The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-11-23

her stomach was In no better condition when abe
did take iron than when he refused IT, which he ad
rnitted Tho pills sent on the 18th were unsolicited
asked DR. T.. after Agnes DEATH fine had not sent
FIR str, ch 10 to which he replied that he had got
three q aims from DIR. Coleman two months before
Said he had got it for Mrs Campbell, who had got.
ten TALL neardt1 rumors of strychnine about
TWO weeks after Agnes death Agnes never had
any attack anything similar 10 that In which she
died She was In Der usual health up to the day of
her death. Thought her cheeffalness before death
was caused oy The Doctors note Of the p h, 10
winch ne spoke OF going to Bottetourt to make ar
engagements for their marriage Agnes slept in nv
room when at home. DR.. +. once brought her
nome from Zen. Laynes'. Had no suspicion OF any
,n'ns wrong I'LL the pos. mortem ex animation. Dr.
ana agnes were often alone; no other gentleman
was attending her She was a person of warm
iretIhgs ana attachments She was 80 years old
snf quite literally educated
tross-erdmtned- Did not think Agnes had recover
60 Noh hef uteif 10 disease, but don't krow. Agnes
wasslgh'iy nervous at times had bad spels-never
wasso much depressed as shortly BE- fore her death
OF osIo.e the 2,th of February The witness here
u1oet" emit pretty severe examin alton In re-
CARA 10 the employment of additional counsel in thi.
case bo. IL did not result in dis1uslifying the wit
nesJ agnes sometimes complsin that sons thing
b I'd go into her ear at buchanan in Move mber 1855
Sh occasi onaly complained of irritation in her ear
FettT DresSicf, st1orB- Was acqu tinted with Miss
rhaIr' ard was at the exhumatCn. Identified the
grave and body.
=, John L. Pitzer, sirorn--Was pr4re1t when Mis-,
tharr va lid in her coffin identified the grave and
body lThs wi,oess described the grave clothes,
@co Was present at he fret spssm Miss gues had
he eyes were GiIa.ed
ne,s thru ,hout the whole sy lem during the spasm
the face distorted. Never knew of a bug in
Mis- Asnef esr-never knew tetaaus from bug in
one ear.
M1;4er W. PeaaoH, s,rorn Was in town the day
Miss PhsrI died. Went hshirg with DR.. Thomp,
son that afternoon. He didn't seem n uch affected
| at Mrs Pharrs death. He s mt some what
people usually are who go fishing and expect any
DR. C,,e1o1's er;5,.ce ,s,5 ,,,a,,..,, . - 1890,
gentleman understood d to be ames urk call
ed at my house in February and asked for bottle of
strychnine for Dr.. Thompson CT Coyipgs Sent 1t
a. 'aoe'!ed bV the aoothe caTy-about 10 grains
Heu the EVIL !ence of DR. Mcdonald. MIR PITT
&c and concur that he spssms described were te.
TAME DO not think tht death was from appoplexy
He, nd the msssurment of the frtus and think il
was from to months old
Hm. =. Morf2n. slc0rE-I Identified the body grave
Janfs Bnrk, s'rrn--Was present at the burial and
exhunat On. Identit I'd Il body and grave Brought
Thompson Delivered il 10 Or. I on the 18th or
18th of February. 1t was such bottle as have
9n aDeI.n stt eihlne 10 me druggists shops Was
present at The NJ called 10 see alb ut taking up
The body of Miss PhaII. Dir Thompson there;
said hs,d have the body up ''if it ba1krnped the
physicians TO do it, hus did not The rumoTs of foul
play 10 the death of Miss bsrr reached the night
of the burial He admitted that he had told Mis-
Pharr to take the large pill hast lMr Bunk wass
party defendant in the SANDER Suits and hence un.
deIwsnt pretty severe examination in regard
did ro' remit in di qualifying the witness
F. III Minister'S, swoyn-Was in DR., Thomp sons Of
nee two or three weeks before Miss Pharr's death
ii was making pills; there vial on The t.
