The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-17
POISON IN THE MEDICINE.
now THAT rs SOUGHT TO BE PROrED
~ THE TOSBURGH TRT.fL.
Whnt the Father aud Sister of the Accused
Pastors Wifc say they SAW The Diagram
thnt Mr.. sicktcs Urrw What allied the Tcns

Ex-Gov Bcdlc finished the cross-cxnmina-
ton of Or. Cornell in the trial Of the Roy.
George T. Vosburgh. Yesterday morning in
Jersey city, without gaining any very note
worthy advantage. Tho doctor looked fresh
and unru1lol after his rough handling NJ We'd
ncsday. On the receipt from James y. Sirklrs.
of the articles intended for analysis and his dis
posnl of them he could not bc shaken. Tho
senior counsel employed his SIKH apparently
in vain. Then Henry &. Scklcs. the father ot
the complainant and Of Mrs. Nosburl:h. was
chilled. He Is n Columbia county farmer. CD
years OF age. lie has shrcwd face. and quaint
rural manners. and made hoiter impression
on the spectators than his son had done. Hn
was in Mr.NOshurgh's house lcss than week
in the latter part of january. He testified that
his daughter had complained that her medicine
and food tasted bitter. lie drew II very small
diagram Of n room to show where he had sat on
n lounge md watched Mr.. Nosburgh manipu-
latng his wifc's medicine. 1t was suggested TO
him by his cross-cxamincr that he had better
mako the diagram larger or else he couldn't get
the lounge in.
II couldn't get the lounge on tho whole piece
Of paper" he remarked with n supernatural
gravity that set the jurors laughing After
ward he was allowed TO go down among tho
jurors and cX plain his map. which he did with
much satisfaction. rcmarking. that II he had
done IL correct" He had never had the
rheumatism. and wns ~ a healthy family.
ENira 7. Manion, a sister Of Mrs. Noshurgh;
most OF the transactions described 10y her
brother. James " Sicklcs. She lives a, Siuy;
! vrsnnt. Shc wore hlnck silk dress. marked
| with white horizontal stripes, and white straw
/ hat. trimmed with black ostrich feather uni u
hnn IN ol eays ana rII ogrr,S Sa Sg ,1N ht
not unprrposscssng. She testified that the
/ symptom Of vomiting occurred g, carly ns rev
! Il. ana continued until Feb. H. Then IN" crisis
/ in the disease occurred. one day she mad" ton
aud gave IL To- Mrs. NOshurgh. who said II tastrl
| good. Immediately altrrward her husband
| made her some ten. anu she said 1t had n bad
! Tor nnaiysis. Tho witness also corruboratcd tho
! story of the finding of the white powder in the
! bottom of a glass ~ Zee water which Mr. NOs-
burrh said he had " fixed for his wife
| Once" continued the witness. fnndo hcr
/ some sweet milk Cruel and give her three or
| four teaspoon tuls ! set the rest on tn" wat r
saw Mr.. Nosburgh turn quickly AWAY from TIE
! sink and button his coat; Ihrn ~" wnlk"l Two
or three times across the H1or. suddenly ~
stopped and urged his wife To- TAX" some moro
| grucl. Shctuok a spoonful and then remarked:
on! what have you been doing: II tastes
Il told her it must be tho taste In her mouth,
| The interval between the taking 9t the Cruel
that gave her and Of that which Il" say h"r
her but not what he had given her. Tho first
suspicion | had was when my brother told me-
! which shc wus the sirkcst that Nu~hursh was
mcddlins with the medicine. but could not be-
IBID YOU ever hear Mrs. No-hureh Indicate
a suspicion Of her husband = the witness was
Yes. She begged me no, To- leave her In tho
room alone with her husband. because she WAS
afraid OF him
1t was about the Thursday after her sickost
This brought cx-Gov Bcdlc to his feet. his
"A. l.. a. 900 "a .FaN
object to this evidence" he exclaimed.
This was long after the time when hcr min
had been poisoned with suspicion 10y mrmh' ~
u the family. Mr.. Vosbursa had been sctupon
By this family -'
Judge Knapp said tina, he should rule out tho
Attorncy-Gcncra stockton said TINT #, was
better f. poison the mind than To- poison The
body. UnGer the excitement Of the crnss-rN-
animation Mrs. Mauton'- pale checks becAma
tingcd with red. She testified that Mrs, Nos-
burgh's rheumntism was not very severe in the
early days OF February. although she had no.
| ticed her lamcncsS when out walking win Nor.
