The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-24
takcn to Taylor's Hotel. She appears In court
to-day ut ~ O'Clock,


OF NuutllulnNsS. NJ inc request OF fN-AfnN.
Bcdc he rotated various discoveries Of his IN
chemistry that had hccu endorsed ly the stan
dard uuihoriics in this country ma IN Lnropr;
antmony WIS Il very simple thing; that any
standard book would give the whole process.
lie had received bottle continuing four ounces
Of fluid from DR.. Carpenter on sunday. Mhrrh
3. The witness took the empty bQiilo from hs
pocket and showed where ho had written his
Initials on il with n diamond to make It's iden-
tilcation certain. He had taken anmul twp
tbis he pia' int buhbns OF OF snlpburtted hydrogen
pnss and g1t white cloud in the vessel, Thcn
he warmed 1t md let il stand until It became
the cloud had fallen to the bottom They would
contain all the antimony II there were any pres
ont Those. after pouring on the clcar Liquid,
he throw ON piece OF hitter paper 10 dry; ihrn
he put 1t in another vessel and poured three
different kinds of acid on II and warmed II up
again ON a water bath. the vessel that contained
the mixture resting In the water SO that Il could
not be- heated above tho boiling point. In this
he hubhlcd sulphurcttcd hydrogen through it
again and watched 10 SEQ II the clear liquid nc,
qurcd tho slightest possible red stain. u did
not and therefore he knew that It did not con,
tain the slightest trace Of nnimony. Several
other tcsta were made to confirm this ono. His
methods were those used in the standard books.
Prof Dorcmus. he thought. had used apparatus
thnt WIS large. bulky; ana snowy, ana ior Just
urotted hydrogen by means OF galvanic bat
terry had becn described thirty-cight years ago.
chemists. lle had found red crystals Of uric
acid AT the bottom Of the bottle. He did not
hll''W WntlUtI ull' NtlN WIS ulMHNH lIfNtllN.
just rs the cross.cNaminatlon OF lrc-ideht
Morton was begun. Prof. Dorcmus entered the
stopping. through the throng Of people stand
lng IN the aislc with his eyes levelled over their
heads ai the witness chair. Tho tnrong made
way for him ~ he advanced. chair was
brought by court officer and he crowded away
his son. fr9I Charles A. Dors,nnnlSs, and SAT
the examination that followed he suggested
lis this bulky piece Of apparatus ?" asked
/ MIR Msifll- hplliur n llusg tula bent into
the form Of horseshoe, from either end of
which piece of cyopper wire stTassl,d g.. .,o
| apparatus that ! referred TO MS having been de-
| scrihcd thirty-eight years ago. Tho person
| rccommendcd 1t for Use in veterinary cases. but
doubted whether it would do for physicians to
"Dii Or. Doremus claim TINT he was the first
to make use Of the galvanic battery to make this
anulNS -
~ don't know that he was the frst to do any
Prcsidcnt Morton clenched tho arms Of his
chair and threw his head forward TO await the
| next question.
Cannot the difference between arsenic stains
| and anumony stains he distinguished by the
| agency Of uncturc OF iodineY
:. iiye ye never tired lhe experiment n n.
mus e a EH eAY'7 ~, Sq9Tn ang ey roI p9re
them @rc not. They, have faded away. / don't
iodine ami Groni'i.c tcsu | admit thcy are
ngw features in dpolsonin.' case
pcntcr told him when he brought the fluid that
| an analysis had been made 10y Prof. Doremus.
| and that the persons Interested doubted the re-
| suits. They wanted Trustworthy test. The
| witness had told them that they were going very
%muen % 100 iar; that proi DoremHs knew nov Edp 70
make such an analysis. and that II no had
| found antimony he was doubtless right
Dii YOU ever see 50 many exhibits from an
analysis as Prof. Doremus has shown -
=; Dr. Barker. who made the ANALYSIS in
the Lyiie sherman case. had large case full Of
There arc forty exhibits. elegantly mounted
qnnd labelled. IN th9 black walnut cqse shoWn 10y
Proh boremus. i opens IN two leaves like "a
President Morton. arc you sure there was
no substance in your filter paper that would
" I'm sure there was no starch in IT," was the
| quick roply.
