The New York herald., 1871-12-12
'VHiRTON-K N-KEYCHUM TRIAL.
The Accused Lady and Her
=. Attendants.
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CONTINUATION OF MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
Professor Aken's Intelligent Account Of the
Analysis Of the Stomach Of tho
Deceased General
oNTINUATION OF MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
Discovery Of Anthony, or Tar
tar Emetic.

tar Emetio.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Dec IL, 1871.
NwaS just ten O'Clock this morning when Chief
Justice Miller and Associate Justices Hammond and
Hayden came into the court room and ascended to
their seats. The Chief Justice let fall the gavel
end directed the crler to call the Court for the
keventh days proceedings in the case OF
Mrs. E. G. Wharton, on trial In the Circuit
Court Of this county for the murder OF
General W. scott Kelchum. The prisoner and
daughter, and ner devoted friends Mr.. and Miss
Nelson Mrs. Nugent, Mrs. wnarton's brothers
wife and Miss Potts, daughter OF the Chief Clerk OF
che War Department came in shortly before ten,
ana took their SEATS as usual behind those occupied
by the counsel for the defence. They were the re-
plptenta OF kind attentions from several OF their
lady friends during the time they were seated
waiting for the Court to commence. Mrs. Wharton
eeemed In good health and spirits, ana Miss Nellie
seemed more cheerful tnan upon any previous day
pr the trial. she mad as her companion fine look
Ing young man, Mr. Wharton, from Philadelphia,
. relative OF her family. The court room was
provided, usual, and the same interest was mani
Tested In the proceedings as on any preceding day
pf the trial. The ladies were out in good
force. but the number was perceptibly less
lhan upon the early days OF the trial,
probably on account Of the untnteresting medical
Testimony that was to be heard. The Court ana
counsel for both prosecution and defence seemed
auch refreshed from the twentyf0ur hours respite
lhey had enjoyed and there was no delay In getting
10 work as soon as the Court was called to order.
The Court adjourned on Saturday, with Professor
wv. E. Aiken on the stand and he was the first wit
ness called this morning He took the stand at ten
minutes after ten O'Clock, and resumed his testi-
pony as to his analysis OF the stomach Of General
} q hnu vvho no Iaff NM Got
PROFESSOR AIKEN ON THE SUBJECT OF TIE
ANALYSIS
Professor Aken-On Saturday had concluded my
evidence as to the search for strychna next pro-
ceeded to examine for the presence OF arsenic; the
material had to work was everything originally
present, and In addition some Of ihose reagents /
removed except % what could M have been dissolve dissolved
Inc ether and as that brought away nothing except
1raarc acid, In the first instance, and bicarbOnate
pr soda; they left residuum Of tartaric acid there
was an excess OF alKall necessarily, as my object
res TO decompose the srychnia; these two articles
nave mentioned, with the ether were all that
Upon; those substances have named knew could
not contain any arsenic, otherwise could not have
Oeen certain OF my results with that material so
THE PROFESSOR SEARCHED FOR ARSENIC.
now began the search for arsenic; mixed all
homogeneous mixture, and divided it into TWO o
parts; one OF these TWO parts put into an evapora-
hlgested that, adding occasionally crystals Of
ehlorate OF potash; the object being to break up
oaSae' aSns ana %a'sr at
prRanlc matter had disappeared, a clear yellow
.ashed It with distilled water until had about I
alf pint of liquid filtered from this yellow mud;
sniphurated hydrogen gas previously passed
through water. knowing that the arsenical matter,
Il scd or % White ' arsenc nt' Dat was "a Anes most
(Eely to have been converted into arsenic
G he action tne hydrossn
as, which acts more slowly on lhe arsenic acid
han on the arsenious: applied neat neat to the vessel
aasing through 1t I had the temperature raised,
hen arrested and held 1t until 1t became cold; after
sitting II stand twenty -four hours at rest used the
ulpharetted hydrogen gas again and agan let it
tand twenty-iour hours; then separated BY filter
reclpitate and examined the preciptate to ascer-
BIN what that was; Il arsenic had j been present
nlphur; the color was not what Iwould have ex.
ected in tho suphlde OF arsenic, and examined
one poran ne o ss sG
spirits Of ammonia. and the action OF the ammo
u was so trinlng tnat 1t satisfied me that It could
OF be arsenicum; that finished my inquiry for ar
bnio I
usRaCIoN THAT ANTHONY Oh TARTAR sMErIo WAS
set tho precipttate aside and reverted to the
ner portion Of the original matter not used the
on OF Inc precipitate in the arsonicum inquiry
nd Its extreme insolubility IN ammonia agreed
1tth another known SUBSTANCE, duu leo me 10 Sl1S-
ect that antimony was presents; the ac-
on OF sulphurreted hydrogen gas Of solutions
sa into watsr gyes white n;a pre-
white precipitate under these circumstances, but
70 white antimonial precipltate is made orange red
anything else than antlmony the white precipi.
To would be darkened by the same sulphlde or
''',' as would 81 give me these these three results
orange suphlde, the white product
of orange REQ wSsn
as last added--such substance must contain some
IGat dT %od snyhes %
those results IN this case from that portion I
Iamlned cannot entertain shadow OF doubt as
IN material Si'I NOT used IN the srsenical process,
ded to II an excess Of tartariS re- M acid and Uttered
sa sDq9aans 9gowalsa ), req :. !. .gpT%sS'Sestssj 3 e sj
Sh THIS case M the the groups would 30 those metals
at give dark ana black-coored suphides, and
s give s sss ssTs sqa GO ba 9
ides, or my precipitate would have been dark;
only metal that could give result Ike
pTosense OF antImdnY is established 81
MS o. are ss
timony and are not compatible WITH the presence
anyuS atmony 'iIn had these results in my mind, and
the inquiry as to whether II S,c sGS get sns%
1ne n mateln orange red supnide Of Snmony, pro-
cca 81 The ACTON Of sulpnlde OF hydrogen
orange red precJpitato collected and dried
soluble in strons boiling hydro. .choric,
d Is another characteristic that OF solution;
bre was no necessity for destroying the organic
consequently added nyaro9nalorls na sSd
Examination; the preclpitate, which got sepa-
sd and dried, was dissolved In In hydro.
oriS acid; that solution dropped INTO water
cane orange, red when treated with sulphide
ammonium y also disappea{sd es S Ieleg sPiaHe u
smed necessary to convince me that had been
allng with some preparation Of naan antlmony; my
periments only produced the presence OF anu.
INV; that left room for probabilities, and as the
" compound OF antimony known TO commerce ls