The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-30
the TRTAL or L1ROS.
Tho story Of the Murder Told by Mr.. Fox.
Of the Prosecution.

EAsroN, Aug. 29.-The morning session of
the trial Il Allen c. Laros, the prisoner. attract
CT an audience very nearly as large as that Of
the day te'orc. The prisoner complacent and
radilntly self-consclous, looked about him with
undisgusod satisfaction at the throng.
MIR. Kirkpatrick resumed his address for the
defence. combining himself closely TO an inge-
NOUS presentation of the plea OF insanity. in
duced by epilepsy.
Mr.. Fox then began the closing speech for the
prosecution.
on he 9ist Of NAV last, Martin Isros his wife and
Ak children were al home and, with old man med
STrs ,. sch1g scmoed together in their n,nal place
rec, health TINS nrsoner was the teacher Of aschool
two ana a half milos down The river. aud returned
EVENING to ns fatners roof Uasu.pecting any cyi
this family sat down to the evening mcai. The osen
ing me mai been prepared anu coffee was part
perfect hcSth-that is undouSiei estnoi before YOU
but scarcely had iiat meal peen swallowed unit nrst
were sized with sudden ana violent nc.s. a except
TOR. The nrlehbor. nurried to their relief. Here was
the father sllng upon bench In the og nlc OF that
t,e & illness also, And mark y9n ecptemen that the
neepe was ia proportion 70 ths several amounts of
,oheG thsy mad partaken. The two hitle girls who
and soon recovered. lrsin took half cupiu, anu
scbuf. Mr. Laros ana Mrs. Laros drank more:iargeiy
tin. Dr. Seems was sent for. Had the cholera
scs by the COURSE of hor OS Sxamnsiou @ 10 Hs nad
seven people Oftn suddenly seized VITA ClOlcra
busp DR.. Seems, Of some twenty three year. practice
In iew minutes. d,tcrmnes IL l. poison II IA Hr.
senic!' lie administers cmcucs. tie sends for Dr.
Juukin To nrng the antidpte flr arsenic" II tn.s
had been ch1ieri morbus. Or gaHfits tao ocfcnce
would have be icse, the HutCote ascnc would
have bren certain DEATH II would have he, the very
thing hey should not hfye given DR. Junkiu cOncurs
with DR.. Seems, tlat the symptoms those Of ar.
sorlcal poisoning and thcT gave aut dOtes Tue
ing huds tue mother ON tns brink of he grave and Il
hh past scvcI uciuck oy the nj Of hvr ONn thc
dies. An the father fingers untu evening an ihen
dies. Another day passes hY and Moses scpug.
| too, yields UP hts nie, the tlifd victim,
pr Junsin asks tor the con pot from wich TIE cot.
Zee ha1 been s,r,e Both physicians arr suspicion.
tlis mai. TIE does not appear TO be sick. ike he rest
o. the family. The tc son l. plAni the canning ty
knows the cOd'e pot tor whicn d. Juukin asks and
goes ont to tle washhousc and points II ou Dr. Jun.
Mn puur- IN the liquid aud IN the bottom he nud-
enough ar cuic To- have k,d onchalf the rcrsOna IN
this court ruum, # 70 haI been Admnist red TO them
br. Mclufyrc, lr1rucd chemist, auayzs thc material
fuund M fhat coffee pOt ana discovers thiry grams of
arsenic 20 thr nli ounce. similar result Is had u
thr ach Of tue dead man. Martin Laros Prof
Green. of thlry niue years standing. vcrihe'
tnelr tests IL IL ssu brought out In the evidence that
t.e PRISONER the MOn0ay preceding that faal y
per. came to Boston ana bought from Dr. Nuorhs toui
ana haf ounces Of arsenic Just the amount Of tha
poi on found IN IN, collie pot Tue defence plead tna
he morally Irrc-pOnslhe. for the reason that h,
tast although hc hycd away from home for months at
time one uu his own family ever slw him have ore
Of these eAsns until he Mas put In JAN Thea he ma
IN N frequently anu regularly. When he began he ha-
them about every night ana then he changed To cyerj
| otAer nlsht, and Fooled Dr. scip most handsomely.