The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

VIZ RICIINOND POISONING CARL

THE INQUEST.
(Continued from yesterday's Express.)

Mr. R. G. Macho) re, inspector of the Richmond polioe,
proved tekieg the prisoner into custody, when he esolaimed,
Good God I I have siren her nothing but what Dr. Julius
bee praiser:bed." He produced the medicine bottles which
he bad found In Dr, Smethurat's home. He took Dr.
Smethurst into men dy a second time on the morning of
Tuesday, the 3rd of May, immelistely after the deceased
died.

Professor Alfred Swains Taylor said he received the bottles
(produced) on Sunday, the Ist of May. The bottles were
closed up and sealed. They had in them the contents of the
atom& of the deceased. Ile Meted one of them, and found
strong traces of the presence of arsenic. In the small intes-
tines he found antimony manillas in one of the kidneys. The
other bad not been examined. Ho bound antimony in
the blood of the heart. His belief was that the per-
son in whose body It was found must have taken it dodo;
life, and be should as
that the doses were small. At
the earns time, one does might have accounted for all he
found. The elect of small doses of antimony would be to
produce traumas, vomiting, amines) of painful constriction of
the throat, m.o.* or less pain in the stomach, purging of
mucus, blood, and bile, complete exhau-tion of bodily
strength, aptbous ulcerations of the mouth and threat, with
ulcerations on the stomach or bowels, &cern:lion to the time
during which the doses had been administered. lineage
thirst attended the taking of arsenic or antimony—
more with arsenic than with antimony. He bed
oleo received sixty-four tubes of homielathio medi-
cine, which be had analysed. He found the contents to ma-
dm of sugar, starch, end gum. If • person had taken
the whole 64 tubes full which had bent handed to him,
they would have d nothing to cause death, nor mold
they have done any good. In other bottles which had
been sent to him he found chlorate of po=whiolt
eta the explosive or detonating compound of rer
sad had sometimes Loinused medicinally as a cleansing:lt
Memo. When in solution it had a plosion:it, rooting, saline
taste, like Seltzer water when the effervescence had gone off.
On analysis be found arsenic mixed up with it to the extent
of half a grain to • teaspoonful. He never knew of such a
mixture before. A tea spoonful, or even a table spoonful of
that liquid would not be repugnant to the palate. The effect
of the chlorale would be to carry the metal quickly through
ths stomach. That would not prevent the arsenic, acting as
• polo- n, boome it would maintain its Irritant peopsetfer.
Judging from the whole of the tiecomatentes he aboaid cm-
alder that Wisest mime, in the form of arsenic or antimony,
was the oasis of death. May 'et the bottles of medicines
which he had reasimd, and 'Which bad been sent to the
patient from Dr. Julius end lie. Bird, were full, no portion
at them haring been given to the patient There was no
antic or antimony in any of them.
Dr. It. B. Tod said he saw the deceased on the 28th of
April, about 10 o'clock at night. He bad beard the symp-
toms under which she bad been labouring, and the mode of
treatment adopted. He kit her abdomen, and it wen re-
markably rigid, and the mucks contracted on the slightest
taw*. She was exhausted, emsciao d, and had a peculiar
terrified look, which mods a deep impression on hie mind.
Hie ortolan at the liens was that ehe was suffering from the
egrets of an irritaat poison. The evidence which had been
given tended to modem the suspicion be originally formed.
He did not think that such symptoms as deceased laboured
under were consistent with any diecsee except rapid dyeen.
*sty such as was very rare In this country. Conetriction
and 'how of the throat would be symptoms of mineral robot,
tad not of dysentery. His belief we., that the death was
ceased by the admisistration of irritent poison—areenk and
antimony.
By the Corossr—He was disposed to believe that the poison
was taken into the body in anisll quantities, end infrequently
repeated dotes.
At the close of the medical evidence the inquiry ws• ad-
journed until 2 o'clock on Tuesday next