II :?~. , 'r J. m:' , NnAramir,l 9 J.:. M. WILLI,I.9*`,I THE KlEfit.jylol3opi, TRIAL. Cantinudd !rani lag Tfraak TE4TIBSONY, OF pant. • Linive tried the method, Dr.,,Randttiode Usti of, until I• learned the, fallacrof it. I' have used hydrochliiiiich and potash to 'destroy the erganie Mitten' , I have precipitated' each. a. solution • with :std phuroted .- hydrogen. have .-olitained sulphide of eremite in the. manner Dr. Itand Obtained' it. Q. " Have yeti ever, ofter•OatiefullY washing Such precipitate, ilissolvndir cold dilute ammonia.; uftor having obtained a perfectly trawl parent and . colorleiie solution of this precipitate, arid . ' do you believe oi•gitnio matter present' or not 7" I am not aware that by that process it is posiiible to obtain it transparent and colorless solution ; but have precipitated from as clear. and' colorlessn solution ac could thus be obtatileirby the process detailed, sulpheret of 'arsenic, or what resembled it ; but under those circumstances I have pot estimated it-for thw.'weight of arse nic present, since evemtheii {Lie regarded as liable to'the danger of containing or. panic matter,; and the b announce that nothing short. of burning ith nitrate of soda will give pure re sults suitable for 'determining the abso lute weight of the- arreitiic. If Dr. Radii has discovered that this repetition of the processes as detailed by him will give acetwate resulte, I shall bail it as a most valuable contribution •to science, as greatly saving the labor of the analytical chemist. Watt's dictionary has a great deal of valuable raaterhtl in it, some things up to the times and others. not. I do not rethernber Whether 'he recom ... . _ mends that method of quantitlve 'sic. There are among chemists - several methods, , for determining - arsenic. Q. Is chlorato' of potash, vrith'hydro ehloric mad, a more powerful agent of oxidizing organic matter than nirrio acid? A. Hydrochloric acid and chit-i -rate of potash develops chlorine gas, and that destroys Organic miitter partly by liselfitrattii7. - iltfifi - 1 - Erliyirogen ail -'rii-anie matter, and partly by liberating ~I.ygon from ; *Myr, which att.udti tho mg iliie limiter. Nit rid acid would ant inn • ~ , ,•diy , i s tin nxidizino , agent. min accomplishes, as far a 4 rt gnus, the same gonetill result. Arsenic in wino frequently givai. ns a medicine. "Ilicre •ire iptite ii windier of recorded nasal of poisoning by rowler''s solution. I deli t. knovv• of many cases of pdsolling where -been administered nt si medicine. Acme „Astro enteritis, under certain i•irca in st an COY,. IY C9llllllorl diSease, A ik;ql is an authority en practice of medicine.' The solphorettal hydrogen osed by Dr./Rand might contain poison, ---,:ttless-preeltutious-are-taken-to-guard •vinst it.. Then the arsen °Led hydro ,rll used for the sulphide of iron. may ••ontitin arsenic. I t.hould bo sorry to .reit -, upon the arsenic being precipitated qpen the evolution ,of the gas. Sonic of -the - arsenic - may - be -retained.-by -the ”nlpher ; but 1 should be very nowill prg to depend upon it all being •preeipi.. tatod ; and there is always danger if 'arsenic be present that the sulphureted 4ydrogen coming off will have some of the arsenic with it. The longer the L'apPer foil is left in the solution, up to ti pertain point, the thicker the deposit will become but we cannot th4ormine how thick it is. Rs-exatninod inn (.7de—tieing the pre h minary bteps detailed, the only method ..ftettiug rid of orttatile matter is-by, ;:a loin' 01. t.• I heard Mr. Horn's statement of analysis of a substance supposed to be bichromato o potash : tt way pot cont. plete. Itichromate of potash alone would have been greatly more hurtful if taken into the stomach, than the mix ture of potash with the extract of log wood would be ; indeed the extract'of log» nod would bo Mann as good 3R tidote for biehromate of 'potash as we can well firid, and one: would -tend to neutralize ,the other. If I had a suls stance supposed to contain a very email quantity of arsenic, I should employ the Iteinsch test first, to endeavor to obtain crystals which could he tested, and re tain the residual liquid that I might '`iiltbsequeutly use the Marsh test. As the ultimatum Of great conclusive proof of the preseuee of arsenic, you most oh. taro the metal -arsenic itself„ and prove it tole such. Cron examined.—The symptoms, in case of poisoning from arsenic, have so many exceptions, that there is no safe Du Jonri 3. REESE, ausorn.—l reside in Ph iladel ph is ; sin practicing mid i rine. I hold the chair of niedical juris prudence and toxicology in Univeriity of Pennsylvania. Four years ago I occu pied the chair of chemistry in l'ennsyll' vania College, Pinhole/IMM, There is no evidence from the • post !motion that den ili was• caused by an - irritant poison. I base this opinion twee the fact that the autopsy, was not sotheiently exhaust: ire to determine. It omitted the organ specially concerned, namely the atoomeh. medico-legal examination should be performed in' a thoroughly ciimustive manner, so a» to have unexamined no organ which might be the seat of disease and death. It emitted the examination of certain parts of this body which might have been the seat of lesion or disease, mid therefore left the ;natter not thor onghly decided. I have known of a case in which au examination was made after death, from an unknown cause, 'in which- on opening the body, the lungs 'et r inflamed ; this would hat Mont cause of death, ant 3 WWI so considered if on had proceeded no fur' Vening - the - gtilitstff ma; found there impacted tvh' al Strangulation. 'For thk authorities, always in sist laulitiire examination for ttrposes. As far as I rust wan a failure critically to examine MO condition KAM heart, and esophagus; also the Bpirtai marrow-; also .the kidney, the uterine organs, I believe with these exceptions, . the autopsy was very faithfully jawformed. I regarded the spots on tlio skin as the Ordinary death Spots, the result Or pare fitctin, occur in every dead body sofm - tir'Ordater, and aro not doe to any disease. The sprits under the ear I attribute to the same cause. Boon 'after the death the bloiid settles in different parts of the body, and chabging 'in its - color 'causes these spots. I should think it was not possible for an in- Spection of the miterior of ach.to deterreine , the condition of inner or mucens coat. The opacity of the walls " of the stomach preventing us from seeing the 'lining, membrance. The momaoli being so offeloiiVO as Rand tostitivd it was, it did not indicate the presence of any antiseptic or preserva tive agency. Gangrene Malls the death of a living part of the body and incipient putrefaction, You have.the and of your, - linger partially out elf, and union does not, take place, change takes Plea° in its . color; becomes dark, soft; and finally falls off, we say• that was gangrenous: . So of a gunshot.wound:—a portion of the body where bullet entered becomes soft and ii, removed ,by slopgbing. It is • quite" a ooninton _consequence of disease • when inflammatory actioe- fti pushed to its fluid diseased termination and w it involves a vital organ is neeessrily fatal. Tho stomooli is a vital orgae: There is - a Variety of color about gangrene—green,' blue, black—and the organ effected :by. jt somewhat ark Wee , sive odor.:;. Q.' In making post 'Morton] . for medico-legal porticoes, when certain ' symptoms have been treated by attend frig physicians,. should not special atten tion-be paid by those making examina tion •to those parts?., A. Certainly— he would find it and chiefly Ica*: at those,organs ho fluspectact to bo the: seat df the . diseaso. Tho symptoms of poison from arsouionre numerous and , not, by any moans uniform. Sbmetimes, quid I . think iu the majority of oases, they and hose of an irritant to:stomach and bow elkiagaiOhoso of a nervous nature; and • , • • • ,; ••• T ;' • ';` ••• '; • • - ' ":‘ f • ; F „ ..,.. 7.4. J • . LV, • • l .4it V ."