The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-08
one familiar with it, but do not know whether it was

one familiar with it, but do not know whether 1t wa
seen In this case
Juror-n deceased died from extreme mental excite
t, could you not tell from looking at the brains
NM ess-No sir; the brain itself would have been NOR
congeste Is that Il does not affect the brain itso
sns poison mbranes of the bran-among Others ths
me me- dparticulary the base of the branst
a dnas the person po n the intervals between the
uuh meaVy OF s.up sensible and RATIONAL in Other
Of The o th
heavy between spasms, beea of the brain Is affected
from Violent blow or CONFUSION the patient win often
lie in comatose state for fifteen or IN :t.hn;ne tha
rise gradually but in commissions fr ~ hvd tns
patient Is in conscious state like in o. nydro
phobia the spine is thrown back the mus. JOS are
racted and the patient is sensible and the oment 'ne
CONFUSION passes he is almost perfectly sensible
ever If had the symptoms in the early stages of
the case and found them as they have been described
nine; had performed the autopsy without reference
TO the symptoms at all should have said 1t proba
bly, strychnine but If strychnne be not found in the
stomach would not then that strychnne had been
taken although the same symptoms may be produced if
and this would not be detected in the stomach my i'm
pressons that deceased died in consequence Of sych
nine the positive proof Of it will be in great measure
the result of chemical analysis.
To Mr. BradleyIn the absence Of such proof still that
would be my opinion; should be very much surprised
If srychnine Is not discovered in the blood In the
tenn.
DR. Stone confirmed the account Of the autopsy de.
scribed by Dr. Miller he said he had In any
post norton examination 30 large quantity of blood
discharged out of the spinal cavity not having the
deceased in his Illness he is unwilling to speak to the
cause Of death but from the testimony believes it was
from strychnine.
Dr. Reilly corroborated the foregoing testimony; he re-
garded the symptoms decidedly pointing to strychnine
Dr. Johnson heard the symptoms detailed and has the
impression that deceased died of strychnine asphyxa
animals who die from chime die from asphyxia
In commissions from epilepsy the patient goes into sleep
te,ween them; taking all facts into consideration he
ff,n 1ed no w
by what he saw to-day, that this man must have I'M
d ubtedly died Of strychnine
crn detailed convince him that he died of srych
nne; there is positive testimony to result from
post mortem examination as to the effects Of srych-
inc and the testimony is negative; If 1t were
detected in his stomach, of course that would
be conclusive; but found the quantity Of
srychnine which would destroy life is minute that he
would STILL from the anterior circumstances believe that
in this the death produced by srychnne there
no other lesion in the body which would produce
DEATH
Dr. Berry had no hesitation stating that the of
DR.. Gardeners death was strychnine.
DR.. Duhamel agreed with what tho other physicians
had stated generally.
DR. Miller informed the jury that he had in his posses
Gardner BY Mr. Bradley which thereupon handed
Dr. Breed, the Patent Office chemist, for analysis.
Dr. Joseph Locke brother Of the LADY to whom the de-
letter written, was questioned by one Of the jury If
he had heard Dr. Gardner say what course he in
tended to pursue, in Of his being convicted. Wit
ness replied he had never had any conversation with de-
ceased on the subject.
The Jury was then discharged till Friday next to allow
time for the necessary chemical analyses.
that the witness who could give the most important ev
the brother Of the deceased John Charles Gard
ner who with him in his Illness, conversed with him
in Spanish and received his last injunctons with the
ia not Forthcoming. The Coroner the United States
District Attorney should have compelled his attendance
but they dispensed with it on the simple plea that he was
unWell