The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-09

otherwise he did not say anything about DEATH
Twitchells father was there in the morning. and
sat ON the bed close to linn; the father had
Georges hand in his; don't think any one spoke
to George apart from the other visitors; at all
times when visitors we're in the room one of the
keepers was present.
Patrick Cassidy sworn-l am a keeper of the
prison; last night the Superintendent detailed
several keepers to remain, and ] was one: |
went TO Eaton's cell, and as | was leaving he
said to me, you are friend of mine, and | think
you will not hang Twitchel Tomorrow ] said,
why do you think so! he replied | have had n
talk with him while the doors were open: saw
him and wished to encourage him, and said TO
him. ''Die like man, he shook his head held
up his finger and pointing to his mouth said
''I'll not 90 with you; NUNS the word:n il was
then between and 10 o'clock; | reported that TO
my ielow-keepers, and il was decided to remove
everything from the cell that he could do himself
injury with; went into Eaton's cell, collected
his knife fork, spoon, pitcher, saucer and plate,
and he wished me to give them to his wife |
then went to Twitchells cell and told him the
object of my visit, and he helped me to gather
up the articles, and everything was removed; he
remarked l should search his hat case, which
was done, but could not find anything calculated
to do mischief; did not search the prisoner; he
did not intimate that he was going to do himself
any harm there were n good many visitors to
TwitchelIs cell ON Wednesday,; none were adj
mitted except at Twitchells request
John Clayton, keeper, sworn-I was in the
cell fully an hour in the evening; the father and
Mr., Bringhurst were there at that time; the pri-
soner said, "Father, sit beside me, and let me
clasp your hand; this is our last meeting on
earth" They then sat on the bed and appeared
to be affectionate to each other; the father was
cOunselling the son how he should act; at last
they got up and clasped each other in an affec-
uonate embrace; the prisoner only left his seat
once, to get drink of water; he was smoking
n cigar at the time; don't know where he got the
cigar; had never seen him smoke before i'm the
cell; had no orders to keep the father and son
apart did not attempt to stop the smoking, be-
cause / thought he had obtained consent from
the superintendent; | heard that Eaton often
smoked
Andrew Fleming sworn-Mr. Twitchell, Sr.,
his two sons and Mr.. McCully were in the cell
the first yesterday morning: u Mr. Shines was
there also; l was in the cell all the time: they
had conversations, all of which heard; | did
not see anything pass from the visitors to the
prisoners: when l was there in the afternoon
Mr.. Twitchell, the father, was present also Mr.
O'Byrne and General Coils; there were no close
conversations did not hear; we can't prevent a
prisoner and his friends from shaking hands and
embracing; all who were in the cell kissed George
but the counsel.
Henry S. Peters sworn-I am one of the
keepers; | assisted Mr.. Cassidy to take the things
out of Eaton's and Twitchel's cells; at $50 this
morning, we looked in Twitchell's cell, and
thought him asleep; we drew the bolt and entered
and called, but there was no answer we then
felt him, and found him to be dead; we made an
examination of the cell on the night before but
not to discover if there were any poisonous sub
stances; | had no suspicion of Twitchell taking
his life; so far as l know, no one of the keepers
was in the cell after Mr.. Brnghurst left
Mr.. Cassidy recalled-At II o'clock last night
/ stopped at Twitchells cell and looked through
the peep-hole; saw George, with the blanket
covered over his face; remained there some
time, but did not see him move and called the
watchman; he made the same examination did
and we concluded he was asleep; at 2 o'clock we
again visited him and saw him in the same posi-
fi,Nt,, N',,I,
Twitchell, and as he did not answer call |
opened the iron door, entered, and called again:
making no answer put my hand ON his and dis
covered him to be dead.
DIR. E. b. Shapleigh swOrn-I made an inspec-
tion of the body of George Twitchell this morn
ing; found him extended on the bed limbs ex-
tended, with mouth and eyes partially open:
there was an appearance of repose somewhat
peculiar; saw no signs of cOnvulsions; the body
was still warm, but the arms, feet, and legswere
cold. This afternoon, assisted by Drs. Lewis
Butcher, ,Smyth, Packard, and Adler, / made post
mortem examination. The eyes were examined
first and peculiar dryness about the corners
was observed there was a stain on the lower lip
which could not be washed away; the brain
was examined, the blood-vessels of which
were found to be excessively congested, and a
smell of prussic acid was noticeable. besides a
peculiar redness of the blood; that which ran
upon the bench and floor did not cOaguate the
lungs were cOngested, the heart was tlaccid and
contained fluid blood; the liver was in a normal
condition; the stomach contained but small
quantity of fluid no solid food; the mucous mem
brane of the stomach in state of high
congestion; the Odor of the prussc acid was
observable wherever the body was opened:
had no doubt on my mind of the cause of
death from the examination, but in search
ing the cell l discovered bottle wrapped
in paper in the toe of boot. 1t contains solu-
tion OF cyanide of potassium, which is a deadly
poison; the bottle is half ounce one, and is
about half full; portion of it was evidently
poured in a lineup by the prisoner, and swaf-
lowed by him as he lay on the bed. There is no
doubt that George S, Twitchell, Jr., came to his
death from poison administered by himself. The
other physicians all concurred with DR.. Shap-
leigh MS to the cause of death
The jury, at this point of the examination
adjourned until Saturday morning at II O'clock
when the taking of testimony will be resumed.