse to Baltimore. The Dr.
told, me he was. going along. He did• go
along to Baltimore, where we arrived in
the-evening, about six o'clock. Ho went
to the hotel, and I went to the house where
the corpse was' taken. 1 wont, then, to the
Eutaw House,_ the same evening, and
found - Dr. Schohppe there. Se - me time dur
ing the evening, I told him that:-,the next
morning, about 9 o'clock, I would go to
deliver the will, : key, &c.,' - that I had, to
the Executor. the next morning, about
9 o'clock, I did go to the office of the Ex
ecutor, and delivered up.the-papers, - and at'
1 o'clock Dr. Schooppe and myself went to
the .funeral together. I told Dr. Schoeppe
the Executors requested me to remain un
til 11 o'clock
,on Monday and go into the
Orphans'. Court* room. I did not see Dr.
Schoeppo until dinner time on :Monday,
about tro'clobk.* Then again in the even
ing at tea, and he tapped.me on the shoul
-der, and said, " Did Mr. •Eichelberger tell
you anything?" I - answered him, " tell
me-what?" He said, "did he not tell you
that Miss Stennecke left another will ?"
said, another will!". in answer to him.
. 0 _ 8 , 1 14 "yes I yoo get, mPT b
her personal property ; everybody gets
something," (throwing uphis hands) Miss
Stennecke came to Carlisle the last time
about the 20th of November last, as near
as I can tell.. She bud been here during
the summer before. During the summer
she met Dr. Schoappe. The first time she -
was here she stopped with Mrs. Woods, my
aunt, in Pomfret street. Dr. Schoeppe 8
office is a couple of doors from where she
lived. He asked me once whether she was
not wealthy. I told him she was' very well
off.. I don't recollect anything more.
{Joss- Exammot,--- was examined be
fore ra
before Judge Gham. As near as I
rect.,i tet - dritlitas the same. Did not then ,
state, "too bad ! too bad l" • It was a few
weeks after the occurrence 1 was examih
ed. 1 cannot be positive' as to all I said.
I do not recollect of having said anything
more at that time. I stated in substance
that Miss Stennecke desired to have her
-papers-examined,-to Mr.-Miller--1 did
not do the talking.
DR. CHARLES M. WORTHINGTON. sworn
—1 am and have been some time a
Druggist in this boroutk. Dr. Schoeppe,
sumo days before the 19th of Januar' last,
bought of me a half ounce of diluted-Prue
sic acid. A short time after that.he came
to me and told 'me it. was not. good, that
he had given 2, 5 and 10 drops to a lady
. patientond that it wouldTroduce no sleep.
He then asked me if we would order him
.some front the city. I told tine . yre
if he must have it immediately, that we
expected a salemban from the city in a few
days, and would order it through him, if
he could wait. He said be would wait.
Some time during the winter he-got mur
late of Morphia from me, and also tint: :
Lure of nux-vomica, and Fowler's solution.
, He got - both -these a_ number. of times.
think it _was_a day or
-two after be got the
Prussic acid that he told mo it wise not
worth anything.; before the 19th. Ftow- •
1 . 06 solution is a preparation of arsenic
and -polemic—a poison -..-the muriate of
Morphia is also a poison. He bought a
groat many medicines that were not pois
onousrat the same time:
. ,
Cross-Examined---Dr. Saoappe was a
practicing physician. The' poisons that I
have men tioned are often sold as medi
cines, except Prussic acid, and that, we
sometimes sell us medicine; not very often.
'gold these articled. to other physicians,
except the,muriate of morphia. I have
sold, morphine in other forms. It is very
rarely uesd hero, but is not more Poisonous.
Prussic acid is used us a medicine for ner
vous diseases. The preparation 1 sold him
was not Shuld's, it wn9 called United
States. From 3 to 6 drops is what is used
in commencing. The Sulphate of Mor
phia is mostly used here. Fowler's solu
tion is used in intermittent 'fevers. They
commence with from 1 to 3 to 5 drops: It
is too uncertain a medicine to estimate. It
is proper to give it'until you notice its ef
fects. Prussic acid has a bitter almond
smell, something similar to the smell of
pounded poach leaves. The odor is quite
strong. I gave it to him in what I think
had been a perfumery bottle with a ground
glass stopper. I can't say whether it was
labelled ; I don't think I would give it out
without ono He wanted the bottle I had
it in, but I would'nt give it to him.. My
impression is it was an ounce bottle about
half full. I ant , not certain, however, it
may have been a half Arne° or a four ounce
'bottle. It was not the first'acid I had ta
ken out of that bottle. It was a white
flint bottle; we kept a blue wrapper a ound
it, and kept it in the dark. I can't say
how long I had it on hand before this. I
have numore of that acid remaining.