‘ „ " L 4. • • „ f I • T.;:t . . „ •• , •.1. , •••• - - ••• • '‘. '44,1 ow; •, - ; '-; rqt • • . +•-•1. , • • • ,•r: • I~: ' • again those of S. narcotic, elicit as opium or belladona. I agree -with Prof. Rogers In relation to symptoms of arsenical Poirinn lag: 'Thero' is an 'addition I would make. to symptomintinumbrated' by him, viz -a difficulty of . and sometimes an arrest of this function. .priensionally en eruption of vesicular, °bar:later, not a very I equent symptom. Sonietimes also paralysiagenerally reanltof long con. tinued even lock jaw,; When- there 'have frequent .sphisins. These symptoms aro not exclusively, due to arsenio...;l - have ,not been; able to discs:Wen a - single symptom, - .any group of sit mptoms, an exclusively char acteristic of arsenical poisoning. ,Ignarly all the irritant poisons would.Am cam ponied by similar symptoms— corrosive sublimate, tartar 'emetic, sal- I 'photo - of copper, caustic alkalis, salt petre, oxalic acid, chloride of .barium, 'vegetables, 'eroton oil, , 'petroleum, oat ; chime, and others; 'and among the animal series, mintharides. Some of them . produce very similai symptoms to those citlV+o4P by arsenic, others are Jess so. Smug produce bloody stools, coax? ulsions, cramps log, and so on. Others more deMdedly -narcotic Byte!). toms ; -but they. all belong to the same general ,:class of irritants. They are I so much.like the nymtkains of natiwal. disease as to prevent one from thudding 'whether they are troth poison:or from natural disease. The symptoms of poiS cuing by arsenic are brio means uni form. I don't think thesymptoms . of any of the irritant poikons are fixed so as to enable us to decide from the symptoms. I don't know of any irritant Olson n which the symptoms aro fixed. The symptoms of trillammataim of ,stomach mid bowels aro not invariably When arsenic is taken into the system, • disposed of in various ways—part of - it may be , vomited ; part' purged oil by bowels, and the Indatice absorbed into the ci ir id a tioq. Absorption is the recep tion into the blond of the matter oontain ed -in the stomach in a soluble form. metals I presume are .absorbed, that ad:' in it of being dissolved—anything May be 'i-nehriTtlianS eanalile'of soled len. At: • sonic is retained in the system sometimes fie- a ron,itlera length of time—by this I mean fixed in seine one or nnire or gans of the body— melt • as liver heart, kidneys, bl Lye (10 not find the.same quantity after death front the same remennt titletin before death, sometimes a comparatively small fatal _close may leave behind a -comparatively huge amount. This diffet•enee in aliment fiend Is dependent npon two facts, first, the escape of some of the poison by vom iting and miming—and, secondly, hg its rapid elimination front body after it has been swallowed. Sometimes; too, R. or 3 grains may prove fatal, sometimes stt 011 - 11(Ni -er-twor-taken - at - one dose - , -the reason of that is the &Mess' 'of the stomeath. As a rule arsenic proves fatal within twenty-four brans. According to high alithority, Prof. Guy, of London, more flan one-half the fatal oases occur -within.l-welvehours.some of thern,withlte a shorter time. The symptoms are not proportionate to the amount. g. Um', far mould you, as a chemist, rely upon Reisset's test, wheb the quantity is very small? A. As far as Reinsch's test goes, it cis sat admirable-'-test, butT should not rely- upon Reiuseh's test e - tclusively for determining the ques tion, particnlarly if this qnestion was connected with a .inedico-legal examina tion. The smaller quantity can be un questionably determined by Pminsch's test. I would employ other torts along With Reinseb's—Marsh's tent along with Reinseh's. If not enough for all, I. would prefer March's test. The• 'deter mining of very small quantities with but one test admits of questioning. To the chemist himmilf, if Ito be a man of k xpc rience and ability, there may be no doubt of the single test.. EISTURIDAY CCIII convened at, o'clock 5• 11. M. Scouxixii..4sisora----Live N err ville ; am a druggist ; never sold John Kiehl any poison. Dii. Jrio. .1. REzen, continued.—lf (17.15 limited to one test, with a. small quantity, I would prefer Marsh's teat, bee:tune I can work with it more ac curately. I think it is more decided, and gives the absoluie proof--the metal itself, in the form of a metallic mirror, and a metallic spot, from which metallic mirror and spot we may procure other testa. Marsh's tent enables us to snake further tests' than Reinach's ; though as a trial test it is generally customary to emplOy Rebishh's test. A drop of Fowler's solution; ,falling upon a box such as that analyzed by Dr. Rand, the arsenic could be detected with the greatest ease by ~the process followed Rand, by a skillful chemist, and even much lens quantity than a drop. To satisfy ourselves upon that point, we made the experitnents detailed by Dr. Rodgers yesterday, with respectively the tenth of a drop of Fowler', solu tion equivalent to one-twelve hun dredth of a 'grain of arsenic ; anti the fiftieth of a drop, equivalent to one six thousandths of it grain of arsenic. These small quantities' being allowed to fall «poll the lid of a wooden box such 04 described. On testing these portions of the box, by Reinseat's pro cess, as. periormed by Prof. Rand, we procured in belt' cases the dark deposit on the , copper; which when subjected to beat in the small test tubes, afforded white sublimates, which undeNa very ordinary microscope, gave In n the one instance at toast the characteristic eight-aided crystals—not so certainly in the other instance, because of the ,imperfection of light and the inferiority 'Pr theThititCti a coaskleinbly smaller quantity might be detected, presenting a natinher of eight-sided crystals. The _excesnively small amount of poisonous substances Which may he detected by an, analypeal Chemist in almost incredible. It is not by any means difficult to detect a • millionth grain of etrychnine if pole; I have detected even a smaller 'quan .tit.y—l have detected lens than a millionth- part of a grain, if pure. A medico-legal chemical analysis should, be conducted in the moat , scrupulous, care and in the• most exhaustive man; ner,'b'ecautie of the grave responsibili ties involved. I have no ilteibt Dr. Rand, from his recognized skill and ability ass chemist, thoroughly convinced himself of the presence of arsenic In the m ate dal , which wan submitted to his analy.; ids. What might. be considered by one chemist as satisfactory proof,-might not he' so regarded by another. On thin point- chemists, like other men, differ. Some willarrive at a conclusion more rapidly : than others. Some semi through a preposition almost intuitively ; others by.suecessive slow steps I 'should have ' required a more exhaustive analysis to satisfy me in a. medico-legal inv.:taiga tion ' for poison than appears to have ! satisfied • My friend, Prot Rand. I would have employed soino other teats; my mind being, perhaps, more sluggish and cautious: I would have employed all thitests that are considered charac teristic First, Reinseh's • test., which consists In burning the Suspected mnte• rial.in pure nturistie acid and water, upon strips of copper foil, and subject ing Wise strips, when: properly cleaned and dried, to the actiou of the heat of spirit lamp, in a. small ' glees tube. ,The arsenic deposited on the copper is `Sublimed upon the tabu in-the form of oightaided crystals'--this is ono , test.' Seeondly, Marsh's test and its modifi cations: This consists of addifig. the sunpeated. subStauee 'to the 'materials -for generating 'hydrogen. in a pi?opee flask, to' which is. attached a properly •constrooted glass tube, terminating in an open point. There are three -modifl oationo of the test, 'one consists .of,, ap plying the heat of is spirit lamp to the horizontal portion of ther tube, as the ilisenurcted'hydrogen gas is,;patteing• along the tube. A bright metallic ring ,or. deposit is funned. a. little. in ad, vance of, the flaMe. This is pure met allic aitarda,"aad eau nobjeotod to still IMMIII further testsr , inext the jet of•gtis , !tis'iti issues. ;from the tube is .set Iola; lire: It hurit, with a peculiar Colored .flame,. and if a white, percolain eatioOr, held 'over - the' flame; or itithet . lin th& flame, a.bfilliant :steel deleted' blackish , ' deposit ,is madenporithe porcelain.,, Thies also is pure metallic arsenic ; And agreat number of these epott• May, `thuti be Obtained forTurtber analYsis. Ka i , in stead 'of lighting the jet • of gasee'as . it , comes &tit of the taboo, tern .the around so • as to 'look - dowmWards,lthill the gas is made to pass through•a solution of nitrate of silver - and common Inuar caustic; if there be. any. .p arsenicreeent iu this gas,the color of the solution; with dtangs almost immediately, and,tt blaelt eposit Will form of metallic nilver, the arsenic will remain in Selitiotiin . the form of arsenotei,aeid. All Wad' have to do now is to filter the enbstatlee and get a clear solution ; to, which we may apply two other new tests, called the liquid tests—these are thrranimorditeal sulphate of copper, which wilt give's: characteristic green precipitate; called.. School's green ' • jand the arturnitiliiehol rib s tirate silver test, Which gites a char ae.tarititic yellow prebipitate, called, the apelike of silver, • •Sevnitich 'for .Marsh's test. Then comes the eulphareted by-. drogen.aest. Pansirig pure sulphureted lijscirogen gas through au acidulated mein- An suspected to contain' arsellie. lithe solution be free from organic matter, a btight yellow procifiltrite will be fidried., Thists the yellow sulphide ofareettio.or rtiment,'We,throw this upon a. filter and di'rit, it is impossible to .decide positively upon the fact of this being ar senic withont, subjecting it to a further best—the,reduction process; and this con! FialS of aildjegjo the suspected sulphide some reiluttieg agent, such ashlack flax, or as 'I prefer, dried yellow prussiate of potash; anti applying the heat 'of a spirit larnpto , this mixture in a tithe; , Under these circumstances, the arsenic if it be present in ever Si small a quantity, .is liberated from the sulphur, and sub• limes in the form of a brilliant metallic I I ring, Fourth, the nitrate of silver bolt. Chic coexists in adding nitric acid Lb the metallic arsettirtitt In any o hese ways, and allowing it. to evaporate tinder a gentle heat, This eon vert s the metallic arsenic into 11 new foriii called arsenic acid'. When this is dry, a drop of nitrate of silver solution immediately produces a, characteristic brick red col ored substance, known as the arsomate of silver. Fifth. These crystals obtained should be mixed with a reducing agent iu u small glasistubei, and applying heat, we would obtain , the brilliant ring of pule metallic arsenic. That I should consider exhaustive. If a substance on• stvered•to all those tests, we would then say positively and unequivocally that --arsorric wan I.