The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-07

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would not have you to doctor q sick cat, as you
would XIII it.n Excessive iaughter.)
i1s ae Ss ySn snow
towards his WIFE by her bedside and at home gene
raiiy' mat Is, tending to make her life unhappy,
poctor-Wel Nickerson, while ! attended his
we, never asked me whether she would get well;
| go 70 her bedside az is the case generally with
!riends, and ne would not answer any OF my ques-
tons; no one in the house would tell me what made
! her SICK, and was In great ignorance; all seemed
| 70 have an unwillingness To refer to tue mat
to such an extent that Mrs Nclerson at last turned
to me and said ~ have mad such turns before doc
tori; found out that none ever had been SO severe
as this one; she feeble she could nor really
explain the character OF her attack at tins time as
| her husband was standing beside me- / turned TO
him and said. ~ understand your wife has had such
attacks before, has she ~ to which question he
refused togo after medicine; he would not 20 after
the blister 10 Nyack he seemed to think 1t too much
,roaDle the blister was Determined his wife should
| - stOre:r told him mop afterwards made the
blister myself rom old material, but IT was Of
| account; he then got some save from DR.. HarrnQ,
| and did not want him to--tsuppressed aughter
| Mr.. Nickerson never complained Of the medical
| she; 1t was seldom that could see Mr.. Nickerson
when called AT the houses It seemed as ne avoided
he always treated me unciyIy; would look scorn-
uy at me- on the 18th OF august the day before her
| death, put small teaspoonful OF brandy IN a
halt lumber OF water sweetened, and put half
! teaspoonfui Oh Mrs. Nickersons tongue, but her
hands ana scolded me for giving the brandy and
water 10 her; on the 9th OF October wnen saw him
he said had given her medicine to burn her throat
mouth, stomach, and that was the cause Of her great
! pain ana s0reness"-.
| A Voice-Very likely.
Doctor-And he said that the miserable manner
that had treated his wife would Kill me out OF my
| practice and soon would have to run away".
Doctor-He also frequently called me in--store
"What allied MS wllep, told him IN putting him
| OIL, tnat l would tell him some time" but not
| then; again Oh the street lie asked and shook
his INST at me; as Il he would say that was an zig
norant man." as II he knew al was big fool;n he
also told me sneeringly that could not see before
three O'Clock IN the mornng;,' wrote him letter
my Impressions were at the time that the cause OF
her sickness was 'grief and rrouble but 1T did not
satisfy me at all, because had observed unpleasant
| feelings between them at times; soon alter saw
| him, and as he did not answer my letter
there distinct traces OF poison in the case
| my mind was made to work up' the case as best
could at irst went to the Misses Stevens but they
| would not give me any information; they spoke
about the letter, and did not feel very pleasantly
about my sending IT. they would not listen to me at
ali, and declined saying any thing about Mr. Nicker
son; on corner of street In Clarkstown, during
the latter part OF October, last year, met MI.
"Do you see anything greenV' "Yes. returned, II
see somebody very green and stupid"
Coroner-We don't want these personalities; give
testimony about the case, his wife, and nothing else
but what Is relevant thereto;
| Doctor-I told him that his wife "had been sick
| ana had died IN u very queer and very mysterious
| way' said 81 understand her case now; can see
l
is to my mind;' he sad ''You stop SUCH talk or
| Will come and knock you over" and with this
meant to execute this threat, stepped back from
| him and told him sh0uld have the matter mves
lie t s,,v the @or,n truth loo ,ns out
the guilty person, wanted to know it," Mr.. Ncker
son cropped ms head and did not say any,hng he
| the opposite direction, and then We separated.
by counsel or the Go was mot tea
| latter part OF May 1873.
! cAN On. HENasELEa BE cRoss.ExAMINEDf
At this stage OF the proceedings Mr.. q. p. Hoff-
man, who had been quietly taking notes OF the
doctors testimony, said that he appeared in
| behalf OF Mr.. Nickerson and Coroner Sloat who
had been wiruly mislepresented Ia previous reports
Of the case. He claimed the privilege OF crossex-
such statements, furnished evidently by DR.. Heng.
geler should be fifty characterized; that they were
suppressed many Important facts within his know.
| ledge, ana he had uttered innuendoes which were
that he wanted this opportunity for fun vndlca-
ton OF his clients and such would be the ultimate
right Of MIR. Hoffman to speak and the Coroner
| sustained the objection.
Isaiah Milburn, the foreman Of the jury, then
stated that they wished such cross-examlnation to
proceed, and that by Mr.. Hoffman, as they desired
tue Whole rin IN the case The Coroner however
BY Juror-We want to cross-examine Or.
Henggeier, and under the circumstances, ask you TO
| keep him here In town until We can -
Coroner-Certainiy; Doctor, you VIII remain here
/
Another yoice-Fasten ball and chain 10 him;
! rested.
Mr.. Philip Moeller, druggist OF Nyack who put
during his professional attendance upon Mrs.
Sophia L. Nickerson, testified that there was great
p roiuson Of padoplyn peppermint OIL n9x voca
syrup, ungh-hydr-nitr ana pyrophosphate OF iron,
with some directions for use.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pye stated under oath that she
often visited Mrs. Nickerson during her last illness;
that Mr.. Nickerson was always very solictous re-
garding his wife's health; that at all times there
were the greatest manifestations OF extreme Kind.
| ness aud consideration between them. Mrs. Pye
| bell aud Mrs Bridget House. Mr.. Abraham Merritt,
OF Nyack, never knew or heard OF the Misses Stevens
being with Mr.. Nickerson after his wfe's death or
| before.
THE TESTIMONY OF MISS MARGARET STEVENS,
VINO attehdea tae s deceased curing er sickness
the doctor prescribed IL; that the doctor was
tnually changing the prescriptions ana did not
| that her sickness was nervousness and Mysteries
Her testimony was taken at length, during which
| she either explained contradicted many state
| ments OF DR.. Henggeer, which caused excited ex-.
pressions OF interest from the audience. she was
l. House also testified that he never saw knew or
heard Of the Misses Stevens riding with Mr.. Nicker
son.
| TESTIMONY OF PROFESSOR r. OGDEN DoREMUs.
received from Coroner Quackenbush portions Of
L. Nickerson OF CiarksviIle on the 10th OF April last
for anaiysis-viz the stomach, intestines liver, kid
neyS anu portions OF muscular uSSues-wIth the re-
quest to submit the to genealogical analysis;
the stomach and int6stnes bore evidence Of irri
tation by poison which might be accounted for
| II poison had been administered owing
TO the length OF time eapsing since the
death; the postmortem appearances Of the
| other organs for the same reason were Of no
/ especial value or guide as to the presence
! Or absence Of poison; examination was first
| made for volatile and organic poisons; the
! first class, which, owing to the lapse OF time,
would naturally evaporatc the alkaloids, such as
| strychnla morphia and that class were searched
for In the stomach and ntestines, but no evidence
OF tue presence OF any OF them oDtained exani-
nations were then Instituted the acid and me-
talic posons but Of them were found; very
careful analysis then made OF the liver the Kid
posons but no evidence obtained OF their presence;
| owing to the fact that the portion OF muscle was
well preserved unusual care taken In repeating
the experiments for testing the presence OF arsenic
nni nnna was nhfalnel. IL arsenic the canse OF