Western Reserve chronicle and weekly transcript of the times. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1854-1855, 1855-04-04


piled, and the same tests applied; The
results were the same as with the con
tents of the bottle and of the strychnint
from the vial; the bottle and stomach
were left with Prof. Cassels; there wa'
strychnine detected both in tie bottle anC
stomach; we believed there was suficien
StIychnine TO account for her death found
in her stomach; after The death of Elsie
with Mr.. Squires, | went toinvite the Doc
tors for determination, and he to tell Rol
lin that his sister was dead; Shannon
resided atthe center of Vienna before bis
removal to Hartford: it was little short
OF ten miles.
l went first to DR.. Bebee's and secur-
ed his attendance, and then came down
to where Mr.. Squires was, at Mr.. Shan
mons; passed into the room; saw Rollin
and shook hands with him; sat down a
few moments; l made remark as l was
going out; 1 said, "Rollin. we have ralh'
er hard news for you;" he appeared to
feel bad when / shook hands with him;
We got into the sleigh; myself and Mr.
Squires sat in the back, Rollin just be-
fore us. We rode some distance before
there was anything said as to Miss Leets
case; l then said to Rollin, 81 suppose
your uncle has told you the circumstan-
ces;" he made no reply; 1 thought he did
not hear me, as there was bells on the
horse. | repeated the remark, and he
said his uncle had related the facts.
then rem arked that his sister had died
very suddenly; that when she went home
her father gave her some medicine. He
made the expression, ''you don't think
the medicine poisoned her, do you?"
think that was the expression; it was
something about poison; it might have
been, " you don't think there was poison
in the medicine?'
We went to Brookfeld, and went to
see DR.. Stewart, and then came home
this was all the conversation had with
him at the time; nothing had been said
about poison when Rollin made the re.
mark have given. think he was told
that she seemed to die in 6t: said
that she had spasms, l avoided answer
ing in relation 10 the cause of her death;
1 have no recollection of any converse.
ton since, except one after the trial be-
fore the magistrate. After the trial was
over, and while The bonds were being
made, and his father was there, l told
him wanted to speak with him. Isaid
10 him that l believed he was not alone in
the matter, and that it was my advice 10
his fathers and go to work. l said |
thought some one had advised him, and
referred to his age. DC. said he must
not submit to i'll and evil advisers. He
replied that he had had no advice in the
matter; said he, eff l have done it, /
have done it alone" then there was a
pause, and he spoke again, 81 am alone
in this matter" 1 think we slept out of
the Justices Office into another room to
have this conversation.
was called two or three times be-
tween the 29th of July and the 18th of
August, to see Homer NJ. Leet: l was
called with my brother; l found him sew.
ersl times in spasms, with full flushed
face, red tongue, and in such condi-
lion that if touched, or fly lit on his
face, or door suddenly opened, he
would 60 into spasm. saw him at in
tervals between the spasms, and he ap'
peared to be doing well, but did not
have the charge of him. About the 18th
of August, the case came into my hands;
he had spasm few days before. We
examined the spine, head, and nervous
system, and tried to account for the
spasms; we then stated to each other and
believed that he had been taking strych'
nine.
After the 18th. few days, he appear.
edtobeimproving and Ithoughthe was get
Ing better. The redness was disappearing
from his tongue. his mouth getting moist,
and his appetite returning. told Miss
Elsie Leet one day. that her father was
getting better, and went along home,
leaving his medicine as usual. Very
soon a messenger came for me in great
haste; went, and found him in spasm
such as he had when l called with my
brother before l freely administered
Chloroform and left some for him 10 use.
| sat win him nearly the whole night,
and during that time he would frequently
have these splsms. The pupils of his
eyes dilated, AMI he was 50 conscious of
everything around him that any little
Thing threw him into sPasm. There,
said he, in one instance, when he had
been in a spasm, 'Ethat fly dill that"
noticed that his tongue was very red, and
soon became dry AMI glossy. After a
few days this began to disappear, and his