The New York herald., 1871-12-10
WHlRYON-KEYCHUM TRIAL.
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Sixth Days Proceedings at
Annapolis.
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IMPORTANT MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
Statements of ProfS. Chew, Miles and
Aiken, Of the Maryland University.
Neither Strychnia or Arsenic Dis
covered by the POst-MOrtem.
CONFLICTING VIEWS OF THE WITNESSES.

aS wen as the addlt0nal TACT that none DuC unln.
terestng medical testimony was to be heard, some
what diminished the crowd OF ladies that have each
day been In attendance upon the trial Of Mrs.
b. G. Wharton for the murder OF General
Ketchum, the sixth day Of which began
this morning at ten O'clock The prisoner and her
daughter, accompanied by Mrs, and Miss Nelson,
and Mr.. Nngent and lady, OF N0rristown. Pa,
brother OF Mrs. Wharton, entered the court room at
dve inmates before ten O'Clock, and took their ac-
cust0med places In the rear Of The counsel for the
defence Soon after they became seated Miss Potts,
daughter OF John Potts, Chief Clerk OF the War
Department. and Miss Stump daughter OF Hermann
Stump, OF Baltimore, came In and took seats with
them. Later Dr. Langsdae, surgeon In the
United States Army, took seat near MISS Nellie
Wharton, where he remained during the day.
Within the bar there were seated several disttn.
guished officers Of the army and navy, as well as
gentlemen or high position in social life.
THE SIXTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
At precisely ten O'Clock Justice Miller. the Ass0-
clate Justice being in attendance raped for silence,
and the Crier in due form announced the Court In
session. There little delay on account or all
the counsel not being In attendance; but they soon
came in and at ten minutes after ten Mr.. Revel, for
the prosecution, directed that DR.. Chew be Called
and that gentleman at once took the stand and
resumed his testimony.
DR.. Chew commenced and said-In my opinion
the symptoms described by DR.. Williams as
attending General Ketchum's illness and the
post-mortem examination did not indicate opium
poisoning; no appearances were shown by the post
mortem examination OF urinlc poison or "Brignts
Disease;'' o tumbler was given 10 me containing
sediment on the evening OF Wednesday, June IS,
by Mrs. Loney, In the house OF Mrs. WhartOn the
sediment was whltish deposit, at that time some
what moist; carried the glass home and locked It
up IN medical case; on Friday, June 8. | carried
that tumbler to Professor Akin, and delivered II to
him in the laboratory Of the University OF Maly-
land; tasted very small fragment OF the sedi-
ment in the house OF medical friend on my way TO
the laboratory; 1t had slightly acid taste;
/ applied no further tests to IT,; in substance IL was
concentrated solution; tartar emetlc possesses an
acrd taste, and 1t is stated In the books slightly
metallic taste; chlora is not very new as medicine;
as known to chemisy its principal applications are
new; medium dose Is, would say, thirty grains;
the ordinary dose is twenty 10 forty grains; 1t Is
administered principally for the purpose OF produc
ing Sleep ana sometimes to keep up the effect OF
chloroform; when choral Is administered It is
believed to undergo conversion into chl0rOform In
the blood, SO that chloroform Is gradually formed
from the chloral; in the process OF making
chloroform, alcohol and the chloride OF lime react
upon each other; one step In that reaction Is the
formation OF chloral and the akalt always present
In the chloride acting upon the chi0ral converts it
into chloroform; from this 1t occurred to- German
chemist that the akalIs In the blood would also
transform chloral into chl0rOorm II chl0ral ad.
ADMINISTERED to living person. He verified this by
giving Chloral iJ produced the effects OF choroOrm
more slowly and gradually than chor0form Itself
symptoms Of General Ketchum, as described by Dr.
Williams on the stand, nothing would have been
better to administer to him than chloroIorm, fol
lowed choral.
Dr. Chew was here handed over to the defence
for cross. s.examlnatlon, which was conducted by
Mr. Steele. NO new Iact was brought out
or circumstance OF interest developed, although the
examination was searching and severe.
TESTIMONY OF PROFESSOR MlLEs-DIsCLosURES BY
THE POST -M0RTEM.
Professor Francis T. Miles lies wa was the next witness
ANIMATION. Dr. Miles tes(i1ed:vi reside In Bait.
more; have been practicing physician for nearly
twenty years; occupy the char OF anatomy and am
clinical lecturer upon diseases Of the nervous sys-
tenn In the University OF Maryland; was previous
to taxing That prolessorsnip Professor OF Anatomy
Carolina; on the 2sth or June was called on by
Professor Cnew and requested to associate myself
the body or General Ketcnum, who, he told me- had
died under suspicious circumstances; met them
Druid Hill avenue; the body was there IN box
on ice ; my attention was called to red
surface over pun the they looked as hey
had been scored by the finger nails; opened the
abdominal cavity; examined the liver, taking II ont
and cutting 1t 10 pieces; in the same way detached
and took out pieces OF the intestnes, which were
slit open and examined; ! selected those which
conGested, Of which many patches appeared
along the allmenlary canal; they present
always found IN the ntestines when the mucous
membrane has peen highly irritated in the small
stomach was tied at its two extremlties. and SO re.
moved; the spleen was examined kidneys were ex-
taxing G eacn a. ne G e na MAKING even G
was next examined, by cutting through the SCALP
which was not sSed g ns w noEa snd no
congestion In the outer membrane OF The brain; the
GUS congestion showed itself the VEINS OF the mem
branes covering the brain being filled with dark !
branes; The brain was then taken out ana examined.
particularly with regard TO the arteries which
supply II apo also 1ne cy saGsance s Of ,ne brain wac
throughout found those dark points OF blood on the
cut surface, which indicate passive congestion; "
the lateral ventrices there was unusual amount
OF fluid, nor, indeed IN the other ventricle without
opening the spinal canal ! cut out about two
inches OF The upper extremity of the spinal cord, |
winch presented nothing abnormal; there was no
more than the usual enuslon oI nuid between the |
membranes OF the cord; the stomach was placed in |
took 1t out the next day at the laboratory and |
opened IT. 1t appeared in ldenticaliy the same con-
in the chest at Mr. Weavers; Two weeks
afterwards did so at washington, taking them |
ppened the four chambers OF the heart and OK,
ainned as 10 the character OF the tissues, the nck.
ness Vi lne anu lHe COiuptcte anu
OF the valves; 1t was perfectly healthy; examined
the lungs by the touch and by cutting them; they /
appeared perfect out were congested at
the lower portion, which is almost uni
versay the case In healthy lungs after
death; the liver ! found normal; az 1lst /,
examination there was nothing that showed dis.
eased condi ion OF 1t; we opened the stomach the
laboratory and poured from IL about two.winc-
glasses OF tturbid brownlsh mud; Its mucous
membrane presented nothing very marked except
dull reddish color al Its most dependant portIon
all the organs were found to be In a healthy condi-
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congestion IN the brain, which Is very frequently
found when the brain Is taken out after death.
HIS OPINION OF GENERAL KETCHUM'S DEATH.
The postmortem developed no natural cause or
death; based upon the symptoms l have heard
detailed by Dr. Williams, and the negative evidence
OF the post-mortem, my opinion Is that General |
Ketcnum died Of non-natural causes; apopexy, in I
the ordinary acceptation Of the English term, would
have implied q clOt or blood somewhere on the !
brain. there was no such cQt General |