Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-07
EVENING STAR.
TIE TR IA. .F Mrs. wHARraN.
Important Testimony Of Mrs hutton.

After the close OF our teiegrsphic report Of the
Wharton trial at Annapolis yesterday, Mrs. T..
q. " Chrt'.."t this city. cross examined
by Ar. Steele for defence, bat no facts OF i'm
Vtr ance e. cited
MTs. Meta Hutton, a Baltimore lady, the
mkt witness, and her test mony was very i'm
Pcrtant- Sh MT Gen kctchgm AT Mrs.
Wharton on Satur Law, June 9th; saw them at
supper tog, ttir Next saw Gen. X. on the fol-
Living Monday at Mrs wharton's he was sick
ia bed lie said then that Mrs Wharton had
poisoned him with glass OF lemonade. This
testimony ruled out not being evidence
Witness then gave a d. tailed statement of Gen.
kstChum's sickness. giving him the medicine.
Nc. Witress was out of the room short time
ard when she returned Mis-. Wharton said: 81
have dr0I ped the medicine for you, Mrs
Hutton'; with - said, . IL - lot yet han-past
twelve" vert TO the bureau and found tire
mrtlcine had been dropped in teacup; told
Mus Wharton that there vas too much in the
tcaruV-it wasn't the right dose; there were
IL va en- two and three tabicsPoonfnls there, a.
A. witness could judge, Mrs Wharton re-
marked that it smelt SO strong that she had added
mere water: told her She did not think the
General could swallow that amount-we had
letter drop him another dose; Mrs. Wharton
insisted upon that dose being given: don't
kIcw tie exact words she used; witness
said, ''It isn't yet time, at all events"
When tneSs entered the room, looked at her
watch; Il was not quite ha,t-past Y 9'ei9ck.
five minutes of I; let Us give him the dose: the
first dose ailoI ded him 80 much relief that feel
ANXIOUS lac should have another" told her she
had better let me drop another dose. She said,
.sOh, no, LET give him this" She went to the
bureau and brought the cup, and asked Mr..
Snowdcn ii he could give the dose. He said.
YES. madam. my hand is steady; I'll give il to
him. 1 assisted Mr.. s. in lifting the General a
little. and Mrs Wharton handed him a table
spoonful OF the mixture. We had some difficulty
in getting the General to open his mouth; after
Mr.. =. had gotten the spoon in his mouth she
told him not TO withdraw it, that she would pour
the rest OF the mixture or medicine into il which
was done. Mrs. Wharton remained standing BY
the side OF the bed, with the cup and spoon in
her hand. After a little while-ten or fifteen
uneasy. Ut first he began slapping nv
shoulder: l sitting the side OF
the bed by him; then he grasped the back OF
his neck. then the front OF his throat, then his
stomach and chest, with both hands tearing
them and saying: 20, don't. don't, don't,r the
tearing made his throat bleed: left the bed and
vert 20 his feet and endeayored to take hold of
them; Mrs W. was then standing back OF Mr..
SHowden; he kept saying. "No, no, no; ion't,
don't DON'T and asked Mrs. w. if she did not
think be was going into commissions; she said
81. 4 think he IL" said, al am going for a doc
tor MTs. W. asked me to let cOlored man 60
for the doctor; questioned the man and found
ne did not know where DIR. Williams lived, so
went myself; Mrs. W. left the room Just as lett
Il with the cup and spoon in her hand; she had
had il there all the time: don't know where she
went; this was probably ~ minutes past O'Clock:
went TO the doctors office. wrote n message on
the slate. and ran back again into the street;
Or Williams oiilee Y little more than square
from Mrs. Wharton's house; there was doctors
buggy standing on the corner, and while l was
questioning The driver as TO whose buggy it was
Jaw Dr; W. driving t down the street; stopped
whsrton's house; the doctor went to his
own house for a moment and I returned to
NJ. Hutton there. with Mr.. Snowden and the
colOrcd man; Mrs. W. said that the colored man
friend OF Susan's, for whom she had sent
to assist in nursing General r.; DIR. Williams
came almost Immediately after me. and left
the room on a motion from him; this was about
In a. m; remained in the passage a little while.
~
then under the influence of ehloroform,
choral or something of the kind; remained
there until few minutes of death; left about
squarter to three to call DIR. Williams; think
the General died about 3; DIR. W. was in the
Second-stOry back room; returned TO the room
after General rs death, little after 3. pos
Sibly ten minutes; Mr.. Hutton and Mr. Craw-
fCrd Nelson were then in the room; don't re-
H.s mber any remarks a. TO how he was suffering
made by Generai ketchum alter the second
dose was given TO him; never heard him speak
after / went TO DIR. VS. house for the doctor;
Was present on Monday when Mrs. Chubb was
asked to 90 for medicine; Mrs Wharton entered
the seCont!-Story back room saving that she had
broken a bottle of medicine belonging to Gen.
X: Immediately before 1 had heard a noise
ia General KS room; the noise Was that of a
tall: rot like the fall of bottle; more like as ii
some one had jumped ON the floor OF Of some
thing; Mrs. W. was good deal excited when
she entered the room: suggested that she should
procure the lab and send il for the medicine to
the druggist; -he said the label was DESTROYED;
told her il she went to the apothecary and
stated that the medicine had been ordered by
I'V. Williams for Gen. n. and purchased recent
ly, probably sh- could get il replaced; she said
SID vOald 10 So; Mrs. Chubb then said she would
go fOE IL, and put ON her bonnet; Mrs. w. told
her To 90 tn Gos>man, and at the same time to
bring her som" tartar emetic, rs she had a pain
in her chest ard wanted some to make plaster
with; Mrs. Chubb left the room, and went down
stairs q short tim afterwards; at the tea table
Mrs W 2sks q me III Mrs Chubb had returned
saving she w3~ worried about her. as il was get
ting late; tod her ii she wished 1 would re-
quest Mr.. Hutton to 20 for Mrs. Chubb; she said
she wished would: as I went to the door for the
purpose Mr.. Chubh came up on the steps into
the house ard passed me- with the parcels in her
hands; late of the evening OF the day that Cen
eTal n. died asked Mrs. ". ii she knew where
General Ms vest was. she said il i'm her
closed or wardrobe. I forget which.
The court then adjourned.