There had been no family worship in tn" house.
She hal no knowledge OF anything that would
| account for It's omission. When -hfd whether
Mrs. Noshurgh WAS not out ~ hcd "yrry
day during hrr illness. sh" insisted that
She WI, not out Of bed on "n' day
tho Tues lay when She was Il +! .
c-t. Sine had never requested "a Ms Enh-
bins To- uut iu writing what her s-t.r ii.l prom
lsrd 90 give her II sho should die. 81" ad'
nittcd TINT she had not tried to en- outrage hr
sieter TO think that she would live. he",u-" sh'
believed she was surely going 90 die. Tine rrn
son she had taken walk tpa greenhouse "i
the day when her sister WIS the lowest WAS that
she had been So closely confined TINT she n"elr,
air. Her sister-in-lnw, Mrs. James y. Srkle
had gone with her The reas on why they ha,
stopped To have their pictures taken wa. NO
TINT they wanted them taken when they wnr'
saddest hut brcau-e phill- the colorrd servant
had asked for their pictures, AMI they thought
they might no, have better opportunity,
Newt Mrs. Jamcs \. Sirkles WIS called. Sh'
is Il littl' woman. with small features. and look
to be about ~ years OF age. She worr q purpl,
silk dress with three rows Gi wide hG"k 81
| fringe ahov" the ilounce-. Her black hat w''
trimmed with French flowers. and she wore
/ white SILK tie with a lace collar Nh" WIS lr =
emf like Mr.. Mnnton, during all 4 thr NOR
/ important occurrences in Mr. No-hurth
rhambrr She confirmed the stories OF Mrs
Manton and her husband. II WAS she that has
been intrust"d by her husband with the b9itl
containing the water that had boon saved 10
analysis because II cOntllnrd white sediment
! II ma never been opened she sAid. while in lr
up cup ol ten, he had asked thu witness 10 tn IL
1t 10 his wife because she did not like TO tax
Mrs. Sicklcs wns cross examined hy cN-Goy
Bedlr. She testified that 1t was on the Sunda
previous to the Tuesday when Mrs. Nosburgl
was the srkc-t that she made the cup Of tea
Mrs. Maninn had Just mad" her Gun 81 tea, htl
size wanted more. and no Mr. Mnnt'n had 'a.l
ed down tl" slgakinE lulw u thc witness Y
make another. She put "A drawing Of tea M I'm
pot. For some rcnson not vet nppar MT cN-tioN
much tea she had used. and aitrr she had ~
hau., Il her dos 'riptiv" powers. he sent her ID
. the hands III a court officer sinhll 10Y 81 T.
and piece Of paper, with the request tnnt sh
would place upon the paper about ne uugnth
she had used for the drawing. Sh" pltr''
about Tablespoonful ON the paper, which wa
then returned 10 the lawyer \ similar Strrnu
GUS endoaNor was used To- find ont how Nu'
. water she had used. II was "a little more, sll
! thought. than enough for one cup ot ten. tic
brother came down and remained in the kitchc
with her. The water WAS ut or near IN" hollln
l point. The witnHs, admitted having used ~
. words: Tea, hurry up; want 10 comb IA
hair
,, She was in a hurry because she wanted to =
. out While the t"a was drawing she loft il. an
| Nlr. Noshurgh brought II W soon nfterwAr,
> When he entered the back room adjoining tn
patients room, she stood 10y the door comhln
| her hair Tine cup WIS twO-thirls full TIL
,, tea looked 10 her midilinl: strong. This WI
the tea OF which Mrs, Nosburgh had said that
did not taste SO good as TINT which she had ha
lust before. There was no milk in il. TIL
> patient drank about Onr-third Of II, and the r.
, mnnder was saved by Mr.. Sicklcs for analysis
DO you remember saying 10 PhllliS. the cu
; ! ored servant" asked the lawyer, that you ha
| not -ccn ANYTHING wrong, ana that II they ha
, got themselves INTO trouble. you would haN
, nothing to do with itT
Il don't remember that did. might hay
/ said it,
l This closed tho examinations for the da,
Mr.. A. II. Spadono had been scnt for by III
| prosecutions. but Ind not come Prot. Dor"mu
! ! IL to hr nut on the stand 10 confirm his ccr.i
| cate that AntimOny wus found in the article
. sent him Tor examination. These Will b" th
, | last two witnesses, Auornry-Gon"rnl Stockto