Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-02
EVENING STAR.
the wharson Poisoning Case.
CUNTIN AXIOM OF Evidence FOR THE NJ
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ANxAroLIs. Jan. THE court met at ten
o'clock DI. Genth was recalled To the stand,
and, in response to "A question from Mr.. Steele
answered that Prof. TOnry in his evidence had
stated a chemical imPosSibility whenk he said he
got a solution of tartar emetie~H Wien treating
SuPhidc OF ani,mOny F-rccipitate with potash
>I6s(S1 gotten what he SAID he did 1t would
have proven no tartar emetc was there. Sui
pLICe Of aatImCny II a compound OF sulphur and
antimOny; potash II composed OF oxygen AMI
potassium. IN YOU dissolve sulphide OF antimOny
in potash you make double compound; the
mist i potash and oxide OF antimOny; the secOn
= suiphde potassium ia combination with
fvr-suIph.de of antimOny. You get clear 81
luton, and If YOU add an acid yOu decOmPo-e the
Sulphide OF potassium, and make salphuretsd
n dTOgen- The CTO>S-eXaminatiOn OF witness
wa r 81 M q, and in reply to MT. Revclls wit
~ - sad rs had never examined stOmichs Tor
tartar emetc, but had experience IN Chemical
analyses.
Aitornev General Syestcr read from Taylof's
Medical .is.t~Prudence, section II the process
L. determine the presence of antIm0ny.
The witness Wa cTOs~-examined on copper
tests. and tie crOSs-eNalninatiOn continued. In
Trpiy 10 "a question from MIR steele, " tne-s said
the quantity obtained by Aiken was too small
quantity to b. dried or tested Witness then
exhibited 20 the jury piece of paper weighing
tea MILL GTammes, with each miiligTamme
marked OF. lie cut OF what he believed To bea
2--iOO part Oi a miiligTamme, which was 80
small that he took 1t up " IN great difficulty On
milligTassrS and tie minute pieces were PIT
inas 81 and handed to the jury He said the
ss,fhiJe OF sntimOny PerceTtihle' As described
sS'y Professor IOnTy must have heersn only IL or
- the size ct the PARTICLES Nsfc exhibited.
Witness then left the stand
Br. John Ross WAS sworn. and gave evidence
ia favor OF the prisoner. Mr.. Steele read pOr-
tiou OF Aikrn'S testimony. Witness said there
was nothing used Tar 81 get nd OF the
cane matter; he did not get rid OF il in tLat pOr-
ton; il was AL there 4 he amount OF antlm0ny
could not he estimated by Aiken's judging il a.
lie did. Mr.. Steele asked, could you, from
VteCipita.e obtained, undertake To form any
gf
even II there was any, Witness said he could
UOt begin To tOIm conjecture about 1t; IL would
Ic the nearest speculation: saw the spots
hihited by Tony; can only give an Approximate
idea Cf the amount OF anthony contained in
them. witness assisted in an experiment to OBJ
tain the spots shown by Dr. Genth; those By
TOnry he estimated at half the size; he thought
the thirteen spots OItained by TOnry might DC
easily produced by the one-thousantth part OF
grain OF tartar emetic Aiken's mode of aSccr-
tanning the quantity of anthony in the contents
ct ketchum's stomach would not give the slight
est probability OF a correct estimate. The liver
and visceTa arensufficient to establish the pres
fnce of amtimOny in either. There was nothing
IN the symptoms of n before death, or from the
autopsy as described, to exclude the idea that
death was produced by natural causes
NOVEL WAY To BLAST vooD.-LaSt year,
AVS the 41ericGn 4~fisra. at the commencement
&C. the war. atrrmends us storm inflicted serious
damage in the great forest Of Have (Mcurthe-
Mosellel. The ground being weak, and the
wind cNcTting "A great force against the tops of
the trees. a laT.-.an.,sT were thEoEn down.
Recently. the state has taken steps to sell these
fallen trees by public auction. The stumps
were taken of with the saw, and the trunks
were cleared and raist q. The bcech-TOOtS hav-
Irg become very hard 10y long exposure % the
ar. they could not b cheaply removed. and
there remained ON the ground very large
amount 0t timber Al engineer thought of ap
plying the methOd that had been followed
with success in similar cases in Germany
recourse therefore had to dynamite.
In each root and following the avis of the tree.
hole Wa> Drilled with an anger from inches
To Is inches deep, and ,, inches ia diameter.
dynamite cartridge. OF about 30 grammeS, pro-
yitled with a Illuminating cap. and a length of
ordinary mine fuse, was placed at the bottom of
the hole. When the charge was tamped, the eX-
PlOsiOn was made. which divided the root into
quarters, after which il was easy TO reduce il by
ordinary means into convenient sizes. By aid
~ this arrangement each YOOdman was able to
break uP y, cable yards day with An expense
of about =, francs 100 cents Tor dN Mantle, i'm
Plements. and hand labor. In this manner
profitable results were obtained from timber
which would otherwise have been abandoned.
WHAT A CURIOUS TASTE a man mast have
who deliberately has his cOfiia constructed be-
iore his death Nothin- bat a naturally morbid
turn Of mind can account tor il. But there are
>uch - philosophers y in existence. one, Mr..
Richard Harms. who lives in North Carolina.
thirty wears sgo turned ont sas>4fTaS tree TO
grow tor the purpose Of making a coffin. and
about twelve months ago the old man hal il cut
down. and get a nan in RHXbOrOugh 70 make
his coffin out OF il. The Old man occasionally
gets into 10 and stretches himself Out. bv wav OF
old fellow in the same state had a coffin cast ut
iron before the war. He bad hiS grave dug and
walled az with brick, with ma gnifcent tomb
stone setting forth his name. place OF birth, and
fixing his death - somewhere about the wear
ISL But he was alive and kicking in 1853.
he Oil chap Kept his caSt-irOn coffin in the
corn crib, and used to shell corn IN il. Tins i a
rev method Of :. acknowledging the corn"
WIN-SUCRING IN RsEs.-Winl-suckinp
IA horses bears a close analogy Ia crib bitiEg.
~ arises from the same causes, the same puT-
POSES are accomplished and the same results
follow An undue amount of wind i TAKEN
into the stomach and considerable h4tuleuce
caused thereby; in addition 10 this there is an
injurious waste OF saliva. These combined
evils impair the horses condition. and thereby
lessen his value. Opinions prelie ated mon these
results are 10 the effect that horse afflicted with
either crib-hiting OF wind-sucking is unsOund.
There II no permanent cure Tor either Tart.
! scid alld FGrH.
"A Young lady in Indiana named Nancy
PTatt, was accidentally vaccinated In the nose.
~ took, and her bugle is ioy forever
"During the period OF twelve wears from
the beginning of l~jg 10 the close of Is,O
2.2bi go German Immigrants arrived in this
country.
sT"What would Won do if mamms should
die" asked a lady with whom we have the
honor Of an intimate acquaintance. OF a little
three-year-Ol,-girl that We wOuldH' take hum
dred dollars for. ''Wel. mamma" was the
melancholy response. IL 'SpOSe / ShouIJ have
e. spank myself Chicago Pcs.
DIED.
HOUGHTON. OF ty phuiI fever, December 81 e..
A OTIS HOJ6IlTON- aged ~ year, sad ,
MINERAL Wi K placa .I,4 49, - -