New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30
THE TOSBURGH TRIAL.

CONCLUSION OF TIE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY
pIsrRICT-lTroRNEY M'GILL AND EX-SENATOR
WINFIELD.
At the trial yesterday of the Rev. George
b. Vosburgh pastor Of the Madison Avenue baptist
Church. Jersey City Heights. who is accused Of poison
ing his wife with antimony, Professor r. Ogden Dore
mus Of thi- city, was recalled by the prosecution
Professor Morton made several mistakes Professor
Dorernus said in his analysis Of the liquids lie only
slightly acidulated the liquid aud then dubbed the sui
phurcttcd hydrogen through It, and got prcclpate OF
sulphur This he filtered. and the liquid which passed
he threw away, although it contained the ahilIhohy
there was any in the original hqud. lils a'-
ION was that Of an amateur chemist anu ho
member of my senior class' in New-IorH
would have done IT. His whole method WAS
wrong and had the liquid contained anthony he could
not by anY possibility have detected II by the method
ne used analysis. The Marsh test as used by me
in my anay in this case, has been ridcued and yet
Is used by the best chemists OF the world. i"uhd
traces of antmony in the lining OF the pocket IN WINCH
MI Sickles spilled the bottle but cannot tell how much
there in the lining. The elimination OF ahtlMohl
dmlnshcs, hut it is intermittent"
On his cross. Examination, Professor DorcmuS testified
that he believed that the anthony found by Inn 'u
passed through Mrs. Vosbureh's body.
O-By Mr. WinGcldl-"Why do you believe 1t
did ?" A.-'Bccausc do not believe that tn" doctor
HDr CorncD who gave the liquids would have placed
1t in the bottles"
O-UIy n iuro.)-''U an expert put tartar cmctic
in wafer or liquid medicines would there be more found
than II IL had been III the systcml" A" There would
probably De but tho photograph has not been
applied 10 chemistry, cannot tell when We ilnd II
who put II there"
O-"You say no doctor would know enough 70 put ~
lust the right quantity. What do yon meant" Al
based my assertion on the fact that they say they know
nothing about chemistry"
Dr Culver was recalled hy the defence {" TESTIFY mat
the theory Of mlcrmitl,i elimination il .''I %,,
T. Lcvcrinr. "a druggist, measured ont % quantity 81
tartar cIrcic AZ the request t" counsel Tor the de-
fence aud Jljer knapp The counsel 81 Mr.. NoshUrsh
then announced that they rested
The opening address 10 thn jury uDou the part OF the
prosecution Was made hy Distract tlnr.' Ny'IL
not an ouIc5-t without friends hut wc rayr stepped
into the midst O one oi our most wealthy CONGREGATIONS
and brought thlr pastor INTO ms criminal court g." 10"
il,u ul"n '.'-, oil t ,,,. 5ri ' .,i rr',.., on,
Wn, i i ,,, ,, WIN ~. h.r,r, t,, ,l.i1r of tl,
became "a dga- upon his amAti 30. lie tird 90 rd hu-
her ga-s Of lemonade. which caused hey TO- WON'T
When Size became 80 SICK in February, DEE adj
r'i".',,,,l To- her The medicine, and ,.r-w,t,r
most of the u. ard -lc h.rIm" v.N ID. JOS -o'u a- -"
had taken them. aI.d yoult.l freely. lie SIT mp with
Nr ~r testified tuat ms suspicious we're asou~d "nd
c'r, 40 l' b.. n.raolo. be. SAN lin lave powder rap,r-
,,l. ,,,,.i.r ri.I,Y I- -tI., II.. v... had Iu.u
I,,,l , H.. curtains Ii. I,. uuvr .i.,.r 800 o,. ,uull
&c., , l,.,,..,r., l.- ,,...f ST.. HON lt. ~ .I,.
, .,., a H., L. ,,',,, IIr refused q. rrt. r.r her.
and ,.i r, ,.,-i frhr could mot rl,r 10 rr aver .,rr
he supposed o,.u, woman whom DE- Thought Aa bad
li.i.f ,.itl f,. TO-, .au
Wan sIr Nu-husIh went down s'a.r,." continued
Ir E,f.I ,. tlr.v DIS jog upon N.. ~'i.t Jap ana
sad .Iii dec y,u I.a, CO.. rI- ,iJ .- up#i was Dec
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y.l.I .,p WIS .ruuu~,.i to D.. passing Hv.rF Ur goes
about Hur|ue'" HI.h Joe. Ii.I"."-.- 'n'r..f 90.
Same ioo'l WITH DOR. h'' ."- De- ~ '', "i 'o "".-
li'' "-,', o., ..,' I,. y, lIu t, ,i. l.r Win
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