New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-09
Law XNTELLLqBNO.K.
TIE STEPHENS WIFE-POISONIEG CASE.
COURT or OYER And TERaISER.-MsEch 2.-Belo5e
Jldse ROOSEVELT.

SECOND DAY.
The People, &c. at James ST pheus
The Court was well attended yesterday to hear the
further e1sninston Of witne ir this After
some little discussion regard to the exclusion of m
examined wtnesses, which the Court decided 10 be
entirely matter of discretion the proceedings COM
mencet.
DR.. Josish s. Cadrnus Of No I2j Levipg.on avenue
was sgoru and asiJ-I kUeTthe prisoner and his wife,
having attended TIE latter about year previous tn
her death; attended her twice. on the bin aud TN OF
s. ptembcr 1851, b1t DO not recoIoct By whom Was
called nor whether / prescribed; but her symptoms
were sickuess at 'he 5tomsch, ami nau:eai on not
call a third time because | Wa not requested to;
had done service for Mr.. Stephens sone years pre-
Nious tor Whoh he refused 10 pty the u amount q
TIE bill, because had not bfen called To- every yi-lt
did not consider her case 10 he dangerous one At
the time and IL my impression q no her general
health mad been good; sne arge-silod woman
a. 10 whether laudanun would have been d proper
medicine 10 prescribe uLdcr he; cirCuust tnces, AN
not prepared to answer, for DO not recoacLi there
wss 10 symptom that LETT any decided impression On
my mind.
Or. Francis w IremObger, OF No. M Eas. Thirty
third street, next sHOu-l visited the vie oi MI
Stephens four 1--WE days before her death and o1nd
her SYMPTOMS 10 be nausea, vomiting ana ptcHlht
s.psations about the stomach she was considerably
deli ted and said very liitls do not recul.c s1y
OF her words, how she appeared about the moath
ana iips nor whether she alked for onnki tue usual
symptoms Of poisoning by arsenic-though they vary
IN every case, and two OF which are frequently
Wantinggre pain over the region VI tue stomach, N
creased by pressure, a bufnirg senssu1n IN the
throst, a great desire for cold dIilEs rest
losIess, interFe anxiety eud toward the last
Inflammation, which extends 10 tho lower bowels fol.
lowed By collapse OF the t1tremties and death. dd
not suspect At the time that SIZE hGu tax IN arseJlc,
tbCugh sue had Inflammation, which m gilt have been
caused by arsenic, / understood that she hld been
sick about two we ks. visited her three times end
the only scrpton recoiect wss that OF Spanish
hy blister over the stomach, which relieved her con-
sideraby. She vOmed less freq gently, aud her pans
were less. Several prescriptions IN Nuuug from tle
spothecsry we're here handed to witcess, which ne
identified as bls hanlwrungl on not can iouith
time b, ctuae toni that ny services Wefo not iuT-
Their wanted. saw her last, probably thirty. x hours
before her death, and wrote csIihcae OF burial tIe
day after that occurred, in which the cause was taei
a. inflammation CT the stomach. Mrs. stephens was
large hssiy woman snd appeared weak and debi,-
taed. The prisoner | think was pIe,ent at al my
visits except one, a. which tine ne came IN as va
going out. did not see her body between TINS time
and The Coroner LQuest after II rad been eXhum d.
Cross-examiled b. NJ. Jumsu-The vomiting
causei By takirg arsenic was sometimes cJmpanlsj
by blood, AID sometimes not Sulphate OF guLInei ne
il Is colo in tD8 shops has, sometimes, Gts-hle as an
Ingredient QuinDe Is uscd as tonlci arsenic - also,
IN certain doses. 1t IL not an uncommon mug Tor
physicians 10 give certificates Of DEATH though tneY
rad no. seen the patient for some tune, irVM wa.
they know Of the case, anu ifom tae resPectaoy oI
the fanny.
