The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-15

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alcohol, and powders. I found small
bottle in trunk one small bottle two
inches long little white powder wa
in the bottle. I left the powders. Th,
house was q small board shanty, tw,
rooms down stairs, ono above Hous'
was papered with newspapers l fount
no provisions There was keg of corr
partly full l didn't take notice, tha
there was rat holes; didn't see any trace'
OF rats.
Cross examined-Found bottles abou
the house The one found in the trunl
had no label Thete was marks Of seal
ing wax on the cork. There was moth
ing in the bottle that amounted to any
thing. In Jail Mrs Scott told us tha
as she was crossing Elk Greek
bridge she fell or let the basket fall ant
broke the stryohnia bottle. and threw
the pieces into the creek She said We
could find the pieces Said she broke
the strychnia bottle and one bottle Of
alcohol, and if 1t was strychnia thai
killed Scott it must have worked
through the crack of the bottle into the
alcohol. l found nothing at the creek
there was no water in the creek This
was after she was In Jail under this
charge DR. Hartley was present
was not in the cell all of the time He
did not ask her questions in my presence
Think it was Sunday, week alter the
arrest
A Cummings swofn-1 have seen
defendant before know where they
(Scotts) lived I was acting as Coroner
at the inquest A post mortem was
held by Drs Hartley and Hartman
Hartman had charge of the examination
He took out the stomach and put it into
glass jar and put into my possession
1 brought it to town, sealed and sent ii
to Philadelphia Scaled it with sealing
wax
Some powders were found a small
phial was found l have the powders
in my possession; had them ever since
Seven were found DR. Hartman de.
stroyed one examining it at the inquest
| did not see traces OF rats about the
premises
Cross examip ation-I did not call on
vny particular person to conduct the ex.
animation think Hartman assisted a,
Hartley's request Have forgotten the
name of the person to whom l sent the
stomach DR. Farley recommended the
man to whom I sent the stomach Moth.
ing was said as to who would make the
examination of the conteuts of the stom-
ach Hartley did not to my knowledge
propose to wrap the stomach in paper
Dr Smith has taken part Of each powder
from these papers Hartman took one
powder which was not replaced
saw an empty paper To my knowl
edge there was no other powders found
Dr. Smith took portion of the powder;
to-day at noon I know him only by
sight.
Robert I Campbell sworn-I was Al
the inquest l made some examina
ton Of the premises Found some
medicine One hottie had label or
that remember of Saw some pow
ders I saw a phial II inches long
not quite round Found no evidence
of rats Cross examinatien-Inques
WAS at three o'clock.
CIV Gills sworn-I was at the in
quest Found large number of bottle:
in the house Some were partly filled
and some empty l saw the phial
took it from the trunk; it was ] inches
long. no label No traces of rats looked
for them
Cross examined-Don't remember
that there was cork 1t looked 81
though there had been something like
-four in it There was many different
things in the trunk
A B Wheeler sworn-I ON &C
quainted with the Scots Don't know
much about their relations. They both
told me they had had sGme trouble
didn't say what Cross e1smined-Wha,
she said was usually silly and not wortay
of attention.
Edward Marion sworn-I know the
Scots by sight went there about
three weeks before his death She said
she had had trouble with her old mar
and, he had threatened to shoot her She
made no threats against Scott.
DR. Stanley Smith sworn-I reside il
Philadelphia ANA physician have de-
voted attention to chemistry, from '5s
to 80 I heard DR. Hartley's statement
as to the delivery of the stomach Dl
called on me June 18th, after con
versation l went to Prof Ryand t.
whom the stomach had been sent Wen
to the Office of DR. Maury There fount
box directed to Prof Ryand. Took tht
box to tie labratory of the Jefferson
Medical College In the presence o
DR. Hartley opened the box. FounC
it tied with strings, with Express Cos
seal on strings intact. On breaking
open the box, found an ordinary glas
fruit jar, packed in papers, that had
or 4 seals Of sealing wax on top Th'
wax had several marks such as nigh
have been made with stick or pencil
opened jar; found stomach partly filled
and each extremity properly tied Care
fully washed outside and placed it in
clean dish On cutting open stomach
nearly Is fluid ounces of thick green
yellow substance, having strong alco
hol and acid smell escaped Inside wa
washed and showed no morbld appear