, 1869-04-13
TWlTCHEI4L


His SulC10c-80H LuTNHHEt2 kNAUeAt~
An inquest On the body Of Txaees.skt ktse rhila-
day sei + hta execution, Vas held on tht sta.
Tae folloa Ing comprises The leading features OF
the tcstiuaon, 9i!en % % ne @ oeraS9ni ;s,, co,-
I:i iehesd nad IN r.. 1s 11h Elm froia orsocs n.
@ untl! ,1cnf5 minutes aIts1 II: thssa h:ss bees :
constant stream Of vtsttuss du.frg tae day; saw
sixteen Of eighteen persan1 slst @ re ell dnIin2
rvec: nearly III ne tma when visitors were not
with lin, T.,tehell ras engaged n nra5eT, - that
Scripture; u hen he heart the CLOCK STRIFE II,
ae sfked what time : It Eas and wound
e ID sasa 81, e e ss ss:s f e ss T. I'D
ID twent. aifnetes atttr II, when ] drparte,,
tnoraina; ID also f1esaentiy, during ~ vtsit+ to
hin, called npon God To st1ike him dead: whta
Mr. Twitchc11, Er., visited tho deeeased ineJ rat
they Her uear enoaRh TO nave passed anything 70
each other; IT. C1aytoa- the IeePest and BIZ or
se1en people were 70 tna Io9sa: ha4 - sUseetco @
was too much ot = cowHEd: when yls1tors were
With Twtkche1, q keeper visa aewnys present: at
times the keeper. wa1 suuctsutiy distant hot 70
bare heaza whispering besveea The srtaones and
:rht7itf oa.,taey, sttptr IN ID prisoa, sver1
da gsns t9e snssEndsn.M e SasS as. Oh ~ ssS mnf
cana dorn. and siteE atttng for xwntla With
Jerry Eason, rase g leaTe tae celt: - rss 70.
something 70 tell you tnat r:1r die without saJ
ing; think rNttcas1b . eolnE e. HI htrnsetf:"
SAID - y ut lEason hksa Jon ,'fof tha1 suppos!
viii viii @ hf saa hs aid oae doo1. @ We ~sra u osn;
saw hun, and Wished 70 encourazc him: l tod hiul
30 pick Up oonraga+ md die Ike rn1n; Tw1tcheii
hhook hta bead. sna holding up. III nnxrr snd
tau,nn. rut them 70 his mouth, and eatd. sNun1 j
r. 10 y n ssssssaaeas asa .; IL h,r
well 70 nnee everything from tie cell WITH wh!cn
he could 90 harm to himself; l rcnt tnto EAtoa
room and took oqt hls knife AMI forR, pitcher,
ellis cell and told r1ni n was our duty 70 moya
from the cell nny thing Ut.n which he could DO
teerta 70 nelp collsct the articles toof h4 tnl1e
ne remartgd thsn that should sea,rn ats ht}- II.
case Nj. BrinSnurst AMI my.clt scnrcnea hla nat
case aud found noshine iheta vita whlch be could
h1t: himself, did not search bis person. He did
not hint u suicide He seemed u ~ much e1sr-
Jean tlast7n, t.vpt1, morn: From aAons
was ,.tih George s. Taltch.n, JE: Il.
when went il: we a!! cana aes ssgs.nes, leaving
the prisoner; during the Interview. and while Nj:
Twttchen WIS seated on chair: ceo7zc Twitcaelt,
slde met ihe lass time We shall mees On earth"
nc conTeraat'oa Tas most re,tsious Mr.. Drtnz
uusrt sdmaniahlns ne yosuF ulaa - 70 how he
should eenavc tn ;ueh an emergency; the fs,her-
III. BrtngharBt, MI. Tw1tcaeu and myself le!t, aai
T.ttrhell trnoked ;. casas while i .Tas saers
not know That he had permission 10 SMOKE no1
did attenap! to sfop It: | understood that Eaton
waa IN the habit Of smoking: ! aonr know from
b.. saaris;gS .sro1n This E 'no1nins, little at,e.
eoclocE, rn-is an Inspection Of thu body Of
oeorgs s Tw1sehell, i; the hedy rss On II
ncxet ;the moth and eJes we're partly opened:
teIe wss u sogearanes oI Esp9ss on r. tas eeaa-
s1u, Adler, Srattn And Leach, aaasteu By Dr, Il +,
Butcher, Of the tns.ttuttcn, made ,ost s.ast-7a
examination Of the body: 1ne e5es we're exau1tned
there was atzln % the tawer Lip whtch could not
be washed away: the b1aIa EAs then examined,
ard 'ne hiood.vessels found resJ much eongcstsd !;
and the blood was ret; thf blood C.. ros
eoa&n!ate after DOWNS. md tas iunRa "ete 'asc-
,n M us a tae r.
cond'11on: the tto1nach contained sa1ac nalJ, but
no sotldA; The Inucls membrane # the stomach
was IN State Of high congestion. and Ia ono part
were nonan; the odor uf pzuastc acid Was .roag-
y perepstolc whenever thc ylsceta were moved:
nlta xtth l,qaldA efiey the e1ssnaauon ot The
b0s,y. found th!s ha.l-o0nee hostie, containing
pfussic ac1d OF liz coclpounds. la the boot Of de-
ceased; think that It Is cyanide Of potassium; !;
George s. Tritehti 3r., came to bis deatn non
dese Of HrusAtc acid OF sone Of tta compounds:
ps1lsaic acid kilIs In few secolda
DE. ShlFleigG, In e1plapastnn, mid t,tAt Trttea~
Ell must have poured the acid Into , tin cup found
on a e!rsir hy The bedside, and after wrapping up
the hottie N papef sna placing i IN the BOOTLEG
returned, latd on the hcd, tt1nk tbs poison, Bnl,
Immediately aftar sst1.ig down the cup, expsted-
It Ia proper to state that In the physician Nbo-
Ea'orJ st the Prison, neither prusalc neid stE1ch-
nine nor :1tzen3c sre KEPT. The drug N.nst there
fore have been ot,talncd from outside, AID con-
NeYEd 70 hin by hts fEtcndk