Die. A. J. HERMAN.—(Affirmed.—)
am a practicing Physician in this place.
I IsRVO been eng god in the practice since
1833. On the morning about 11 o'clock,
of the day ,she died, on, I iiiceived orders
to come to Burkholdor's to see Miss Sten
necke. 1 went to Burkholder's and went
up to her room, there I mot Dr.Schooppe,
he told me he had a case of "half-palsy"
'and I think he said ho wanted to .know
whether bleeding was called for in h r
case. She wee lying thorn inclined to her
loft sido. I was standing at the foot of
her bed at the time this talk took place
I wanted to be eatisfied, hor lying on her
felt sido, knowing she was a mushy wom
an, whether her face was crooked or not.
I then told in English what a half-palsy
was, that the face .would have to
saidlopsided to have it. A. lady present
said she alwayi had a crooked face. ,I
then made no otheroxplanation about the,
"banal plogia". I 'then , wont up to hor
bed-side, wanted td feel her pulse. , I fed
buth.arms and found no pulsation in either.
then drew the eyelids apart, to see if there
wes'uny• difference in her eyes, I found
th.m both alike, a contracted state of this
pupils. That amounteo to about ail I did.
The Doctor told mo he had applied warm
applications to the feet.. I told the Doe
w
for then 1 thought she as past bleeding,
and thorn was no use -.to do uny thing else
that sho'..wits past taking remedies.' I did
not look upon, Bus hemi-qilogia at all,
,was puzzled to know what was wrong.,
I had never seen hemi-plegia in _that eon- -
dition before., Tho singular. expression
' was the matter that troubled me. When
I opened the eyes .1t just put me in mind
of ii chicken hawk that, was poisoned with
a compound 'poised. .That, • made 'Me
think she was rather over-dosed with me-•
cliche) of the 'same kind. This hawk was
so much relaxed with taking Vies* drugs
that the tongue would fall to either sidh the
head was leaned to'end the contracted pu
pil. Her physiognomy. .showed about the
same appearance. The drugs administered
to the hawk were opium pills and Prussic,
acid—opium pills or laudanum mixed
with bread crumbs; and 'gave it corrosive
sublimate too. The hawk lived two or
three days. The symptoms-dedicated no
natural disealo.......,lL.nover saw a - form of
sickness like it boforo. I.ceuld not toll the •
cause of her. death.
_lt wad a singular form
01-sickness that I could not account for at
all. -Morphitiels the active principle of o- •
pium. Dunglison says that Prussic) •ae- •
id has a contractive effect upon thu pupil.
of the eye.• Dunglison on FOisons cases,.
Cross Examined:—The singularity of
the ease'was, t she laid there in a .week,
relaxed iondition, as a' person feels after
taking ••ti prostrating close of Tartar='
emetic., I think I baud stated all
the ' particulars I " recollect
saw the eyes' very plainly.; They were -
contracted in the same condition as they
would be s if poisoined bYtan- Overdose. of
opium or morphia. In' .rnany cases of
death; you. often 11nd t the ono eye dilated,
the other contracted. I. can't call to,my
memory at present. In all affections that
coma from the brain the eye would be di
lated. In apoplexy . have in
variably found the -,pupil' , dila
ted. I never Saw :a .ease in. the hu
man' subject' that I knew to be a case of
Prussia acid.: I don't pretend to say that
Prussic acid has the same effect on hawks
and tither anithals, that it•has 'on the hu
man system. All'experirnents are made
on inferior. animals I - don't know that it
is laid '.down in the books that exneri
manta made - on fowls are no criterion for.
