Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-05

each visit-pretty much all the time. W hen
throwing himself about the bed. I advised hin
to lie still, and he replied that he could not =
He constantly complained of burning sensation
in his stomach On Thursday night his pulls
became stronger, more regular and more uni
form, when I arrested his vomiting, which had
continued at intervals up to that time. was told
that he had vomited before got there He com
planned Of an unpleasant taste in his mouth, fire.
qrently drawing his brows down, and when
asked the reason, said he had
SUCH BAD TASTE IN HIS MOUTH.
He had been wounded severely in the ankle in
the war, which was still running sore. have
been practising III his family for about 10
years. From all could gather, he was taken
sick Tuesday evening about supper time, six
O'clock and the attack was sudden and not pre-
coded by any violent symptoms. His wife said
be was taken while at the supper table, and went
to the door, where he leaned against the side
saying he felt very badly. She said she had pre-
pared bowl of chicken soup for him, but he
She tasted it and said
sswHY, CHARLEY, IT is VERY NICE,
and handed it back to him. She stated further
3hat that was all be had eaten for his sup
per. She did not say whether he ate more of the
soup after she handed it back to him. Previous
to his fatal illness he had an attack similar to
this that ia tho far 7 coui6
learn, correspondent to the last though I saw
none of them myself. No reasons were given
me at that time for that attack The contraction
across his chest was complained of constantly,
except on Friday, when be remarked to me that
he "felt better-all those bad feelings had left
him." did not suspect poison until Wedncs-
day morning, the case being new one to me'
and did not diagnose it till then. l now SUP
pose he was poisoned from strychnine. He was
famed constantly during his sickness l could
not diagnose the case as gastritis. had a con-
versation with his wife Sunday night after he was
buried. l was sent for, and found her in a state
of great nervous excitement She quieted down
and asked the ladies present to leave the room
She asked me then "what caused Charlie Aliens
death p | told her that it was my opinion that
he died of poison. After a moments silence
she said sCharlie said if he had mother of these
spells he would die, and said must sell the
horses and the wheat and pay his debts' On
one occasion during his illness she asked me
"what was wrong" with him. On Friday she
asked me what thought, and told her that
thought he would get well. She made no reply.
The deceased attempted to take nourishment but
There was no vomiting on Saturday. He was
then dying. He was conscious an hour and
half before his death. gave him autidotes to
poison on Thursday night, when suspected that
was the cause. He improved Friday. and on
Saturday was much worse. l have no rea-
son, from the symptoms, to believe that addi-
tional poison had been administered after the
first dose, but came to that conclusion because
the sudden change for the worse in his condi-
ion.
HIS WIFE ADMINISTERED ALL THE MEDICINE,
which left with the family, and left directions
for administering it with hi S wife. am clear
in the belief that the antidotes gave him re-
lieved him.
THE POST MoRTEM
DR.. A. NJ. Fauntleroy testified that, from Dr..
Crawford statements, his impression was that
there was something other than the diseases to
which the human body is subject. How his
nervous system may have been undermined by
the continued existence Of an old wound, DR. F
could not say, but from DR.. Crawfords history
he was of the opinion that something had been
to Mr.. Allen to produce the effects
described. The convulsions spoken ofby Dr., G.
look very much like those caused by strychnine.
There is nothing about the condition of the body
to-day which indicates the cause of DEATH
The presence Of poison IN the stomach would
throw much light on the testimony. An exami-
nation can be made in two or three days.
WHERE SHE PURcHAsRD POISON.
DR.. Eichelberger-I know Mrs. Charles Allen,
but only in the last two weeks The 6rst time
his death, and got bottle of bitters and some
arsenic She
ASKED FOR sTRYcHNINE,
and told her had none. then gave her ar
senic, and explained to her how to use it to xii
rats which was the purpose she said she wanted
it for. | sold her an ounce That was the day
Allen was taken. She told me her name and
where her husband lived, and said he was sub
ject to spells. She called at my store last Mon
day after her husband was buried. She was in q
carriage, and was dressed in deep mourning
She asked something about if poison could
be discovered if the body was taken up, and
said
SHE WANTED THE BODY TAKEN UP
as remarks were being make about her in con-
nection with his death. She wanted to know il
poison could be discovered after burial, that DR..
Crawford said it could not and she was going
to Stanton, to see Drs. Fauntleroy and McChes-
ney. She said she hadn't used the arsenic but
had thrown it in the fire that she and "Char-
lie'' did mt like it in the house, and she would
get more when he got better.
HER QUESTION s TO DR.. CRAWFORD.
DR.. Crawford recalled have no recollection
that Mrs. Allen asked me the Sunday night her
husband was buried whether, if the body was
disinterred, poison could be found. To-day
she asked me that question, and I told her from
the quantity thrown off his stomach | hardly
thought it could. l have spoken to several
persons since Tuesday about Allen being poison
ed.
The jury then adjourned till O'Clock Tues.
day morning.
THE ARREsT--sHE IS LODGED IN JAL-HEB STA TIE
MENT,
After coroner Cushing adjourned the inquest