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/ stances !" made the last remark after
reading the rest to Harden; gave it
to Harden; it has not been altered a
part Of the jury was present at the
first examination Of the body it was
not such as TO be called thorough !;
perhaps it was because the jury were
impatient and were satisfied / hen
| gave it as my opinion that the indica-
tions were such as would follow the
administration Of arsenic took mp the
body again on the second Of April !;
after taking them out the second time
they were in my possession several
days, when the prosecutor, coroner
and myself, took them to New York,
and delivered them to DIR. Chiffon
DIR. Cole, sworn 81 think the cause
1-uf the spot OH the side of the neck was
the extrapization of the blood, that is,
there was certain quantity of wood
in the capillary vessels off the cutis
Uera at the time of examination, and
it remained there nothing uncommon;
/ received the stomach, Of DR. Black
well, sealed up, and returned it to him
in the same condition.
His evidence was entirely corrobo-
rative of that Of the preceding witness;
nothing new was brought out.
DR.. Samuel Glen, sworn The
spots in the stomach were from the
size of three cent piece TO the small
est conceivable point They were Of
different colors, from q bright purple
to a faded brown. Thought them
caused by the same cause at different
times the most faded being made first.
There were evidences of plurisy in the
left lung. The expression of the cnun-
tenance in death, was of great depres-
sion. Had often seen spots similar to
that upon her neck. The result Of
the examination was to cause suSpi-
ci0n in my mind that she had died Of
poison. Not familiar with symptoms
caused by the administration Of arse
ME.
This witness testified to most of the
same facts with the two preceding.
DR.. James r. Chiffon. sworn:-Am
an analytical chemist have been so
engaged for thirty-fve years referring
to memorandum On the It'll of
April, 1859, received Of Justice Wool
ston. in presence of Joseph Vliet and
E IT, Blackwell. LIST A low, wide
monthed bottle, containing stomach
and quantity of Opaque liquid. la
heled, stomach and contents of sto-
mach of Hannah Lonsa Harden, taken
from her body, March llth, 1859 !"
Cd, a vessel containing portion of
intestines labeled accordingly Sd. A
bottle containing a small quantity Of
blood, labeled "A portion of the
blood of Hannah Louisa Harden. Ia
ken from her body, April Cd, 1859 :"
4th, a small glass Jar, containing a
spleen and pancfies 5th. jar con-
tanning bladder and kidneys Pat
them all under lock and key--no other
person having access to them Exam
ined the stomach first, as it was taken
from the body before burial. It's en-
tire inner surface was marked by brown
patches, and inRamed, especially near
the pyloric ori6ce; one of the brown
patches was one and a half inches in
diameter-the next small The villous
CUdl III tue SlUHihCH Was udtuIdl III d %
pearance, but upon examination with
magnifiers, showed small white specks
these were carefully separated and
dried. A few were laid upon live
Goals. they Immediately votalized,
burning with the light blue fame Of
arsenic
The remaining particles were boiled
in distilled water, this was divided into
three parts. To one part was added
a few drops of alnmonia-nitrate of
silver, and it produced a lemon-yellow
precipitate. To the second part was
added a few drops of ammonia-sul-
phate of copper, and it produced a
grass green precipitate. Into the 81
portion was passed some supplemented
hydrogen gas and few drops of hy-
drocloric acid added, a bright yellow
precipitate was the result; this was
dissolved by the addition of amnpnied
and repreeipiied by the addition Of
hydrocloric acid From these results
itaiS evident these particles were arse.
NOUS acid, commonly called white
acid.
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/ THIRD DAY.
THURSDAY MORNING, April 10.
The direct and cross, examination of
DR. Chiffon took up most Of the fore.
noon, after which the following witness
ses were offered
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