the human system. I never saw Mitch
ell's work on experiments with opium on
pigeons. I never saw a hawk poisoned
with a simple poison. • One poison' fre
quently-used as antidote to another poison
.in the system-this is laid. down
in all the books. Atropia is an antidote
to Prussic acid. A good many years ago
the experiment was made oh the hawk-it
was betweenlBB7 and 1842. One drop of
prussic acid, a pinch of corrosive subli
mate-a couple of grains -and as much
laudanum as: would stay in a piece of
-bread was the mixture---Lcioses of this weee
given at intervals of three and four hours
until the hawk died. If my memory
serves ale right atropia is the antidote to
prussic acid. I will show the authority
for this. Dr. Schooppe, Mrs. Schindel',
and Mrs. Parker, were in the room when
I examined the eye-there was also anoth
er lady present. I don't remember any
other lady, there may have been another.
It was the lady I didn't know the name
of who said she always had a crooked face
She spoke this out while •I was at the foot
of the bed. I passed no opinion. I mere
ly expressed in English what the doctor
told me. If I said it was half-palsy they
must have misunderstood me as to what ri
explained to them the doctor told me.
couldn't say what I didn't thine, They)
wore sitting in a row back ofine. She might;
haverstood back ot me or at my side_which - .
I didn't notice. I did not reply to Mrs.
Earn it is a stroke. I did not say,
although it woe so nut down, that I was
satisfied it was produced by narcotics-not
at leafit in that way-all I meant was it,
was it not. Rey one.nareotic..
thsq I said that She was in artie
ulo morels and. there was no use to.ap
nly remedies. I did not think nor did'
he that she would live till-we went out
and came back.again. I have used Prus
sic acid I would have given her coin
billed antidotes it I had given her any
thing., I would, have given iron to turn
it into Prussian blue. I would have used.
electricity to stir her up. But she was
too old a subject and too fur gone to
use anything. Could have used stomach
pump but it would have killed her, she
was so far gwie he tbought so too; we ,
-eoineidedtold-tne-he-haa-done-sil4- 1
'all that eduld be 'done. I noticed no pe•
culiar odor. . • •
:-Tho eyeball had a kind 'of
conical appearance-more elongated
that was the sing'ular appearance of the
eye. After we left.the House, the doctor
and I, we• walked out towards my house.
I told him that folks told me before 1
came to the house, that she' had too much
morphia and waedying in consequence of
it. Ho told missile had not given her any,
if she had Any she must have got it some
where else. It seemed to effect him very
much when I told him that.. He seemed
to be kind of seared, Lind said. if - she had
taken any, morphia it might be found in
her. I said I guess not, that I thought it
would be all lost in the system before it
could be found. Yes says hp by. Post mor
tent examination there have already been
fourd, as high as three grains in the brain.
He waned to be •scaied and I pitied him
and said it was given -for-her 'bone ,
tit. These Post modem examinations I
said would be left to Physicians and they
.wouldn't bo over 'anxious to make the
examination too soon and the contents
would be left lie around until they
would be accidently lost. That no per
non wholad cores was apt to trend on
other fellows' corns. That any accident
that way would be overlooked and.l;l
thought it consoled him very; much, that
it met with his approbation. At the time
that. the heard they were making a Post
mot/sm examination in Baltimore he_ tact
me in front of the Court 116 use, then
spoke about this examination—the post
mortem-L-asked,me whether I had a work
on mddieal jurisprudence, I told him that
I had, but there were a lot of books taken
from my office, and I .couldn't lay my
ands on them at
,nresent. I told him
Shearer:s'oHk° was be could get
one frnris him. We went in and got one.
I then left Mr. Shearer office, and be had
the book. The DoOtorsitid if they don't
find anything in the . stibject what can they
do? ,
A. B. Elvis°, (Sworn)—l had a con
versation with Dr. Schooppe, tho Sunday
a week after Miss Stennecke's death ; In
front of the door of Mrs. Colwell up Main
St. is where ho met me and said he wanted
to see me. -
He asked me if I had heard anything
more of the gossip of the town. I said 1
bad. He uskea me what I had heard,
and I told him to save trouble he had
better go to. Baltimore and have the body
raised at his own expense. Ho said that
would cost one hundred dollars;and he
hadn't the money. I told him he had bet.
for borrow the money, that if he did nut
go to Baltimore and have that body raised
it—would — be ..raised next Tuesday. He
avid he lied not the money and there was
no Imo for him to go, because the. medicine
she had taken would have evaporated be
fore this time. Those are the words he
used as near as I can toll. I told him in
justice to the community in which ho lived
he had hotter go. He said ho had 'no
money and could not go. There we part
ed.
