, 1874-02-19

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Dr.. L. q. Beam tcstifloi Ar follows +, 7 nm a
regular practiclng physician, and resido at tho
cornor OF Forty-third and IIalHtod atrootB. snt-
1,rday morning, about IL O'Clock, OH.cor Sweeney
callol mo, naying that thor'o wore two chii-
! tlron doai at Mrs. Thompaor'e, and wishing
inc to 60 there immediately. wont, aud found
the g'rl Ettlo lying on Tho floor dead passed.
throg a3,, The room into tho klteien whore saw
agonios Of dissolution. % 7Ie wan broathiuo Ia.
horiously, and Appeared aa tl,ongll ho lad been en-
strangiod lily iirst improssi% % VAS tbat il was was
inako lin vomit up tho poison. So Tic oliia hewo ~
| over, could not swallow, / then went into tho
| bedroom to 500 the mother: found llor oolfi And
tliBtrosaod; she recognized mo and said s.NIy
ohtldren are sick, wish yon would holm il,o1n.h
examined hor, and found slo was worry cold
md much prostratod; gayo hor utiulu]nnts aud
ordered hot ton for ler, a dead how Inv boniIIn
| hor. Mrs, Godfrey, who was holding tilo baby.
asked mo wllas Bilo should do with It, I told
hor to take It home, wash It, and Glenn It up ger-
orally, it having beon sadly neglected.. - d.
| 1n short timo Mrs. Godfrey Bont for mo, aud
said that tho child was In alch condition that
nho did not daro to touch 1t. Tho babys body
| WAS sery rcd and peeuliar.looking. Tic marks
on tho body wcro mntle by boing pressed agalnst
tho bed and chair. 1t Ind tic appearance Of hay-
ing suffered from exposure, md waY cry
| Ing. told tho lady to nurso cloal,
| and food 1t. I assisted DR.. 1Ienrotiri
| at the post-mortom examination. think
| tlas asplyxia Was tho cauao Of death; think tho
| baby was covered up by tie bcdcotl1oa, and 80
escaped injury. Frequently children stand suf-
| location better than adults.
] 1n roply to pnestionB by Dr.. Hcnrotin. ho aaid:
4 person or tho floor would Htnnd It better than
ono OH tho bed. Tho boy, Willie, seemed to act
as Il under tho iniluonco Of nposon that acted
on tho lungs. All poisonB, as rllo, occasion
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| thoy are gaseous. Tho pupils Of tho childB
| Dyes wero ililatcd. l did hot suspect q nar-
cotto. Had q pillow or hand boon pressed
upon tho child's mouth, it would. have
Marks made from anch cauBcs aftor death aro
blue. I havo not tho loaBt idea that tho child
was tampored with. There wero no nlaris of
violence whnteyer. All anto~mortom marks turn
bluo after death. found no such marks on any
of tho Thompson ohildron. 7 examined tho room
and the stovo, and think, II the ventilation WIS
| Dad, tho inmates would 30 Hul1ocated, Tho
nurao and the woman lhlrs: Ihonpsou) being on
their teet. would 20 LOSS liable to be poisoned
than the children lying down. ! haye heard and
Toau that people under buoh conditions often
1850 THO power OF voliton lilo mother and
nurse we're suffering Ill the same wny a1ld
showed tue same symptoms aa tho oh'laren:
I =. lUr. Stephons here stated that tic rcd and
that, of men who llaye boon suffocated by coko
Or ,,o ohafcoal 1umosI'
Tho womon did not aeem to bo drunk, hut
hogoneu td ~ tue gas: noticed tat Tug danp9r
throw out 1T the gas' @ 40 not know Thotllor the
top waa OF or not: thinls the nurse Was 20 af,
1octod " tue gas that atlo bumped hor torohoad
an ana 1a 1eii aoWn. III smaii houso M iko tnat, tho
aar eI woua ctnango very QUICKLY. =, Mrs: Godfrey
"aa 90 te1lltleu W n1as oltorlhg, saas sue might
not havo noticed the gas, Altor dol.bcrstiona.
oaho to tho conclusion thas they wore oil suf-
ieftinnS from tho same eauso. hlrs. thompson
sala tant "noh hhe 1onnd that tho nurse ~as 20
strangely anoctoa anu could 40 nothing. Hhe
heard tho chlidron crying anu gos up to ho'p
tAen, nut tainted Al a%ay. / thlnk tho poisonous
sas chuseu tno 1rlGlu1ty III tno nmoa OF tno anf.
ao w a w. @ ,s" p VIZ i. @s euo s
., .1t f.o,, ao ..o , 1suy
sitaht 'A''3' "''"s AAeAA sD"'o'"A Aun''e 40 'e's
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mno ,,a st nocsor aau M snua nas
anG3a9 @ ~ was Ianoo nuo tno 1opot.o5s .no coroner
mnu pf Htonrf1tln, 70, ftl at tno invitation OF NJ:
LucIes,9i Inc afanst M House, wons over to tho
| notet anu p"ttooA " m sery suph1altlAl auu eI-
1oyaolo ainhos. Inat Yory Important anair
poln6 a1tenaea 70, tne lnqueRt poeen again.
Join :MlIonELt; x NJ ~
It. PAYNE peen stateu TO tue Coroner t19t ono
Jonn Mltehol'. mllkfnafa, foslaiug on Aalhtotl
streot, was ~ POSSESSION OF some very important
testimony, 20 was summoheu; nha teatnea na1 aa
iq'ioWss an milKman, anu I'VE ht 1f92 south
taHtng mix evory evening to tho Ihompsons,
anu ie1s mlih thefe last IAnrsday evening. a
womnn came to tue door aud got tho milk. :!
ula not hotlce hos paFtlen'arly ana could not
1en nar II bhoaa eco 4oF: L. was aogns D Nnon
4glt 1no H'1k tne!o. l. AnoW Mra' thompson
| anu IL WIS not sno wno Bos TUG MIX. "aH
.noro agaln pIlahy eTenlng u tuo saIae houI,
anu was toia Dy tue BANJO woman that no mllk
was wan1oa. Ine 4ousa vas aafk anu there
vas no Aght III IL. "heh tno doof Was oponou
not alF iud1eu oHs, aHA tue nouao bmelt hot.
| -,et sna Lar 5;st;,,otir y vas ~ Jarf1 ITa,n
i,oarI o,,S a.w tI,o a;,;idron 1slar F. ,t ~ +
ionao hit nridow ovo',nc nono ~ thoto ,voro oro
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