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looked around the house but found nothing
except one powder that she said DIR. Iitz
had left Or the way back we met VoIi-
mont with the warrant, which he said he
wanted me to execute [ told him | did not
wish to do SO. lie said the Justice told
him to get the first man he met aud that [
was the first. | took the warrant. and we
went to Pretetts, and afterwards to Cor
mont's, who committed her, and placed her
in my custody to take to Jail. On the way
from Mulsou' to Flood house had some
conversation with Mrs Miller. She com
menced the talk. She asked me whether [
wouldn't let her go that night told her |
could not. | then asked her the reason for
wanting to go.
Objection was made to the admission of
confessions made by the prisoner, and testi-
mony taken to enable the Court to deter
mine the question
Adjourned to Saturday morning at A. NJ.
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Friday's Proceedings,
urt re-conyened at 9 o'clock, A. ,

court Te-conNened at y o CLOCK, A. NJ.
LAWRENCE FLooD, re-called.-I lived with Mil
iers l3 or Il years ago They have lived togeth-
er since. have since then been frequently at
their house up to the time of Mr.. Millers death
Didn see anything particularly wrong between
them. .
C,oss-erumined The place where we hunted
for the arsenic the township road between
Miller's house and Pretetts On the day of the
funeral, was outside most Of the time, arrang-
ing teams, was in the room only few minutes
before the coffin closed The body was lying
in the room prior to its being placed in the coffin
large number of persons were in and about the
house. 1t on the 23d of July. when VolIi-
mont MOwry and myself went to Pretetts to see
Mrs Miller "Joe" told me he married her at
BelIefonte I never learned whether she was born
in this country or Europe They had children
when | first knew them. There are now three
living, one dead Mrs Miller is a very quiet
woman L afterwards went to look for the poison
with Mr.. Thomas Mccullough at the run. On
the night of the J. tn the evening before he died
was the first time [ went to see Miller after he
took sick got there between and 10 o'clock
He died about clock on the 18th During the
time was there Mrs Miller was attending to her
household duties and to her children.
By Com'h When [ was there on the Ilth 1
smelt nothing offensive. There is no cellar-it is
partly dug out underneath 1t is a log house not
plastered, the lower part lined with boards, the
upper jOists covered with boards not ceiled
few days after the funeral, having heard that Mrs
Miller was not at the house, | went up to see
The house closed. There was COW and a
couple small pigs there She quiet when
she was intoxicated.
Mrs. ANNA MARIA PRErErr, re-caled.-0n the
morning of the next day after Miller was buried
when L came home, / found Mrs Miller at NV
house The children were with her. She said
she had come the night before. She remained
there until she was arrested. She stated that she
was afraid to stay in her house that she
couldn't content herself, that Joseph was such a
wicked man that she was afraid of him and
couldn't bear TO stay in the house. She went to
the place TO milk her COW, she said as she was
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Saturdays Proceedings.

Court re-convened at clock, 4. NJ.
The Court after hearing some further tes-
on the admlsSibility of the confessions of
Mrs. Miller decided against receiving evi-
dence relative to the admissions of the pris-
oner to the witness on the stand
BRICE CONWAY, recalled Not to nv
knowledge-there were no rats or smell of
rats about the house. At the place where
Miller moved from few weeks before
his death, the rats were pretty nu-
merous. None at the other house | was
in the cellar frequently, on the garret and
through the house. Saw no rats, saw signs
OF where they had been before.
Mrs. ANNA MARIA PRETETr, recalled. =
In May, NY house having burned, lived a
couple of weeks with Millers They quar-
relied some Most every day or every other
day they had some words. They quarrelled
about her not keeping the house clean, her
self and her children.
Cross -ecam,ned He complained. She
was careless, dirty woman. She worked
in the open fields. | have seen her harrow
ing in grain and hauling rails. [ have heard
her husband asking if she wouldn' do these
things. She would GO Miller was not in
the habit of getting drunk. She was When
he complained, she was at times quiet but
sometimes would answer him roughly. They
mostly talked English while | was there
She never had a great deal to say. Mrs
Miller had 3 children and [ had there.
By Com h.-Mr. Miller was hard work
ing man. 1t is customary for most of the
women in this neighborhood to work out in
the fields. have heard her swear at him.
Commonwealth rests
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The Commonwealth, in re-buttal, call