(CSgllt: — Tilab - RSCirif X aTiklii everything but arsenic., For a, very ac curate quantitative analysis 'I should have proceeded a little further than Dr. Rand did. I think Dr. Band assumed that the sulphide of arsenic obtained by drying the ammonia solution "Was-Jper reedy pure. In myexperience this is not the fact, as it would contain more or leas of organic matter, derived from the sub stance analyzed, and likewise some pre cipitated sulphur, which would materi ally increase its weight, and thereby lend to an overestimate of the amount of the arsenic. I do not think it possible to gut rid of all this organic matter and sulphur, by simply dissolving this yellow substance in ammonia. - Tho only method of entirely getting rid of the organic matter and sulphur is •by inners of calcination. To effect this we• add a few drops of strong, filming nitric acid, and t tali a mixture of dry carbon-e are iif soda and nitrdto of soda, and then expos& to a gradual beat in a crucible, until the ClllOlOlll3BB rs fusedand becomes :Velem transparent soltition. Then we know that . all_the organic matter has hem% destroyed—not a' tit ape can' re main behind: Ent wobakein't done with it yet. e we must next get rid of all the nitric acid and any trace of chlorine that may be present. This is done by adding a little etrongsulphurid acid,..and evaporating ..to _dryness. Now we have 'the arsenhi in a new combination, but still all of it there, in the form of arsen ito of soda. This mass consists now only of salts, no organic matter what ever. We dissolve this, and by means off sulphurous acid, bring back the arsenic acid to its original condition of arsenous acid, by taking away a portion of its oxygen. Now we have it in the state for obtaining the ultimate pure sulphuret, by transmitting. through it sulphureted hydrogen gas. All this complicated process is togct rid of the organic matter and sulphur. If now, the dried sal phurat be accurately weighted, we can determine precisely what amount of ar m:ue was originally present in the mat ter submitted for analysts. Sulphide. and mulphuret are synonymous terms. There is no other method of ghttlng rid of organic matter and sulphur. If the sulphide (het obtajvied, and dissolved in ammonia and dried, had been subjected over and over again to aetian of hydro chloric avid. and chlorate potassa, as described by Dr. Hand in till, 11111 i, pot•- Lltlll his process; it is possible that the amount of "organic matter, might have. been diminished somewhat, but I do not' think the amount of precipitated sulphur• woular .— Dr. Rand's object undoubtedly was, in passing a stream of sulehureted hydrogen grin through an acidulated solu boll containing arsenic and oronio matter forseveral days, to precipitate the whole of the arsenic that !night be present but in so doing there would necessarily be likewise precipitated, not only a eon/ad orable amount of organic matter, but I Ite"Wine of sulphur. The amount uf sul pheir precipitated - would - be - 1 nCreased the length of time employed in this pro cons, 'oven if no insigne wore present in -an acidulated solution and a stream-of sulphureftillhiPii;t; Ge hir a eonsidetalde length of time, de composition . ensues, and free sulphur is' precipitated, - of a dirty yellowish white color. Every material need by an analy tical chemist in medico-legal examlita tions for rr,i.ou, should be .absohnely elietnically pine :. and stilphureteit •liy &ogee should not form an exception. In such an examination' all -possibility of intrOtteing - the poison which we are searching for, should be rigidly excluded, Sulphide of iron does tioteetitnes don tain anionic 38 all linearity, and that is the reason why the purity of the gas should be first determined, There is 'a eusnibility that some of the impurity, .might got into the matter being tented, and thus vitiate the reeult. A very mi nute quantity of arsenic, whew tested by Beinach's process, Will produce a coat rig on a large proportionate amount of copper surface ; and ii piece of copper foil so coated will yield quite a number of small, eight-sided crystals, visible its the microscope. • In using Itellinclen test there is always a little organic reactor deposited on the copper_tyith the arsenic, and how' far the presence of thin organic matter would interfere with the sublinia tion oG the crystals, I am unable to say: rtltivlc It probable that arsenic, le a solutiUn containing organic matter, might be deposited on copper foil more slOwly in Itelmieli'm teat than If the mat-. for were perfectly pure, but the presence of reiganie matter will not prevent the deposit of arsenic, if Deno be giett ' ,In passing salphuroted hydrogen through an acidulated solution containing organic 'matter, and. continuing the 'process for sonic um, 'if there be any arsenic pres ent, the precipitate thus produced will consist of a Mixture of the arsenic in Ui form of o sulpidde,..together with 'a tom. enterable portion of the organic matter and free sulphur; the amount. of the free sulphur will be increased .somewhat by tintlengthof time employed, in the process; because it is the property of an acid notation to decompose' eulphuroted hydrogen gis and liberate free ..sulphur, and tho lotigeio this proem is continued' dm more free sulphur. will ,be liberated., Hence it may bappen.that such a cont plex.preelpitate may be composed of a largo proportiuhateluautity of. organic sulphur; and..a small proportionatequau; DECEMBER . I4 ..157.1..:;;',. :titY Of telliPhlde 9r,arsenle..; dusty be it. One-half; onn.,fouyth,, onelelghth,nAdow, sixtliatid'ato bh . .-- r anyfreeleortlgnantity. If 'containing, a' brash fratitiennt part of aritinic, ,, Were. further tested,by 111$ exciuding.all,tifer:foreign , matter,. it could be made,to indicate ther e 'Presence of iti'stinic nnegnivocally„, By Hr. itlfilter.*--Would'tlie adellnick tuition , r-ofl;lrowler's solution as pr.' ; Zitoor tOldra. Kiehl, over a Peril ornearly your months prior, teti her dde in you T eplition be sufficient to • account vfor the cpiainit* of Band claims to have found billet body After ddeath.lk ~ A. would not ondertake, to say positively how large an hmonitt of arsenic might he found in the biidy , tiftertleatli,''after i'lonceontinued medical treittinont with larsenbe, , ,bitt in' my opinion tho onantity, of, two br three grains Alleged. to.have- been,,discovered in 'Chef body of Cho deceased, to whom , fora petiod Of:three months' befere her, "death,' arsenic , had been almost ~Cort.:'l 0;1,4)1147-II 'administered, so that, the' pggrey,ato amount of the substance, reached the tinantity of twelve or liftoen„ graine; fe nreitioornpatible with truth.," I think it might account for its PreSetioe them, under the 'circumstances . without necessarily supposing the adminietratleox of the arsenic , were in a poisonous dose.. When arsenic and 'other poisoned. substances are taken 'into the stomach if I not Already, in .Solution, . they .mrist, become ,dissolved before, they, can, enter into the . eirottlation.. Xt, is only while circulating through 'the blood that., these renbstanceff'dieplay their poison:, one effects,,, 'The rapidity with which these , substances are absorbed into the blood—from the stomach, varies', according . to circumstances. if the stinnaeb be full nt the time,:the absorp, t.ion would be.retarded. .if it be empty, the abserption.le mere rapid. The ra-, pidity of absorption is also afflicted by medicines previously given. and likewise by the healthy or diseased condition of the lining membranes of the stomach, at, the time during the posiiago.of the poisennus substance"throngli the'blood "A, strong dffort is rriadei by nature to get , it of the noxious siibegrance, trwereem the different glands and organs 4 .sf the body, these meparate and retain the poi eon for the time, .And so take it ,out the circulation, or' eke a portion of the poison is at once thrown out of the blood by cmcnictories or gl rods which, separate foreign matter from the blood. fleece it is that while a per7mn in taking arsenic er other poison we can usually discover its presence in the urine and other seere flews during life. Now then if a person during life be taking one of these pole• one, say arsenic, for a ceetinnons,length of time; in small and repeated doseS, the tendeney would be,,for 4 7_er,kidneyr tt OPTelin a - Mt - nibs/ organs of the body to gradually' abstract from the blood and retain it in them. The length of time of the retention 'of the poison in these different organs and structures will depend upon circumstances. should there tie any arrest of the. functions . of , organslessmf 'the poiSOn werild pass out of the system than if all these functions were perfectly healthy. If the poison wore given in A single dose it in eliminated fr,op the system mach more rapidly than ii the same amount had been introditeerthy slow, successive steps, protracted 4 , r 0r a considerable length of time. l?omotimes a poison when separated from the blood by an organ or !structure of the .body, ris never eliminated from that structure. We have an example of this in the'nitrate of silver, which when taken in small.and repeated doses, is lodged in the skin and there remains during - the subsequent life of, the individual. Another example is . fttforded in mercury.. if this .poison be 'I eft:minced in small, successive, doses, it L ay be fixed fore great length of time' it .tiMlivni; and atill4or;ger in the ntimony.taken.ntnier, the sates eireurn.