New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-04
THE VHARTON TRIAL
EXAMINATION OF DIR. REEsE-DR. WAR
Rem ON THE STAND.


Rem ON THE STAND.
AruApo1rs. Ian. 8-The Court met at 10
oclock The Examination Of DR.. Reese, the med-
cal and chemical expert resumed. witness described
INFINITELY the LESSONS usually found by post-nortem e1-
animation where death resulted from poison by tartar
emeto.
Mr. Reven read Frequently from "stille's Thera-
peutc" treating of tartar emetie and Its Lessons WIZ
ness said he agreed in the main with Dr. sule
The Attornevenera asked-If anthony or arsenic be
present in given matter there any chemical pro-
known to you by which the presence OF anmouy
or arsenic NAV be ascerained without separating tho
pure anthony or arsenic from It and operating on the
pure metal afterward A No, Sir, none TO my kowi-
edge and especially IL in connection with organic matter
AttorneyGeneral-Ar there such processes known to
chemists or chemistry A. Some Of the books say the
presence Of anthony may be proven without separation
or metalization but the weight OF authority is decidedly
against II.
The test for antsmouy az laid down by Taylor in ms
medical Jurisprudence also by Wharton, and ste,
and Wormley read 20 the witness and he regarded
the test faacious They are rght In the process our
wrong IN their conclusion AS TO the result being anu
ganic matters and especially Of tincture OF gelseminuu
and hydrate Of Choral lately demonstrated by fTO
precisely the same results Up certain point these
results are first formation OF Orangered precip
tate OF anthony second the solution Of this precip
tate in boiling hydrochlorc acid third the forming OF
when this hydrochiorc acid solution lie thrown into
water fourth the fact II this cloud or precpltate be
dissolved in nuriatc acid the solution will give vel
lOwish reddishbrown or the addition TO 1t OF SUI
phide OF ammonium ana TINS without I1e DE- Of
distinction between the two where antlmOny IL
present and where IL s not s the single fact that this
white cloud is soluble tartarc acid, If autimOny be
present in the state In the other ease where MOI
present witness cannot say whether 1t is soluble not
"a he has not tried it, knows that all organic matter ~
| produce results similar, but gelseminum gives refuis
eTperiments Sy Prof McCuoch had opened a new f.
OF investigation the authors Just read were not d" ~
OF these facts DIT Reese then described ths e2ReT m
Of Prof McCuloch, as witnessed by hiihsen ana 10
witness was here shown the two precpitates--' ne
tanned by the experiments OF McCuloch in court, and
| other from similarity Of color A. chemist could aot
mistake them by the color, bat at the time these ~ ~
| as regards color by the naked eye. ,o,
| The two precpitates shown TO witness nnered M
rally in color being the bright orange REQ OF a.
nouy and the other brownish, putty-hke color WI
questioned TO the tne when the change conmeh q
IN the brownlsh precplIaIe Ule NItness ~
meneed in about an hour after the experiment wa
The peculiar Importance witness attached 70 the ex
perments by Prof MeCullOch is IN the fact that they
the results OF the sOcaed color tests OF sulphuret by
drOgen with antimOny and of the same reagent with
organic matter acid solution especially with geIse
uum and chlOral, even when no antInOuy II present
The witness crossexamned for some time III regard
TO the tests Of Aiken and TOney, and reiterated his
opinions given on the examination IN chlel III Reese
left the stand at l:l5 D. m HIS examination a. NEIL
cal and chemical expert commenced about O'Clock on
Monday since which time he has been on the witness
stand over hours during more than i've or which he
subjected to most Decentralization Dy the
| States Attorney and the Attorney General.
Or Edward Warren swOru-Hc resides In Balt
more and ia phi scian he graduated first al the
University OF Virginia then at jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia and finished his studies in France during
the war he Medical InspectOTGeneral OF Gen Lee
army and afterward surgeOn-eneIal Of North Carolina
his native state. Witness wac then asked II he mao
heard the medical testimony given IN the case and OF the
DOst-mOrtem appearances and II so, % state, III he
opinion at medical expert the cause Of Gen Ketchums
death and he answered He had heard al the medical
testimony except that of Dr. Miles, and had read TIA
report Of that, and viewing the symptoms OF
pOst-mOrem separately, viewing them combined, ne
could nothing in either 10 warrant CONCLUSION that
other than perfectly natural produced KetchuuTs
death; had die Just suddenly, and with
Identical symptoms from disease that has prevailed az
an epidemic Baltimore for the last II months, namely
CereDro-spna gets this disease Is described IN
all the modern teXt-books-katcite Tanner, Flint
Aiken, HartsbOrn-and, IN certain FORM by bte OF
Philadelphia, and IL well known by the profession. Dr.
Warren then proceeded speak OF OF cerebro-
spinal meningitis that had come under his own pro
fessOnal observations and especially or one ne attended
III MAY in consultation with Dr. William II. BaZel
VI atinOre the symptoms IN this in Their re-
semblance 10 those described IN Gen Ketchun's case
were most remarkable in the suddenness OF their nva
sion their violence, and the rapidiy of their termina
ton, their identity complete. Or. Warren then de
scrbed the and different classes OF cerebrOpina
meningitis which had under hs professional ob
seryatOn and said IL not only probable but almost
irresistible that KetChum died, not from nOnnatura
causes from natural causes not from poisoning but
from ordinary disease, namely cerebrospina menln
gifts witness continued 10 detail the symptoms OF
tbe disease than hour and was proceeding
TO state symptoms OF poison by tartar emeC when the
court adjourned until tomorrow.