The New York herald., 1872-08-31
SCHOEPPE'S SECOND Trial.
PROCEEDINGS AT CAnllGLE YESTERDAY.
Appearance Of the Prisoner
and Scene in Court.
Testimony OF the Medical!
Experts.
A Dissection Performed in the Pres
ence q the Judiciary.
How the Dead Body Looked and How It Was
Treated by the Doctors.
CARLISLE, Pa., August 30, 1872.

has brought out larger crowd than ever all
evincing increasing interest in the case OF Dr. Pau
SchOeppe. charged with the murder OF Miss Maria NJ.
Steinecke, now upon the third day OF its second
trial. After the adjournment, late yesterday even-
ing. a rumor spread throughout the town that the
prosecuting counsel would this morning abandon the
case on account of the terrible failure yesterday OF
one of their chief medical witnesses; and as this
was given general credence there was much Gu
rosity to know what course the Court would take
should the counsel desire to retreat from prose-
cution out OF which they are likely to gain little
reputation at home or abroad should the same
state OF affairs exist with them as has character
lied their side OF the case so far. So
firm the belief that there would be
some unusual developments gained from the
heated declarations Of prosecuting counsel, after
the adjournment OF yesterday, that all were sur
prlsed to these gentlemen all come in ready for
renewed effort this morning, but looking q little
serious over the general decentralization that ex-
listed on their side Of the case yesterday. There
was nothing, however, of an unpleasant nature to
interrupt the proceedings and things went or far
better than heretofore.
AssEMBLAGE OF THE COURT.
The Court met at nine O'Clock promptly and ut
once proceeded to business.
THE PRISONERS APPEARANCE
The prisoner came In early. His dress was dressed
entirely different from that Of yesterday, wearing
full suit Of light cashmere. He took seat near
his counsel and on either side OF him sat Professor
Reese o fPhiladelphia-Of Wharton-Ketchum trial
fame-and Professor H. c. Wood of the University OF
Pennsylvania, both witnesses for his defence, and
both gentlemen OF high rank in their profession.
GENERAL REPRESENTATION.
Within the bar were large number Of members
Of the legal fraternity, and several distinguished
ms n
phia.
THE TESTIMONY.
The first witness placed upon tile stand was DR..
A. J. Herman the same who cut such ridiculous
figure yesterday in the hands OF the defendants
counsel on cross-examinatiOn. He was taken
again this morning by them and, while the pro-
ceedngs with him were not quite as farcical as on
yesterday, he did little credit to himself and
to his profession. He was only examined on minor
points, nothing of any Importance being elected.
He was succeeded by the lady who laid out the
body Of Miss Steinccke, the undertaken who pre-
pared it for BURIAL and an apothecary who sold DR..
Schoeppe drugs oil Of whom testified TO unim-
p0rtant points.
DIR. CoNRoD's EVIDENCE.
DR.. j. s. COnr0d Of Baltimore, the head OF an in
hrmary there, was the first witness OF Importance
called. He testified as follows:-I was employed
by Professor Aiken about the 10th 18th Of Fcbr-
from from 'H, the body Of Miss sieinecKc, short,
stout body, weight about one hundred
SaS gsand ne 6s nversy S1s
in Baltimore. The appearance OF the face was
discoOred, resembling Spanish saffron color, red
dish yellow. The shoulder and neck were iivid
The other parts OF the body had greenish spots
and were beginning to decompose. The Jaws were
blue mails. This was probably rioor morris The
scalp cut from ear to ear across the head and
to the face. This incsion bled very freely
I'm w
backward 4 saw and chIsel were tnen
used. The skull was removed with some
was removed with that portion Of the bone. The
vessels OF the psa @ mater were gGrged with blood;
collapse after death They were rather fuller than
natural The brain was then removed by cutting
the membranes that held 1t in place. as was the
cercbellum. The brain was not injured In removal,
but the fourth ventlclo was torn through.
AN ANATOMICAL LECTURE
The Doctor at this point introduced n human
brain from some of his recent dissectiOns, and
amidst considerable excitement all over the court
room proceeded to explain how this vcntrice was
and stated that its destruction was the result OF
accident and indicated antmortem disturbance.
He delivered lecture to the Court and jury upon
the disease Of the brain, more interesting
than important He cut the brain up in his exam
explaining just how he manipulated the brain Of
Miss Stenecke. The whole exhibition was more
aTy se @ than
TESTIMONY AGAIN.
After the brain dsqusitlon the Doctor continued
thus The chest was next examined by lOngi-
tudnal incsiOn extending from the neck nearly to
the umbilicus, and a similar incisi0n along the
line Of the clavcle intersecting the longitudinal
one; the soft parts were dissected back these in
cisions scarcely bled at all. The. chest
caesss of ne breast eone the
was next opened, exposing the heart. The pericar
dunn did not contain more than its normal amount
OF flesh and appeared healthy. The heart was then
removed with part OF the aorta. An incison was
made into the heart before and incison into the
An inclslon was made into the heart at the
apex 9th OF the lie. LETT yentrcle ana water
as test OF the healthy Condition ron OF ne
valves, which test proved to be healthy, and did
not prevent the water passing through. The ven
me to examine the valves by the touch for the pres
ence Of any calcication, ossi1caton or nodes upon
it, none Of which present. The right ventricle
was simply laid open and examined, and was
healthy. The substance of the lungs was next ex-
tracted There were no pleural adhesions: Sec.
tiOns Of the lungs were thrown into bucket of
water, and noated, showing no consolidation. A
small fragment OF calcication was found, about the
The abdomen was next opened, by longitudinal
incision its entire length, and its contents ex-
madc into S its yiscera ' The nestnes were dis
tended by air and rather pale. There was not as
much odor from the body as might have been cx-
pected at that date. The stomach was next re-
moved by two ligatures first passed around Its
two openings and properly secured: It was re-
into 1t, and none was made, as 1t presented the
same distenson as It did when the abdomen was
first opened. 1t was placed in a tin bucket. The
liver was next examined. BY its external appear
ance alone this appeared healthy, not enlarged or
unnaturaly small. The spleen was examined in
the same way with the same result The section OF
intestines, the ilium, about eighteen inches in
length, was removed by two ligatures at each end
Of this length, secured before the removal OF
air, which proved that 1t had NOT been
cut before being removed. It was placed In o
glass jar provided for the purpose by Professor
Aiken. Another section OF the same intestine was
removed In the same manner. This section was
removed lower down, near its junction with the
colon. IhB was disposed Of In the same manner as
the previous one.
: All Of these parts were taken possession OF by
Professor Aiken and carried In o basket provided
for the purpose to the Baltimore Infirmary. On .
clean plate the stomach was carried Also
The tntestines were laid open. There were no
unnatural odors discovered. DR.. Ridgeley assisted