-L stances, it; repeated doses, has been, 'round months after the' discontinuation of the use of It,• in the bones and. fat of the individual. Arsenic iertelieved to be no exception to this general rule, so' far as the fact of its distribution in the liver and other organs of the body-la con corned. The length of time which, it may he retsrned, as I have already stated, depends upon the fact of its being gtven in a single, large done, or in small, Iliac tional, or medicinal doses, extended over a considerable space of time. The length of time which arsenic may be thus retained has not been precisely de termined, but I think it certain that it may be thuS retained in the organs for'a much longer period of time than .:if it were given in a single large dose, We have on record canes whin substantiate this. I give this as - my opinion. - There iv a„ case cited by Taylor. on poisons, where only three•fou:ths of a grain of arnenic wait given to a patient in mmute L ones, extending over a period of 44 days, vl itA adminintrfition then craned Four weeka after thin the proaence of ar- Bunk, was detected ire cbc critui of the. patient, proving punitively that it must have been in blood. Now, durinii all this time, the arsenic wan not circulating in the blood, bin was gradually belogtelitni noted fritin sorne:of the solid organs of the body, especially the kldoer, from which it encslioil by the nisinary mecre tion. By Mr. .Ifiaer.---An a phyiiciau, ist and toxicologist, and from your ex perience arid reading, what precaution Should ho used to guard the subject matter supposed to contain poison from contamination eith;ty design or acci dent, and if you kn f any facts which would illustrate the necessity for such cure, please relate them ? (Ohjected to. Objection not sustaini.d.) A.—_ln answer, 'to the first part. of that question I woidil reply : the utmost possible and actitpu inns care should be taken from the very moment that the stomach and other via. cora supposed to contaid a grain is token froth the body of the - deceased; those matorials should be plaoed in. a proper receptacle, securely sealed, and trans mitted directly to a chemist, or if' nut so transmitted should he securely • kept under lock and key. The same caution prepisely should be observed of all sus. pected matters vomited,; and to all mat ters purged from the bowels if they can be obtained, to all boxes, cups,, packa ges, or other spbstances of a — clinilar nature found in 'the apartments of the house of the deceased, if euoli scrufailous care be proved not to 'rave been clitiolHed it mast zumeisarity vitiate .• ohnOtiorti 'analysis, however well performed. Many aceidonts inay happen for want.of this ears, for a bottle containing the stomach,-&c.,may be broken and spilled on the ground 'a -dirty floor, no one can tell, but there might have been some poisonous matter pft*ltt; ou said ground or, floor, with which .uch matter might I have , become contaminated. A de ticioncy or disease of the tri.ouspid'valve of the' heart could not; in my' opinion be properly detected without 'opening the heart completely-and a minute mauler inspection thereof.- I Should -suppose front Pie dencrintion given of the heart of the deceased, .thlie description being that It was flat and flactid,.Without any further information that there *as mall probability dilatation of ,the heart,frith thloncsii dit its whits, this, however, is,s. supposition founded upon action, anper , .• dela! descrilitlon.: 'The dilatation of the heart with. thinness of Its walls and die-, ease of the valves is a.seriousidifease cf the 'heart,: which, might terridriate• The leadhig works aid toxtcol ogy, Groat ehrjetoiin, Taylor 4. Gdy, in ?ranee, Orfila :dt 'Taydlou In Germany, Otto and others In America, Beek," - Wharton, Stills , dtr. Werreley.. What Would,account.for,all. symptoma rhlo4,,„arir:. dawn-40- '4OOl - OHW' pites,"eialudifig the ides of, the adrolnlstratlon a rit';poituin.' (Tiyixi; thetical Oitstr:tit comth. };sad to 'Othello) I Should''..eall 'each close, from the description given; ono of inflamrnition,of the`Stomarh• arid bowels, with, kohably, soma , inflammation - or the: peritoneum screen:Jimmying irJ 'Suit& •a , Macias :may 1:!* 9,040 : by; ally substance, • acting upon the strintacdi 101d:tit:Tole, or i kiP 3 o,l °Oa" With9qtAar,Asoignable. tinuate just,,-lik e s,' . ether. Thete, !arif'seitiOritiliese`ityrnpiiiiirelzione that I ,consider exelealielY ' aharaotidietle Lartenleat ..timiatise- - 1: know' lof,no,eymptemas , which ere exclusively , lehataoteriatle of arsenical poisons. They ; 'are' the general ;iyintitorne of' (Nitwit Poirieria and also teerill ' nary, gastro enterithr, 'or peeitonithif peurt adjourned nt; o'olOoke, es.,runri,Af ,Ur, OtwoOk, -; Criart troaendif tit 2 'Meek. Dn. Joirs t, S.-;eibri4aniatniti: have,partially• examined ithe glass j - tube-and photographs, mhmitted by Dr. Rend. , The -coatings, en- • the ...cepper appear to me like insenteal onatings; but T - Weeld not &tilde 'ntion " that - point without further , -investigation,' and no,ollemist could- ea,. decide positivelyi 'baits ;examined two-,ete.three, of : the glime tubes, under the mihroactitpe • 'and .1 think I detected the' eight-Sided eryte" ,tals, which"-under-.the elreumettineea • I believe to indioate : areenio. , I have also exendhed eeme,OfttlO Pllelotil79:4 11 4 1 °4 fr'oni'thette tubes, and the'appqar .eo,n •flriiilitorY of that'belliWth6tigh' their are not vety.distinot. - 11eTOM1W'h'ot eatisfy , my reind,of the I:trammels-of artionle.-by. - Reinsch's test alone. 'Could not,eattsfy my own mind of the preeenee of ,arsenic by' Reinsch's test and' lilareh'a teat; 'or' its modifications. • I aim- nire- familiar with .Witten; dictionary, hitt: ether an 'thoritien suggest chloride, of potash as. *no of the' methods of dieteeyieg erganie matter'in 'a quentittim Vnatfaiim. rain' ,not aware that Dr. Wordy holdirthat , .absorbed areenio in the' iiver.• in Incon el/tont, with : the medical -et:mini/Oration •of ameniti. I do ' nott Mean • to say. a poisonousdose would 'net have' reached the liver; it. tnight • have_ reaohed' the liver, an d been already:removed from there. Asp r ole it goes to the liver; •it may have gone to some other organ. I think it' probable. ' 'l3r.-Tayler says . it is probable after ik pelsonous - driee of arsenic, has boon taken ic large quantity of it would be taken" up 'by the liver within 15 hoancth.ciiighl havemotniacle tiny-experiment to proven'. -Absbrbed arsenea is gerWealty - fotirrel elsoin spleen,. kidney, heart, pancreas, hurtle, and I beliein in the, brain, anti ,in the atoms of the female, and probaby.the ovaries, in fast in the tisanes generally.- The circulation traverses its' route in-two or three minutes, and deposits ,it, whore: it has the opportunity, DR. Ronoens, re-eidlerf.--There is one explanation 'I would desire to make, in the cross examination t , I .am made by the report to commit a tonttadietion. I would, desire to,make 'the beirection the quantity taken; estimated. 'ln its en: tire amount, which Will - be t naturally mideor-leesilistributed-throtighont-the Whole body, cannot in its entire amount err -by the, analysis err anY one organ; the rite - mach being ,one 'of those alluded to.' Of coarse the analysis indicates that a larger 'quantity was taken than was found,, The , time, ,depth would result from - gptre , list Varies' froirlii - fevr - daylio teverat week.. The quantity found in theitornsoh may be .larger than that:token:at any one, 'time when it in administered medically. Piton. Onas. worn.