HE; said thew made Of bread and flour of
ir'n;" were for Miss RI, and that such were ss
sdrrr So to hear OF her death ,uddf n that he
conli not get TO her bafore she gone. Fequsnt.
ly roomed with Or T ; was in his lom the night
Hiss Pha,r died saw chsnge in him He fas
de ied his engagemtn with Mics Pharr to me Took
'socai game of cares at Dr.. Us room the night
issP harIf Fept Ri ,a tfrta ham int
Tnon the i,.t Ct February. Issi He dtni,
promise himself much plea in such a union. on
account OF her he" tn. Sa he didn't care anything
about the ruuoi of the gay, ut he only feared
its fleet ppm another LADY That lady lived in Gov.
ingtou. fhe lady alluded to hes II ID and ia SUP
p sed also to have been enragtd to DIR. r. Her ab-
sence is 0sed orally to he peve mt being for
ced to give evidt n p ysii 9, the prislnarI
Dr.. James r. JdrdaR. s'rorn Was present at the
post mortem examination, July % h. Maj Gillian,
with me. After the jury of inquest surrendered the
body to uf, we took it into the school house. OBJ
the same (WitT ea' scr bed hem.) The body was
tightly and careful handaged by apparently the
part OF sheet. The breasts Were very large ard
the external appearance of the body indicated re-
msrkeble state oil pre- ssIvation, though generally
dark co!ored and covered in many places with white
meuId The whole surface was unhrokep We oman.
ed he abdomen from the sternum TO the pubs The
muscles of TIE abdomen strong and covered
with much freshiooking fat. At first discovered a
IL
pelvs. On attempting to take Il suit found it par
italy decayed though the bones were entire and
poss of preserving it. Found The internal vscera in
Z good state Of preservation. After removing the
stomach, found two damson seeds in it, besides a
q laLtty of dark colored mucus. Msj Gillian took
the sto mach and heTme tcally sealed 1t in tin can
The womb collapsed, and there no water in
the uterus Think the chief csu OF the bodys pre-
servation was owing to the light, dry and porous
earth in which it was buried The fo4us was over
Twelve inches long, and was nearly six months old.
a Mrs Pharr. The detailed symptoms were not
steiicai-they were tetanic, Though hysteria may
as ume tetanic form, it never results in DEATH ex
CT pit when app0plexy supervenes, whsn new train
OF symptoms follow. No symptom of apoplexy have
been described. If hysteria the disease would have
yielded TO the treatment described ApopIexv il
rare-very rare-before the age of 20 wears. The
symptoms of tstAnus broug 1t on By strychnine
tremu ou.ness with sudden starts; violent tetar ic
pasns soon peryene att nded with extension and
rgidity OF he muscles, especial of the spine snd
mites; the heads thrown backwards forward or
kdewsys with ficulty of breathing, vidity of The
fac, wild, starring exp essoI of the eyes, frothng
at the mouth, sometimes clenchng of the teeth,
and ottentimes a protase pers piraton The spasms
are onger or shorter according to their vole and
are followed by intervals of psssivenesB and con
sriousn' After iaterval of generally fe W min.
utes the spa I'm TeIur and frequently repeated
uuti dsathor If the dose hight till signs of Iecov-
cry sppear. From all ny knowledge and read ng,
I'D ftom detail o. the s. mptoms am prepared 10
say that the patient did not die of apoplexy nor of
epilepsy, nor of hYs-ra, but of tetanic spasms pro-
duced by some cause, whether idiopathc from
from the two causes are similar differing only, far
a my kno Wedge goes duration. Ct siustc t.
tanus pro uces'ame symptoms as id;opathc, but
suits from external wUunds-idiopathic tetanus from
internal caos s. There no external causes in
this case. In the absence OF cause for idiopsthic
traumatic tetanus, would say tits was from strych-
nine Never knew READ of but case of Idle
pathic tfaumatic tetsnus tern inste in hours
(The witness here read an account Of al experiment
two cats detailing the peculiar sympto of death
from strychnine, and showing strong similarity 20
those in the death of Mas Pharr As q med;-
cal man, aIn censtrain ID To say believe that Miss
fhsrf eau e to her death from strychnine.
Col John CrOio, Si4OJH Was the coroner who held
the inquest. Knew Miss Agnes Phsrr, and identi-
fed the body perfectly. DR. Thompson attempted
to give me some instructions about my duty be ore
the body was taken up. Told hlm thought knew
my duty. He fsii that part of the body, except
the stomach. must be examined, 10 which ] dig
sented
Rer d. c JhqTr's erideHce read by consent After
Agpes death was in E ath and met Dr. Goode Ex-
ressed my glscnaEs TO see hm-Wanted to talk to
him about Agnes d-ath, which sire grew out Of a
rnmor that she 70 her death by strychnine
Gave him the detail of the symptoms of her death
mt me by Dr. Thompson, for | was not at home
WHEN she died DIR. GJode ked me if shs had any
u'erine deren cement; told hun there He then
eXplaLei the different effects that dcrange of
the uteiu had on the system and said that u great
number that die with that disease died in the
de scrbed Told him lDr that would like to 20
information we'd 10 order TO correct public opin
t.g E n1aF haV ad fta nm