Crossexsmined by Mr. Astmes5-I did state the
Coroners uTy las reported ~ Of the par n that
flon what Mr.. CaTdwsn said vas sorry / h7l
/ given t1e certificate IT deatn; AMI that | bad no
Suspicion az the time that Mr.. Stephens hsd been
poisoued there is adGteratoL IN the manufacture
Of quirIue 90 my knOsledge; 10 regard TO Jwl.rs
| Solution which was on tie prescnptousl DO not
knOS Vi - tue sdOferations solff hr- ~ plc1s
was better 81 my last visit; know Misses sophia and
Fanny Bell tie lstter Of whom present AZ most Of
my visits; t-ere 10 aut.mgnal compound tRluk,
| ID the medicines prescribed.
To Mr. Subsidiaries does usualy follow pol
soLing By orsenc Mrs. Stephens, at tho lime .rea 81
/ her vas n dangerous condition, though dIt not
think enc would die Mrs. Sc phenss cssc ss neither
choera, cholera morhus nor bilious cLoic.
Stephen Ii. Nandeuhof, Il the firm Of Shipay q
NaLcenhOh iner Of Third avenue aud Twenty sew
euth street, wss then eKaliuedlle r5Cognllei tAe
presc1ip tiobs cent in by Dr. TemOugsr aod certified
the srtices pu! up by them were pure, as they hsl
Miss Sophia Bel was sworn, ami said-l reside at
No. % Third avenue; AN - Yeas a sGe ws- born
in Iresud and have been IN this country three years
was the niece Of Mrs. Stephens; Teccuecs seelrg
Mr.. Stephens AZ ny fathers house ii Cayac County,
ireland where he vas married % ny aunt about
eleven years ago; Mr. and Mrs. pLens have been
| in this country about seven years; II answer to
letter ny parents IN Ireland, which Ets.et that NJ
Stephens he'd been very kird 10 me was requested
10 place myself n'er the gui5 -ncc II Mr. and Ms.
Stephens; seamslIcss and dress -ker enf III
| come woIk Of that description .. the tire Mr..
Stepters frs; sickenej which was at No. l66 Est
TRenly.s6YeatA street. d.. Csdinus E&s tie inst
physician hat attended Ter, ami AS first cal vas
made in prescrce, IN the forenoon; he was called
At Mr. s. phc-ss suCgeslon who ssd that sbe llrs.
| S,eptensl had been complaining, and must have
doctor Mr.. Stephens did moi want 2 physician. 'nd
seu. away to market, leaving wort - taa. effect
enc told toe doctor when she rltGrned tina, there was
scmettipg wrong with her chest bat lie SID lie could
discover nothing q any importance; Mrs. Stephens
weighed Ice pounds two OF three months prevl5u' %
her death, and bad always been 10 toe habit Of wJk-
ng in her Own family; lad never been sex eXcsp. a.
the birth q: fer child, IN Oh the ysry day th-.
| arrived 10 'hs country; she seemed % be getting
worse after DR.. Cadpus l-t Of attending le. =. Der
last Sickness she said she asd pan 10 AeT chest Ia.
ilt lie rolling ball Of ire ard N - !, seemed q
move upward into her throst until she tro1glt
she could toCch I. with her finger which ssnsa-
tor bec1ue I1c.s sad more painful uutI sls del
STE o. 81 made tie expression b1l G! are, shortly
after Dr.. IfeIOnger commenced - attend her, and
couplaired Of tne sensation continually. DR.. Ire
inolesr attended her darlg the greater part az the
week 10 wiish sbs died. cbe sad frequently, that
she soud neither est drrs she thought abe Toch
be better as eating ard drinking affected her 2 su11
a manner ss 20 make her vOmit, when she would
strain so hard that SIZE had 70 take hod upon the bed
Sometimes not a momsnt after eatlny soc yon,ed;
sometimes lJIg ger.
Q. Did you see Mr.. Stephens give her frIii
Mr. Ashmesd objected 20 the question and oblee-
ton sr.tainsd
o. DO you krow Of your sunt estirg any fnt dlr-
inc her sickness 4. 30 hot; during hsr sickness
was working at dressnskiug 81 Ars. Merriier :, 10
Fiiy.secold street M sister, Fanny Bel, vac hoae