Cress-Examined :—Tho
~ medicine she
had taken would have evaporated before
this time, aro the words he used. Did
not speak of the kind of medicines takep
by her. He did not say ho had given her
any medicines.
J. P. Hammen., sworn—Check dated 27th
of January, 1869, offered, and identified
having been drawn by witness on morn
ing of January 27th, 1869, for Miss Sten
neeke, at her request, in the Carlisle De
posit Bank She Signed the chock at the
counter, and I paid her the money. So
far as I can remember, it was in the fore
part of the day, after:the opening of the
Bank. We open the Bunk at 9 o'clock in
the morning. I am and was at that time
Cashier of the Carlisle Deposit Bank.
Da. .1. S. Cosraio. (of Baltimore) sworn
—I am the Resident, Physician of the Balti
more Infirmary; have bean for a little
more than a year. Have been engaged in
the practice of medicine since 1862.. Wo
treat about two hundred new cases per
month. I performed the post mortsm ex
amination in the case of Miss Stennecke.
Tho appearance of the face was discolored,
most,, nearly resembling a saffron color.
I na shoulders were rather livid. Tile
other parts of the body had a few greenish
spots, or discolorations upon them ; the
finger palls wore of a livid color; the hair
obscured the scalp's° that its color could
not well be seen The jaws were nearly
closed, the teeth quite approximating, the
number absent not being observed. Am
incision was made across the scalp, extend
ing from oar to ear, 'down upon the bone.,
This incision bled freely a dark fluid blood.
The scalp then was drawn forward and
backward from the line of incision, and
secured in their places to permit of the re-.
mo.vel,pf ilioseporior portion of thoektill
itself by a saw. This was removed from
some. attachments with difficulty, from
Some portions easily. 'This portion of ttie
skull was removed whole, by the kind 91
chisel for the, purpose. The dura-mater
was removed with that portion of the bone.
The membranes of the brdin were then
cut to permit its removal. The vessels of
the pia mater which cross the brain'
rnediately were gorged- with blood, bat
were not distended, .were not turgid, wore
flaccid. The blood, was dark anti fluid.
Tho brain was - thelh •removedby - cutting''
the• membranes which hold it, together
with the-cerebellum. , Thobrain itself was
not .disturbed • in the removal. But .the
fourth ventricle was torn through by Its
softening before the, cord was - cut which
attached it to the spinal column. Tho
hemispheres of the brain were removed by
parallel incishine;as far as the corpus cal
losum; this corpus callosum was cut through
by an anterior posterio r i. incision, and're
moved. This exposing the lateral vonti
these'contained-fluidi but no appear-
inflect of blood . or clots.. Tho brain was
then incised porpendictilarly,.thatts;ltut
down .from the plate on which it rested.
The corpus striatum was previously cut.
• Again- the brain was . cut porpendioularly;
throughout almost its entire extent. The.
Chest- was examined by a longitudi
nal' incision, extending from. the nook
nearly to the unibellicus, and a similar
incision along ti.e line of the elaiiiele i in
tersecting the longitudinal one. The soft
parts wore disseeted back. These incident
scarcely bled et all.- The chest was then
opined by cutting through the cartileges
'of the breast-bone. - The poricarditim was
next opened, exposing the heart. The
perioatdiurn did not contain more thaiiits
normal'- amount of fluid, . and appeared'
healttiy. Tho heart wail then removed ; the
parts of the aorta. An incision was made in
the heart. 4 befere 'incision into the inferior
portion, the blood in.lhe heart-was fluid ; •
an incision, Wasmando into the heart it the
apex.of the left ventricle; and water'-was
,poured into the aorta from a phial as a test
for the healthy condition of the valvea,
wbich.proved to be healthy , anirdid not
prevent the water passmg through. The
ventricle itself was then laid open, which
permitted me to examine, the valves by the
touch; for the presence of any calcification
or nodes - upon it, none of which were pres
ent. The right: veniriele wat simply laid
open and examined; and was•healthy. The
lunge Were next.extiacted. ,There were
no pleural adhesions.. Sections ,•of the
lungs wore thrown into a bucket Orwater,
and floated, showing no consolidation; A _
small fragment of calcification was fpund,
about the sine of a pea. The abdomen was
next opened by a longitudinal incision its
entire length, and' its contents) examined
by inspection:first before any incisions'
were made into its viscera; the intestines
were distended by air, and were rather
_pale=they.:.appeared-healthy on sight::
-There was not us much odor from the body
as Might have been expecte& at that date,
although there was considerable. The
stomach was next removed by two liga
tures first passed around its two openings
and secured. ft was removed by careful
disdection to avoid any incision, in ty
and none Was made, as it presented• mo
same distention as it did when the abdo
inemAvas first opened. It was ,place'd
tins7bucket, 4rought, - for the purpose by '•
Prof. Aiken. The liver - was next exam
fined by its external appearance alone.'