- 'I am Prof. of Natural - Dickinied. Cbileg'e. There are- isoverel -methods' of ' destroying organic , &otter. - ':•We might employ the 'method employed, by -Dr. Rand, in which • hydrochletm, acid • and chlorate of potasea were Med ' this hie:" thOd however: *mild harOlY be con nidered adapted to the.oompleterdestrne tion of the organic matter an the exami „nation of the stomach'for aleenic, if,that arseniri were precipitated from the re epltin by meansenlohureted hydrogen ;, for the reason -at sulphur oted hydrogen, will in almost all eases, produce a preolpitatein'stigh • 'solution. ~eflietheribienlcilre_p_reetarti„ or not. ' In ekder, refc re,;s* organ: matter completely, it wol,pneeessary to subject the tenerlphide.' arsenic ob tained, to enbmiquent treatment. Fum ing nitric acid might be employed for this purpose, in connection with subsequent treatment' with sulphuric said: The - - better method, however, would be to fuse the terselplrldo'or ar senic with carbonate of soda and nitrate of soda. The process might be varied ; but not essentially changed: In this case, if arsenic were present, it would appear in the form of soluble areenate'of soda, which could be subjected to further. tests for arrinie, I think the process used by Dr. Rand would not have destroyed the orgaidq matter. Sulphide& arsenic, • of antimony, of tin, of cadmium - Ir, and or ganic matter, might have been carried down in the ammonia solution and traces or sulphur. After evaporation, we 'would have these substances left. We could 'not calculate the quantity of arsenic withotit farther process. The precipitate obtained by Dr. Rand might mutate these sulphides, 'if the corms yOnding con:Tonna hedtbeen present in the liquid acted upon by hydro sulphuric acid, 'lf he,had determined the absence of all these snbatancee except the arsenic,. this precipitate would contain only teraulphide of arsenic, organic mat ter, and perhaps traces of free sulphur. It would be teraulphide of arsenic in the amemeiacal solution. I could not from' the weight of this residue eetimate the quantity of arsenious acid. I couldn't tell how much organic matter he would have' in the residue. I could not give any idea of the quantity of organic matter in the residue ; it would vary. The quantity would depend somewhat upon the amou nt of organic matter originally treated. Sulphereted hydrogen . might contain arsennreted hydrogetn, provided the sul pliu.vit 'of iron, or the sulphuric acid Dr; - "Rande - expluined that he did not purify his ,sidphureted hydrogen, became) it would, rest, that the sulptinreted :hydrogen would precipitate any ennpounttof arsenic. I' think It would not neeensarily purify • ealphurie acid many contain ar-t, conic. Sulphirret of -Iron rnay,..,aleo oon fain Ornenic. don't say, however, that • they generally do: The 'sulphtiret of Iron cloy contain' anseirill from the iron or the sulphur out of which it is oars ;weed. I recollect - Dr. Rand's statement in regard to his manner cf. estimating the quantity of arsenic in liver. lie carefully discarded the word estimate, and only guessed at the qinintity,of ar senic I wouldn't like to guess at it myself upon glow , grounds. Cr:oss es.. _,-Thei(Otiim obtained by by droaibirie acid and chlorate, of notes,/ might have a yell 0141 eh color from chlorine corn pou tide. °Worsts of potash loused In dentreing organic matter. Any metbed of-analysis Will he eritichted, bat if the method waa in ' accordance with esteb halted anthorities, I think body-of nhimlate would soiree 'as to the -result. Tlie chemist who , performed the analysis would be the 'best person to foim the estimate, as he is the only one' who has the data-. The iteinseb Witte , a reeog tilled test, an:far se it gCrie. Ithe 'used Marsh's test, it Aced(' have undoubtedly dieorvered arseeio, .1 . have exaniinod the mice pltottigraphs;• there are evi diamee there Of eight-sided eryitati in all extrept one, .whieh 'Arms -.not "seem eatinfiemry, bat ,I examined', the onbli- - mat,ci om Which it wee taken and fo 'to' contain the 44titesidie cry.. s„ I % alar examined tile tnbee th_subllµatel from the stomach and liver, end. f 4 and - them to, contain , the night:sided crystals. The-copper strips imern "to have the arsenical deposit 'on them -At resembles,•to my mind, eremite , more • than any thing *e, but in Itself would hot be.concluslve of the presence • ofiarstinio. If the pieeee of copper, were, • anbjeeted to the gentle heat'of, 'kit ordi nary-spirit- lampriri • airnall - glass , andgave a 'etiblimatei citoctobedral;sly 011,41 would eoneltiOo :Ord arsenic wa presentin the coating.: :r • fl nnT Itninte, ale Orli • „tide 2 Mile north, of Shippensiburg,; - rein tether of Oritharine Myers; MM.' ,ni 4diter'il child t ; liver(!-,neer on place; we . vielted bank and' ferwerds *great detil . ;lliii. RiebPshealth was very a'il last inacof '* 4' think otHivvia,takinit. Medicine nearly all tbe tinre • they (Kiehl'and his ' wife) 'ofteri" . camthid the house together ;4lb° vvonlil sinin;ofeen;' ;au& he, would, oome after ;,I never was Wilde his berme, ,but 1, often, stopped at 'the door • I' remember 'very well - ono ,evening Rosa' Long yea at our 'with Mr. and Mrs. Kiehl and Miss Doner; I did not notice .anything-improper .en that occasion between John Kiebl and my •ditughter,'' Catharine Myers ; saw nothing of them , sittinat: ire , the kitchen With 'their arms around .each: other ;. I 'couldn't tell bow it ootild Possiblefor them - to haws been in thatpoeition and I not bs'e seen it '•'• I wag in thaklteben nearly all the time ; I genemllY Sit di., reetijoppoeito this • stove. on lounge; I saw them all back ood forwards ;. I knoit l'was not in the room half an hour; wad in'the room 'did not qv() Kate. nd • John 'passlng In' and out ;'1 noticed. Miss Long and Miss:Doner pass. 'fug in and out; never knew of anything - improper between, no daughter-and - Kiehl ; Mrs.' Kiehl'contiimed tm: visit my house afterwards the eante as befirtii: bad a oonversation-with-Mrs: Hoffrnao about'Mre. Kiehl's 'health on Saturday when she was at ourbouse ; this was, the day of the funeral ; Mrs:-Hoffman said " poor - Sarah is gone;".l said ".yes she,' said ou last' Sunday she wse'at ,ray .boase and elle • complained of a very bid b'eadaelie,, and said, she would go hotnOva..While before night so She ctruld,lieadown , and take a rest before she would, do per evening's work ,;' , l , sair MM. Kiehl on Mend,ey : morning before 'she took Sick'; I drore tip,to the gate, be, fore the hoes& she came walking Out and bronght me some 4110 she good she - felt ,very e heh ad to , .vomi t so ; the wagon a n.the road ; edie , came out of the licaisooz-oiit of the kitchen, and came throtigh:the yard, 'outside of 'the gate ; I wee close Adthe gate ; when gate went to Kiehl's .they came' After her, some times Mrs. Kiehl 'and sometimes John, to do work ; . .;they gimerally, get Kate because Mrs. Kiehl said Kate knew tier (Mrs., Kield'e)_ ways; and knew how .it_warad.ba.done,... • Crate' lizaniined.—SoineOnies Kiehl came in the: forenoon and 'sometimes' in thipevenieg ; he worked 'a great deal for me,;,Kiehl was at my house the Sabbath . Mrs. Kiehl took sick, he was sitting with me in the, orchard ; I was sitting under a tree with my book ; he 'was, with me perhaps an hour ; he started' home about sundown; was there 'herbal - is a couple hours ; couldn't say elle time Jelin came in walking across the, field,: on3hceday, when Mrs, Kiehl'wastM had, Kiehl came over for one of the girls ; said his wife wan vomiting so ; - Kate 'wasn't at home ; she wat at her brother') ; Jane wouldn't go ; be then'insisted . on, going down, to loseph - Myers - folr - Kate - . -- ISaid - 1 leave them there, ie plenty of ,people there; he started down, and I Wanted to sert iny little riehilown to tell her not to come,; I 'sent Jane over as company for Apt° that evening; I.told Kiehl about two weeks before this, that I heard 'there was a talk;, he said: I ' ll soon elear that i np ; I told-him i a think-old ldrs.-Pilgrim told it at our house; I told him I thought it wan best for him to stay Away'; didn't send Jane over to see 'that there was'SB4 'lntimacy between him and Kate ; didn't tell anybody.-as: I remember, and this 'passed I thought as ajoke-; don't 'know that ho was riding about the country with'Kate. Court adjourned until Monday it 9 o'eloak., ,UaNDAY- MOR.FIPTO . Mae. BAnSLIIA MSEYIS, Morn. , I-live aboutl9f a mile from Kiehl's , Our families were' intimate ; we 'mere neighbors; Mra:Kiebl was over- during the - tvliater frequently, shy canto still With her husband, John Kiehl; I asked her sometimes how she felt, - she said she folt;batter some days than. others'? Mrs. an .Mr. Kiehl came over! ens 'evening sherasked 3.110 ihl , roakl itetloave ony of the girls go along down to Fraukford with John and I said, " ria, Sarah; none of them wants - to go, I said they wore strangers there," they she said he would' leave'one of them at their aunts if they would only,go along, and he would bring them back the next day, then I said - Elarrib, why don't you go, and she said I don't-want to go to old Kiehre, and tuen I said it don't stilt our girls to:- go, and there was none of them went; I was doWn in the cellar and she came down after me, she shed tears when there • Kiehl° and us were always in good terms ;- I used to go over to son her when she was sick ; I was at home the evening Rosa Long and others came to our hellion I can hardy tell you who wore in the kitchen, , we were all back and forward, rnoro 'or less; the door was open between room and kitchen, and light in both rooms ; Aire. Kiehl -was-there all evening; our fami- I lies wore as intimate after that as be- ! fore' Mr.Kiehl took his wife home in the buggy, and the others went In an other buggy ; Mrolll usually sits in 1 the kitchen in the evenings ; I know of Mrs. Kiehl sending over for ono of the girls.to- come and do .her wove whilst she would go home ; Kato wont gener ally, as Mrs. 