The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-01-20

/ use It, and how to handle IT. hs sO%1 gacN-
| ages each clntainiry one naf ounce Rut 81.
| gift'' or arsenic acid-aUsenici these are tho
packages he obtained from me; they were per-
op ect waeR back saSe ON Monasy ioowns told me
| that girl had suddenly died IN his nelghD0t-
mood, and Il any one asked say 10 10 hadn't I 9een
! anything; he also told me that there was some
| talk about arrestlng HIM. He said he had money
| Wednesday following said; here brought the
| poison back, to convince you tnat the packages
| have not been opened, "refnsng to ncCtIn tRem.
| he left, The poison was subsequently LETT ~
| WillHm Rhpsher's. who placed 1t III hs IL?
shortly atterward MT. Rapsher came 70 ny sunn ano
| sheTl wrapped the packages in newspaper t9s
| Wednesday evening" before he placed them ~
| his SAFE refused 10 nccrpt them back because
didn't wish to become an accessory al.er the
fact
| bright promptly comes 20 his rescue Oy intetpo
| sing the question OF privilege. He o. jccts hles
olJectons argues the point at lengtn & nt BTV snf n
| fered 10 prevail. Mr.. NapSher thereforh testl-
hes, Don't recolleCt wheh Delivered the pack.
| RRes to squire Beck; IT may Or 1t may not have
been on the 18th Of August (witness grows ner-
| vousD: don't know whetnUr lt Tas denveided III
snme condition to Squire Beck as II was When
squire Bockl Live at Lehl9htoni remember
reoei wing q package from Mr. Hep h2f !h dt, me
| put 1t In my safe, where kepG II until denv.
cred 1T to the District Attorney cb the 7th OF
| SAINT cOnntlOn it had been when received;
lholds mp palerI it was Oone up IN paper ike
| this. CfOssexamlnaitun developer nothing AZ
| variance in what no stated before.
f. II. Siewsrsi Called at Mr, Becks 01oe on
7th 3t October. when ! Ieceiyed thls paGhage
| to DR.. Erwin for analysis, Oh the Bth
Robert hushtzt Live at MillpCrt know
| sa Ioyer was burled that forenoon; saw Wag=
ner coming out Of LentE's drugstore as was
Cross. Il Examination, Was at the funeral saw
| Wagner there, this was at about II a. IN; came
to Iehlghton by train saw wagner in Lehigh.
| ing up the street, accompanied by william
Wagner.
| Wagner was ut my house shortly before the
| death Of Louisa Boyer; he claimed TO be on his
Herman Voght " Was lock I lender IN r for Mush
| lits IN August, 1875. He was preapring pro
tuselY, He bought watermelon, which he ate.
DR.. b s. Erwini Practsed medicine since II.
| Studied chemistry, Of course; always took spe-
| Olal delight IN II, On tho afternoon OF August
| 10Th. received at Mr.. Siewers' office, what was
| said TO be the stomach of the late Louisa Boyer,
Dn sI n tSe II Frst Sa RanE
| for safe teeping. We afterwards had the OOdy
exhumed, 10 order to subject II to anotner ox-
| animation. We secured some OF the intestlnes,
| the heart and liver In the course OF our eX.
animation we also found q foetus showing that
| the girl had been about in her thi d month Of
! pregnancy. The doctor then enlarged upon the
| various chemical tests TO which the parts SO.
cured had been subsequently suheSted, all Or
| had died of arseni0us poisoning. Not being
| chemist, nor versed In chemical phraseology,
| cannot OF course, enter into the details OF the
doc Or's lengthy lecture on and practical illus.
| tratlon of modern chemistry. Am satisfied that
| the girl took the arsenic in powder-at least 50
or 80 grains, and died from arsenious poisoning.
| The tests applied. are, III my opinion, all suth-
olent to establish the fact as the cause OF tho
DIT. Chandler, Am Professor of Chemistry at
the Lehigh University. The tests applied by
Dr. Erwin consider correct. They prove con-
| olusively the presence OF arsenic. No other
| substance would produce the same results. The
yellow spots referred TO should consider as in
| dicating the presence Of arsenic. From TO 3
grains OF arsenic are held to be sufficient TO pro-
Cornelius Boyer Arrested Chas. Wagner,
Isaiah Miller, OF Welssport assisted me. Did
not ask hun to make statement of the case to
| me. Went to Wagner's house. Not knowing
Charles, pretended TO be after pigs Took
| him at some distance from the house. He
clared his Innocence TO me, said he had neither
bought nor given her poison. Cen Albright
| prove what prisoner told the officer at tho jail
| objected TO- and objection OVerruled. He owned
having purcha Ied 20 cts: worth OF arsenic at
Lehighton, part Of which he had mixed with
feed 70 poison rats. He alsO told me whore he
| had bought it-right opposite RRudenbush,s
4 or times. 1t was during the first nversa-
ton had with him that he told me about buy.
ing the poison Cant exactly tell what trans.
| somewhat mixed up'D Had q horse and wa d.
gon when went 10 arrest him. Suppose hts
wet at ali swore out the variant for his aTi
| rest. He said he suspected n young man nam
cd Straub as the party who had poisoned the
ISAIAH Mllleri Was in BOyer's company when
he arrested Wagner. We stopped at Wagner's
| man. When we had arrested Charles he de.
clared he had not bought any poison. When no
arrived he claimed TO have been at Paul Kres-
ge's. ON the way We stopped at Boyer's. Mrs.
| Boyer came out saying oh" Charlie, whRt
made you do thisi we have plenty Of land and
| gotten along even II Louisa should have got
Chi d. What made you do thisi Why didn't you
afraid she might have died on your lspi to ali
| which he made no reply.
ey III the month OF August. He mover camo to
get 1t.
August saw him once In company Of others.
Albert 9. snyder Was at the postmortem
ing part of the stomach. which / subsequently
gave to Dr. Stapp Got the bottle at the house
br, stapp; it was corked; didn't open Il.
Waller slranb; Live IN Phlisdelpnia at pres.
sn, near wnebs tbe LehtsS s aps enSa Soysy y nome
were cousins. Did not give her any poison
cross-examined Wasn't before the Grand
80, Didn't try to evade service OF subpoena by
telling my boarding mistress to deny my pres.
enoe. Don't remember when Louisa was last
at our house.
Mrs, SteIlinE One day in July went to Bow.
mans with Louisa Boyer. was also In her
company, at another time, when In Maueh
Chunk. she came here 70 buy some goods
bought calico, alpaca. trimmings. etc. AT,
transactlnR our business, and eating dinner,
Louisa bought some candles aud oranges and
some magnetic ointment at drug store, after
which we went down street for the train.
The Commonwealth then offer In evidence
Ph9toEraph o. the two paokages OF poison. 20
which the dotenCe object, but their objection ls
OyerGued by the Court. and Com. rest.
Only Three I'm 100, O,OOOI
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