This appeared healthy ---not enlarged or
unnaturally small. The spleen was ex
amined in thO - same way, with the same
result. The section of intestines (the ili
um,) about 18 inches in length, was re
moved by two ligatures at each end of this
length, secured before The removaTof that
section. It also preserved its distention
by air, which Proved that it had not been
cu r t before being•tamoved. It was ; laced
. in a glass jar provided for the purpose by •
Prof. Aiken. Another section of the same
intestine wee removed in the same man
ner. This section was removed lower
down, ,near its junction with the colon.
This was disposed of in the same manner
as the previous ono, All of those parts
wore taken possession of hi : Prot - Aiken,
and carried in a basket, provided for the
-mrpose, to the Baltimore Infirmary, and
on a cleah plate the stomach, and I think
also the intestine--was laid open - (not posi
tive which, stomach or intestine.) There
were no unnatural odors discovered. This
closed the examination. Dr. Ridgedy as
sisted in making the examination.
Cross Exainined:—Diedovered no un
ifstrattrdor-WhYtifliiiiking examination.— .
Did not discover anything like odors of
bitter almond or peach leaves. Was a large
amount of b10w..1 in the cranium, cannot
say how it came.' Could not base been by
hemorrhage because there was no clot, ex
amined .minutely and if there was hemor
rhages did not. detect it. Could not toll
whether blood was effitsed between- or npon
the membrane, in the vertricles or in the
substance of the brain, preailiiiy - denth - r
I could have laid bad there been any effu
sion preceding death. Made an examina
tion with that view y,xamined by obser
vation. If there had been a clot it would
not have stuck there. I saw it as clearly
as my hand. I found dark, fluid . blood _
post mortem, no clot ante-mortem. I did
-not discover any evidence of ante mortem
blood. There was So ef f usion between the
dare-mater and the skull. No effusion be
tween the pia -mater and the brain. If the
patient had died of appoplexy there might •
have,been an effusion. Pound no - blood
congulium in the substance of the brain.
Did not examine for special hemorrhage.
Nomnte-mortem small blood spots found
in the brain. Did not look for cavities in
the brain, my inclsons would have reveal
ed them. 'thematin would have boon loft
which is positive evidence of appoplexy.
Ante-mortem blood, if effused would have
been clotted and if absorbed would have
remained in the shape of -discoloration.
Made no examination of the kidneys.
Deemed it, 'unnecessary. As 1 cut through
through smaller vessels-of the-brain oozed
dark fluid blood at small points.
I, Corpus striatum,:thianmus, and hem
isubere abo've them ; 2, corpus striatum
alone; 3, hemisphere above the centrum
oyale; 4. thalamus alone; 6, lateral lobes
of crebe.lurn ; 6, mesocephalon ; 7, pos
terior lobe: of cerobum ; .8, before the cor
pus striatuni ; 9, pons Varolii ; 10, mid
dle lobe of cerebellum ; 11, meninges; 12,
peduncles and 'olivary body.
' Da. A. J. HEILMAN, (recalled to finish
.Cross Examinatiod):—l met the folks who
told me, I think Mr. Burkholder one and
Mrs. Parker another and several others ad
I *sed through the entry. I don't re
member who the otherS were. I didn't
tell Schoeppe she had taken morphia. I
thought he knew that himself. I thought
she had been taking it. If it uttered my
lips thitt she did'nt take morphia, I did'nt
mean it. I don't believe I did say from
the appearance of her eyes she had not
taken morphia: if I did say it, I said it
unthinkingly, I was not asked any por,
tion of my coaversation with Dr. Schceppe.
