The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-06

Reporter-Yes but who is to give this hearing?
Docbor-I will tell you. The Medical Society Of New
York, composed OF the Coroners physician ana dite-
rent other gentlemen who are learned men, demand
for me- and for the sake of science, that fuller re-
port ne made Of my case. The gentlemen are COM
pissoned to give evidence in courts, and they ask
'eport.
Reporte-Do you think the Governor will give you
he hearing you ask?
d. think he will he has promised to-
R.-Do your friends know this?
Dyes. have sent them o report evidently
meaning letter or statement of the Case-R.)
R.-How was this report, favorable or unfavorable
to you?
D-I was not satisfied with the book, but it was all
had Much was omitted that was advantageous
to me.
R.-what was omitted
D.-Everything almost that was favorable to me.
R:-Yon desire to place these omissions before the
Governor, do you?
Dyes, sir.
R.-what additional evidence can you offer?
D.-The evidence Of all the scientific medical men
OF the United States Everybody except those who are
my enemies and are against me, say that am inno-
cent of this crime have letters from all the prom-
nent medical men Of Philadelphia, and they rldicue
the idea tha6 Miss Stennecke died of poison Should
be hung for her murder they will declare that 1t is
q judicial murder.
R-Who are the physicians in Philadelphia who
have rdculed the idea that Miss Stennecke died OF
poison?
D-Doctors Pancoast, Gross, McClintock, Fisher,
Gent Lands, Packard, and many others.
R.-Do these gentlemen give you this opinion in
writngP
D.-No. One Of them does; that is DR.. Packard
Of Spruce street.
R-What do you expect to prove?
d. expect to prove that it is ridiculous to say
that the lady died from the effects of prussc acid.
just think Of it, none Of the physicians in Phiadel
thoto In fl,a
way it is stated and only two in the city of Bati
more think so, and they are Doctor Conrad, who
made the post mortem examination, and his friend
Doctor Smith.
R.-Who is Doctor Aiken?
DIE is the chemist who made the chemical ana
lyss of the stomach of the deceased, and ought to
be ashamed of himself for the ignorant manner in
which he conducted the affair. l have seen many
poStqnoTtet examinations in Berlin, but there GER
tainy was never anything so loosely done as this
case was. This is not only my opinion as physician,
but is the opinion OF everybody OF course anybody
could say this, but can prove it to be true. He
neglected a number Of the organs where traces of
poison should be found there were any, and passed
the liver without noticing 1t at ALL 1t was not
fair examination in any way / was not there, nor
was represented by counsel, and all Of these men
were against me- never heard that there was even
a suspicion until saw 1t in the newspapers. Don't
you think that would have run away, when the
newspapers said was to be arrested? did not, but
on the contrary, stayed here in town and attended
to my business usual. This was eight days before
was arrested. am sure that if the post-nIortenI
had been fair that should not have been arrested.
They never did make out a case OF poisoning after
all.
R.-Why were you arrested?
d. was arrested because Professor Aiken
claimed to have found traces Of prussic acid in the
stomach of Miss Stennecke This. you will recolect,
was over a week after the lady had been buried and
lad commenced
did not get one drop of prusslc acid from me; can
swear it, looking any man in the face. She got other
medicines, but nothing in the shape of poison.
R.--Is it said that she took any other poison by
your direction?
D.-Yes they say she died of an overdose of NOR
pha. But they have said all kinds of things because
they were paid for it. The District Attorney was
nromised great deal of money if he could get me
i At OF the way by the relatives OF the deceased.
R.-Why was money paid him?
D.-These people were interested in the will. If |
Id not presented the will which was made in my
EvoT there would never have been anything said
bout the matter at all. The District Attorney has
said this to my friends. He paid well for con-
Victng me. He got over thousand dollars at one
time from Baltimore. 1T is not improper for us to
state, in this connection, that we called G. L. Ma
glaughlins the District Attorney attention to this
statement OF the prisoner, and he pronounces it
false in every respect. He states that instead OF
ceivng money for the conviction of the prisoner lie
really spent over two hundred dollars OF his own
money, for which he has never been reimbursed by
the authorities. He says further and the facts of
the bear him out that Miss Stenneckes original
will bequeathed all her property to public instltu-
tions and therefore her relations could have no
peCuniary interest at stake.-Reporter.l
R.-When did Miss stennecke make out the will
which gave you all her property?
D.-I will tell you all about it. She was always
ailing. l made her acquaintance in August 1865,
and treated her, as her physician from that time up
to her death. We were very we'll acquainted-on
intimate terms-good friends. Her health was
poor, and she complained all the time. Well, she
went to Baltimore on business in october, and came
back again In November, and then complained more
than ever, and asked me if it wouldn't be good for
her to go to bathing-place thought it might and
when she asked me where she should go, l told her
to Kissengen in Europe, or to Ems After little
while she consented to go. / think this was
about Christmas, and the project appeared
to make her much trouble, and
she spoke OF it quite frequently, as an old woman
would. At length she told me that she couldn't
make the trip alOne she didn't understand the Ian
guage or the ways OF the people; and then asked
Ter how it would do for me to accompany her as
er physician. She accepted my onfer but at once
aid 1t would not be proper fer a single lady to make
nch a Journey with single gentleman, and then l
Sked her If she would permit me to accompany her
sher husband. She said yes, but she had two con-
Lderatons which she wanted adhered to. The first
was, that, as she was now an old woman, she did
not want to lose the control OF her property while
she lived, but would leave it to me at her death
The second consideration was, that the whole mat
ter of an engagement should be Kept quiet that nc
living soul should know anything about it, because
her relatives would make such fuss and raise sucl
fnot ha Inn for hon tn