Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-11-25

| properly. lie promised. ana ahld he Womb ssiu
| them away by -pecIel messengers.
Mr. Skeeu weIt To when it would suit Mr.
! pbarr To- have the elimination. that DIR. /.
could name the time in hi. letters; he did not re-
| turn a. he promised. and the meeting broke up.
! DR.. L failed to copy or send The letters. DID
not say anYthin-, 10 Or. I. at thai time about
the suspicious of pregnancy becaase OF my be-
| lief that if post morton examination Wa made
il would reach that suspicion. Afterwards tNay
! 25fh) It'd him Of the suspicious OF pregnancy,
and that an examination would reach that point
! He said She yrtuoas girl. lie asked me
/ 10 attend meeting at the Court House. Told
/ him would not attend any mass meeting for the
/ purpose named. Asked ne then to 60 a. hi-
! counsel Refused, telling him my counsel was
| II nave a speedy posi- mortrm examination. Al
/ terward asked ne to be his counsel. Agaln re-
/ fused, telling him that if litigation grew out 81
1 this matter on the other side.
; MAJ. Gaiiam-All experiments made have
not been adequate to the tpsk Of finding strYeh
nine. 1t is a subtle, diifu,iye poison. Though
unable TO find it, am by no means -ati,h5iIt Wa
not therr. The evidence of Mai. e. involved il
technical description Of the various processes
gouc through un-uccessfully. and i scarcely
important : it was araille--.
JohH /. Bush, sieorn.-IIad conversation
with Dr. Thompson two or three months before
the death Of Miss Pharr. Denied his engage
meut ro her->ayiug people were either
I
when they surprised he would marry Agnes
Phurr. Said she was II better subject t1r ~tann.
ton Iunatle Asylum thun the marriage altar
lie said it would not surprise him 10 hrar Of her
sudden death at any moment.
d.. Robertson. sI,orn -ANns called in to give
medical advice Il Mis- lharr in October, l-}3'
in Appomattox where live. Detected no lis
ca-e that justified the giving Of medicine Her
mother ~ald She had suppressed men~eS Exam
med her, and satisfied II Wa caused by
prernancy-to my wife Think her only
mulady thrn was distress of mind. Heard the
] evidence in regard Il her death, and concur with
Dr> Jordan aud E,ttil that the symptoms were
tetane.
Ms. Sprouts eridence read BY Consent
VA, at Nr. Pharr', the saturday and sunday
before Agnes death Lett Mt . o'clock Monday
morning Agnes then appeared well. Had
conversation on SUNDAY evening, about ! O'clock
about the pilI--Dr. Thompson being present
/ Heard Agnc. tell DR.. +. that she would not take
the large pill. 1t the darkest and largest of
the two. Dr. I. toldhcr Size must take it,
Ms. GampjeH sirorn.-Iiad conversation
with DR.. Ibomp-ruiu August l-53. Remarked
that A4.#- did hot loun ia Ill health, 10 which
| hc rcI..,u, D. WI very rour. AgtH IA the 2lth
or 18th ehlpa4e, ISL, told pr. I. Int had
seen Agne, 100 church aad did not hardly know
her, -bc ,os,.d - WEI Ia replied that her health
vef, lad, and thai L. would not be surpris
cd to h,r.ot her death at any time.
Cfoss eramntd.-lIad IA cat on my head, a
bout February. and Dir. 7. proposed to apply IA
/ .olutiou Of strycbninc Injected a. it was a
p.i,on. He said if would not hurt me-thnt he
had got ii expressly tor me. Have beard Dr.
/. acknowledge his engagements I" Miss Ag
mes.
Here ended th, evidence ON the part Of the
Commonwealth
TESTIMONY ~ BEHALF OF THE PRISONER.
Miss Emma Stt1rt, SWorH.-knrw Miss
phurr IN, ,,,,.i il, d.Iicate health Saw her laid
ont-.bo WA. tiohtl,, bnpdaeed in cor,etts-
,o,,t i,,;,,,, Inv IN, hr,.,,,Ln1 Saw her once
hive .on,, SORT Of eonyoI.jon yrararo last
Anril Nj. phnrr ,yn- lyip,. in the trnndIe. bed.
lac .cr,.a,,.d n,,l Whom ,yrnf IA her found
/ Lar b8pd. ,.l,.5cl,d and .ti1 her bodv .troirbt-
,nnd rolI.l M, h,r#,.,.,.. tbreyy hack her head
md seemed unconscious When the spa.m
n,,.sed off she amt LrL,nl. mn to her head and
annenrel .l,,, Never .nu b,r in my other
.na.,n mimi h. ,yas i,,nrnlant nhnut her
L,ol,b iIoar.i ,ho concentration bety.no# DR.
Tbn,n,s,, nnd w.. pa,nnhan.sha tnId the
/ n,o,ar ,La. L,r La..l ~ L,d and La aid She
/ Lod b,,tnr i.t hin, n,,loo s,l,t;on If strvcb
,,;,,o n,isan nr,5.
cd ,l,at Lo n,5 f,hn Tbis vas
:, ,i Ia 10 = r,,,,. rac,IIa.,tI o
,lay H. r. a,t,,,yiol,,oL b;s anl,oa,a,,,rnt. +,
Nj. A,,,ay t,,'a Nj. Am. d.1i,a tLe ON.
,,ar.,onI,t.a;, wa. mot Ia be married To DIR.
+ .Le lad .a,lt :, b.o, ., hi IL. down tbe conn
,c,, II,la ,.,,,,7,r..,,i,,, viii Mr. James Burl
tLc MONDAY at,rr tbr #rxb3matian. he said he
,,,,.t ..,.J ana, hjj ~ Il DR. + ,,ot clear he
would ,r.ol ~ ali NJ, ,Tboo,,ht he WA, in ear
~, ,r.IG ,,f,.',l,.,,ri b,,,,a.,,,I,, in.,i,,,
Eross.er,,n,;,lJ .1'Lonobt the .n,.In ollndrd
=, E,.,ol f,,,, ,,i,,,,to. rbero ,as.nn froth.
;,,, ., ,l,.non,l ',,a vo,oitino-no ditlicuIty in
br,atb;n,, Ll,, ,,1,,,d th,. ,noutb mud ,,.,..
ITor ,n,tI.r ,,,,o IN ,nc, in the tiInr-lnolel nj