'Kiehl told Ns that she .could not get any one to do her work ,as well's Kate, and Mrs Kiehl always preferred to have Kate go; Kate was down te Frankford with John once when he was going to his father's; this was before pillrg. Kiehl was at our house oak- Kfor brie of them to go' again ; Mrs. Kiehl was sick every now and then dur ing the Winter, was pretty bad some times ; whoa I went to see her she said she could oat sometimes and -sometimes she could not ; she said things at times tasted bitter when she bad to throw up; onoiter twice when I was at the table -with testa • bitter; she told me ahe had no appetite to eat, eve' ything tatted bitter, ooffee - and all ; during her lest- siokneas (Mir. Kielil'el,)John Kiehl went down 'to Kate Myers 'brothers, and took her to his house ; CUSS to oar house Niteroi he went !for her ;. he wanted- Jane to go, bet she would not go, said ohs could net go arid could not attend to Mrs. l - Klein' I was present the - evening that Rosa Long and Mr.,Doner were thorn-; Kate and John' wore not sitting in the 'kitchen with their arms around each stitery they oould not have boon sitting there without me seeing them, for I wait back and forirard the whole even ing ; Kate had a child about nine years ago ; she has never misbehaved herself since that time, never kept company with any man. aroteseduminect.—Q.—Have you been told that ypnr daughter Kate might get into, trouble If this, charge was proven against John Kiehl? A. , --Our family had a great deal of anxiety that Kato would get into trouble abont, thitieffair. Question objected to by delbndant. Objection overruled. . A neighbor woman told me a couple of weeks before Mrs. Kiehl died that there was a great deal of talk about it ; ! abo told ~.me that I ought to keep Kate away, from. ; this , w,as a couple of weeks before Mfrs. ielsi dieW do not know that inylnaband told' ate to keep John Kiehl away from the' house ; Kate got sick just after John was arrested ; the :cease: of her *kites!! was groat tremble ; Mr.,Myere was in the company when Mise Long and • Mr. Defier wore there; Kate was in the kitchen in the evening ; ,we,have a bench rind chairs in the kitchen ; my youngest daughter and. I were bank had forward in the kitchen alletoning; John Kiehl was sometimes in i the kiteltltn 'and sometimes in the room ; be. vas sitting in the kitchen that evening'; Mrs. Kiehl:_never told me .that jithrewaii cross to her ;, in tho oven:. log after our work was done lin fatter She watt ,so eiek ; she went over in the evening; her father told her to go over., andetay With:Kite, that it would beta long 'evening to her there alone . ; never Saw Jane go ever to keep Kate coMpany before; when Kate was aiok and bad to ,throw up,- and complained of thinga be ing 'bitter;lho, bad the; heart disease ; dodEknutr whether' she' threw up ,bo-, tWoOn January and- April; I cannot toll per often ,Fate Went over .to•ldrii.•Rielil Whiter y•Lliate;:ivent Lover hen,Mrs."Kiehlwati not athitme, Can't •11.-how; offew; went over once about March; when Mrs,.. Kiehl' wonted meal-. toe she went to her father's; ind then -.cat :to town ; 'addle she :wad absent atoweistrover to-do berwork•rDavldi Waltdok , told ' 'be heard 'in Carlisle' hat ,the sheriff -was coming. to LArretit ; te4. be Wme to our. bailie • before - Mrs. Kiehl-cvas• dead Ore had a botdeinhis and ;it ,wati 'Tuesday evening; , Sibild -o Overeat supper.;-be pulled out of hie pocket a bottle: with medicine in and, :aid he now had•what-he wanted '; John: t oaor made, no threats that I heard ; he *as there on Wednesday y Mr.; Waltrick ! did not threaten ine:with.anything, - !•C? CATEEAMIN# Mvantk 'recalled:Jr had a thiki,about D you ago 'f.was between 17. and 18 yenta old. then ;Iconic? to Ifiehrs on. Tuesday evening about. 4 o'cloCk, the eat time 'she was sick ;When. I canto here Mrs:David.Waltriok was there, and los told enti,there were some powders to' ire ;:1 asked-her: whether he doctor:Was - there; - and :he saidthat John had been away and Lot some poivders - from therdoctor, and - hat I . sbould give' hor'ono about eight ;. I went up stairs and-asked her low she was, and - she said poorly ; I :aid also bad better :have the doctor be_ ere she took.that powder ;•91iOnaid she ,id not want the doctor until:her poviz ern were all ; I told her ...that she had etter haven doctor before -her powders- Were all ; she told me. that- it i cost ton, 114111 to have the • doctcir,-; then I told obit he ought to fetch the doctor, and JO told'me that she would . not lot him ; . aid I. should not give her any more nied 'eine until he brought the doctor ; my :inter, Jane, came.-over _and cowsed her o have a doctor, and she -would not ; 1 ont up afterwards then and.she bad to vomit so much,; then I asked her again &have a aoctor,- ; , sho '(3lrs . Kiehl) said f - yen think 'I :ought tip have one tell, ohnio fetch otilif I. fold John to go for _doctor aucthe went • right away ; Dr. Nevin-came out then ; he left some—pills or her; I asked him what niled her, .rd he said inflammation of the seen -loch; I gave her some of the pills in, the even. I lug; I was up that nighttill one o'clock; :be rested very well that night; John wiped 'to attend to her ; about one o'clock I Went up stairs ; she, told me he felt better ; she told me to go to bed hot John would tend to. her, and ' hat she thought she,. could ,sloop ; Aster and I then went, to . bed ; I ' aid 'about an hear, then went up to see_ • er; I•was sleeping- 'down stairs; John • as lying down with his wife,;- she told 6110,had gotten no sleep for tty.o nights, (raid he would get jjelt;_l_wen.top_ana_ hTI just been attending to her ; hishatt been vomiting; she told me to ' ook at her blister,' and see whether it drew- any, and then to lay down again; looked at it-and saw it had most drawn ' s much aS it should have done in' that etr , ; flied the blister, then I went: down and laid down ; j o'clock,--then went unto see — tier• told her the bliqer had drawn and that ' she ought to have' the Dr. out, again ; .he said thatif it was on longer it might raw ; I told her it was on longer now hau the Dr said it should be .on ; she . aid he should go for fthe Dr. - and he ent ; 'this was on Wednesday; it was . sbont 4 o'clock in - the morning, 'before aylight ; the Dr. came out about an - our after John came back ; he told me o thought she was 'a good bit better, ad rested well.; ho left some powders for her, said she - should not eat or drink, much for it would make her vomit •and er stomach was sore ; she-drank very ittle on Wednesday forenoon, just, wet er lips; when her mother came she asked her when the Dr. had been to see er last; she answered in the morning ; er mother told 'her she oughtto have, ' we Aloctors out ;.she traid she did net --ant two doctors; her mother said she net have two doctors ; and then Mr.' Doner went to town and brought two octets ; Mrs. Kiehl did not want two octets, because it cost too much ;. and Dr. Nevin told her it was wrong to have wo doctors ; when her mothercame, she ave.her as much to drink as she wanted ; told her the doctor said we should not give 'her so much, it would start her Woiniting; her mother said she would give her as much to drink as she pleased, for that was all that she lived on ; then Dr. Neiih and Dr. Stuart came to the house ; Dr. Nevin said we gave her too much to drink, and that , was what caused it ; I told him I did not give it to her, but it washer mother ' - the Dr. asked her mother whether she did, and she an swered yes ' • raid she would give her as much to eat and drink as she pleased ; Dr. Stuart then said, Mrs. Dotter it is the worst thing you can do to give.her so much to drink ; she stood before the doctors and menacing them, said she would give her as much to drink and eat as she pleased ; Dr. Norm said she (Mrs. Kiehl) was worse then than she lutdheen in the morning ; asked me if I gate her much to drink ; I said no, but that her mother had ; Dr: Nevin left sows medicine for her, and gave nns directions how she should , take it ;• I told him that I WAS going home, and her • mother would rgive it, to her.;. her mothl;,r went to the Dr. and got the directions; then I started home and lie: mother then attended her after that ; there never was any improper intimacy between John Kiehl and myself. Croon examined. . Never told Anna Waltrick that I slept. with John Kiehl, never , told her that I have done worse than that.; I can't tell how often John and I were in the field together;-.Lhelped was not once in the field with John Kiehl oa Sunday ; when in John Kiehl's hens; slept down stairs in.the little back room ; John slept tip Will% in 'the front room ; whoh Min.