The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-08 00:00:00

pocketlhauderchii4 in his coat.
Cross-examined.—l had some visits to make at
a d stance, and as there were some Sundays that I
had to strip at home, this enables me t) remember
th it it was about the end of March. It might hive
been in Ap!il. It could not have been iu the be-
g: nn-ng of March. I thi k his coat was darkish-
c:loured. I did not notice if there was any
with him. I did not 1)ok after him. It struck
me he spike with a slightly forei,n. aecent.
Re-ermined.-My shop not on the high road.
It is from 200 to- 300 yards off it. .
_ _ _

By the Court.—The man required to go out of
his way to come to my shop. He must have left
the main rand. He took the laudanum.

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Miss Kirk -,I am a' daughter of Mr. Kirk, who
keeps a druggist's shop in the Gallowgate-street,
Glasgow. It is east of Abereromby-street. I re-
member a gentleman coming into the shop on a
Sunday night and getting something. I think it
was in March, but cannot remember the day. It
was about the end of it. It would be a little aft,i-r
9. He wanted medicine. Do not remember what
it wa4. He took it away with him. It was a powder
ho got, but I cannot tell what. I served him. He'
was a young man, I think about 30. He was not
ta'l ; rather to the little side. He was not very thin.

His complexion was fresh, and rather fa'r. He wore
a moustache. He had on a Glengarry bonnet, but
cannot say about the rest of his dress. (Shown a
photograph.) Th's is as good a likeness as I have
ever seen. I was struck with his appearance at
the time, and. notice lit particularly. He paid for
the medicine. He took the money from a little
purse. (Shown a pnrtmonnai.) This is the purse.
Cro=s-examined—l think this happened in Mat ch.
The gentleman was alone. He was about 5 minutes
in the sh,p. I think the photograph shown to me
is the person. I can't remember what the medicine
was. 1 did not enter the money in a book. We do
not enter the money taken over the counter. There
was nobody else in the shop except a voman. Ido
not know her. I was asked if the gentleman calling
had been buying medicine. I had not previously
said anything about it.
By Mr. Young—The woman io the shop re-
marked on the appearance of the gentleman. It
was about his dress she spoke, and about the hair
on the lower part of his face.
R. Morrison—l am in the employment of Messrs.
Chambers, Edinburgh. They publish Chambers's
Journal. (Shown four numbers of the journal, the
first in Dec,, 1851, and the last in July, 1856.) The
circulation of the journal is about 50,000. There
are articles on the subject of arsenic in these num-
bers of the journal now shown me.
G. Simpson—l am in the employment of Messrs.
Blackwood, publishers, E.linburgh. (Shown the
number for Dec., 1853.) The circulation of the ma-
gazine at that time was about 7,000. The Messrs.
Blackwood are also the publishers of the " Cliy-
m'stry of Common Life," by Professor Johnston.
It was published in 1845, but it was originally pub-
lished in pamphlets, the circulation of which varied
from 5,000 to 30,000. The circulation of the sepa-
rate volume was about 10,000. There is one chap-
ter entitled the "Poisons we Select," and the first
part is entitled the "Consumption of White Arse-
nic." Of the number containing that article there
were sold at the time 5,000, and the number sold
up to the present time in numbers and volumes is
about 16,000.
The Dean of Faculty then propoled to put in se-
veral letters from the prisoner to the deceased.
The first was a letter in an envelope, with the
postmark Sept. 18, 1855. It said—
" Beloved Emile,--I have just received your note. I
shall meet you. Ido not care though I bring disgrace
upon myrElF. No see you I would do anything. Emile,
you shall yet be happY; you deserve it. You are young,
and you, who ought to desire life, wishing to end it. Oh,
for the sake of your once-loved Mimi, desire to live and
succeed in life. Every one must meet with disappoint-
ments. I have suffered from disappointment. I long
to see you, sweet Emile."
The next letter bore the postmark Oat. 19,1.855,
and was to this effect :
" Beloved Emils,—Your kind letter I received this
morning. Emile, you are wrong in thinking that I loved
you for your appearance. I did and do admire you, but
it was for yourself alone I love you. I can give you no
other as,m, for I havg got no other. If you had been
a young man of a Glasgow family I have no doubt there
would he no objection, but because you are unknown to
him (Papa) he has objected to you. Emile can you ex-
plain this sentence in your note— Before long I shall
rid you and all the world of my presence.' God forbid
you ever do. My last letter was not filled with rash
promise'. No ; these promises given by me in my lest
letter shall be kept, and must be kept. Not a moment
passes but I think of you."
The third letter was taken up with the prisoner
defending the young ladies in boarding schoeig, and
at least herself, frotnsome injurious remarks which
deceased had made regarding them.
Mr. Robert Paterson—l am a physician in loath,
and have been in praCtice there f r several years.
I .could think of.
I have
_seen seven cases of suicidal poisoning by
eeem disclosed bafore death
about the chymical works. In some of the cases
they had got the arsenic about thledwiel &l in others
istevuneratill
arsenic.they had
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:eatistlhin
admit shelinhlauid taken They
purchasedw r e chieflyiit.
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liceteasycisse:
remedies
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to
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neoein
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of them if they had taken poison or, arsenic, but
they all denied it. In the case of the recovery the
f.er her recovering from the secondary effects of
the poison. In the previous part of her illness she
was sullen and morose. Arsenic is greatly us:d in
thee chymical works, and the people employed in
them have great facilities for taking it away.
By the Lord Advocate—The cases occurred in
the space of 18 years. They had all the usual symp-
toms of poisoning by arsenic. The symptoms de-
pended on what they had taken. They were all
cases of known suicide. The time the symptoms
came on after taking arsenic were various ; but
none of them exceeded 30 hours.
By the Court—ln cases of suicide the earlier
symptoms are generally concealed.
John Fleming—l am storekeeper to Messrs. Tod
and Higginbotham, printers and dyers, GlaTol,v.;
It is my duty to take charge of the dyeing .sub-
stances used there. Arsenic is one of them. We
gWe get it
pure wlate,
freotmfr o m 3
Charlescw tT.
et
no
andn4-canwtt. of it
caot. ai
n lime.its
state. It is used in making c:dour. It is got in
• karrels. The arsenic barrel is put into the store