I don't think I detailed any of it in my
former examination. I understoood him
medical juria. prudence. I did'nt give
any thing definite. I don't think I could
have said that. My feeling towards Dr.
Schooppe have not been at all of a bad kind.
I have no feelings against himai.all. I have
said nothing to any one meaningly against
him. If any one said anything against
him, I may have assented, Mit not with
the intention of injuring him.
. .
Re-in-Chief :—Tho appedrance of-b ar
eye indicated hydrocyanic acid, according
to Dunglison, I found the books the gen
tlemen asked for and find them just as I
stated.
Dn. NICHOLAS G. Rinonta, (swornl—
I a practicing physician in the city of
Baltimore, I assisted in the post mortem
examination of the body of .Miss Stennecke.
I knew her very, well in liio. It was her
body upon which the pest morlem.exami
nation was performed.. I acted merely as
an assistant. And the only evidence that,
I can give is that I found no organic pa-a
tbelogicul lesions of any kind. Nd cline
for any disease.
Cross Examined:—There were slight in
gorgements of the pia -mater, not of the
brain itself. Made examination for hem
orrhages of the spine. Merely. a cursory
examination of the kidneys, but not a
thorough one. The whole brain was ex
amined. It was divided in the middle and
cut into small pieces to that we could see
every part. A part of the brain was soft
ened but I cannot say what part. Petin't
say there was any effusion at blood in the
brain. No appreciable arum. - .I discov
ered no cause of death of kind. lam
a distant relative of Miss Stennecke. She
. was the habit o. complaining as I
remember.. I dbn't remember my first
examination. She was in the habit Of
what I con sidered grunting, not what I
consider complaining. I did not discover
.any unusual odor, such as bitter almonds
,in the examination. - Grunting. as I
understand it -Is complaining without a
cause. Complaining is with a raUSO.
Rein-Chief:—This examination was
held on Ash-Wednesday in February, 10
or 11 days after her burial, I think. She
was buried on Saturday. -At that time I
didn't think there was anything the mat-;
for with her, and the Dr. agreed with me:
'Dn. W . TI,LI.OII'. A. Aiscese, (sworn,)
ocqupution is that of un analytical and
consulting chemist. I havolsoon a teacher
or chnmiqry for 'BB or 39 years, since 184
I have boon Professor of 'Ohemistr•
Pharmficy in the University of Ma/
)
I was requested by Mr. Stuart tb i
,examination of the body of M - li
'Stennecke: Selected Dr. Conrad , ,
the examination'. Was present at , ...,/ '
interment and at the subsequent exalt.,
Lion.. I was present at the examination. --
I first requested Dr.• Conrad to remove the
parts widen I was subpoquontly to examine. •
We applied ligatures to each orifice of the •
stomach, then dissected out the, stomach
and removed it unopened 'entirely. ,I •
placed that in a clean vessel provided for
the purpose. Ho then applied ligatures'
to two different piirts of the intestines and
removed the piece between the ligatures,
/ unopened. ...That was placed in a separate .
vessel. When the' Dr. had finished his
- - .
diasections we returned to the oity Ulf
the way to my Labrator) I stopped at the
Infirmary. Tho Dr.Swas there., • I took
the vessels to his room. Secured some
clean plates, took tho stomach and Intes
tines on plates and requested the Dr. to lay
thorn open: Wn found both empty,:noth
,ing but a,littlo film of adhesive mucus so 7
ceotuth on the insjdo, a little moist. I then
took them to my Labratory for Cbdrnicsi
- - - -
'examinatien. Tlio ,parts appeared to be
sound and healthy. • NO indication'of dis- •
ease, no• eyidence of !Wintery action of
any kind. The absence Of unyncid.poison
is u point of importance in my 'inind-no
irritation. I took the material Were me,
the oroatlof thestemaoh, the intestines—
there being no chemical difference between' -
them. I cut both. in small pieces and
mingled them together. •The mingled
mass I divided into 2 parts. ' :: 1.1 used first ..
for ascertaining Whether there was any '
kydrooinnic cold, and as the reStilt Of 'that