-Kiehl was away from home he slept up stairs and I slept down; he never was immy room ; had my little girl with me when she was away; my , little girl is about nine years old ; some times I tasseled with John when she was absent; I can't toll how often I staid when she was absent ; I never told Mr. and Mrs. Waltrick that I had slept with John Kiehl, and would do,so again ; didn't tell them that 'when she was down at Frankford that r had slept. With him and done Worse than that ; the last time I saw him before she took sick, wan on Monday; Mr. Kiehl and I nave wereln the field walking bank 'and for. ward, when I was not husking corn ; Mr Waltrick and I were loading hay on Mon day after she. took sick ; Mr. Waltrick boyar said anything about my conduct' with Mr. Kiehl ; never , remonstrated with me in any mariner ;,don't remember that I told Mr. Waltricgthat John was a married man and a fool, and that I had often told him to stay away from mo; in loading the hayl. built it ori,the wagon and ho pitched it upon,,itadened about half of it after I gtt LEVI. TREGO, Morn. I reside near Mount - Rock ; have known John Kiehl two or three years; have never hoard anything against his .00ndact as a good peaceable. man. Crone 'exatnineci.ilavo not hoard any thing about him for the last year: .• J. ll:ifsrienutvr, affirinid:— I reside at Mount Rook ; keep ;nerd there ; been , 'there eine() 1 1861 ; have - known-John . Kiehl since 1867 ; character good, never hoard anything against him. , Cross.esamined.-11ave not . seen - tiny thing of him for the last two or three ! years.. ItBAIOAks. AF IN BWIGEBT, swori4.— e in Southampton township ; I went to Mr. Krelil's on Thursday about 1 oNcook_went_up_stainLimtnediately,;_ wheal came up 1 saw Mrs.- Kiehl lying there very sick ; I staid .there tbo.wholo day ; Sarah said, whyis that Arm Stvlgert ? some'of them told her it wan . Vient• *round; to her, shook hands With her, said Sarah \you are sick ; sho said' I can't hear.you I repeater' it over-throe, 1 1 times; elm eald,,yes,. I am too sick; that. wan all I Rieke to.heir.,• Visry.rionor was' fanning her; she said, John, you take, the fan and An inel - Jolin took the fan !and tinned 'her ; she asked, for water,; can't remember, who gave it to; her ; she ibr ice:; 'some of them' fetched some for. her'; at last She got so weak she Could not hold it:herself ; John then held It :ftw her.; he , said 'that ,Sarah' could het, bite 7t ; lie broke it for: her, and gave it, Eti'her ; John, thenghtshe was not lying;' comfortable, shollirely her :tries around his" ncek, Cud' he pet Iter,,htibit.in . bed hirther and f[xeddier pillows ' ...she seemed to he in grest , !tlisttess about the 'Rah's, Sion of her soul ; she would puitS , awhile,', seti thin glib WOUid-falt into d(11.7.0'007-71:, tiiCol) . ; then sliellimuld l walio uP Adman for:water ;„. Bolin :wet her lips twice that rerneanhercik hll/34 4AWollf:tpti; awn:ft.—l ant the daughtor.belkeiirk - Myers, •nnd sister to Kato°Myers.; •Ai rv - RIM)) was sick very 'atop T;thergitintr - siver'.' for -My sister; sometimes they Would est: for we, oftener. for my sister, saying that Kato .ktieW better how her work Was done;: Kiehl - came•over one Saturday :and asked for me ; I couldn't go, Wo-were expiik: .ting- company ; he- then _said that one of -us should come, and• I told lime to go ;' Mrs. Kiehl had never asked me to come; Whenever she ,teok';a spell slio would send for. Kate; she told me sometimes thitt she had not- a very . good appetite, that things tasted seer to her ; ; Whonevite sue throw up she' had to tate med'idine ; • was planting cornat 12 o'clock on TM's -day before her sickness; She said She •had been . taking Dr. Zitzee's - medicine • -6n Monday ; she, had -just come huma, , and on Tuesday was over planting corn; said that• Dr. Zitzer wa's riot athente, that Dr. nixler had, given . .,13er the last medicine, and it was no like tho.other ;- she said slit got so used to talthig-Zit er's medicine that she could just pout- it -in a cup, and poursoinewater on it, and take it-that way. • • Crone examined.—Sister Kato was at- Mr. Kiohl's first time last Fall; minuet remember that she was at last, in the holidays ; she was over very often, can not tell how often ; remember that Mari', 'Donor. was et Kiebl's Waltriefic, TOok — tidiTlifiti: Kiehl) to her father's ; never - saw Mrs. Kiehl take any medicine ; never saw her when she ate at her own house; she said het' food was bitter when 'she ate it; I know last, winter she com plained of her food being sour ; I do nut remember when. nly•sister was on the, witness-stand ; don't knew .who I first told that her-food was sour;' knew that .har food was-sow• before my sister was on -the stand, for Mrs. Kiehl told me herself ; saw John K. at our house, don't think I told anybody I was ashamed of Kate's conduct with John Kiehl ; never -saw any bad conduct between the two. Mn. WILLIASUFINILEY, swam. -I live about mild - froin --- Knthrs ; I was at his house between 11 and 12 o'clock on Thursday ; teas there about hoitr ; Kiehl was kind to his• wife, did all a man could do, I saw him bring her, water, fanniug Mir and fixing her pillows; when I went to go away I bid Mrs. Donor' good bye, and when site held my hand I thialt•sho gotwohionottotAtrah's _reply was "Oh 1 no, mother I have more ,con (Waco in John than then, I went down stairs; 1 have known John Kiehl fey 10 years, have never heard anything against his character. Cfros examilied. I found no one present when I drat Went there, and no one carne in whilst I Was there, except John. I did not tell 'Mrs. Carbaugh that John Kiehl had at tempted before to poison his wife ;. Kiehl'etreatment of his wife wasalwity,s good so far.ati my knowlege extends. - - Miss Its.crigt. Hem steorm.—l was at Mrs. Kiehl's on: Thursday evening he lm:oler death; John Kiehl was in- the realm - qui appeared to do all he could for het', to make,bet contartablo, he gave her idpand,wine,,llxqd her pillows and faked her comforts 1 beard Mrs. Kiehl ask him. w her he would. ((MY with, her and he Baia ho would, when she wanted anything she would call for John and be was kind to her. • •Switatt FINKEY, .Rooria.-4 live about -} of a - mile-front Kiehrsi. I was there on Wednesday aftoruotin ; when t went there Donor's were there ; after I was there a while Mr. Dotter came up stairs and.said Sarah, we are hero now, , and we waut to get a Dr. and who .shall • we get, and how many shall we get? and she looked' uP and said. "Oh I it will coat too much ?" John treated his wife kindly all the time I was there ; she would enquire for John, and when she enquired for-John Mrs. Dotter asked her what John, and she said our Join, then Mrs. Donor said hero lie is, mkt! John went to her bed and she said stay with me, and ho said of course I will stay with you, Sarah! MRS CATHARINE TuvuacA, siesro.— i t saw Mrs. Kiehl from 1. to 3 o'clock on Wednesday before her death, when II watkhere Mr. Donor mune into the roon and said hero Sarah, we are now, and said we want to go for the Doctor and 1 he said 'who do you want and how many do you want ; / did not hear Sarah's re ply, but I did hear Mrs. Donersay,don't mind the cost, Sarah, that will all he , made right ; I (lid ;tot see John de much . that day, but en Thursday I did see him treating his wife _kindly; I had -Mid venation with iss Anita Dotter last January; Au:asked me if I Wald of the trouble Sarah had ; I told her not, then site told mite she bad been there ono night that her mother sent her up, she said after she went to bed Sarah cried and -prayed and she had to put her head un der the covers to keep from'Aearing her, site Said sbe was going swung her friends she could hot stand it at Kield's ; I asked her where John was when Sarah went alto said John had gone to Shippensburg for Mr. Billhinien, the Lutheran minieter; she said if Sarah don!,t semi get, butter am afraid she will lose her 'Court adjourned. MONDAY AFTERNOON.' Court 'Convoned at 2} o'clock P. In Mn. ll>ixnv WramtleK, Have known Mr: Kield ever since 110-WiB married ; .his - character, as an ordorlY; peaceably, good behaved man, is very good. WILLIAIS Frratnv, recalled. Uroee eiamfned.—Never told David Waltrick that John Kiehl would steal'- and lie whgvever ho felt like it. Miss JENIIIrt Cool , En; etcern.—l wait a t Mr, K 4 111 1 ,0,1101.1 38 on Thursday even ing, wept there with Mrs. Pilgrim ; went about 'dusk, and — stayed till after 19 o'clock ; IStr. Kiehl' Was not in the 'room when I went thgre, but came, up, was there part of time; Mrs. Kiehl Called fur water, and lamented for her soul ;"slip might have called more than once,' but did not hear ber; when she called, he went to' hot lied, the time she went to throw, up; she did not throw up, but he beaker; ho was kind to her while I was there ; ho appeared distressed, and acted in it. natural manner. • Mini. FtrinEY, recalled by COM Man weattk—Mary Donor was thoro ; I did not say Iwhon sho was vomiting, Oh I Mary, what is. this Mrs. Kiehl is throw ing up, don't it lOok liko poison?, Altss - Rht.LA COOVER, trzobin l l--I went . to Mrs. Kiehl's house, first evening she was sick, ,with Mrs. Pilgrlia ; dusk when I. rent; stayed till 12 o'olock ;- John. Kiehl was nut in the room when I went ; came up about 5 minutes after I was thole, he was in .a. :good while,; ito brought 'her Water 'while ho'cvaii in the room. Dn. Lowo;'sicarn.