The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-17
MRS. WHARTON.
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Professor Aiken Creates a Sensation in
the Annapolis Court Room.
A DISAPPOINTED AUDIENCE.
DR.. Williams Recalled to the
Stand.
A DISAPPOINTED AUDIENCE.
The State Closes Its Case Against the
Prisoner, to the Great Joy Of
the Court and Jury.
States Attorney Reven Sum-
ming Up.


ming Up.
ANNAPOLIS, No, Jan. 10. 1872.
The Wharton trial was resumed this morning at
ten O'Clock The day was unpropirOus. There was
aalght fal OF snow during the night and snow
commenced falling rapidly few minutes before the
Asur for the Court to meet 1t was reasonable to
suppose that the audience would be slim, but the
ruling OF the Court just before the adjournment
yesterday had opened the whole subject OF the
ssticency Of the analysis OF Professor Aiken, and
the court room was thronged from an earty
hour The ladies' did not for a moment heed
the the miserable condition OF the streets.
They were present IN large numbers and quite an
addition was made by the arrival OF the train from
Baltimore. number OF ladies' actually came forty
miles through blindlng snow storm to witness
some OF the closing scenes OF this great trial.
number OF prominent citizens were present In the
court room, and Professors Genth ana McCulloch
occupied the same seats where they sat from day to
aay during the earlier stages OF the case.
Many comments were made yesterday upon the
uncalled.f0r attack OF The Attorney General upon
Professor McCull0ch. The Professor was not
present at the tme but has since reached the city,
and some OF the more fiery members OF the COM
munty on the Qali UiUe for personal encounter
any such thing will take place. Lawyers are pro-
verbal for the liberties they take with the reputa
nons Of individuals whom it suits their pur-
pose or advances their interests to at
tack; but 1t Is by no means unusual
70 see the most violent assaults upon
character followed up with traternizing and good
natured raillery outside OF the court room. Their
Insults are almost always intended in Pick wickian
sense and some allowance Is also made for the state
OF nervous excitability into which some attorneys
are thrown during the delivery Of their harangres
70 the Court.
PROFESSOR AIKEN AND HIS BASKET OF TREASURES
The feature Of the morning was The arrival of
Professor Aiken with his market basket containing
the results Of his seepess nights and days Of labor
during the last lew weeks, by means OF which he
expected to bolster up the bungling and inconclu-
awe analysis which had nearly consigned untOr-
tunate lady 20 a.felon's doom. The basket forciby
recalled the nursery rhvme. "There were four and
twenty black bottles In the ple,' and suddenly
they popped out, TO the no small amusement OF The
audience and the evident disgust OF the much tried
jury who looked forward to another siege of IN
COMPREHENSIVE Latin ana chemical terms, and
numerous brief essays upon utterly unintelliglble
su0jects. That Is, to the lay, as Mr.. Syester face
u0usly termed them. The examination OF Dr.
Aiken did not consume much time or prove as
Interesting the audience expected. as ne was
checked by the Court whenever disposed to be
garrulous and the defence severely declined to
DR.. Williams was placed upon the stand by the
State to testify about inc hypothetical case winch
was composed almost entirely OF the symptoms
described by himself, and as some remarks Of
Susan JACOBS The '1rrepresstbe Dinah." formed
ingredients. the Court allowed him to give MS
opinion. Susan was very much exercised yesterday
when the state called Marshal Frey TO impeach her
testimony, and was heard to exclaim repeatedly,
.sUgh ugh Jes lem me have ue privilege She
Was anxious TO again mount the witness stand ana
give her views. Mrs. Wharton and friends occupied
THE PROFESSOR REsUMING HIS TESTIMONY.
Professor Aiken took the stand ana testified as
fOllOws:-
nsa,e this new discovery Of Dr. McCuilocns he
Wen a. he S sss than accaooh
.si;, sour milk other words words. the p:
the experiment which McUuoch said he tried, and
which reSressnted the and adding hs
sus s .n
the
in the arst wal was of a dirty white color,
As % said he sl
ss wGud sas ne
what darker he then examined Choral added acid,
he seS IN Is
sR the al s9sSa %
though the defence directed to the exhibition OF the
pssepSss produced BY accnosS using e. :qpsds OF
sSsa AZ. S So wsa h
sssss that w.s e l. Pr.fesscr
Ing experiment win yellow snphids
ne s ws s. .a y ss Z.
was in connection with choral he took prccptae
p BY adding hs
sacceed Professor Reese said partially soluble which
@ pc he c
:e .S b: sSs sIsa S ,Ss in
stomach readily dissolved when treated arlarc acid
dissolve ths s1hiGed the results 10 the jay
There was some confusion at this point. as Pro-
lessor Aiken slipped in vial containing expert
mems on antlm0ny, which was promptly ruled out
by the Court
WiTsEss7lt required longer time 70 produce result
stomach; he noticed that the experiment Of Professor
ncCuloch in the Court did not produces an instantane
ana hs obtained hi. result q two seconds; tie
hia reagents; Il is inadmissioe in experiments
eS5 oS s rn 3, If
ammonium and obtained the dried precipae NOBODY could
The dried precipltate and the liquid were exhib.
ued 10 inc jury, VINO, no doubt, were greatly eded
thereat as they handled the articles as gingerIy as
tney would glass ship, and returned them, after
BILE. 49, F
The state here proposed to ofer some experiments
Of the witness upon antimony. The introduction OF
such testimony was objected to by me defence and
the objection was argued at length by both sides.
exhibited 70 the jury In rebuta, but that he could
testify upon the point
Associate Justice Hayden disagreed with the ma
jorty Ut tile C0url, anu thought ne could make the
experiment.
Kesuming, Professor Aiken said:--
tried experiment that McCuoch exhibited, with
she anthony and orange red was prodnced
ths could possibly be conoupdcd with mis-
for the result obtained without using the antimony;
the color of the dirty wne and the color OF the
other an orange no afflicted with disease
blindness could possibly mistake them.
VOID LEFT IN THE MINDS OF THE SPECTATORS.
The audience was evidently disappointed at the
sudden conclusion Of Professor Atken's testimony.
Tney nal expected MIN to occupy the stand during
the whole day; out the defence, probably placing
little reliance upon tine testimony Of u man VINO
mad already shown himself utterly regardless or
amman lie, summary dismissed HIM from tile
stand without question.