The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-18

oak plank Saw the wound. upon the head think
there no watch upon the body at this time. now
recognized whose body It was. The body then
ried into my hall Was present at the examination
tents Of the somsch were poured into wash basin BY
DR.. Coolidge. There was strong smell OF brandy,
said, You had better carry them out for they may
scent the room" carried them down stairs and put
them in closet Of an clubhouse The next morning
put the contents In the icehouse and locked them up
early as soon rs daylight delivered the contents TO
Professor LOOMS In presence of DR.. Plaisted They
snder lock and key after they deposited In the
ice-housc. had the key In my pocket. There was
kind of greyish white matter saw 1t poured into the
the time took them away until looked them up in the
Ice house The contents remained in the basin until
delivered them to Pre- fessor LOOMS No person saw
when placed the contents In the Ice house, for
present The body removed from the old plank
to an open shed, and there left short time Any
When tho post mortem examination took place Doctors
Thsyer Paisted and coolidge were present Ike basin
Dr. Coolidge boarded with me- kept his horses there,
had an extensive prsccs paid good sttsnton TO his
my family Don't recoeo of airing It spoken oil that
the contents OF the stomach were removed
Professor LOOMS. casd-If the wash basin had
stood where Mr.. Willians said 1t Old, It would be
surrounded by hogshead and the walls of an out
building where 1t placed before being deposited In
the ice house. received from Mr. Williams wash
basin Saturday morning the ID day Of October last
about nine o'clock containing duid substance said to
be the contents OF the stomach of Matthews Dr. Pais
tel and myself put the contents into bottle and It
NAMED in my sight until carried 1t to laboratory
The wash basin was largo white one. was requestce
to anayze the contents to IL they contained poison
first tested them to II there volatile poison
straining them through linen towel The substancei in
the subjected to heat for the purpose OF get
ting transparent substance Tho vapor condensed
and tested for prussc acid The testwa, solution
Of coperas The vepor ayupon pieco Of glass
and arose the chemical process This indicated by
its color, the presencs Of prussia acid. subjected
s ws 0s
third test with the nitrate of silver white precpitste
appeared indicating as before the same kind Of poison
bus not clearly The tests used those approved
by the best authorities was present with Drs. Thay
ar, raised and Others Mt post norton examination;
the Uranium taken of, and there appeared some
thing unnatural IN the convoutons Of the BRAIN the
brain taken OUT several tried to detect peculiar
odor from the brain, but not certain detected any
peculiar odor The brain was deposited in vessel pre-
pared for that purpose; the abdomen WAS then ex-
amined and the stomach which had been previously re-
moved; the mucous membrane very dark there was
the whole interior surface of having
been nAamed but the very dark color di not extend
over the whole the spleen much enlarged and
moved with the brain and Of the kidneys anda
ton of the lungs for subsequent examination; the
saw srterisl Blood the lungs were of dark blue
color with the exception OF small portion of the lower
points, this reached the inside Of the lungs
| On Mondsy there was an examination of tho brain
liver lungs aidaey and spleen The spleen was much
softened as to appear like jelsy. The kidney was
opened, but presented morbid appearance The brain
was somewhat sotepsd. The blood vessels did not sp
pesr to be SO full the day previous There was in
Of the ventrioes Of the brain o0aguium without
color When the thorax opened detected peou-
liar odor resembling that Of the stomach now think
it was prusic acid. Since the murder, have given
them. This poison, when thrown into the stomach will
produce death in from three seconds to fifteen minutes
drop the eye OF q cat caused death in ten
| cosds. The manner of dsath is different. A dog
having prussc acid and brandy injected into his sto
acid generally produces dark color the inner coat
of the stomach blue color upon portion of thelungs
and darker color of the liver than Ia natural When
have given this poison to animals, 1t mixed with
brandy. During the examination Of the Professor the
counsel were quite willing to show their new acquired
upon the different portions OF the human system They
recently studying the books preparatory the
have tSs pyyss q ".nons te chss
anatomical knowledge Many questions were asked
and answered which do not have much relevancy to
| this cause The Court adjourned to O'Clock, P. NJ.
Doctor PLAIsrEp, examined Saw the body of Ed
ward Matthews OF, Friday morning. about nine O'clock
there was one cut upon the forehead but the skull
not fractured and another on the head but not 40 Sc
vsre. This second time saw tho body, the blood was
washed from the head, although there cots
Of blood still remaining; the cash was rs deep as
could be for the bone there was depression Of the
skull present when DR.. Coolidge removed the so-
mach there about pint Of semi-huid taken from
the stomach the wounds were the result of blows exa
mined the body again with several physcians the skull
was removed, and the brain was somewhat congested;
under the wound upon the head there blood the
BRAIN the lungs liver, aud spleen exhibited Prus'an
blue more than what natural. In cutting out the
lungs, liver, SC the blood flowed pretty freely and
into the abdomen was present when Professor LOOMS
received the contents OF the stomach and put them into
clean bottle; got the bottle, and It carried
TO the college; there were three slight upon
the thigh of the body six inches long and just
through the skin DR. Coolidge dssected the body and
took out the stomach then detected the ordor of
brandy did discover any other peculiar edor at the
time; the costing5 Of the stomach nhamed more
in some places than IN Others they did not appear
II the inf mm ston produced by drinking brandy;
theirs not brandy enough in the stomach produce
intoxcstion; Mr. Williams took the basin containing
the contents Of the stomach after had been standing
half hour more; Mr.. Williams, having the basin
In his hand asked what he should do with the contents
Some said pour thsm OUT but 1t not DONE and Mr.
Williams carried the basin away.
Estates OF MARRIED WoNEN.--An act securing to
married women their separate estates has passed both
houses Of the Alabama Legislature and approved by
the Governor the LIST instant provides that the
wifes estate shall be held by the husband In trust
II tbs wes estate bs equal to her right OF dover
her husbands DEATH she has claim whatever to his
her estst. and the dover At tbs death Of his WIFE the
husband into abs Lutte possession of her personal
property and for life of her real estate The husband
and wife jointly made liable for articles applied for
family use.
TRIAL OF DR.. CooLIpGE.-The trial of DR. Coolidge
at Augusta, Me, commenced on tho l4.h inst before
Ezekiel Whitman Chief Justice Ether SIMPLIFY and Ss
muel Wells Associate Justices The prisoner plead not
guilty and the opened by Mr. Morre, for the
government. The witnesses having all been excluded
from the winners except those under examins
ton allowed TO be present.