The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-11-26

and, as shown to be, With ,uccess
CoRREcTroN.-Mr. Thorp Is not magician but man.
ager and proprietor Of Knickerbocker Hall.
MoRE RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS Mr.. Latson, the
Trustee the receipt Of sol more from the
lief Of the sufferers at Ward School 20
Trial OF Husband for the Murder Of his
Wife.
COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER.
Chief Justice Edmonds and Aldermen Miller and Conk
lin, presiding.
SECOND
Nov -Otto Grunzig was again placed at the bar and
Geo Lsndesman sworn and examined by the District At
torney deposed-Thst he is physician In August last
native of Austria knew the prisoner from the time
he to the 3lst July last; he then to
to tell that his wife unwe and requested to
call there he told his lady felt unwe and had in
clinaton to vomit told him had another call to make
went to his place in about an hour after Mrs Grunzg
standing dressed in the room she said she felt very
well then, and left her; again called the second
Of August the prisoner called to go and visit his
wife, he said that vomiting had began again; the second
visit in the evening; went around In Q short time
after the husband called me- then found her in bed
in the front ROOM examined her tongue; it had yell
lowish color brown yellowsh coated with brown coer
she had q headaches very violent headache she
said, as 1t would burst she ase complained of great
thirst restless and that she could not remain
moment quiet she had been vomiting but she did not
yom in my presence; che complained Of burning feel
ing in the stomach, and tenderness to the touch;
pressed 1t and she very uneasy; 1t evident the
region Of the liver much infamed; IL was In
festive state she complained Of bitter taste in the
mouth; che had vomttea In pals pretty large pail
saw what they told me was the vomiting was
color cannot say how much there was of itperhaps
quart; she complained Of thirst, and requested
things DO drink her skin warm red and burning to
the touch the yeds angles of the nose and round the
mouth yeowish tinge; her pulse very quick
about 100 not remem any symptoms except
agenera asitude andwant Of appetite such aperains
to violent fevers prescribed for her mixture Of poppy
with muciage gum arabic and almond, three grains Of
powder camphor, ssd one grain Of extract ofopium;
! ordered one spoonful every hour the purpose Of
tation; II was q soothing treatment ] found her
much better next day she said she felt better, but
still had nauseau when she took anything gave her
mixture laxative In the shape Of marmaade there
nsthing burtfu in IL; 1t Is often given TO children;
store corner Of Orchard and Broome streets next
ing she told me that In the night the vomiting began
violently again passage she had none she was not very
exact In taking the medicine; now the confession be-
gins DO not know whether am allowed TO tell It; 1t
was on the fifth day.
she said to me that she about year OF eighteen
months from her husband she In Paris and he
here; and when she arrived she heard that there
and she told that ehe suspected that her husband
had Intentionally poisoned her; she said her husband had
been 70 see clarvoyant and that she the carvoyant
told him that his wife should the phyc ordered
by the doctors, but that she should take white
powder that was in brown paper she did not tell me
that she had taken the powder reproached her mildly
for her want Of candor and that she should have told
me before told her II her part because
had alluded to the possibility Of poison BY accident in
the acid Of copper; told her could treat her any
more, because she had not treated WELL and that II
sble to avoid IT, A. he could do AM BY putting
IL into vessel; recommended her 10 the hos
pitA, and went home 70 write detail OF the circum-
stances that she might be taken In she said she would
consider about it, am thirteen years practising med-
cine studied the university at Vienna and in Press
burg and eshe have not seen cases Of poisoning but
have read Of them
Q.-wnl you stat. whether you discovered any mani.
isetauons Of mineral poison Alt vas TO me evident
symptoms which were not In accordance with those
Of intermittent fever another Suspicious point
that the vomitinss returned with violence after
they had been slayed; all the other symptoms are
common TO poison and to buiousness faintnz il in most
caes an accompaniment Of taking arsenic; Il Il impos
sibe to say in what time AFTER the mic IL taken
the fanng comes In DIR. Tayors work IL Is stated
that case besan in ten houis after the poison
taken pains and tenderness to the touch pertains to
poisonipg palsy Of the lower limbs and partial stupor
sufocstion in the throat and difficulty Of breathing:
insanity before death and dying In convuons also
symptoms a. 10 the painful micturition being q De.
culisr symptom. doctors differ
On cross examination the witness aid--e had never
attended patient with all these symptoms who had not
been poisoned ell my experience in OF poison l.
derived from reading and not from personal experience
1t would be melancholy thing physicians had many
cases Of the kind physician OF emnence had pracsed
for thirty years and never had Of poi,on come
By aJurOr-The spOthecsry made up the medicines
from my prescription.
70 council for prisonsrI came here prepared to tes-
ty from books because old veteran doctor told me
that should get blows from both sides
The Judge ssid-Your testimony Is the more valuable
wiSess-1 would declare II was highly suspicious that
there vas poison but would pronounce 1t with GER
tsinty
To Juror-Ifshe had taken coffee Il would not have
acted like poison the vomiting Of blood does exist
In Asiatc cholera but excessive vomiting win bring up
blood
Lawrence Reid professor Of Chemistry sworn and .x.
amined By the District Attorney deposedI attached
10 the City Hospital, Broadway have devoted myself
to chemistry for Is years called TO analyzea
part Of the body Of Niotorne 0runzg In August Last
Mr. Beakley the Assistant Coroner brought me portions
Of the body which he told those Of yictorne
GrunEig; wrote her name down; the parts we're the
stomach, with fluid ssid 10 be part OF the contents
the heert portion OF the liver and part Of the lungs
put them 70 chemical process In those parts did
discover traces Of mineral poison; afterwards
furnished with other parts of the body Of yictorine
Grunsig; cannot reco1eet what time IL was; the
other portions the whole Of the liver all the ntes
tines the spleen The other kidney and the other portions
Of the lungs subjected them 20 chemical examine
ton; heated them With suphufic acid for the purpose
Of destroying the organic matter then burnt the sub
stance and placed 1t In an apparatus which generated In
hydrogen gas the gas was nharned aud intercept
ng the fame With clean porcelain veesei slight ndi-
cation was given 20 the porcelain which supposed
liven By arsenic but the quantity small that
'annot speak posvely u n cal ed Marshes test which
lppliedi 1 accompanied Mr. Bleakley 10 premises in
Eldridge street; the number de not know; cav Mr.
Blee key scrsping portions Of the In the front room
them 70 me- not present At the scrapnz OF
he hoor In the back room gested that all th ,edi
ines should be examined this after anaIvzad tba
on tents OF the body afterwards subjected tue fnediss
chemical tests; did not discover in them apv mine
al poison; analysed the scrapings Of the sont room
nd found mineral poison peees OF porcelain produced
18th traces Of metallic ssenic l. the result on The
aeisiic arsenic ansyzsd the white sugar which took