The New York herald., 1876-12-29
A BLO0D-CURDLER FOR MILKMEN.
Schrumpf Guilty Of Cow with
the Croton Udder.
TEN DAYS WITH WARDEN QUINN

crowded by milk dealers and their sympathizcrs all
anxious to learn result Of the great trial. which, it
was understood, would bs concluded upon thus its
eighth day. Inside tho bar Messrs W. F. Prentice
and Hastings counsel for the Board oil HEALTH TO-
gether with Professor Chandler and Drs. OConnor and
Mott On tho other side OF the railing were assembled
tho adverse forccs in the persons OF Mcssrs. y. r.
Lawrence and Louis waehner. counsel for Daniel
Schrumpf the lugubrous defendant, who sat short
distance away from Professor r. Ogden Doremus and
his sons, Or. Charles S. and Mr. W. c. Doremus.
Mr. Lawrence opened tho proceedings by stating
thnt although 1t had been agreed on tho previous
evening to admit no moro testimony, he would like TO
offer some very important evidence which had just
como to his knowledge, and which would show that
tho milk which had been produced In court by the
Board Of Health MS iair sample OF commercial milk
for experiment and subjected to analysis by the
learned prosecution. was In reality skinned milk ;
and further, tho defence would like place the
stand Professor Arnold, OF tho University OF New
York, who would swear that ho had examined under
tho microscope tho sample Of milk OF low specific
gravity produced by Mr.. W. c. Doremus the 18th
inst, and which had boon pronounced full Of pus by
Dr. OConnor, MIX Inspector OF the Board OF Health,
and that the said milk entirely free from pus
Tho Court said II was impossible TO have the
opcncd at that stage, and tho testimony could 10
heard Counsel thercupon asked that the defendant
should be acquitted the ground that the indictment
was defective; and this being denied by Judge Suthcr
land he asked that dciepdant should bc acquitted on
the ground that the indictment alleged two distinct
offences, on both OF which it impossible 10 con.
wet. The Court stated that 1t would the proper
time instruct tho jury that there was 10
sustain the nrst count, charging that the defendant
had watercd milk aud exposed IL for sale With refer
the second count-that defendant had exposed
for sale aduterated miik-His Honor denied tho mo-
tion and said that II must 60 TO the jury.
BUTTERIyG
Mr.. Lawrence then addressed tho jury summing up
his case Before considering inc evidence nc warned
the jury against allowing themselves to be prcjudlced
against the mlkmcp Of this CITY on account OF their
organization. They were. be said simply banded to-
gcthcr to protect their rights True they had also
poyed counsel which WINS, IN tho eyes Of the prose-
culion greater onepce; they had employed the most
skilful experimental chemists in the country and to
cap the climax they had darod to tell Dr. Chandler
how To test milk. Mr. Lawrence proceeded
10 criticse the testimony OF Dr. White, milk
test defendant was indicted and claimed that
he not competent expermcnt talis Professor
Chandler had year ago testified IN similar case,
and the defendant convicted but tho Court OF Ap
peas had reversed the decision. The Professor, no
SAID, had the present trial confessed that he had
the former trial learned many facts about milk.
For instance, on tho former trial he testified that he
had M never ound mix having spec'nc gravity below
whereas he now states that he had snco found such
milk ami the published reports Of the Board showed
the state OF facts Professor Chandler contended
that the lactome,er afforded accurate test he had
four OF them produced court aud oxpermcntcd with
when they were found to agree only upon two
points. II had also been urged that the lac,omcter
could be easily used by mkInen and unscienlihc per-
sons generally whereas all the evidence went TO show
that tho instrument, 10 be OF any use, should lie
curatey constructed and skuliy used. The jury had
that OCCASION It took four learnod
read the instrument, anu only two of them agreed.
Who the Professor admitted that he had found pure
milk below the standard oi the Board, he had not
thought II necessary to change the grade OF the
Tho learned scientists quoted by tho prosecution In
support OF tho acomctcr were then taken up by Mr..
