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

b draw hfrsef together throwing lbo head
back 4 think her hands were beld hcross her
persou By Hiram; was out aud b 6ll she
became not 10 easy. perhaps two hours; ahe
often catcd 8or drink; Hiram MAS In he
room whenever / was there; they gave her
coffee as fast rs she could drink Il. Hiram
came down after his wife was easier, he sat
down and talked with me aud the Doctor
Did not see him again till IL o'clock next
day; went to her room about daylight, she
was composed; saw her number of times
in forenoon; continued Sompdsed, said she
was better; did not see her afier IL o'clock
till 5; was away all the afternoon to my
sons stopped near my house coming home;
q lodv called me to come in, for She was sick
araiu; did 50; went up stairs; same mos
tions MS on night before--throwing her
head back and stomach up; none but HI
ram and my family there then. Young Mr..
Brigqs went for doctjr; beckoped in some
neigbborng ladies; told him not to spare
the horse. DR.. Shepard did not get into the
house; heard She was dead at the gate and
went away. Hiram was in; don't know as
he spoke to his wife; he held her hands.
when she was lying down; sat up in bed.
some. | remember her speaking TO him
once in her last spsstps and ealing her mo-
ther. She said 'Ohl Hiram, meet me in
heaven" he made noreply. lie staid there
the night | asked him if his wife's body
could not be sent 10 York state; said he did
not wish it; wished it buried with my, fami-
[ly Funeral appointed next day at -, or
thereabouts. Did not see anything ol the
medicine. Hiram went down TO the Falls
aner breakfast; came back just before the
| funeral; called me into the bedroom where
his wife lay and told me there were some slo-
ries about, and requested me to give state
ment to the minister, that She took the hor,e
medicine by mistake, instead Of her own,
which she brought from York state. Ilc
did not say what that medicine was. The
funeral was interrupted by Mr.. Mix and Da
Wis; they came to my house and requested
to see me before the funeral. Hiram ro-
turned to my house after it, put out horse
and came in and sat down. l told him they
were going to try TO prove that he gave hi'
wife medicine from the first. Says he, "Ar'
they ~ Went right out; soon saw him g
west with his horse and buggy, his brothe
Charles with him; think it was between
and 5o'clock; was then across at a neigh
! bors. '.....f
CROSS erdmined. After Hiram got int
the buggy with his sister to 90 to the funer
al, asked her where the vial Of horse med
icine was; Hiram requested her to go anc
get it; did so; it was given to one of tn
men desiring it. ''''
Court took recess till II o'clock. 90"
E.. AFTERNOON SESSION. -. .
Cory Brown, sworn. / resided in Ale
gheny city ip Sept. 81; boughta horse AZ,
buggy Of the prisoner at the bar. He fir,
proposed to landlord to sell his horse aut
buggy; he referred him TO me; think it wa
Thursday eve; told him would buy ifther,
was any money in it. Said he resided il
Massachusetts,, folks were sick, and he wa
in haste to get home; told me next morn
ing bis name was Wheeler, and from Mar
eta. suspected him, but he tod a straigh
story about the harness, SO | believed it wa
his; paid $40 for sorrel horse, old harnes
and old covered buggy; bill of saleis recog
uized and has correct date. ..... .....
Mr., Riddle read as follows: .-,g
= r4.t s'f PlTTsBvnGH, Sept. 18th, 1857.
Mr. Brown. Bot OF IL. A, Wheeler, .f.
One hurse, hafncss and buggy. ...... 81
Received payment II. a. WHEELER.
20 Crox-Er. He did not show any signs of h,
hing 'skecrl "thatiI could see. His dealing wit
me was perfectly iair. sfr.. .Iuf.s r..r'.
DR.. Sbepdrd | reside in Bainbridge W;
called in Sept. by Mr.. Horace Cowles, who sal
there was woman at his hnuSc, and he WI
afraid She would die Hiram Cole told me bt
fore went in he WAS afraid she had taken ars,
mic ; he said be did not think, there could
5 much arsenic in teaspooniul. as it did not dis
I solve; concluded the symptoms were not wilt
ly arsonicai but thought they were due soniC
I what 10 the opium tried to give her coffee di
give her some she soon went into a severe sllsu
/. her head drew back strong cOnyulsions atienl
y cd--thodght she might not come out ufit; thin
. Cole thought 80 too, for he said, Doctor, WI
I don't You 90 something for Lcr? Spasm "
u suddcn-sOOn came out oil II. ! rapidly huIn'
istead coffee; soon after she appeared 10 80
away, rs if FAINT, aud called for camphor; ga
/ camphor and water gave coffee plentifully
: intervals; she beeame easier and went dowI
| Hiram Cole came down soon aIler; said ia a
5. swer to me, the laudauum and arsenic was
e bolts; was called above in about twenty mi
/, utes- found her in another spasn gave COFFEE
i better; syrnpt0ms-hrad, throat aud stomach
J soreness and burning. excessive thirst head "
q balhed IN clammy, waiery snbsiance; sepS
d tion Of heat TO the hand temples thrUbbmg wi
;. an "ntcnse and wiry vibration" arteries !
= tense: sTElsnIs EXTREMELY suddrn in coming
and going oA--vety iRiense ;ieallcd tadnic j
n yolvpg the voluntary muscles another class
.e muscles were also affected, as shown 10y the Sc
stireness to any noise or uiolitn OF The b
( Eelothes spasnrs lasted perhEtNa minute eal
Y on eyerygicw minutes; grew Lighter as ireatme
IS wcntOn. During spasm think there was dificl
n ~ in breathing; think so more from inieren
4 linn recollection First fuund her lying on I
" bed--iel, ankles and breast naked. Size hf
i also, occasional jerking of elbows, and lwllchl
D backward During spasms head drew back J
o lie toleit side chest raised and teeth clenche
: Hiram did n0l speak 10 her; she spoket0 him
! said "Oh, Hiram you do not care for NE"
j made pV replyl thought it sIrange; look !
n statement, and treated the case accordingly. /
ns f.pdant took me home passed the ordinary ro
4 to the Fails; asked il be could moi gol by ]
:" way Of Solon; loldihim be could !; but itwor
y be farther. -.fr 10 %. ...itr.f ..,.. ,.... . .
Sc Gross Er. Not much noise in the room. as
Il prOdtcpd'l The Jerking sloa-nis. Ole srerned
Z care 6r.his wife tenderlyr during my stay mig
= have whispered reply to her reXelawafion Su
" passed / gave from seven to ten cups Of coffee
is common coffee there was no roth at The mOut
in should think she was particularly sensitive to {
= effect Of modcne. Direct II supposed ihe
!" senc in the vial 10 be granular atlerwards lean
5 ed il was pulyerized. ,s .....- -...r .... .
n Mrs. Laura COtOles.-IIorace Cow
a is my husband Defendant came sth Sci
la ! ,,;,h III a, % I,ou,,bt t,ro eatcbols. th;,