Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-01
EVENING STAR.
Thc wharton Poi.ouin, Ca.s.

sUNMAEY uF The TESTIMONY or THE CHENI-
CAL EXPERTS FOR THE DEFENCE.
After orr Geographic report of the wharton
Z rial closed On saturday, tine examination OF
Prof. MCCullOCb Wa HCludCd, and Or Genth
was examined Tor the defence. The testimony
Of Pref. SCtu!lOrb aEd Dr. Geuth stO the same
IOint,, sHd their Tet-Oaing the same. Ii is
bFiefly summarized h correspondent Of the
l. at more san, a. follows:
They {. Stify that DT. Ajken's and Prof. Ton
Nv analys are rIJl caly def ctive becaase they
6ilI not contain the metal That the metal must
b. t}ta,Ie.. In sufficient quantity q allow II to
he Subjected To a. many characteristic tests as
will prove CunCiUsIycly what il really iS-any of
Wh,cS falling. the result T. Initiated. VIII refer
euce "a lT- AIkeE's analysis, they say b. relied
only OF iew color tests. First, su!phIttof n.y.
'rOgen, second. SOlB5ihty in acid; third white
Irscipitate. To these he sometimes added
fourth. They charge a. bluuders Ut. A mode
feStir8 ltlnS by gue>swOrk, ter weighing Tour
teEthS O. ain from a tumber. HeOught TO
have used pure materials. and rot aseiment
!, with organic matter iu IL. His tests for MS acid
we're msde six months before. Thenisake in
hi> written report. which he corrected on the
Estand, ERs chameleon pTecilitates. h. h'tsty in
ference Ell anatomy, his idea that be had only to
satisfy hiYnSef OF its existence ard not 10 prove
i cOnclusiyely; his examination ofP0rtion was
1cfcctiv-. ,becau>e il was full of Organic matter;
lie used Il 1isCh'S test very imperfectlyl only to
arch <GJ arsenic in acid: his subiimate ought
90 have been crystalline. DT. Aliens tumbler
CNamIlAstiOn vas of no value whatever, first,
beeause contained organic natter, (miik
lunch Sr.,l second, because hi, comparisons
o. pTOIEt'> tly eve are worthless, ana gave him
"a re-CEbl aHce AMI not identity OF CRYSTALLINE
iorm-gro y ctric form must be idsH'ical; third,
Ills eTrJt.. mich he asked leave q correct.
with ryi'fence to Mr.. Tonryi ANALYSIS, the
GNpeTts foT ttcnce assert that IisWOrk was also
Radically q, fectiye, because he id incorporate
on metal. ~ organic mixtures tlat the chic
rate 81 VCtath and hydrOclIOric acid do not
destroy OF e rid Of organic matter; that there
= nothing Il preclude the belief that chlOrO- /
iCTm. Cii0Ta4 and yellow jesSa Mn may have /
beer On the dSodenum, and have given MIN the /
same te>t q St.l'iiSh pTecipitatss mistaken for
autim0Hy by DIR. Aiken, because, first, Mr.. /
Tony failed utterly with rs nitric acid for 1
spots, second, che spots were too Insignificant. /
and may rot Shaye weighed over one forty l
thcusaH,!jl. OF aNgrain; third, his mode OF Ope- 4
rating was scarcely possible with sIch mi !
mute quantity iSuTth, SupPOsing that a spot !
may Iossit.y haSe been m,anipaa ats the, then
sufficiently account tor it; flth. the spots
may be given by other substances, because.
also, his mode of testing zinc. wafer, and 4
sulphUTic acid for Impurities was imperfect,
b. cause his weighing was fabulous; the one
twentieth of millegTanlme l. the elght ten
tEOuSandth OF gram Witn snch pdu as
leakeT glass TO balance in the wOrli can weigh
the One-thOuSandth OF a grain, and his taking
held OF the beaker by the rim with his haHd in
stead Of furCcls would vttiate his whole work; I
because OF Mr. Tonry's aTithmetca error in
stirling that four millegrarsmes was equal 70 six
tenthS OF grain Of antim Jny in the liver, instead
a. S!N Oue-hunjTedths of grain, making il ten
times too great; because this finding in the I
whole liver only six Oue-huulredthS OF a gram,
aud this also being mtre estimate, based upon I
.hc impossible we Ching OF One-tCurthO Of mile
grammc. and that largely composed Of free sui /
ThuT. organic matter. moisture, sc, as il must
lave BEEN show simply that Mr.. TOnry found I
nothing lie obtained .ew spots; that Is all, I
and those would De- explained by impurity OF 4
chemicals. OF NAV be the or ganic natter only.
Prof NCCGllCh also exhibited an experiment. /
o. the presence OF the court and jury to show /
khat the orange ScS TTcCipitatc may be obtained /
I rom variety Cf organic substances. {