Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-11-27

went IN On welnesdA (9th sept) between
ord O'clock, % see the sick woman;
Adella Cele wqs washing dishes--Horace
and wife we're burning cheese at the wood
shed door. ~Adelia said lehe would go up
with me as soon as she finished washing
dishes; l sat down and waited for her;-
while sitting there, Hiram came down and
seid his wife liked her cup Of coffee 50 well
4 She wanted ahothef y he took a clean cup
and saucer went TO the stove and poured
out the coffee himself; his sister told him
craarn anil sugar were ih ihe Butkers !; he
went in there==came out and left the room;
l went up With Adelia; she a step or two
before me. Hiram was in an adjoining
\ room up stairs; never saw Mrs. liimm
Cole before Hiram came in soon, went TO
/ the stand tntned DOT some coffee into the
saucer and gave It to her; did not hear him
\ speak while he was in; only staid long
anongh to give the coffee; went out ) Adelia
stad there a few minutes. Mrs. Horace
Cpwles came 10, and told her Hiram tho't
I she had better take some salts; l remained
TIL nearly three;e did,nqt notice how much
coffee there was in the cup when he turned
itout; ut her request, | turned out The rest
into the SAUCER aud gave il to Der Just be-
fore went away; she said rs she drank it,
h" How strong this coffee iss" no one elseEin
the room Mt that tim4 Did not see Hiram
come ont of adjoining room when He had
gone after giving her the coffee. | was nf-
forwards sent for; when got there. she
was dead; nearly or quite o'ek;ck Hiram
was making great noise; hearl il batiFe L
got into the house-saw him agaisl next
Pday after be cuho-baek fr',n the Falls: saw
no tears. Helped lay out the eorpsel4tlid
not see him coma intO ,he poom where she
\ lay; poticeiit at the time; here follows in
reference 10 hent 0f body, AMI its yigidlty)
found tbs hast warm spot under her right
arm between J ? aud l O'Clock; | watched
with corpse; her eyes after death were
glarjng wide open, r. -----...
H. Cross-eramincd Did not hear Mrs.
Cole ask her husband to give her some cof-
= fee as we we're going up the stairs. ] know
, that her toes, did turn UP, even 70 the ting
+ she was put in the coffin; helped put the
t ockings on.her.
+ Sumuel GoodseH, TGor-oboraie' the tes--
# tmony Of the two Mrs, Goodselis, and Mrs.
Il Briggs in almost every particular. A.
i Court adjourned till 2 O'clock p. NJ.
II AFTERNOON SESSION.
" Mrs.. Eliza EgglestOh.--l reside at Cha
Il grin Falls, was there in last Of August and
n September, 1857; was some acquainted
il with Mrs Hiram Cole; she was then board
IS ing ut Chauncey Egglestou's 1 lived near
:; by; know about Mrs. Coles sickness there,
)r She had severe heal ache and pain and
Is burning in the stomach; complained of be-
st ing very thirsty several days-She said it
seemed rs if She wanted to drink all the
d TIME, she was excessively thirsty even af-
Is ter She got about.
d Joseph G.. Sprogue.-I reside at Balm
bridge My first information was from DIR.
a. Shepard; was passing and was called to rem
q der some assistance stood at the gate a
4 number of minutes bafrre they got ready
for me; saw defendant sitting on the ground
near the house, he was making great noise
moaning; this was Wednesday eve /; help
le ed bring the body down stairs; was very
le warm, and exceedingly rigid; noticed the
Is fingers were curled up; helped put herin
h coffin; next day remained rigid even then;
u, unable to sttaiten up her head which was =
in little turned to one side. Stomach was CIV
d en- me on Friday after thelpost naortem exr
id animation by DR.. Shepard, took the Same
" aud delivered it to Prof Casses; it was in
n tin pail newspapers put over it and cover
!; put on, then the pail wrapped in cotton
Is cloths. " '''' ..".h ~ 80
n, DR.. j. H. VincenL / am Physician
ut practced so years; educated in the State
a of New York; reside nowat Chagrin Falls;
1T saw Mrs. Hiram Coles body, attention call
'll elto it.; was calleliThurslay. eve. To go up
IS and attend to ap0st R1ortem examination,
ra nearly dusk when | got there, found the
- body in the Church at Bainbri1ge. Doc
1t tors Harmon and Curtis performed the
manual operation; examined the stomach
lg and intestines; stomach was secured by ty-
I'M ing the upper and lower oriice; it was Civ
en- to Sprague; body rigid; toes bent up
he ward with tips turned down; did not ex-
ot anime the abdominal yiseera very much
nj l{,G;y was'disinterrsdthe following Februa-
er- ry. il was stlIi ,i.siA; took out the thoracc
= viiscera, some Of The larse intestnes; also
Il the liver. Mr.. Harmon placed portion Of
be the liver and ntestines in a jar and seeur-
iSe ed it to 90 to Prof. Cassels. Mr.. BlaEes-
IN lee was present and took portion OF the
- same-noticed at the first examination In
aS Sept. that the outer side Of the Stomach
en seemed softened some; body was then green
ok in spots inlicadng inclpient decoruposlton
id, 1 very much decompo5sd when disinterred IN
ID, 4 February; the iptsstines shrYeled up and
lot Iimnch decayed. Arsenic esteemed deadly
bei poison--white arsenic is commonly use'i; 2
= to 6 grains a minimum fatal dOse. Atsen-
on fc nor very soluble in alcohol Or audanpm;
.aS little m ire shluble in water thsain alcohol
a ! would Dissolve ja,t as readiyin iatI'lanan
.k- As in alcohol. First symptoms of arsenlcal
n poison is burning Of mouth aad throat, slsc
Ter of stomseh, soon followed by vomiting, a
rs; length burning ani pain. in the bowels, fol
on lowed by purgng, HEAT and cold alternately
ne, sweats, cramps and sometimes conYus'ons
From } to 8 or a hours after taking, the
e :; symptoms begin. Here followed "A detai
SOL II the effects of arsenic scientifically exhibits
- ed1 Laudauqm is called narcotic; is q
ghI poison. A tea-spoontuI and half o.
tn iaudanum, J drains what the spoon he'd
from which Mrs Cole took her medicine
rm- would have decided narcotic effect; per
my haps fatal. After taking fatal dose, nsu
a. sea would Oe,ur tirst--lt would suspend tbs