New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-24

sel for the prisoner and reeiving that the examiaa
tion was progress ng. inquired If it had been COM
nenCed in the absence of counsel for the defend.
ant and on being informed that but little had been
done, he stated that lie expected his associate ex-At
tcrney General Cushing would have been present q,
/ the commencement Of the examination. Finding tha,
such not the case he desired to the testimony
already taken. which sub iticC to his peru,ar
after which the examination was resumed
y. Do YOU recoleot who mrs; called upon You 20
| visit Mrs. Stephens A. think Mr.. Stephens.
Q. Do you recolect a; what time Of the day Your
visits were made 4. recolect calling one morning
about 10 o'clock; It was raining fast at the time DO
remember anything about the time Of the other
visits.
q. Was Mr.. Stephens at home then A. He was
either ill., or oaIne IN soon aiterward.
Q. Do you reoollect whether he was at home on
! other occasions A. There was one occasion he
was sent for. and came IN a. leaving tine house.
Q. Do you reooileot any person calling upon him in
relation 10 Mrs. Stephens at any time before her
death A. cannot say whether 1t was on the day OF
her death. or the day before her death, had 4
conversation with Mr. Samuel Cnriwel the
subject
q. Did any one else beside Mr.. Cariweu say any.
thing to you about Mr.. stephens A. lido not-reccl
lect anyone else.
Q. On how many occasions did you order powders
10 De administered to her A. That is more than
can now saw.
Cross-examned by Mr. Busteed-Q Was Mr..
Stephens an entire stranger to you before this visit
A. Yes, Sir.
q. Do Won know Sophia Bell A. No, Sir.
q. DO you know Fanny Bell A. l was never in.
roduced to either of them saw some other persons
st Mr.. Stephenss, but l never heard their names
mentioned in the house.
@. Did YOU ever attend some girl in the house who
had measles , A. | have been told that attended
two patients who were sick with measles there;
but have no recollection of doing 80.
q. Who mentioned the circumstance to you A.
think il mentioned to me in the house It il very
possible that | may have attended upon some person
there.
Q. Do you keep any book 4. keep diary; I
don't think kept at the time then kept record
of my visits, OF all my patients names and places
where they lived.
Q. How long ago is it since you attended Mrs.
Stephens. A. About year.
q. When did you commence keeping diary, a.
distinguished from record A. Abont nine months.
Q. How long have you practced in New.iork. a.
About ten years.
Q. Are you a graduate of New-York College
Q. Have you got the record of your business which
9kept a year ago a. No, Sir think copied
IF the deaths and then threw the book aside it is
my habit Of throwing the old books aside as waste
paper.
thirg in relation to Mrs. Stephens A. No, Sir.
q. Where are your records now kept A. In my
book case.
QDoyou furnish medicines to your pstents' A. No,
Sir write prescriptions for them to get their med-
cines from the drug stores.
9. Did you send your prescriptions to any particu-
lar store ? A. No, Sir.
". DO You know AT Wuht particular store tutSc pre-
scriptions were put up A. do not.
O. How many days in all did Won attend Mrs.
Stephens A. think made three visits on success
ave days.
O. Did you find any other physician there at the
Q. Did any other physician attend Mrs. Stephens
at the time A. Iheard SO; was told that Dr. Cad
mus also attended her.
o. Who told you that Dr. Cadmus had attended
Mrs. Stephens a. l think Mr.. Stephens Informed
Q. In what condition Mrs. stephens when you
first visited her. A. She very weak and debili-
tated she vomited, and had dull pain in the stom-
ach-in the region Of the pit of the stomach.
q. Was there much vomiting A. did not
her vomiting she did not vomt while there,
that recolect; she had basin by her side and was
told that she vomited much.
o. What other symptoms Of disease or sickness did
she exhibit when you first saw her a. do not re.
collect any other marked symptoms l think these
o. What other symptoms of disease or sickness did
she exhibit during the entire period which you attended
her. A. do not think of any others; it was con-
tinuaton Of the same symptoms.
Q. What was your opinion as to the likelihood Of
Mrs. Stephens living when you first called A.
thought she would get well, and said so.
Q. To whom did you say so' A. said 10 to Mr..
Stephens within the hearing OF other persons who
were IN the room.
O. What did you announce the sickness of Mrs. Ste
phens to be A. do not think stated what allied her.
/ do not recollect having given my views.
@. When did you see her the second time; how
many hours after the first visit A. cannot say,
perhaps "A hours it was the next day.
Q. bid you then think that she was likely to get
wen A. 1 did
Q. How many hours elapsed between your second
and your third or last ,i.it1 A. About a hours.
@. When you saw her the third time did you think
she would get well A. thought roi she was very
sick at the time but thought she might get wei.
O. How long was it after your last visit that she
died A. About 30 hours that is to say If she died
ut the time was told she did
lid al i-cou finue visits > \. i ul-
derstood that they did not want me.
o. What did Won mean when you said MtF A. l
mean some of the family. do not recoliect whe-
ther II was Mr.. Stephens or some other person.
Y. What did you prescribe for Mrs. Stephens hrst
A. / do not recoect. | remember that some time
during my visits, prescribe blister to be applied
Spanish fly blister; | also recolect prescribing
come lager beer.
O. Do you know what yon prescribed for her on the
occasion Of your second visit y. cannot recolect.
O. Did You prescribe anything for her on the second
visit A. No doubt ordered some medicine for her.
Ii most probsbl that did so, but cannot recolect
Q. How about the the third visit A. cannot
recollect whether | prescribed something for her or
not; think did so ~ seldom leave without dong
something for my patients.
q. Can you rrcolect when you prescribed the pow.
DER whether il was the first or third day a.
cannot.
=. Was that written prescription a. II was.
q. To what drugstore DO YOU send your prescrip-
tons A. Ii am asked 10 what store they shall 60,
| recommend two stores in the neighoorhood which
preirrrcd if named any, named one or the other;
Q. Can you say whether YOU prescribed the powder
TO bs taken wholly or in part A. cannot:
q. Can you tell what amount or weight of the pow
der that prescribed \. cannot there mlght
have been half dozen OF them, 10 De taken at drer
times, for aught now know.
z. Were there halt dozen different knds oi pow
| der A. The powders may have contained tro oF
| three lHer,ut in.,redents