Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-01-23

was reported about her L asked what talk She
said she had heard that they had taken Mr.
CranstOn and put him in Jail. She spoke of hav-
ing been at the store the day before her husband
died then asked her what she had got at the
store. She said she had got pounds of sugar.
quart II vinegar, corn broom, and a bottle
of castor oil That is ali she said she got. She
said she didn { get any arsenic there if Cranson
said she got any, be wGs a liar When at Miller's
house, L never perceived any offensive smell as
though there were something dead about it.
staid with Mrs. Miller, at her own request at Mr..
Floods the night after she was arrested
CyoSs-examiHed-Mr Miller was arrested on
Monday. She went back TO attend to the COW af-
ter the time when she said something had caught
hold of her.
BRIcE CONWAY. re-called-on the evening of
the III of July, before went to Miller's house,
about SIX o'clock, saw Mrs Miller. She came
TO my house and said she wanted some of US fol IS
TO come up and stay with Joe that night. that Joe
was going to die that nj ght [ told her thou ght
it couldn't be possible: for had seen him in the
corn field working around that day. She said he
would die, and that she wouldn't stay alone.
told her then that some of would try and come
up after while and she left
CroSs-eraml7ie9 i went UP tn at evening Mil
Ter appeared great deal worse He told me he
would die, that he was burning up. L was of the
opinion.
By COm,M.-Saw Mrs. Miller and Mrs Pretett,
a lew days after the funeral, going to Miller 5
place [ asked her why she didn't stay on the
you k7ow Joe was very bad man. and L am
afraid to stay. told her | thought she ought to
stay there as it would all go to destruction. She
made the reply that she wouldn't stay there for a
thousand dollars. told her I thou ght she had
better, as the horses and COWS would eat all the
grain up. She said she wouldn stay there at
any rate
JACOB MowRY, re-ealled.-I saw Mrs. Miller
about o o'clock, on the evening OF the 1lth, at my
place. One or two of her children were with her
She said she wanted me to come up that Joe was
going to die that night. L told her it couldn't
be that he would die that night. She said, yes he
would asked her if there was anybody with
him and she said there is not.
Cross-erantned.-I went up, found him bad,
thought he would die. Several persons were there.
JOHN Bonner recalled i laid out the
corpse of Mr.. Miller. John Mignot helped
me. After shaving him we put on him
new hickory shirt, pair of wooden pants
almost new, a black silk neckerchief, and
next day shroud, made of white muslin.
Whilst | was about the house on the IIth,
there was no offensive smell [ did not see
or hear Of rats about the house
DR.. r. V. WILSON, recalled IL was pres
ent hen the remains were PLACID in the
jars by Prof. Rand. They were clean. They
had been washed. The small degree of os-
sitication of the semi-lunar valves of the
heart, to which [ have referred. would not
account for the acute gastrltis. 1t is fire.
quently found in persons dying from other
diseases.
Gross -ecanrined-There are many known
instances in which absorbed arsenic was
found in other portions of the remains and
not in the stomach and duodenum They
are European cases. According to my pres
ent recollection, this is the first case of the
kind in America. The truth is, much less
attention has been paid to toxicology in this
than there should have been, much
less than in Europe.
Mrs. BLoNDINA BONNER, re called. Was
at Mlller's the day of the funeral. His IA
ther and other relations were there Didn't
see Mrs. Miller weep. At my solicitation
S he went in to see the corpse. When |
came out she followed me out. I took her
IN again when her father came, but she did
not remain minute. Her father wept but
she did not.
Gross -ecamjnea The corpse. was put in
the coffin about half an hour or an hour be-
fore 1t was taken from the house. The sec
ond time | took Mrs Miller into the room.
it was in the coffin. The body was very of
fensive.
T. f. VoLLIMoNr, recalled i was along
with Mr. Flood when he went to see Mrs.
Miller at Mrs. Pretett's. Witness detailed
a similar state of facts to those already testi-
fed to BY Mr.. Lawrence Flood. She want
ed to take her little girl along; we told her
it was no use. She said she would that
maybe lt was the last time she. would see
her. When we got below Mulsonburg, she
wanted to go up and see John Mulson to 90
bail. MulSon was not at home. We
then went to Squire Gormonts, and he
committed her. Gormont told her she was
brought there for poisoning her husband;
she said 1t wasn't so. At Mulson's we all
took a drink. We wouldn't allow her to
take any strong drink, and Mrs. Mulson
gave her small glass of cherry brandy.
Cross -erantjneL hear the little
girl say she wanted to go along Didn't see
the mother cry when we refused to let her
take the girl along. Don't believe told
her the arsenic was charged at Cranston'
AFTERNOON SESSION.
LAWRENCE FLooD, recalled WIN. NJ
Cartney Thompson is the right name of the
person who went with me, when we met Vol
imont with the warrant. He was working
for me on my saw-mill. On the second
search for the arsenic, [ asked Mrs. Miller
at what time she had thrown the arsenic "a
way at that place. She said on her way
down to Pretett' after Joe's death After
wards VIM. NJ Cartney asked her what time
she had thrown 1t away She said on her
way up to the place to milk the COW. She
said Mrs. Pretett and little Jane Pretett
we're with her. [ asked Mrs. Pretett wheth-
.r she saw her throw it away, and she said
,he hadn't. Mrs Miller made answer and
aid she had thrown it away as she walked |
1ehind them, that they couldn't see her. [ +
lsked her how she came to throw it away
he said she had it in her pocket with her
obacco, and for fear of getting it mixed and |
her, she had thrown it away.
Cross-eranpned.-Can't say whether [ |
old this before the inquest. don't remem-