New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-22
LEV LNTELLIGENOh
TIE STEPHENS POISONING CASE.

TIE STEPHENS POISONING CASE
TIE psooss,,r e. IN tie Of Jsn's Stephens we're
re ured yesterday, b,:cIe tee Court Of oyer sSd
TeruInsr.
Ju,ee Roosevelt announced thst be shoad eXcade
the Iser If .be father Of the Bel r!s to the de cad
ant, aId shish Wa offered in evidence OF Saturday
the gfuuad that the letter was 90. oy sSorH Wiz
ners A1c wss rot r.leveet 20 the Issue oU t'i>L
r. decision excepted - BY cefrrdarts unset
The District Attorney recalled the witness Mr. L III
mar ard teIdsIed him 20 defense, vi hirtstHg MS
objection 10 qcestiors formerly excluded aoi exrep-
tCns taken by defense. There 10 nsponse on
the pert II the cef-nse
Or. Thomas c. FIunen called by tie defense, tes,i-
fed that he a. Disfr large nunorr OF post nortsn
eIsm.h-t for the runer, SUD hat tnus bs-a led
u rit,'t poison,
ds.uIs that respect rNeotc P5bons seah s'lalJ
sued hOn TO 81 boo after tA.ias Afsra D. Re sas q
oue c.ie xter- occurred hogr sd
,erou Di,otse lived trsssi wsre'. tue yn9,on'
q POTS Ia tr's bot ds vaIy materially "a
that ry.p,c re mecic testimony q Fros sfs,uic
tiue' eut rare y srodaoed a.ioots ~t1ss' eA
irora .rseic erred the p,t'ooss effects - aseutc
shen rs-nis is' o~-a t'soo ON
!. 20 = heus e'rc "a D. there "rtr h"sl' zee r"si
~,rmaksd M he stomach v'rr emp tfr No. were
- -. = ,-oS,s -s.,b- .t..r-.F.' .5r- trA,
crah bot hsa snowu case sa-rs 'ok
BED quality Of Iaad,ral ACC besides vomiting sa'
b az About II the sIe,ty int~ea - st'eai
ts rt Of M, s1nic "a era ard morsu. uenty
te'sns bed s'-siea a-ou vsp Glossy ~ aa 'Ssein S'.s
sd o. s, S,rsbe. 4 Bresuc Ho,sit, sf;.r the psf
o. ca, OF .,m, piece aBd bsoush. 4, away
lie ton yrugti Or FsEgHon cent slth hni
p-inu t,tood BE- hf. BEL 10 the rooni
b. wed b. Ill thAs msu tarrs wtea away lArfr
s.s-~ouo BE- und 10 the liver bad made anAy.e.
10 90 aI.sllca POISON II chemist could ceTauy Sc
,sc .rtuc IA tie aver in-,tre, mEht nod
muscular aud ssiposc tissues Wit
would Gay death haa been c,a''e % A'eI IA cAes
G. be found in the son>sh ard intetne'
hsdns ire psssut. nss vonAisd fs,yi yomtias very
seloom e dyed ell s arse c hem the to' OF ie "om.cH
iossu0s. uo i.s ssSystNe Of the parts 70 ~niht
ocsJ ape lea ees po' srn,i. I've .. 20 boy
lie Tot tLo~u stn.s stated the effects Of 'aoa' med"
I,ainrS- Archie sometime, Affects TIE y,-
prodIcng paraJss, complete or noomPee' eou'Ptin
ir.i na.lnstioS Of the scmsos sssc so.en,j
uretoUed OF eeah fom ooth iArse sai saA
the stomach o. chrome poisoning the SYMPTOMS ,re
ttsut would cnS'cer case sss ltee ~ees' as IN the
The Distinct Attorney read ons '.stemcDt Of symptom,
YpPosd to have tS'ed 10 me case OF N ssPavai aud
sym,'oms Of ,rseLica pois aud
other but d.eA,c Dor sr.-nia p'snnoE,
you'd brace ~bol- tbcm Nitusss ntcd out sIra
be-, cpuoa not odi att Of sr,ea'c:
TsEin Who'll all tnee symptoms miKnl be pr ID cod
rs bnA,,p Of TOT n.ta-ce. srle ieAannt-
COZ ge.u Of Ens congestion
Of ~ ain c0Dg'ioo % he sdnsJ' aud generally d.od'red
be,b heard # such eOmbiGsson Of d-a'e',
bot believe may occur ana not eq'-nty o,A7f dises'e'
u sht proouc- the symptoms; ~ found ss-nic
10 bcoy after d,sth sh suon symptoms would inter that
tse If death Tee piece ne cut 'on he boy
II s.pbtus larger h.l toe P Of his fla
prevented by other genens from sutyknsr he On.
