New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-05
TIE WH4RTON TRIAL.

IIIE WHAKIUN INI1L,
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 2.-The Court met at 10
o'clock The direct examination Of Dr. Reese was re-
suIned In response to question by hr Steele rela
tive 70 the variation OF crystals obtained by Prof.
Aiken from the sediment tho tumbler and those IRON
the tartar emeHc, witness said crystalline substances
from solutions always assume regular geometricai
form; this il invariabe in formations from the same
sustance there may bo variation so far as relates TO
corner, and edges OF the crystals but the angles OF the
planes arc xed and nyariabe; IT, therefore, drop OF
sotton he allowed TO eyapOrate and produces certain
crvstalne FORMS and drop OF another solution pro-
duces other FORMS he would say they were not from e
The witness was next examined TO the precautions
used by Prof Toney and the accuracy OF the node 0 MS
regarded them defective and inaccurate witness stated
in full his reasons for such opinion which were an gno
rance OF the composition Of the substance welgheu anu
Toney failure to use the proper precauon in drying
the precpitate; his handling and manipulation would
leave some moisture which would Increase inc weight
the beaker used should have been manipulated with
delicate pair of fOrceps and not with tho hand there
posoning-one Ivy which it he recognized with one
or exceptons poisons can be Recognized Dy any
exclusive syinptOms there some dozen frtant pG
sous the symptoms OF which closely resemble each other
If poison could be recognized by symptoms alone oere
would be 10 necessity for pOst-mOrtem examlnatlOn
Counsel for the state-You need not express t10t
opinion. - $780,. 49, ..,,.,.o,,. %,
which closely resemble the ELECTS produced by ritant
pOsOns and diseases the symptoms OF when closely re-
sembe the effects produced by narcotic p0is0ns anu
others that resemble those produced by etane or spinal
trrtaut posOns as they are sometimes called the syhp
the bowels closely resemble those produced DJ poison
dose Of r. detailed ~ the SSsSS
seems To act the nervous c6hters, producing cOnVu
sons and sometimes derum; witness had seen out one
case OF poisoning by trtaremetc; Ia that ease tnere
was pallOr the face this recovered the cause OF
o oSss after death but pstoose EnSWss
creasng, and we are acquiring more knowledge OF or
FIR SO At heard
Niles Williams, and schew as to me symptoms ana tne
from that Gen Ketchun died from poison for the rea
son that such symptoms and such pOstlnOrtehi Signs
might logically be accounted for from natural causes
The symptoms and postnortem seem TO indicate some
disease which especially affected the BRAN and spi9a
one OF the medical gentlemen the stnnd think was
Dr. Donaldson; it is cereJrO spinal meningitis or inam
marrow; the symptoms in, Ketehums case.
which strongly resemble thlf disease, % Sds
part OF he head and neck and down tho back extend
ing around the abdomen; the yid appearance o. the
face the suppression of the secretons OF the Kidney
the rigid contraction OF the muscles OF the neck, more
particularly the bending back or the body IN Tue arched
FORM the partial delirum the condition OF te eyes are
all symptoms which are charac iePiStc O1 that ulseSe
It also resembles tetanus-deOpathc tetanus-whcil,
though a rare disease, sometimes or the
symptoms strongly resemble that dsease these are the
two diseases where the symptoms mostly resemble those
presented by the attending pnyscla lrOui tne tesu
mony OF DR.. Williams and others, OF the Symphonic OF
Ketchum all through Tuesday and early on Wednesday
idea OF overdOse OF hudanum presented ltsen 70
witness although the symptoms attending the last hours
fatal dose OF opium; COMMISSIONS SOMETIMES AT,
tend a fatal dose OF opium though they ore
n n,1r' hardly thinks an examination OF only two
inches the spinal cord would have decided whether
bro spinal meningitis. though usually leaving behind
pathological changes does not invariably leave these posi-
lesion by which you could discover it AFTER death these
however, exceptional cases the examination O the
brain did disclose such lesson, put as the spinal
cord was not examined 1t could not determine the con
dton OF its membrane and did not disclose the condition
of the spinal marrow below H.
DIR Reese was then examined in regard 10 antidOtes
for posons There antdotes Tor many poton for some
the poison, rendering II inert; witness named tne pest
andotes for tararemetIc ana the usual piaetiee III
morteIn signs are chiefly OF negative character. and
not such he would expect to nd where death resulted
from poison by tartaremetic chiehy because OF the
ABSENCE OF Inflammation IN the stomach anu amenary
canal and the absence asoO congestion or the lungs
and also OF the general engagement ot the venOus ys
fem which usually accom- panes death by tartArenetle
believing the exclusively from the symptoms ana
Ketchum's death may he fairly attributed to Natural
cause-that IL. 10 a disease , . A.,
effect Of choroform and choral Deaths from the former
were frequent chloa has been ~ use OILY Two or tnree
producing Sleep but its precise eects or mode OF opera
tion the human system are not YET 9lstnd'G az
use OF chlora. witness then tno theory VI
the conversion OF onoral INTO nno9 bv sIFa
in the blood This theory, he said was nere speculation
from the as s bors 81 Of ZEN and one oeoE
the latter hour he would have regarded
him dying condition; II the last dose
xpected IL have produced violent symptoms-YomlnS
az once and puging as these symptoms were e2arac
,eristic OF poison by tartar emetic and were ABSENT
he would not infer that 1t had been given.
DR. Reese was subjected 10 the most searching ana
.centife crossexaminaton, by Mr.. Reve for two
hours particularly with reference 10 the symptoms ana
effects OF cerebrospinal mingnitis aud diopathlc Us
tanus and their similarity with and difference from
those OF poison Ivy tartar.emetic He neqnenuy gave
re- ninion that Kechnm did not die from poison. Al
O'Clock the counsel for the defense asked tht Dr. Reese
he permtted leave the stand as they desired 10 ek
anime lady who was present aha couu n"' 10 oie ""
THIS was sceeded to by the prosecution and Mrs: j. H.
Cotman was sworn shs p.tinsa nlat sn1 was -. .
ing Mrs. Wharton at her mothers house IN WashinRtOn
nm the 18th DAY OF January last Gen. ketehum was there
witness and Mrs Wharton were IN the parior when Gen
K,cb,,m entered witness was asked 10 state whether
Mrs wharton asked her to send for keiehum when the
prosecution objected. a., =. 49,,
was her sisters birthday and she reeeYed present
Mrs Wharton soon after after Gen hetehuin en-
rered the paror witness LETT Dad to ws abort e
after which Ketchum lett witness entsieu VIZ W.
parIor afterward, and saw small pieces OF
psps lying . sn Walked oas With Mrs.
ton Counsel for defeose show that Mrs. mh%Itgh
asked witness 20 send for kstehm ana she sp
asked counsel for the prosecution they 99lec,s, s
Atfoney General replied that they would admit that
darinS which she stated thai her mother was N Bait
more on that day and that there was no Sthg dcsh m
the parior. The Court then adjourned
ANNAPOLIS. Jan. 3.-The Court met at 10
o'clock The crosse animation OF Dr. Rsese. tho mei'
cal and chemical expert resumed Witness Described
minuteiy the LESSONS usually found by posnortem or
smnat,ou where death resulted from poison by tartar
ennetsc -
Mr.. RsyeIl read rrequeotly from (" Stiles rhera'
ts frs .fiux M ferfar euetis AMI ts iesOns. VIC