Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-30
EVENING STAR
The Trial of Mrs. wharton.
DOUBLE SHEET.

,.-ov N'CrILOCa PRoNUUNCEs THE ANAYsES
OF PROFESSORS TONEY AND AIKEN Yet
ryE-HE BETRAYs CONSIDERABLE SkfoUs-
MSS WHILE TEsTlFYlNG.
After our report closed yesterday. PrI. Nc
CuIl0eh who was then Oh the stud, urtheT
testified. a. follows II made last nfhfs mix
ire OF choral and yellow jeSsamin, Ora olution
Of choral i'm water and the tncture II ABOUT
The proI0rfiOrs that were administered o Gen.
+. by fr Williams, and 10 this 1 Sl6d what
Isr AIKEN added to the contents OF pc stomach
an m, search Tor strychnia, 20 wit tftsrfc acid,
reutra lied by bi-caTbOHate OF sodap did so for
the PURPOSE OF making mixture afciOsely re-
semh!ne the contents Oi Gen ~ sftOmach as
pOssible emitting what animal subfances were
there. have that solution here, anu IL be de-
sired viii show it, reaction with hfirOsulphate
of ammonia: I cannot show the FACTION with
sU1plur.t.td hydrogen, because ~ gas would
render the air .. the room lrreYlrdble, and
rnpreover il would take some hou9t 10 pass the
-, through; Dr. Aiken TOOK twent -four hours,
and took al of night
Tpr PROFESSOR SHOWS An EXPERIMENT.
The Professor then produced 20 walls, one
containing tu, solution and the otter the hydro
>glphate Of ammonia, and puttinia part OF the
solution IN a test tube, poured ma few drops of
the hvGrOSulpha Of ammOnia- Holding the
tube up 20 that the jury could Il 1t, he said -
A. first 10 preciyitste can be Se5; this is also
one Of the prop, rites Of antim0S, a hold it
m 10 the light il i first TRANSLUCENT; now il is
prague; this j. from the forminsDi the precipi-
tate The Professor then made a5imilar mixture
ard the experts present; then 5uming his testi-
TrOuy be said III those tubes - kept with the
ureCiEitats in them some time be contents will
change their color. and the srsernatant liquid
becomes DARK. and that j. not property of anti
m0ny. Dr. Aiken in his testimfy said that the
,uTeTnatant liquids of his recipitates were
DARK: I have tried the reacttn of this hydro
>ulphate OF ammonia on a NUMBER of specimens
al tartar emetic, and have gOten pure orange
ed pTecipitste from only twOf them; | have
heard pr. Aiken'> testimony 20 as to the CON
tents, he ought to have got q metal and then
operated on the metal. instead f working on a
mixture Of organic m alter, 3 what he hal a
r-ht u suppose was organic Ifltter; il is essen
iial IL all cases that the mtal should be first
gotten. and that in sufficient Hantity to subject
Il 90 tests.
PROFESSOEs AIkEN AND TON rs EXPERIMENTS
DEFECTIvH
one OF Aiken's experiment. i'm relation to the
crystals would 20 10 show thiPreSence of some
thing other thar anthony. The fact that crys-
tais termed from tartar emetc were unlike those
formed with drop OF the ssliment proves con-
Clu>iyely the absence of tarsar emetic. Aiken's
test mOEy in regard 10 the 3diment did not cor
respond with his report &C the prosecuting at
torney- He corrected il hire. Aiken's written
- 2temcnt, before he corrected IL here nre-
seuted chemical impOss;jility, under hypoth-
es'S OF tartar emetic. TaTar emctic would not
have produced the result; and, if anything was
proven, II would be tha the substance was
something else. Was pTeent and heard Prof.
1Onry'S testimony, CONSIDER his tests aud re-
suits, as detaile by hiu, did not show pres
eHce Of antimOny in the distance he analyzed.
or a. having proven anything. He got a
number Of little spots but, even if thew
we're metallic, they ereinsufficient in GUAM
t!ty TO prove what mtal they were com
POSED OF The process Red by TOnry for the
purity OF his sulphUTic acid was Insufficient
IN regard to the dark SpOs obtained bv Tonry
Prof. hcCullOch said, lave passed many tons
o. zinc through di 'uted sulphuric acid in the
nited states mint, andhever yet saw a speci-
a. ne nm
teCAS- HE spots obtained by TOnry may have
hten caused simply bY such impurity in the
zinc. witness pTOIuCdl a small eyapOrating
'lsh on which we're aDut thirty spots, each
OF WHICH ne stated, represented in weight one
forty thOusandth Of a grain of tartar emetic.
4 Lese spot seemed largsr than the largest Oh
tanned by Tony WIness detailed infinitely
ihe process by which hefrrived at the weight of
ne spots He was on the stand for several
hOurs. The important part of this testimony is
condensed IN the following reply TO a question
BY Mr.. Steele In nv jldgment the analyses of
a q anu Ionry dii net prove the presence of
iii.mOny. or any POiSOiOus substance whatever
~ General h. : stouaJh. and, in nv mind ONLY
'erVeu 20 prove the presence in his stomach of
ne medicines given lin by order of DIR. VIII
The crOss-examina.iOn OF this witness was
commenced, in whichhe stated the tests used by
IN were not similar all particulars to thOs.
Used by Aiken he vas being examined rigidly
= 20 his knowledge a 10 color tests when the
-Ourt adjourned
THE WITNESS VERY NERVOUS
Inc Professors testimony was very vOlumi-
Gus AMI during his examination and crosse x-
miEatiOn he appeared 10 he very nervous and
estiess, continually shifting his position and
onet mes pacing back and forth upon the step
y Platform which L used as a witness stand
hi.e he Vas engaged in making the expert
nent referred To hS hands shook 80 that the
Suhd caused by the striking together OF the
asses he was using Vas distinctly audible all
'yCT the court room.