Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-12
Local.
THE POISONING CASE

THE POISONING CASE 4
A VERDICT OF MURDER AGAINST Mrs. ALLEN
EVIDENCE OF THE DEAD MANS SIsTER-SHE
SAYS ALLEN Told Hrs WIFE TO Buy THE aR-
sENIc-MRs. ALLEN DID NOT MAKE THE CHICK
EN- BRoTH-Ir WAS MADE AND DIsHED GUT BY
ID His SIsrEa-THE Dying MAN WANTED TO SAY
SonETH1Ne-THE NAME OF MAN MENTIONED
In CONNECTION WITH THE PRISONER.
&C., &C., &c.
Tuesday morning, at Mt. Sidney the jury
of inquest on the death of.C W Allen re-assem
bled, and Mr.. E. L. Edmondson was substituted for
an absent member. The jury met in the Angus
ia Hotel, in the parlor Of which were Miss Eliza
Allen the sister Of the dead man, who has all
along expressed her firm conviction of the inno-
cence of her sister-in-law, and Miss Maria Allen,
his aunt, who is of the same opinion In the jury
room was Mai S. D. Slower, the father of Mrs. A.
an old gentleman of dignifed but unassuming
appearance whose careworn face shows the pain
ful interest he has felt Id the case ever SINCE the
disinterment of the body, at which he was pres
ent as a spectator Hon. A. H. Fl. Stuart was
present as the counsel of Mrs. Allen. The ex-
animation was begun by hearing fuller state
ment by DR. Crawford, who attended Mr.. Allen
in his last moments, of the course OF medical
treatment pursued. Another witness was the
sister of the deceased, an intelligent looking la
dy very self possessed, who with rapidity and
directness, contradicted nearly all the grave sus-
picions against her sster-in-la W, saying, among
:. other things, that the arsenic was bought by
Mrs Allen with the knowledge, and by the dl-
rection of Mr. Allen. That the suspected chick
en- broth was made by herself and not by Mrs
A., and that nearly all the family partook of it.
and that Mrs. A. lost the arsenic purchased OF
Wayt Bro, and burnt that purchased OF Dr.
Eichelberger. The jury, however, from their
verdict, do not seem to have accorded weight TO
her evidence. Drs. Fauntleroy and McChesney
testified to- the incompletenesss of the analysis
80 far but said that it was probable from it that
arsenic had caused Mr. AIS death, the precipitate
Welded by the tests being such as would not be
ysthrown down. y to use chemical term, save
by the presence of arsenic. Mr.. Jno q. Par
kins in his evidence stated that DR.. Crawford
had said to him that a man Napier, (called by
other witnesses Naper) ought to be shot and that
Allen had been poisoned with strychine. 1t
was, also in his evidence that Napier, who had
boarded at Aliens, and in connection with
whom Mrs. AS name had been mentioned IN
neighborbood scandal was seen going to her
house the day after her husbands funeral The
Jury, after hearing the evidence, and consulting
q few moments, brought in verdict that Mr.
Allen died of poison administered by his wife
with intent to murder him Mrs. Allen has made
statement to her counsel in prison closely tally
ing with that made by Miss Eliza Allen, and with
regard to the loss of the arsenic purchased of
Messrs Wayt & Bro, says that she can substan-
tate that by the wife of Judge Ferguson, of Ca
bell county, West Virginia, who was with her at
the time. Mrs. A. is very cheerful in hope of
her acquittal, and it said on Monday sent down
to the tailor to borrow musical instrument to
while away the time. The following is the ad-
ditional evidence elected before coroner Cush-
ing, yesterday
FURTHER MEDICAL EVIDENCE REGARDING THE
DIR. Crawford added to his testimony that
when he was first called in and saw Allen he
was on tn floor He said to him he had better
be moved to the bed, and Allen said II can't
move I am SO numb. I would have the spasms
again if led to walk | administered to him
bromide of potash, twenty to twenty-five grains
in two or three ounces Of water. 1t was to quiz
ct the nervous excitement he was laboring un-
der. He was laid upon the bed, still
SUFFERING FROM GREAT NAUSEA,
and pain in the stomach, the vomiting continu-
ing, and in order to relieve that I gave him nj
trate of bismuth. This seemed to relieve him as
long as remained with him. then left pre-
scripton of bromide of potash with the family,
directing them to administer it if the spasms re-
turned. On Wednesday, A. NJ, | returned and
found him still complaining of his stomach, with
great nausea and vomiting, IN order to ares
which tried one drop of carbolic acid in luke
warm water, after it had cooled. He threw up
the first dose almost at once In half an hour |
gave him half that quantity. He objected to the
use of it, and then applied blister to his ste
mach and put him upon the use of ice.
Igave him ten grains of calomel and five of rhu-
barb. That was Wednesday evening. left di-
. rections to get lime and prepare lime-water. -
Tharsday,m when returned they told
me they had given him the lime-wate and he
had thrown it up [ then ordered lime-water
and milk His nausea and vomiting was still very
great, and / put him on prescription OF COM
pound spirits of lavender, mint water, with Local
applications of ice to the stomach. This pre-
seription was the first that seemed to relieve the
the nausea and vomiting at all, T.
AT LEA ST HE GUT BETTER AFTER TAKING IT.
On Thursday evening late his stomach seemed so
much more quiet and easy that commenced Civ
ing the antidotes to poison. Taking into
sideration his condition, the one relied on most
was opium, which gave-two grains being the
first Dose. Tstaid and a administered the second
dose, and left late in the night leaving the same
prescription and directions with the family -
He appeared at that time to be something easier
and more comfortable. i visited him again on
Friday morning, found him better, and contin
ued the prescription. | went again Friday
evening, and .,z,s,1
FINDING HIM so MUCH BETTER,
discontinued the quantity Of opium, but contin-
ued tne prescription. Isaw him no more until
Saturday morning, when found him consider
ably worse, and, being much surprised, asked
his wife if she had continued the prescription
she said she had not; that he commenced vomit-
ing about ten O. o'clock again. He was then in a
dying condition-the symptoms being those of
death then concluded ] would give him a
small portion of bismuth to relieve his nausea
Nothing more was administered to him by my
directions after that Saturday morning.