| Prof. Chandler president Morton's iricndl and
Pr9t. poremus a. TO whether the l9tter had
| really discovered starch in mustard seed. or
| whether the starch had been in the filter paper
| on which the seed lay nt the time of the tcst
:, Prof porcmus leaned over and whispered TO
| Mr.. MoGill. and then the latter asked
Have You ever ma ie an analysis of. f.milk2'
| President Morton placed both hands on the
| table before h m and leaned well forward, with
| his lips closed,
. Iye nude m examination OF milk" he said
Then judge Knapp interposcd. This is
quarrel, gentlemen 10 ne lawyers, between
| regret tO soc any acrimony displayed. II their
| dlhrrenre is tQ be settled We ought to impancl
| Whilo the Judge was speaking Mr. McGil
| had been furnish with another question.
| Did you not once say, President Morton.
| that butter was not a nutritious artrlef'
| DO you mean butter Of antimonyl' asked
| the Judge OF Mr.. McGill graVcy.
| Butter Of nntimOny Is the commercial name
| for guichoride Of antimony; The remark
of the Judge made both Of the chemists laugh.
and Mr. McGill Immediately announced that
| the cross examination was oyer.
q" We may put President Morton on tho stand
again, explained ex-Gov Bedle in regard TO
matter for which we are not ready yet"
This was supposed by the attendants at the
back which will be offered 10 confirm the theo-
| ry Of the defence as to how the poison came TO
be in tho articles analyzei.
Dr. E4ward y Pyle h9mP%2PotthsIc p phys.
| iidence in high atenuations OF homeopathic
medicines. They were not q distinctive feature
| OF homeopathy. Homeopathy was not SO much
| Il question Of doses rs Of tho relation Of drug
action 70 disease action.
| DR.. John }. Craven, manufacturing chemist,
| and medical practitioner oi jersey Clty, testl,
| fed that the symptoms described rs those Of
Mrs. Nosburgh We're Compatible with gout in
Ing. It would be utterly impossible, he thought,
Tor patient who had been taking frequent
Under cross examination DR.. Craven testl-
fed that he had been a surgeon in the army,
FRai he isd had s@dSRta s% a SS5 were sur
-" Now. see" exclaimed DR.. Craven. that
| I've got mustard seed case on my hands and
H. rosc to his feet with flashing eyes, but was
checked In the beginning OF MS attempted
| speech by Judge Knapp.
The witness who next 10 President Morton
| gained the closest attention OF tho jury was Dr:
Joseph f. Culver, He took up glass hall ned
with water and undertook to demonstrate that
| there could be no day during which the eliml-
| nation of antimOny from the body could posi-
| bly, be intermitted. This was an important
| point because it has been alleged that the iuld
| analyzed by President Morton might have been
Obtained on a day when there was no elimina-
"Tf' said DR.. Culver, "a solution of 4nti-
mony be poured into this glass Of water. how
| long would II take to remove every trace OF i
| by letting one drop Of pure water fall i.to II
| every sixteen seconds, and one drop OF
| tho mixture drip over the edge 10 make
| room for the newcomer Yet this is what
takes place in the human body. 4 dtop
Of new blood. II is estimated Is added 10 the cir
| cuntiOn every sixteen seconds. 1t is undcii-
| able thon that all Of the antimony could ney'r
be removed. 1t would be lessoned IN quantity,
| day by day, until the quantity would become in
appreriahly small, but some would always be
| lelt. It will also be seen that some Of the anti
mony will be in every drop Of water that might
| drip over the side Of the glass. Tartar emetc
| il perfectly soluble and would be thoroughly
mingled with the water, as, also. IT. would with
| the blood in case tartar emetlc had been taken
into the human system Every drop that es-
capped through the kidneys would contain more
| or laea of thn roiaon He did NOT bolieVp tlat "A