The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-24

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have followed particular business beyond of racing
had entered for two ofths stakes ~ the Shire xsbur
the 18th and 14th Of November The hoss won and his
owner cleared FL 400, Of which he resolved onsha.f
the course The first full view Of him thai ge In
second Days Iseips He is driaAirg with his friend Mr.
Palmer, with whom he has some connection, whc1 has
not been very clearly elected but which would probably
be explained certain betting book that has strangely
disappeared could be discovered Whatever the contec
ton, Palmer seems 70 have exercised peculiar
daney Cook who dreaded and chung to him.
nsd 'aaass e. i
burnt his threat; he became very sick, lsst
iisvsd himself to have been dosed By Palmer,
and entrusted f7O0 the keeping Of that acquaintance
he believed that he had dosed for the sake of the
money. Without clue to The connection of the tw,
psrties it is difficult to understand the concuc If Cook
throughout He charged Palmer the next day With
having dosed hm and seems At onse to have been SON
remarked to the acquaintance whom he had entrusted
his money 10 another person he had observed, 'Oh,
that villain did mel and whsr .sd wha could % IN
you s,. don't know all p Mr. Herring, who relates
f is, later pcsm states fact Which Ia
that on the morning Of the day which Cook
con planet Of lnss several in the t,xn, hs
From the evidence also, Learn that Cook AMI Palmer
we're closely connected in betting and thai the lattice
aha Q in the various TRANSACTIONS.
innate friends arrived at the Talbot Arms, Rogsy,
Thursday evening. Mr. Palmer is surgeon .. hugely,
how viii, Cook III saturday incoming.
DR.. Taylor found considerable quantity Of anhm9ny
it was not the cause Of death Was it the cause
of the previous sickness9 However that be, Palmer
Cock to ouca the bro,h-sa-p again. His
friens came in the afternoon and declared che must
eat IT. lis patient did eat It, and bis sickness was
newed. Another doctor was called iu-Bam'ord-whe
prescribed Tor tire patient twice tina day Palmer Goth
house 70 the patient. But there was impr vemeat
until Monday morning, and that was shortlived: Al
ofsome Pills which he had taken The cSan osr%si
found him beating the hedclo'hes wita his hands,
AND s,ns wa a,s ~, or wa
picons oh, doctor, shall die, he said, appesing to
as py x VI said the Anas s and
spoke true for that nigh On he oll,vug DAY,
bought grains of strychnine dra,hms Of prussic
acid and two drachms OF Bateys sslu;ioa OF opium.
This was on Tuesday Il had been arranged bet seen M
BanfoId and Palmer bat tho morphine Pills sh0 aid be
repeated as on the previous night and it was suggested
there is nobody knows what the pills .ncd little
otter II Palmer came over 10 the hotel, Che lived
opposite pEoduced the pills and gave sae T. Cook,
spite Of all his p.oissations against them. Again.
il the hight thi. p:or man became. vi,isas'y
directly" In two minutes Mr.. Palmer csma
yemaIAing that he had mover dressed so qai,kly in
his life. The suspicion raiset-was he in bod
at all or WAS he not wal log TO ne called
to the bedside of his c3ufding friend2 Eli. coming
Of no avail. Screaming, suocated convdlod p,oy
bent like bow, Cook died few m,ultes oiei d.
7sy Tor soemnly believes from the effect OF strychnna
Ten mnu'e after he ceased to breathe Palmer found
searching his pockets and lob ing the io and
bolster. When friend Of the deceased 20 tue
rom Palmer SAID, with admirable tact : Yol as
and tase possession Of what may be 10
them" That nearest friend having left the for only
ten Minutes 1t purely gratutous IN Palmer usurp
bis Office When they search ed the pockets togsthsr
nothing found ia them but fvo guineas. The bet
1ooI hnIk oan fta irnIs prJn
nowhere TO be found but Palmer supplied Inc ateres
ing Information that a the bets void, and that tho
che evidence adduced. What the tin. trial will
be no foreteu LiakS in the .an Vi evidence
nne-s az be surmised that the tetanus which ended
In death resulted from other cause than strych
nne Who knows what loophoes not DO discovered.