&c
the prisoner ard tased vita Sl1nesse'i haa h'
opinion e.y every aspect of toe cac bad changed his
b.t .enc va, horn Al the body IN tas nsb5 Giving
Fo.I. .outon-roui se TO three times day the
Dr. J.ue. g. wood recalled By de,n..-Kuev Dr. Tqy a,
on. Of u. the profession bu. he cueagn-d some
y, ~ has b.I. ar, no oec,ion, permit,-d m BELLEVUE
Hospital; OILY p0tiz0r mace there a-d luu,tfatod
IN rs
DR. "A a
Nle.. e.ii1sd thst b. P7i-s1r u Psth51 and
Prscti al nrdcne ire Csge of Phy.csn' ami Surgeons
QUO r. y,cau Of Bellevue aud g. Lnse. Ho,Ps. aud h.i
prsccd M en-. nearly "a ar'enic was 'aPPo'ed 70
have double humsn y.,sm-hr.' al ,rtsut
upon neb with misht cone Ia coo
~bh mish De- c4r'd BY tbs circulation aud also
pressing Influence on the t.tsol. system eea'1 u'n,J
occurred tom poisonon, dose OF nrni 10 10 twelve
hours 70 hi,e Gays h.d seen " 'hoft-r so onser toe
hnt effect Of n'tDic vas on toe mu.uou' @saofsls
ana the .toroseh IL ssrsIH lrss symgton' ., Lou
tom, abe wt;u.s, should hesitate b that icsh
from H. II ind styn ~-rs not force 10 S~u'y ur
brady would produce dsan T. Eou1 BE- Tolerated
di'e,o s quantity hte that given IN such time
TIER. great p.n. would produce death sltsnun
shses ns hour; all the audinun would 0o
BE- tbo-I on BY voeitss Ordinary o. e.r4o a,norI Jose
cture far lsudanu1 ~ou ueosse the eject
the The rnstd,r Of toe testimony mercy
okTstve Anr3 Dot fould 10 the stomach ,nd mrs
tine. foun1 tissue muscular
fbrr .Iu,tire witness would have doub's
is dean b. snoud Wans 'ymp.oa, very 'oSg 70
Cross ex,miusd By Mr. ssdswict-w tres. S,ei 10 ,yey
have xrtsn he .hvos Of aIsuia the human .ystsmi
toned the feet Of rsgs sysn larger quantities. OF
opium other ph ian IN the ciy prnt)0Hs be
G. ncsro qusntit-. e pium light b. taken With
sIy dao,', tue aO',Ipton frOG the .ona Of hld
very rspd be- thought that the ehecs OF ladAugm
would b. sbofb.d ~ minutes spoutaneous disease
o iAr stouA a~sh e' ae i'h'd het 10 Known b. Ihs
g,tTs TIC tsu, 'ymptoms those Of ots-r nhim
c-ase Of hs siocach sastrs prod ICED By
o.pls The pom' a. spontsneou' g.Stri'
f,iy " he f,ebens ~
the oii ulty o. bs'htg Nth obstruction
air passages pbJcsns ,ye arsenic 10 small doe' oa the
fifth II srsin seldom VA sgsr gus ttes a. es'h time Ia
stomach charsCterzrd by great tender
uIon rhs rx.IniDAtion - t1f ~itnss
coutLued Tor tine without ebsins any new fsots
Abu-af here Offered the pfJesdins brought before
Justice Webb, aJd TIE ssnstores attached the vel
before the COr0nr evidence ~hirb
y prosecution, and ruled out BY the Judge
eyio'ncsb
Permission then asked By Mr. Ca,hs 20 read potion, Of
Tho suory 4 D $ DorenIs and Mood ~ Bel
,I portions of tks evidence that they deemed u 10
TIE Cogrs ddsd IL ground
o . hi b the defundist. couL eel sIceEted.
Peu,iOn then asked by Mr. As1mesd b resd the e
Of the Bell , CouDrl Tor pfosecutlon objected
be Couf. stated ma. 0nJ suCh portions could witnesses
bad bee examined upon T r. csfrrse then cllssf
Mr. that be would his Witnesses ready
for p uorpIs.
The Court then adjourned
SUPREME COuRT-CHAsB,ss-M,RcH H.-3eore judge
CLEEkE.
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