The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-30

% / p5 grains, hnd evidently tea chest lead,
Found the sifin nud muscles from lie ilio'
rHK strongly charged with nlkQlL The ms
cOl0rrd thigh had been inhued Ia lhe hlkhli
and stained ly tan. Tie alSnli was liolHsii
, niYed with very llle seH sult, skln ~
several places CuHodnd by ihn Joint hcliun
! uf potash aud heAl, Hair on the IliornA
showed tie action Of llume-WAs siuged'-
40 hlkAli iu the interior Of The lhighsiupr M
dor The skin Of lha lhoruH Musrles on me
cut surfaces ~ both ends Of the lh0raE cor
rnded ~ II by potash. d. Wyman cln out
clips from llie side wall on the slnirti hn al
30 cot pisces iTuui lho lmUialnous and sup
pefr, aHd Took Them away" The remainder
Of The details are furnished ~ tho annexed
evidence Of lhe parties Who Wllnc1cd The
Reports
I Examinations RthuWEp.-Thero was an
alkaline Hubsiutor E'uud on llo body, Tie
action ~ which lH h0llouugi boz whom heat
IN applied u decumpOHes II rapidly, Were ]
dccOnpuHing lody with potash, ! would
lruii u m ~ SOLUTION ct TINT stti,riufrr, he
lime for tie dissolution ola body with pot,
uAh would depend on circumstances hul "
GuI in small pieces, aud llIc apparatus aud
conditions Hyurug,tho operation, should
/ Sunk about tW0 hours would consume HE
I portion go Submitted "a decomposition. A
furnace might rut " purpose One hhli
| the weight Of lhc body or less lhnh thnl, Of
potash would suffice 90 destroy human
lody, noticed iti ihe laboratory 90 tho Med
zeal College copper boiler fuue II inches
. a. 10 inches square. II WE not calculated
from 49, sixc, ln hold u lhorhN or high, I'M
oss eat up, That WINS the largest one saw
/ IN the laboratory, Another expeditions mode
Of destroying body, h Iho use Of nilfic nc
/ itl. 10 ~ ucNl best. II would require vessels
of porcelain az glass 10 bo used in. The
quantity ofullric acid required for Tie solu'
ton 81 ludy-boucs aud ull--Would be q.
GUUi equal ~ tlie wUigtJ " the body 20 20
he disposed Of / could not say wha, cupac-
ity ofycssrl would be required fur lhe pur-
pose, II boiled, the solution would operate
more quickly aud emit dlsagrccablc stencil
nitrous acid gus--whirh ~ well known, A
common apparatus would not stand tho nc
ton Of this acid nothing bat porcelain or
ghss, ~ have said, will stand ~ nclion.--
The pus could go away by the chimney. I
enw 10 vessel In ihc laboratory large enough
: 10 11--TI11 0UJ 11IEG ,l0-II,-J " 1-1,7r1,
saw several bottles, some ol them containing
about ) or q lbs. each Of nitric ncid, found in
one Of the wiudnNs-aud others containing
murihiic acid did not examine oil the bot
ties, hui ! think there were 10 lbs. of nitric
acid, There was, on tie side wall Of the
staircase leading from tho upper TO the love
~ 3atdrainfy, cCrUtT grim EruiV Of iiuIf
and some dark ttnlu- on tho staircase. went
tu NY laboratory aud got tomc paper 10 alb
sorh that nuid. Since den have cNnmln-
cd That paper aud iiud Tint green Mud TO bo
NITRATE ot copper tie spots were very
huulanl on The sthifs aud -idc.wall, all down
the staircase, Md rcnnn Visible uill, ! no.
liccd the stains on the wall conceded @ilh
the status on the staircase. They were moro
abundant az thc bottom thin the top. They
had the appearance of having been separate.
IL spit un tho walls aud staircase. Ihoy
we're IN flud state when | saw them. II N
o init which attract. water aud retains IL tor
long time. II might have remained ia tie
state saw 1t for several days 80 10 did after
saw IL. ls taste Is stringent raustic mud
disngrrcahlc 80 the palate; SIC call " coppcry
tasted. ! suw the pnnluloous md slippers,
with what appeared 10 be- blood on them,
which DR.. Nymau carried away A. 10 amy
udicatiuus'l Enw at the production Of nitrate
OF copper, IN The laboratory, ! saw some
"puuch pieces taken from the puuchlngs
OF COPE cutirHdCTsl IN jhu STOVE, on which
lLnle iYas como nlirnlc "copper". These
arc gcucnily employed 10 mOkc IIaT sub
stance.
The pieces Of copper testified TO were
shown to ilc jury. Tho uItrutc OF copper
still adhered to them. They we're each of
the size oca half dimc
The effect Of heat on the pieces shown
would be' to blnckcu them. The nitric Hp.
pcaTnuccs nrc produced by the action ofnn
acid on them. The market value ol tio gold
l,i,nd would Ice 80, % Genus. Teeth burned
in q frnncn where gold was fused would
a.siuinic the snue color pink which the
presence of gold gives To the other articles
shown me-. The bones appeared as If they
had been submitted Ia the action Of intense
heat. have seen the knife in the College
IN Mason street before seeing II M the lab,
urutury, --
rrlc knife referred to WINS the long one
with the silver gilt sheath, before mention.
cd
The College was removed Ia Grove street
in 1916. think. The knife was shown the
when went to Grove street College, on the
Eciualna We're innndA=l
There was n lutte whiting, and some oil, n.
bout H. thought the oil and whiting had
hern recently implied, II was in the shape
of putty. The drnught in the furnace in the
laliorntory wus sufficient To carry away to-
udor Of llcsh consumed ~ u. The cover on
il being closed would hcightcn the drnughl.
e did not extract all the gold IN thonshGs.-
We Sined ont the coarse aud middling, aud
took the fine for analysis. There is more
gold amongst them, | think, The quantity
of ashes operated on was about half 4 peek,
aud u couple of quarts Of cinders n'sj coal
lgth-RIcuAWD CR0ssLEY ,estlics that
upon examining ittFpmrits he could find
no evideeoc of the rrese4tcc Of chloride Of
zinc or arsenic acid.
2Oth--DR. N. c. KEEP.-I am a dentist
haze known DIR. pnrkm0p since 1890. In
/ 1926, and since, was employed az his iami-
" dentist. saw n block of mineral teeth
which was then in possession OF Dr.W Lew
IL. This wis on the Monday after Thanks
..i.in. lnttrnnn nne md IAAn n'clnck. | roc.