--I Nasido in Mechanicsburg ; am a practicing physi- Man ; have' been practicing Medicine for .son thht would make the coffee , black ; strychniii might make' . . bitter; but would not make it bleak."' I don't knoW of any poison' that would 'Mike it black ! The medicinal administration of arsenic; as testified th'by Dr.' Zitzim, 'Might . 'have loft the quantity found- by DN hand.; in the systete. It could sciarceleindrleav; 'tug a-certain ammint'in System; 'it hay. ing been given tumid' dciaes, , . the very mode imetisploy for Its Conattiltional of. * MEM =I llNElliffl=lll TE1RM5..42.00 e Wei 8 2 . 6 0 If.not pald,witkln the year. iebts. We :lioul..:1 expect , ft; to, porineate ,the system,' through organ. anti, tihsue, until the object wasattained for Which: ,it,WaS given. ,I u nderstood , Dr. Zitzer !gave it with a view to:ILS conotitutional effects,' for the relief or -dispennon„ of a , i'itllopian or• ovarian enlargement,_Tho ' ;tleatmentwas proper; I think. hp ould 'trust to the profession at large, to sustain ,him in that. It would be proper to omit ' ~ t he ar z lenio treatment .at the, end:. of . twenty 'd u g:. ari commence a different ' treatment;'. Ter ,'two reasons : First— because of thelinown terideney, if 'ciul= - tinned - uninterruptedly,', to excite gas- . tro enteric symptoms. Second :Tr. for , the accommodation of thisyaitiqulaY case, inasniuch as the'monetrual period, was painful and to .prescribe palliatives, for the ,feason this cello was Suffering in tensety during that, period, also to, give an'agent to, promote' the very . function Wad, Which inthis case I understand to, have been ttpreparatian of iron: I heard the . testimony-of Drs. Neiht; Stewart, cie'ffer ' ande.Pongsdorf. I think there' was not lung inthOsymptoms,more . thae - the symptoms of Ordinary, gastro enter itis, aggravated, :yerhape, by the, pres ence of arsoniiin:the,,systefis. , T . think, 4 sere was nothing ie the post mortem, ', ppear ni ances, as indicated by those who i erfered theoperati on, Whicheould have , i been construed into anything special or " eharacieristicof arsenical ponsorting,gas '46 enteritis from any cause, - might . have produced these symptoms and ap 7 - pearanccs. I think I would agree with Dr. Stewart in saying the food,. the im prudent eating, apart froth all other considerations, might produce gastro en ! teritis ;.and I would be strengthened in that belief, when I remembered she was tinder arsenical treatment, strongly pre, disposing hey to gastro enteric irritation ; uhd then, in addition, the Tact thafsho oVer-eiterted herself. The result dove' , exertion in that case} would ould be etpfall.t4 • muting the match to .the powder, for I should think that all the elements of . I aflammatory action wore now. present_ t.ci-produce-thatleifeet-hy44-cotibining -- agendy I Would be suiprisP d ,if intlam ination didn't set in rapidly...Arsoniii is presCribed in the form of IrOw,ler's,solmk tron, more frequently thatiin any other. i Cross examined.,t-,-Thp.,operation of . Ft wler's solution oi, the hurnitn system'de peMls mpon the dee , . It Operates as a ton is in can sense, as an alleviator iii asjother, and by virtue of its tonic effects, HS a deobstruant for removing. obsta c les. ltaleee that by being absorbed and taken into the circulation, and carried through out every-part of the system., It would Mid its way to the liver, liithim-i s ,li t iadcler, glandular system generally, 'end mory tissue and organ througliositga&s,a_ - Cliobiiiiii — sniiieTtilKeii. The dose for nn affillt„is from six to ten drops Owes times . 11 day, If there are g.istro enteric symp toms the -physician should notice it, and .his patient should he posted. The evidence 'of injurious effect would be generadcedems or smelling, chronic diarrheen, and occa sional. vomiting, When them, s,y lE ,l, 2x p is .. -oiscuerilie---patienrahoffilif omit - the ins:iii. eine for tt while, until that subsists. II dopends upon circumstances how soon the symptoms might exhibit themselves. They - might not in three months ;it dePunds upon the patient. ' Da. Geo. rtroinit, sworn.-7 lire in_ Mechanicsburg. Have been 'practicing medicine since Ma I know of no poison that would taste bitter. I know of nit poison that would make -coireo black. Stryelinia would- be bitter, but would not cause her to throw tip. -If it is true that arsenic will accumulate in the system, then tlfisAtiantity found by Dr. Band might be the result of medical treninent. - 1 think Dr. Zitzer' a .arsenical 'treatment - was' right if ,the patient had in large ovarium tumor, as he represents. It would depend on the time she quit using arsenic, end the time slit i died, whether tiny of it could be found after death. There might. hero been a mends between. If ,hr had taken arsenic in medical doses tip to the time of death, they might have found sonic utter death. When given in small doses it has a tendency 'to diffuse itself through , . the system more titan saliewgiven in large doses. The arsenical treatment she was under was sufficient to produce irritation_' of the stomach, and that irritation might have been excited, by some other cause, into acute iullainmation. Bhe might have. taken, cold, or eaten acme indigestible . lbod. end that might have predimed it. . Cron exanainid.—l think bichromate of potash and lugwood in a cup of coins would make a porsonyomit, if insufficient quantity. If five grains of arsenic were taken, there would be such intense vomiting that not much could be found' after death. -It would be mote rapidly eliminated from the system, in the shape of Fowler's solution. Some authors say it sometimes,aceutuul..t...4. I believe Tay lor and Wortidy say it will not accumu hac in the system. Dr. Wood says it does accumulate, in his old edition. I don't know any author of recent date, who lays if down that it qoes accumulate. It is doubtful 'whether n grain ci .arsenic could be found in the Ptinnuth, when ten days had Amami before death, which none of howler's SOilltioll bad been taken. Liquid arsenic is carried oil into the cir culation immediately. Fowler's solution ?would, be gcadintlly eliminated front the systimi! If would cause swelling of the e ye lids and other cellitlai tismies. I think the•great est part of the arsenic would be eliminated from the ..yttem, its tdminia- Station covering the period of a month. In ailminddration of-itrsonic, - I see the pa tient fNqi.ently bave given. Fowler's solution to patient to take same, where J felt moused patient was prudent. The effect of arsenic is different with different perteins. An overdose would have a -vitlentirrit ing-effeet.—shawing i vomiting. -pain in the 847=6, heat end intense, thirst. Re-examined in elekf.* : The burning. in the stomachand thrust is not contincu to irritant .pnisons,-, but • 'Might result frolis ordinary .gastro enteritis. Intlntontativii from causes I have detailed, might put to mortification and result incleath.,: In the post marten 'for .ordinary .enterift+, would expect to find redness of mernbruirsq' deeMnpOsition having cummenecti,u,t that time, discolored spots' upon 'the body, softening of the nmenue membrane. The discolored spotalvould be gangrene. , • Crinin examinett—lf I find the. diges• five organs generally better that would he un indiention that the arsenic intendt in jdrious to the. Biollllloli. Dm. J. J. ZITZKE., re-called.—.l was asked if -- I don't keep- a separate book„ where all worn put , down, whether they we're paid or not. I said not., Fronk [lien> I get it put in the ledger. This Spring sometime 1 got 11 book mode,. so it would not 1)0.00 038 y • ern up. (Witness then produced that, boolt4„i_commenectl. to take it out of those little books this Spring. I went on to February, but I was so busy I couldn't find the time. ,Then I' com menced again in April—from first otApril to fourteenth—then I was Qverrun with business, and was going away; I. didn't admit up . again Llll Stmtember. The doe. for then explained his houks to theltry.) Jeyt Mytius, - came 'to Kiehl's Tuesday evening about4l oclock. I Met Mr. Kiehl on the • perch. _I went up and told Mrs. Kiehl the ought to hove the doctor.- She' said it, wasn't worth while, it cost too much. I told her she. had etter have ono. Sho didn'tsny - thing, and I came down and told iny His; ter. :My sister Wout'up and perstauletUtor to kayo one, and 'Mr. Kiehl went for Dr, 'Nevin theh. ' . „ Cross examined.--1 .was thprcond fl • sister and Mrs. Noaker. -I didn't hear Mrs. Noaker tell him " NOw, Kiehl, you must. go for the. doctor."` I didn't hear anybody nak hinr to go but myself. .:_Defendatit'-a-okurwol_them-oil'er-od-lettor o or, Rand to as fol. 2o . . Ento.a'a Cottatein, .Philadelphia, Aug. 7, 1871. I Dearhave aniehed tbo analyaia, ll'ho amount dr arsenic (recordectas whtto, ;manila) in, stomach was 1.76 grain; la the jiver about 2,76 grain;'also in,tha piko of Intestine and the bladder. From ihn email quantityAof ursenio,fonnd ip the OONTINGIIIII ON 'IGOTIRTU rACE tialla =II