The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-18
A. 1t is the essenppium; gave him also blue

T. |
q. These are all rescribed-morphine, Dlne
Piali5, esppecacuana, bread, water and tea a.
Q. Arsenic is no{umulative poison, is IT : A.
In some cases IL isl |
O. II person I'd ouantity one week. insufh-
Gent to produce al another dose week later,
do you say it wOuldduce death A. 40 not |
arsenic, II rubbed 1.-THE surface OF the body, WIN
find its way to the I and stomach; II VIII also
lind It's way there ihled in the air.
z. Are there not OF poisoning caused Dy per-
sons sleeping in roQapered with green paperf
A, There are cases ne they have been anected,
O. Have persons been poisoned from eating
colored conlectioneIA. am not aware OF cases.
q. Does arsenic eItnto the colorlng OF coniec-
uOnery and toysp ks.
@. What did you nj when you asked sherman
If he had not been tsg something's a. wanted
TO get at the causdursday morning mad my
suspicious that he M have swallowed something
deleterious and desttve TO life.
Prisoner here prOnd counsel.
q. You say there " lul on Thursday morning |
in the symptoms; did attribute 1T to the medl-
cine2 A. did-at lei hoped it had.
o. Is it not commol cases OF arsenacle poison |
that the symptoms ctuate-that they are more |
severe at one time tlAnotherY A. Yes.
O. So that it is not essary to repeat the doses |
to cause these nuctuas? A. 1t is not necessary |
O. Mrs. sherman mi no objection to the post
mOrtem? A. Not as earn; l was informed she |
O. Where was the b from death until Saturday
when the post-morteihs held A. 1t was In the
front room where he 4 after that do not know
where 1t was or in VIII charge; | took no part IN
making the missions 1t assisted 1t tying 1t ana
packing 1t. . ,
O. Did you examinee cloth twrapper) around
the stomach to see If re was anything on IL a.
/ did not; but had th been would nave op-
served it; first saw thvrapper in the room; Ut.
Pnney brought the cl' there understood, -,
O. Did you examines jar in when tie stoni.ici1
was put, with view see If 1t was cleanY A. l
did.
O. With view of sag if 1t was clean9 A. Yes;
Q. Was there tingf green IN the JAR a.
don't recolect; thinkwas not.
@. Did You see the jMashedY A. NO. ~
q. And you never h,the custody OF 1t A. NO,
sir -, -
Witness was here ,ss-examined at length as
to how the liver was Eked after It's removal from
the body.
A. No, sir; not after ut the room; what became
OF. 1t after DR.. Pnnebok it away know not.
TESTIMONY OF RATIO SHERMAN, JR.
HoratiO N. ShermaHr., sWorn--l am tWehty,onS
years old; reside in}oonton, n. j.; have llved
there since 25th oflaAfay and previously livea IN
Birmingham; am p OF Horatio n. sherman !
resided with my faith in Birmingham up 10 the
time of his death; mAther, brother, sister, hyseh
and prisoner and theervant glri were Tue o Wou
pants of the house; fher was taken SICK On MOL nn
day evening before death; ne lett nome 1in on
Wednesday, the secol week previous, and dld NOT
return until Friday the, week before ..at on
which he died, so he was absent one, one
in New Haven / b not know where ne was
on the day ne returna told the prisoner thoughI
had better look forhther; she Said III was useless,
as might not findim when got 10 New iiaVeh /,
! had to urge her sderal times before she woull
give me the none to come 10 New maven, she
finally gave me thehOney and came down on the
9:I5 trains came 1.-THE Park House to 1lnd MN
did not find him; Eoceeded to the depot; stooG
there some time d it was raining; walked toward
the west end ofthidepot, and while looking OUT o.
