The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-21


Wharton because Of the failure OF evidence but you
must
AoQUIT HER BECAUSE OF HER INNOCENCE.
Mr.. steele then rccapitulated the symptoms OF
General Ketcnum and tue circumstances winch sur
nn ds b Se sSs %1
ms coGse 2. the supper table on Saturday ngns'
Dear,cH 10 waiting FOR the cup. Would person
bent upon murder select such time for us COM
son was put In the cup at the table would it have
escaped the lynx eyes OF the servantf All medical
men agree that tartar emetic Is the most potent and
rapid eneuc known to the profession, and that In
stances where 1t does not act In this manner are
anomalous How was It with Ketchum Did
Was he taken SICK suddenly He sat up
and laughed and talked and smoked until eleven
glasses Of lemonade mixed BY Mrs wharton on
| sunday nght-0ne containing q deadly poison and
same time and offered at the same momentf Mrs
Chubb, from motives OF politeness. because OF the
the sewerage the one glass Than in the other
might have desired the General to have the Dest as
he had been complaining OF illness Did Mrs.
| Wharton wish to strew poison broadcast because
asked TO find that he was poisoned. Gentlemen, it
possible for her TO have poisoned the lemonade
Ellen Dedrck was watching Mrs: Wharton's move.
General Ketchum looking on when she mixed the
| Lemonade
Mrs. wharton called for 1t from the next ROOM The
bottle was brought and handed to her In the door
way IN the presence OF these Witnesses Unless sne
tator, she could not have poisoned IT, II the charge
OF ''poisoned'' Is to be entertained Ketohum must
| have been poisoned on Saturday or Sunday night.
VI all emeucs known tartar emeuc Is
the most invariable; vomiting is inevitable,
tnere ana slipped ms lemonade. on Monday we
have no traces OF poison. Al TWO O'Clock Monday
bed and looking 1t his watch and the Ss
say ne was well. Is this an Indication OF good
health Had nc been well was 1t not thou
| nd m m "a ha moan IN
| bed and asleep at such an unusual h0ur9 On Tues
day morning Williams says ne was we'll General
breakfast before seven O'Clock IN the morning. At
ten O'Clock on thar morning DIR. Williams found him
weliS The interview was not ct all favorable
to DR.. Williams. Ketchum did not seem TO like him
It he was very abrupt 70 the physician. He called
Tor his pOcketbOOk and discharged MIN very sum-
attempt to disodge that disease which wa 5 eating
at his yllals He did not ieel ms puise look at his
the disease He gave him two drops OF creosoie and
little lime water, under the impression that his
stomach was irritatea from the recent attack Of
making its insidlous advances and perhaps Just
approaching that stage when no human hand coula
DID Mrs. Wharton have ANYTHING TO do with
Ketchum that dayi Did not susan Jacobs prepare
conviction, but simple justice the prosecution was
seeking, they would have put ner on the stand.
with hearts full OF affection towards this murderess
the strongest temptation to commit perjury. She
Se e yUs what sSs on Ss
| with Ketchum. lie said he had taken only
one dose OF the doclOrs medicine and mad one OF
his own. She found tho bottle OF laudanum ana
told Ellen OF It. Mrs. wharton taxes the bottle TO
Mr.. Hutton ana tells him not to tai ABOUT II but
give 1t to DIR. Williams; II may create suspicion;
says she tried stimulation. n she wished to pro-
duce the impression Of suicide, why not let the
where It was foundf nave no doubt the man had
taken dose OF laudanum, and 1t was that which
brought about his seml-comatose condition. There
| was no vomiting on this day, 30 says Susan,
and they attempt TO contradtct her ny MRS.
Loney, VINO said she heard Ketchum vomiG.
ana General kec s on the nrs May she moot Sot
| have mistaken his stentori0us breathings Mrs.
| Wharton asked Mr.. Hutton to go up and see what
was his condition. and whether ne needed physi.
can. Mr.. Hutton would certainly have discovered
vomiting; Mrs. Loncy was mistaken. The absence
OF testimony ON this point shows that susan was
right and Mrs Loney wrong. Once read about
Tuesday afternoon. and see whether you can find
any reliable evidence thai she gave him porter
the circumstances. she told Mrs. Loney sne was
going out 10 get some porter to
MIX GENERAL KErCHuM SANGAREE.
She mixed 1t IN Mrs. Loney's presence. Would any
but insane person or an idiot thus publicly ad-
have gone from that irst story to That third story
without encounterng more than one pair or bright
eyes Not one tue iady WITNESSES saw ner 20 up
Mr.. L0ney says when he offered " drive her 10 tile
store for the porter she said MOI she wanted the
air. 1t IL highly improbable she SAID any
such thing. MI. Loney must have Imagined
this reply. She was gong oat TO drive Win him
unexceptlonable gentleman. Mr.. Steele at this
point told how he was employed IN the case; tnst
was retained win Mr.. Thomas. They went TO
see MIR. Pinkney the Deputy States Attorney.
and Judge Gilmore; There =, had i,. o been IN, no
room, ana they imagined that II was an absurd
charge which would he dissipated In lew days.
said there was no reason In the world why they
should not, as there was no danger Of the wit
OF character which could not be manipulated.
TWO weeks aftcrward Mr.. L0ney came 10 them TO
| put them In possession OF the facts,
| BUT NOT ONE WORD OF TUE PORTER SAN0AREE
was SAID, nor could there have been one wort OF
evidence TO lnat effect before the Jury; otherwise
sne nuictmen, drawn up by that master VI ms pro-
iesslon, Frederick Pnkney, would have contained a
count that tartar emetc had been administered In
| administration In yellow jessamine and lemonade.
| There are number OF ladies aud gentlemen. wit.
nesses IN inns cuse, Tor whom l have the highest
consideration; but ladies will talk. and SO Will gem
| uemen, and this case mas been the topic or con-
lie. These witnesses md 1t difncult TO Distinguish
| between what was suspicion In their minds and
what were facts. The storekeeper always thougnt
that the porter was Purchased on Monday 5ut
when put upon the stand he discovered some
porter . had been CHARGED on TUESDAY aud snere
and belief, It was bought on Tuesday
| Nothing puts the poison IN the sangaree
| except this suspicion, which underlles every
BIT Of evidence in The case. Tne truth Is that II
! Mrs. Wharton gave ketcnum the saEgaree at all she
gave II on Monday evening. Nj. Steele then de.
| scribed the symptoms OF Ketchum on Wednesday
morning, amt conteDded that he was moribund
| when DR.. Williams was sent for. Dr. Williams
| arrives; he tells Mrs. Wharton the patient Is very
ILL., 10 telegraph for his friends, and yet he says
now he might have been restored 10 health. lie
must have been a most hopeful physclan, and
must have mad wonderful confidence in his medI.
cine. II you believe not the testimony OF these
phyHcians
TAKE THE TESTIMONY OF DIR. SMITH.
His reputation IL beyond dispute. IL Is cock
tensive with the country and deservedy so. lie
says he was dying at that very time, and that the
| treatment OF Dr. WiiDams was inappropriate and
| dangerous. Mrs. wharton had been toiu that lie
was dying-tnat he could live nat few mo.
mens WHAT was her OBJECT In administer ing
| poison at tins timer Could she not most surely
| tnot .loa roI, ttoaa