The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-21

verse cut across the peritoneum, when took
out tho viscara, The liver me stomach, &c.;
which | myself scaled up at my residence
shortly after without letting II go out of my keeping
10 PniIadelpha; wnen we got TO Philadelphia We tool
a and went TO the Girard College, when. finding
that Professor stephens was not there, VIC took the
Jar TO his ana left II with his WHO
THE CHEMICAL EXPERT ON STAND
Professor Lemuei stephens was tnen called He
stated that he lived in Green street, Philadelphia and
was a graduate OF Harvard College; since 1843 has
been n professor OF chemistry, FIRST at the Western
University Of P.sours, rn Os iour years. LOT .won'y
Girard College, have given toxicoogy great atten-
'uon for twenty -four years; have been employed as
cases in Harrisburg six seven years ago; on tho
22t OF April on arriving at my house found jar
CONTAINING the remains Of the woman, was
larger than that with the portions OF the
mans body In; found human man. stomach s,n
ney portion OF tho small and large intestnes; tho
bottle marked with the name OF Mrs Hannah
Bishop; Immediately on opening the jar examined
the organs; the mucous membrane OF the stomach
highly redeemed, with thick, dark, mucous substance
and two patches OF yeiiowish color.
ARSENIC INDICATED.
These yellow spots suggested TO my mind tho pres
arsenic the decay OF suphide OF arsenic often
assuming this color; the interior redness OF the
stomach was also peculiar; on April q cut OF
about a quarter OF each Of the four organs
cut them up finely and digcsted them-that is,
put them in warm water with one-eghth OF
muriatic acid; they werc dgested until Saturday
night; then Uttered the quid ana bringing II to q
boiling temperature inserted slip Of copper iol /;
this metal became steeblue metallic color; this In
dcated the presence OF arsenic, but not with SUI.
hcicnt certainty TO say so positively.
The witness then described the further process OF
putting in zinc and evolving hydrogen gas. which was
gniied. piece OF porcelain held IN the flame would
show II there no arsenic in the gas The 1na ox-
pertinent, showing metallic spot on the porcelain,
proved the presence Of arsenic.
Witness applied hypo- of soda, which dis
solved the spot ana aitcrward sulphite oil ammo
hum, which did not dissolve the spot; the latter dis
solves anthony and does not dissolve arsenici the
former dissoves arsenic and does not dissolve anti
mopy: these experiments, therefore, wed
arsenic present. the first test with tho copper Is
known Reinsch's test; the second test 10 called
Marsh's test.
The witness described his further experiments,
seven In all, In detail, and reiterated his conclusion
that arsenic undoubtedly present in the stomach
OF tho deceased. The witness concluded:-I cannot
form an idea OF the whole amount of arsenic IN the
organs; Judging from my analysis there was 99-loO
OF q grain In the liver; what IS found 10 only ia
trdnsi; there Is never more than two grams found
in tho liver; arsenic is easily traced; had case
where woman had been in the grave three years and
nine months and the liver and Kidneys were quite
well preserved; between TWO and three grams will
generally cause death; tho symptoms Of arscnical
poisoning depression nausea, then vomit-
Ing without relief, inability to keep any
thing on the stomach, construction, pain extending
from the bowels to the intestines and usually purg
ing cramps, flesh generally cold and clammy, and,
toward the last commissions, paralysis, ana tho pa
tient sinks under exhaustion; all these symptoms
are not always present; srscnic which Is found IN
the stomach has not yet been absorbed into
the circulation; the arsenic which has caused
death is generally found in tho liver
the body from what found; there fatal dose In
what detected; subntrate Of bsmuth does not con-
tain arsenic.
On cross examination tho witness said there were
cases OF poisoning by bismuth with symptoms like
arsenical poisoning; he could not how arsenic
could possibly be in subnitrate OF bismuth