Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-25
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The following jury were summoneo 10
hold an inquest on the body Of Teresa
Forjas, the Mexican oma who died on
Sunday, under such suspicious circum-
stances: J. NJ. Clark, D. Mason and K.
Gonzales. The jury were present at the
autopsy on Monday, and viewed the body
The following evidence was adduced, this
morning:
GREGoRIA LOPEZ, sworn - Reside in
Virginia, near house Of deceased ; name OF
deceased was Teresa Forjas, a native OF
Mexico; am no relative; her age was Al
wears she was unmarried, and had no
children she has been sick since Septem-
Der 10th, with pain in chest and some
cough; she was sick, then got better, then
grew sick again, and sent for q doctor;
don't know him well-he lives on the
corner; there witness recognized DR..
Weight y think it was the 9th OF this
month that the doctor was called; am
positive that no other doctor was there;
saw DR.. Tucker there /; don't know that
DIR. McMeans was there; every two or
three days DR.. Weight would write pre-
scriptions; don't know how often he was
there; wrote prescriptions almost every
time the last prescription DR.. Weight
wrote was on Friday, Oct. Goth; l took
the prescription and got the medicine at
Rice s. Livermore's Drug Store medicine
was in a bottle /; Friday was the last TIM
DIR. Weight was there until the day she
died /; he wrote no prescription on that
day no other physician wrote any the
woman knew something of medicine;
and Sunday morning last the deceased
sent me for two bits worth Of quinine /; l
went to the drug store near the corner OF
c and Union streets, and called for two
bits worth Of quinine; I mean the store
| on c street, near Union ; don't know the
name of the proprietor ; know the man
who sold me the medicine; it was white
medicine, and put in q white paper, which
was enveloped by a yellow paper, and
there was writing on the white paper.
TThe witness recognized a paper in the
possession of the Coroner as the one he
got.1 There was but one powder /; it was
marked "Quinine :" I know it is the
same paper, because l tore it in unwrap-
! ping; don't know where the druggist got
the bottle from I; I took the powder to the
deceased and gave it to her she took it
and divided it into four parts ; then she
sent for some coffee and a lime; her
brother was present in the room l was
there and saw her divide it she divided
it into four parts, and took the whole of
one part, leaving three parts in papers ;
the day was last Sunday, and she took
the powder about eight o'clock in the
morning she mixed the powder in q cup
with a little coffee and q piece Of lime; she
was about the house when she took the
powder /; after she took the medicine she
reclined on the bed; half an hour after l
went to get some coffee ; was gone half an
hour; when I returned she could not speak;
She appeared to be half asleep on the bed.
I went after some tea, and when l return
ed, her brother and myself tried to raise
her up to give her the tea, but she could
only open her eyes, but could not speak.
Her eyes were closed. l did not open
her ewes at that time. We let her go to
sleep. In about ten minutes her brother
went out. We did not think her danger
Gus; thought she was asleep ; had never
seen her so before. She had taken no
other medicine. A woman came in to see
her, and told them to get a doctor qick.
DR.. Weight was sent for it was about an
hour and a half after she had taken the
powder. The papers containing the three
powders left I took from her and placed
them in q tin box. As soon as the doctor
came I showed him three Of the powders,
which DR.. Weight took; the other had
fallen to the floor and been tramped on.
Her lips and face were a light yellow.
Here the witness left the room in order
to allow the prescription clerk to enter for
| Identification by the witness. The wit
ness recognized W. T. Frank as the per-
son who sold him the powder.-REP.)
She was a working woman OF temperate
habits.
Cross Ezamined.-I can read writing in
Spanish, not in English. [Shown powder
with the inscription on the paper, and
asked to readit; said it was quinine; shown
another paper with the word Quare writ
ten on it, and could not read it.-REP.
Deceased lived alone; l have been contin-
ually attending upon her since her sick
ness, and hence knew that she had no
other doctor but Voigt; she was taken
sick on Friday, October 9th, and sent tor
me about noon, and I went and got DR..
Volgt; I staid there all that day; l staid
there all night; she didn't leave the house
all day Saturday and Saturday night;
sometimes I went out to eat; l staid ten
DAYS and nights with her; l was there Fri
day helping her do work around the
house; she sent for me again Sunday;
know she was not out Of the house Fri
day and Saturday; the way / know it is
because her brother told me so; there was
no one in the store but the clerk when l
got the powder; he took a little bottle from
a box near the scales and put up the pow
der; he took the bottle containing the pow
der from the box in which the scales are,
and from the right hand side; the powder
was all in one paper; no other than the
aforesaid writing was on the paper; put
the powders in q tin box; left papers there
and did not 20 out Of the house until after
I went after the doctor; deceased did not
call me; her brother was in same room
when DIR. Voight came, he asked to see
the medicine, and the doctor told me that
ne nhu UOI gwen OA0Slo AA ohy SNS
medicine; have not seen the papers from
the time of giving them to DIR. Weight
until this morning; DR.. Weight put the
papers in his pocket; in assisting the de-
ceased d table was knocked down and the
powders fell out of the box on the floor;
one was stepped on; I am sure deceased
was not out of the house on Saturday ;
heard her make no complaints after taking
the medicine; she did not speak. Here
DR.. McMeans was called forward for iden-
tifcation BY witness, who did not know
him.-REP.1 She took the medicine at
s o'clock Sunday morning; know it was
s o'clock, because I saw the clock in a
restaurant when l went home; deceased
washed, ironed and done sewing; she
lived alone no one had lived there.
Direct Examination Resumed The wit
ness testified that Mr.. Frank wrote the
word "quinine" on the exhibited paper.
Recess until half one o'clock. The
Court room has been crowded all day.
Messrs. Barbour & Cossett appear for the
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