Lawrence. Hc said that his opponents had not read
far enough to got clear idea oil the authors views,
and he proceeded 10 read from the same books ex-
tracts condemning, In the most emphatic language.
tho OF the instrument as acCu-
rate ,es. The reports OF tho Board Of
milk which showed lowest the lactometcr was ire
quertiy richest in butter Professor Dorcmus he
tended had nos only shown that the lactome:er was
analysis. Professor iliman and Dr. Mott counsel
commended, had admitted finding pure milk below the
standard OF tho Board. Tho testimony OF Professor
Doremus had remained unshaken ny the cross-ex.
animation OF the prosecution, aud therefore the jury
mad related his experiments with pure Orange county
milk which he hnd found TO often MS low OBS
degrees below The standard Of the Board-and had
shown that the acomeer did not Distinguish between
milk rich IN cream and SKINNED milk. After quoting
from ~ score Of books IN ~ SUPPORT Of hn
would DO the height OF injustice to convict his client
even II tho latter know the character Of the milk he
sold-upon the evidence OF test so imperfect II the
Board OF Health wished 70 protect citizens from adu
tcraed mix 1t bad tho power 10 go 10 the railway de-
pots when the milk arrived sherc apply tests
and II inc fluid wero impure prevent It's mportaton
into tho CITY, II mon were 10 bc prosecuted the
Board should use an ,nial,ole test and not one IN
lactomoier evident from tie remark OF Vi It's
witnesses, who SAID they never prosecuted dealer
for selling impure milk unless II marked below eighty
ninc upon tho Instrument whereas IT'S standard was
THE rRosEcuriox's SUMMING ur.
Mr. Prentiss summed up for thc prosecution. Hc
confessed that the terms IN use BY the deiencc during
the ten days Of the trial had gwen HIM much vcxaton
and compelled frequent recourse to the dictionary.
For instance, the word 'vscosisy," which had been
used by his learned adversary on tho previous day,
had stunned HIM until upon recourse 10 Webster no
bad found it to mean s'giutinous.n Alludng TO tho
long tern, OF the trial, he said II "a milky wayn
and the lattcr was called by astronomers a galaxy
which meant a collection Of siars--very appropriately
applied to the scientific stars who had testified for the
defence. The dictionary said galaxy was ncbulous
collection ofstars stronger in soc points than othcrs
s'Now, gentlemen" said tho Coiouel II will attempt
to show you where these strong points he" Counsel
milk brought into this city daily, which no 600
cations Of water added before IL is sold
g. bad ooS morn bo 70
gent that when the Board OF Health took
us place in 1857 the death rate OF c.dren under nvo
years old was ity three per cent while In 1876 u had
dcc eascd to 4S per cent Mr.. Doughty had testified
that the Commercial milk" sold IN this CITY was on
The average tar above the standard loo do
grees OF the Board Of Health Alluding 60
the sample Of milk presented by the defence
and which the prosecution declared pus
ted exclusively upon II in the secusion 10 which he
hoped the gentleman would be devoted. Tho nrsl OBJ
Ject OF the acience he Claimed had been prevent
any test being applied TO milk The actomcler in the
hands OF an Intelligent person was competent test,
for any one could discern whether mix adult
tera,cd with cream, which had never been known or
with water Everybody had sgrcod that tho actomcicr
was competent test OF specific gravity, and the
sumption of tho Board OF Health was that when the
spec lie gravity below tho standard tho liquid
adultcraed with water IL must be admitted all sides
that analysis could do more Than tell what quantly
OF water tierc Was IN milk, and tnat was discovered
just as well by the iactometer Counsel rd,cued tho
da presented py the Messrs Dorcmus, founded upon
experiments made with the samples Of mix brought
by them trom Orange county, and suggested that
those animals must be peculiar no had heard
OF any such before, aud he proposed that the trbc
should be named "Doremus COWS" ''why.n said he,
sst took eight Of those furnish twelve pints OF
milk" Counsel quoted from number OF chemical
authorities including Christian Muller to prove that
milk has wonderful consistency OF the lactcai
nuid whether 10 comes from prlzo Aldcrncy half
starved Bengal hciicr and 10 show that tho standard
Of LO29 IS founded upou years Of experimenting and
testing In this and other countries Edward Smith in