, 1877-06-03
Feb. q, when she died. On the sth OF OIL, ]
aakcd her what she Ind been taking.
q.-Why did ron ask that1

| eaKCa nGr Wtint sue Ind been taking.
q.-Why did ron ask that7
A:--Thcro hnl boon fou1c talk.
=, objection WAS madG and the Witness stopped
Ifo tl,cn eall. asked because wanted to flr,t
ont the cause Of tho. vomiting. Elder Wc
.s ss sook ose esss s5s oeT d ss 3an''' E'ef
Tho next QuestIon fetched
| ntiLA PADDOCK
into tlfc case. Tho question Was: When yor
Visited Mrs: Mc0hec On tho 18th Of February
Xns~er-Loftl1s Paddock VA. in the room
| i WAS shout o'clock In tho evening
Mrs. MeGhco va. Then in IN ono e"'"S !,
w9P Pei%f ss wae., as Ss"'s .s"t s hs hs,e:
+ store, and compounded = powder Of bI,muti
and cafomcf. divided tt into four powders. "a.
turned 10 Mcuhcc's, and
GAVE uEn ONE DOSE.
tno othef three powders witness left on the
stand By Tho window. Elder McGhec, Ritta
Paddock, Jenny McGhcc. and Mre. Mcijna iiar
dctty vera present. Next morning Nllia Pad.
aoek cams oycr to his house and woke him up
Mts. Meahee Is dying" nc went and found
she was Just coming out Of terrible convuIsfot,.
Acf bands were c1ammv. there ras rtgtdTty
ol Tho muscles OF her Jaws. and her loNes
et;xtfcmitles were drawn 70 ono sidt. By this
phrasc,. that there was some cause for this
which ho had not heen made aware OF. iIo
asked u gil tho powders had been taken. Tie
oTsm 1sn, thsrs; ,sd q r.. so%eSoy :nswsscd "Y
aany differences in tho tasto Of tho powders.
leit, ~ bitter. and Tho last dose was rs
not bitter. ile repeated tho question In
sanfc answer, 1Ic ordered strong coiice es ,or
her, but the rigidity OF her JAWS via such that
DIFFICULT TO ADMINISTER IT.
sa s.KeG st e, With as sr;at aiealt Msahso
(tho doctnr) shink sho had had poison OF some
thinEf Wittlcss gayo an cvasfgo answer, and
asked Mc1hco how l,c accounted for two Of tho
powders being bitter. while tho others wcrc
think vas the rauso Of that bittcri'' liz
(w!tncsa) answered It might bo one Of two
tn'nes. Mc0hec made no response. Then
presently pssss fc tTtness1 sad. "Qunlne or NOR
from which the last powder had been adminis-
tered to strs. Mcuhoc: Bome powder adhered
to 1t. lie tasted Il. TIM tasto
WAS THAT or sTRfcHxtEE.
s esr Mtdheo hsaass{ was c1s ssa aaa ss dt s i
rom i!Sn Mrs. Harde:ty: 1ic then stepped away,
Ghcc let him {.Itncss} take It. Later that day.
y i, was aiter.hlrs hicGhcc's dcath,-w.tncss met
there was about Ills wifo's death. Mcdheo said
"T1le witncss, continuing, testified: ~ said
20 aim, You know tllcro was c,rtafn letter
ia not {q aes9 fSsgsd sTs l By aty to whom 1t
Ob!cctton was made and tho Witness nas In
bcsn mentioned to sir. Metii'ce. @ 'D' "a'"0 naa
.ra,ssa Mt"sss efontM'nu!ngrhe letter WIS ono
hfin'self saf,. quickly, tho Witness addod, mo,
| tod him. yon know, those powders
WefG y clan9ed, and thoee present mover noticed
upon q Tho spoon. iIo asked who was running
thls T. spoon business. told him had tho spoon.
mo IL sa!ti, Can't ny put outline Or something
on ., ~ ihas spoon: Holp mo that much, Doc.
,aao ntno no sns%er u; snd be wont away peculiar
" OF tho muscles Of tho JAWS"
=, Un close examination DR.. Drown testified TINT
tAo tlrst change ho noted In Mrs. Mct1heo's
Sase Was on Friday, The third day Of her Illness
sho shen ceased vomiting, and ho observed tho
Of her Jaw. and llcr thumbs were drawn bv m1..
eHlaF ~ flEidty across the palms OF her hands.
hac "a nfst & called to attend her by tho cider NC
Eayn her quinino In 1lvo-Rran doses. Noticed
Lhst apasme followed tho administration Of thO
ln!n!nc and ordered less doses. Continued The
}.,ino lot two Or three days only. hal to tcli
sIeaneo 'ae something. when doctors arc aakcd
hing: 1dldn't believe i. but to1d him nosr peT.
laps tho qufntno caused tho epaans
Dr. brown was subjected TO uost sk7c.o
which elected
NOTHING or IMPORTANCE
:onr& adjourned. t'N 'Ao
There Woro somo cxtsaorflinary fcatt,rta ahont
10 4 testimony OF p. brown. flo swtfo Tint
N h,s sosond or third vist, because Of what 10
nd hcar!2. lo wanted to know what Afra. Nc
}heo had taken. ,hfcGhee's answer that It was
lulntne, ~! that 10 hal taken d doso eycfY
limo she did, would havo further aroused the
uspietons Of any rational being. For nff,ctcen
Mlays AZ her symptoms, a. Detailed by him on tho
wcro those OF poisoning, rot moi
'uta aho was dying did ho hctray
THH SLIGHTEST suspic1oH.i
Upon his own testimony b. would seem 10 have
cen most extraordinary blockhoad, pr, Ii nut |
oioskllead, then ho seems to haya been AFRAID |
f,s D1posa 20; case Of allow poisoning, which he |
cling murdcro!ts'Y pursued. Instead, he vcut
n VITA . mild, useless treatment, untfl tho |
,oman waa in her death thrues. Certainly the
tatude II which: By. his own story, hb puss
in'solf, Is that Of doctor who secfrt, u have
toltdly stood by whilo murder bY Eiov poison
faa committed. FS"