The pr. was i'll to appear at the Coroners n
quest and Is only fair to add that not one word has as
yet been gcd in his defence.
THE CORONER's INQUEST ON JOHN PARSONS COOK
EXTRAORDINARY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE
PRISONER IN THE etCK ROOM.
(Frcm the London Times, Dec. 90.
An inquest, extending Wednesday, Friday and
saturday ast held at Rugeey, tho body of gem
tleman named John Parsons Cook Ut Iugeley who died
Who had resided at Luttsrworsb was racing and ,etni
and the owner Of the horse Polestar This horse
bury races the 18th and 14th Of November thu
horse won. While at Shrewsbury, after the Mr..
moved to Ruasey where he had been staying beors the
races and where be died In five days after his return.
post mOiteEn examination OF the bOCy made
Goth Of November by direction Of Nv Stevens Of Lon
don the of the deceased the stomach and TO-
testnes being sent to Dr. Taylor Prof Ct iemstry
and Medical Jurisprudence at Guys Hospital London at
the same time for anslyzaton On the following Thurs
day evening an inquest on the body commeacet at
the Talbot Arms Hotel, before M v. w. wa-i Coroner,
when tie jury having viewed the body Immediately ad
journed until Wednesday last.
The iIst witness called Mr.. William Henry Jones,
who saidl am surgeon living at Lrttosworh, Ieiccs
teshre cod rave kno the late John Parsons Cook in
.imately he % OF age unmarried and followed
particular business; he kept ra:eh ,rs~s last saw
him before his death at Shrewsbury Tuesday tho 18th
of November and spen. the day with him; he
in good heath; he bad PoIestar "a he
had invited nee to come and at Shrewsbury; the
horse that day at Shrewsbury won Mr.. Cook
did not require any medical treatment; no afterwards
where we dnod left him at the Raven Inn the "a no
evening" shortly before 10 o'clock and Mr. Fishor; tho
following morning received letter from Mr.. " Palmer,
surgeon OF kugeley.
The Lett which pu. in and read follows:
Ny D, Cock was akss Y At 81 She s1sary and
Ssea e Biz bed here Win bilious attack comn
see him him as oon pos Yos Uf you 70
Hugely. NOV. Is. W. PALMER.
Witness coptinued-I came to Rugeley a fsw mnu q.
after o'ce ok in the afternoon Of tuesday, and found
Cook In bei he said he very comfortable but worry
weak and not allowed to say maea he also told me n.s
and then Mr.. ". Palmer surgeon cane to see him;
then examined hin in the presence Of Mr.. Palmer aud
found that his pulse natural and and his tongue
nice and clean; made the remark that it hardly
the tongue Of bilious darrhea attack, When Mr.. Pal
visited him during The afternoon aud evening" every half
hour, sitting with HIM for time, and then going down
stairs again MIR. Bamtord another med al gen tlemsn,
came to visit Mr.. Cook about o'clock; Mr.. Palmer in
formed that he had called Mr. Bsmford in to his
sistan nee Mr.. Bamosd expressed opinion thar Mr..
Cook was going On worry sasisscsorily We all then left
him to arrange what should be given him during the
nght, and it proposed between Mr.. Palmer ami Mr..
Bamford that the morphine pills should BIS
peated as on the previous night, and it was suggest
ed by Mr.. Palmer that Mr.. Cook should not know
what the pills contained, he strongly objected
to them on The previous ngn. because they made
him III, believe IL little after elcvea ciosk al
night that Mr. Palmer and produced the pills,
which he gave TO Mr. Coos in my presence; believe
there two pills; Mr. Cook mede strong protetatons
against taking them saying that he was certain they
made him i'll the night before almost Immediately
he had swallowed the pills he vomit,ed, and and Nc.
bod tha