the door he AMI another gentleman came along
took him oneside and asked where he had peen
walked arouH with him till halfpast four or I'VE
p NJ. wen to the Park House, leaving tlis
..t, . Il pnTf ha "A
wagon hereall the time he was in the city we wen
home in intervening, arriving at the Union House
Derby abOit ten minutes past seven; ne got OUT o
the wagoDand entered the hotel; he refused TO &c
home WIN me right away; left him ana startet
for houe he took dinner with me on the day OF ms
returnin this city; he was perfectly SOBER on INA
day; When arrived home asked the prisoner II he
had ben home: she said he came about nine o'clOci
that night, or an hour before ! arrived; hat
been home to supper after Leaving latner an,
had gone out and remained down town untl
about ten; when returned home the prisoner tol'
me he was in bed; father remained in the house OF
Saturday and did not go to his work during tn
day think saw him at his meals That day, bu
am not positive he seemed to have as good an appe
tite as usual on Friday: on Sunday he renamed
home until after three r. NJ, when we dlned sls
nothing unusual in his manner that day; on MOI
day he was ut work; his business was tackmake
(tending machines and keeping the machines IN re
pair he was in the empSy Of twenty e. t. Seas
on Monday he was hanging grindston
for the purpose Of grinding his tools; tner
was nothing unusual in his manner that gay; 100
breakfast on Monday morning before ne got uI
went down to the factory and lie came down Altc
wards the machines not being running lett III
factory went up town and returned 10 the lactoi
about eleven O'Clock; he asked me 10
GO UP AND TELL LYDIA
Cthe prisoner) to send down MS dlnner; went
the house and told prisoner that father wanted "
Il, the r saaa q, az
took the dinner to the factory; left It Wit
him before he left his dinner; on returnnghe sal
he had eaten all but two or three crullers; that
would eat by and bye; remained about the vi
lage till supper time partook OF supper ana wen
out without seeing him, as he was not yet nome; {
that time prisoner, my brother and the girl wer
present; don't know who proposed the supper
next saw him about hall-past seven that evening
the drug store, on the corner, where there was q
outdoor auction; he was reclining against the 90
OF tree; he turned around and lie
and saw nothing of him until ! &c
home, about nine O'Clock in the evening
/ inquired Of prisoner II he was fn and she told II
he was sick, that he had been vomiting ! went
the door and spoke to him, and he also told me !
had been vomiting; said no more, but went
bed; next morning Crnesdayl ne requested a me I
eight; went for DR.. Beardsley, who was absen
but found him at the drug store, and told him II
father wanted him to come to the house; did n.
return until dinner time; then inquired how
felt, and he replied Every bad;"' then retnrne
time; that evening and also the next mornin
day l stayed very close at home;
asked from time to time how he felt; on Thursday
was at home and remained in the sitting room wit
his mother Mrs. Sherman and the prisOn'
LYDIA told me he had had spasm; they both n
quested me to 60 after Dr. Beardsley; he was n,
in; returned and told both women that he ha
left; Old Mrs. Sherman
REQUESTED ME TO CALL DIR. PINNEY
as soon as possible; l found him absent and r.
turned and reported to them that had lc
orders for him Pinney) to come the moment
came back DR.. Pinney came about dusk to Il
house; think Beardsley had been there before; Il
prisoner and the servant were there In the kitchel
Old Mrs. Sherman asked DR.. Pinney the cause Of h
sickness, and he replied that he was very sit
man. but do not remember that he stated Il
cause of the Illness, Friday morning he died.
q. who had the care OF hm2 A. The prison
had sole care of him in that sickness until Thursds
noon, when Mrs. sherman, his mother, arrived.
q. And after that, whoS A. They both assst'
in his care.
q. Did your grandmother prepare anything +
him a. Not to my knowledge. .
a recess was then taken until two O'Clock.
CRoss-ExAMINATIoN..
The cross-eXamnation OF young sherman W
begun this afternoon. He testified that his father
spasms were very unusual, and that he had new
had any before; his father did not sleep with h
mother, owing to some trouble; witness did n
know when they were married
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