The Commonwealth, in e-buttal call
FREDERICK HARTLINE, sworn.-Johu Bonrs,
(. f Noilimont and myself. appraised the pei.
sonal property of Miller. We examined every
thing in the house, on the garrett there En
-four there in three barrels, they were open there
was no sign of rats or fence squirrels in the bar
rels. Didn't notice whether there were any old
signs then or not. There we're no dead rats about
the house that L know. | was one of the nen
who helped to raise and re-bury the body Of MI
Ter. The body was not taken out before the Phy'
sicians got there. When il was taken into tue
house, the first time, it was washed by AugrS
Mulson and Mr.. Hoffman. 1 was present all h'
time from the raising of the BODY until il was re-
buried After it was taken 10 the house ns
doctors told us to come out and they put soIs
thing in like smoke. (disinfectants) After lns
room was again opened. DR.. Hartswick Was NC
first man who handled it. Hoffman, Mal.9o
coffin. We then buried him again. The co1a
was put in a rough box. I staid there until 'a'
grave was filled up. No other person that l s's'
touched the body.
Cross-exanlinsd-It was over half an h2a' o..
from the time the doctors got through until Il'
body was put into the cofin again There were
great many persons going in and OUT OF the IO.
As soon as the doctors got tn rough the boay sts
put IN the coffin and August Mulson scresel o.,
lid on. The coffin was not taken out until a. s
the inquest left for Mulsonburg. 1t was on =.
urday, August 4th, that we made the spPfA''
ment of the property.
AUGUST MULsoN sworn.-I assisted TO Is. -
body of Xavier Miller. was there all the - -
until it was put back in the grave L heipsr onsb
wash it. From the time the doctors were 10
with their exam inaton until it put bacA
the grave no. body touched it. The body eo.' he
watched from ouside of the door went I"
grave and helped to bury it, ii n.
CroSs-e1amined.-I was in the room HHtsp o.
time, except during the Is or 20 minutes rbsD
Mr. Swoope was generating gas was N .bsn
Biegelman scattered lime over the floor aso ,sc.l
water sprinkled over the floor. Don 80 10
lect that was out when certain person Co.,
me and said that the flies were bad
CHRISTIAN BIEGLExAs, sworn.-When cam nv
hehouse, they were beginning to wash lhs III 20,
Did not help to wash but carried water a mil
things ready. 1 was there from that une ar,iuk
the body was buried. / saw the Goai - ult
that time. Saw no person touch the body y, o. g 10
any thing on it. Did not see the grave n-''
came back to the house to wash the roo f,r a
CroSs-ezan;rea.-When I would 90
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Dr.. J. G. HARTswICK, re-called.-Was asked a
question similar to that propounded to Professor
hand. and said he would attribute the death OF
the patient to the effects of arsenious acid
CrOss-eEaHaiAsd.--It 1t would not change his opin
ION II he had taken two bites of Indian turnip
lor arum triphyllum) "a hours previous to death.
II the symptoms described existed, and arsenic
were found in the remains, would not reced e
from the above opinion. Choloratic symptoms
are, In some respects, analogous. The condition
of the atm osphere during the past summer pre-
disposed to attacks of this nature The average
period in which death ensues after arsenicaI poi-
soning is from Is hours 10 days. but the time at
which death occurs may vary from or hours TO
30 days. There is case recorded in which
death totk place at the end of sixteen days.
My opinions and statements are based exclusive
ly authorities, and not upon my own expert
ence. Repeated doses would tend to shorten the
period at which death ensues
By C0rsM.-Cases of poisoning are classed as
acute and chronic Acute poisoning is where one
limit already specified Chronic poisoning is
where repeated doses administered, neither
one OF itself sufficient to produce death or where
the period OF death is prolonged beyond the time
hSed under the general rule given. If the
symptoms of the last illness correspond with those
produced by arsenic and the post mortem appear
anees are those ordinarily caused by arsenic, and
upon chemical examination arsenic is found in
the remains. there is no other reasonable hvpoth-
esls upen which death can lie accounted for ex-
eept to the effects of arsenic. There was no chol-
era IN Ciearheld county last summer to my
knowledge.
DR.. r. Y. WILSON, recalled The hypbotbeti.
cal question was read to W itness. Under such a
state of facts as is described in this question. [
would say that death was produced by arseuieaI
poisoning. If the patient had "a hours before IA
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TO CoNSuNIpTIYES.

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This is Fl ON the Pastor of Church Of

This is Fl ON the Pastor of Church Of. lis
name wilbc given on application.
Albany, Aug. %, 1866.
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VNsOLYENT'S NOTICE.

IL the matter of the application of Jeremiah E.
Holmes an Insolvent Debtor, for the benefit of the
aSth Art Code Of Public General Laws of Mary
land.
Court for Washington County.
ORDERED, by the Clerk of the Court this Goth
day Of March, 1857 that the first Monday ofthc July
Term Of this Court, next succeeding the date Of
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tlrss allegations his creditors cndersers and
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that said petitioner by causing copy of this order
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49, True Copy-Tcst:
LEWIS D. NYMAN,
March 2s. Clerk.