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

F. Vollimont were there with me, and helped,e ,ex-
cept Noillmont A great many persons were
there that day. was one who went to the cab
met makers shop for the rough coffin. Voih
mont asked me to assist in raising the body, but
can say who asked me to help buryit again.
F. f. NoLLIMoSr, sworn.-The District A ttorney
got me TO have the body raised Was present
when it was re inferred. 1t was put back in the
coffin, the coffin screwed up, placed in rough cof
fin, put into the grave. and the grave filled up
Was there when the doctors came back. Saw the
body taken oat of the sr I'VE that time. The doc
tors were at the house before the body was taken
out of the grave. The second time coffin
lifted out of the rough coffin and TAX in but
not opened until after it was in the house.
CroSs-ezamfnsa Tho rough coffin was not ta-
ken out of the grave. The coffin lid was broken
in a little at one corner. We had dug down to
the rough box before tho doctors came VIM.
Mccartney. Lawrence Flood, Hanson Smoke,
Christian Biedleman, Prosper Coudriet, and my
self were present. didn't help. They buried
the body again. Xavier Miller is uncle to my
wife. He buried in his clothing, with q
shroud over them. Imade the information before
the Justice.
PRoF. b. HOWARD RAND sworn a m Professor
of Chemistry in jefferson Medical College, Phil
adelphia. Visited the grave yard at Frenchvile
with Drs. Hartswick and Wilson. Brought in
the remains was requested to examine to deter
mine the presence or absence of Arsenic. There
was little remaining except the skeleton, the
ganized tissues being mostly broken down into
pulp In the ca witty OF the pelvis the decompo-
sition did not seem to have proceeded so far and
obtained among other material, piece of firm
tissue, which believe to have been a portion of
the rectum L collected in all tn rec varieties of
material which | put in three separate jars with
the assistance had there. One jar contained
the matter from the peIvs-the least decomposed.
a second the pulpy organic matter of the body
generally. The third contained portions of the
wrappings of the body. l could not say at the
time from the appearance if these wrappings
were portions of shroud of ordinary dress.
The three Jars were packed in box which
the lid was screwed and sealed. These seals
were broken in my labratory in Philadelphia.
he matter was then divided into four parts.
The first was the matter found in the pelvis; the
second and third, the organic matter generally
from the body. and the fourth the remains of the
wrappings of the bods. made a chemical ana
lysis of Nos ], and 4. No. was reserved in
case Of accident The preliminary test known
Reinschs s test showed evidence of presence of
Arsenic in Nos. and 2-No jar, evidence
of the presence of Arsenic. No further test was
made of No 4, this negative result being deemed
sufficient Nos. and were then mixed /; the
organic matter was destroyed and Marsh's test
applied This confirmed the preliminary test.
L obtained arsenious acid in the form of a subli-
mate from the Reinscl s test and also in solution
from the Marsh's test. l examined the crystals
of arsenious acid under the microscope and iden-
o D sss the mode
have slips of copper used in Reinsch's test The
one marked No was used for the wrappings of
the remains of Y. Miller 1t shows no deposit.
No. shows the presence of the arsenic deposit
very distinct No. not distinctly. Subse-
quentiy made an examination of jar No. 3.
The matter in this jar not at first treated
with muriatic acid. 1t was evaporated gently to
dryness acidulated with muriatic acid and dis
titled to dryness. The liquor obtained by distil-
lation was tested with the copper (Reinsch) test,
and deposits obtained more distinct than
those obtained in the first instance, owing to tho
absence of the organic matter. The deposits
were the usual deposits from solutions containing
arsenic, and consist of compound of arsenic and
ahat,, ,sefza IL.
with probably some free metallic arsenic. L have
slips of copi e. with deposits obtained from No.
3. Exhibited slips to Jury) These slips were
obtained from material left after the other exper-
iments had been tried. The portion tanned
the slips here Is but moderate portion of that
l obtained. The rest was consumed in confrma-
tory operations. as l thought 1t more important
to he perfectly clear In my own mind as to the
results of my examina ton than to reserve speci-
mems for exhibition. l showed to Mr.. Williams
the slips btaned from Nos. l, and 4. Tam
graduate in medicine-of jefferson Medcci Col
lege-was a practitioner prior to assuming
and still practice, not to any great
extent. The symptoms of poisoning by arsenic
vary according to the age of the patient and the
condition of the stomach. and the form in which
il is administered The symptoms. usually
summed up by the authorities, in case of poison
ing by full dose of arsenious acid, are, first.
feeling Of weakness or prOstration, followed by
vomiting which are incessant and not relieved
by ordinary means. 1t is at first of the contents
of the stomach. afterwards of mucus and fluids
which are taken to quepch thirst, which, howev-
er, is persistent and very tormenting; burning
pain in the stomach, increased upon pressure,
after short time purging, sometimes discharges
are streaked with blood. excessive restlessness,
som etmes commissions sometimes fainting- There
is also an injection of the white portion of the
eye what call the con- njectiva, and the eyes
are often swimming, sometimes there is marked
Intolerance of light, and IN a few cases excoria
ion of the mouth, throat. and the region about
he anus Death may be produced by arsenic and
40 arsenic be found in the stomach and duodenum.
First by an irritating effect upon the
tomach and bowels, causing nhamm alton and
secondly, after its absorption into the system, by
Is effects upon the system generally Arsenic,
after being taken into the stomach, passes after
moderate time into the intestines and there the
absorption takes place. 1t is thrown off the
stomach by vomiting, and passes o1t of the intes-
ines by purging. The absorbed arsenic passes
IF in the urine the bile, and through the skin
If the patient fingers sufficient length of time,
he arsenic may be eliminated from the system
,y these methods and still produce death After
eight hours arsenic may be elimited from the
tom ach and still have produced death. Absorp-
ion and elimination cease after death The az
enic found after death is not the whole quantity
hat has produced death. but is that which re-
mains, and which itself must have had its share
n producing death. think a general rule
rsenic would be found in the stomach "Taylor
IN Poisons" is good authority. "ChrIstison
'oisons'' is received authority, but not so late
S Taylor. N using Marsh's test in the analysis.
tested the spots obtained. The spots obtained
y Marshs test resemble somewhat those produ-
ed by antimony under similar circumstances
Irsenic spots disappear at a heat Deow redness,
rsenic being volatile below 500 degrees of Fab
cnheit's thermometer. Antimonial spots require
full red heat to cause them to disappear AFsen-
spots are soluble in warm solution of hypo-
hlorite of lime, which is found the clear lio-
or obtained by mixing the ordinary chloride Of
ime so called with water and allowing ii to settle
With proper .precaution no other spots can be
listaken for those of arsenic except the antimo-
iaI spots referred to The antimonial spots will
ot dissolve in hypo-chlorite of lime L tested
he spots obtained by both these methods. sm