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he stand. He ia Mr. vosbureh's friend from

ilr, cornell lhd read trr'. or iuur snrrtS 0t
f1oscrp PAPER to him which he tCornelO
once once Of iRi"sS II @iy Spirit' H. added HAT
woTf convict Mr. Va" V"sbuIrsh bueh Hc SAID iGai il
Mr. Nosburgh should move against HIM or
agunst his reputation. he would snnp him up.
| Will" DR. pcddic wns in the house he had eren
| nothing mysterious or suspicious in MIR. Nos-
| burgh's Gctious or manners.
II appeared from the arguments letween
! counsel that there was gopd deal OF testimony
| TINT the d"irrcr desired TO Introduce which tho
| Court declared inndmssihle one of thn points
! not admitted WAS the explanation regarding me
9llcrrd 1esrncc OF rcliGioqs cNercses IN Mr. NJ
| pccted 10 testify regaring ile relations, eNlst-
! ing between Mr. and Mrs. Nosburgh. lie was
Ex.Mayor Sedlcr was then called, He tes-
| titled that Mr.. Spadone had come TO his house
and there questioned Mr.. Nosburgh very closely
| him; whether he had used drugs whether be
| had tumpcred with the medicines. or put in
| hy Dr. Cornell. Mr' Vosburrh had. replied:
Before G2d SHad9n1c swear vsEnr,h n9d n2htnblni mi
added That Sicklcs wis n small. mean man.
| low i'll bred. mud pcnurious. that Stcklos was
much his Inferior ed could net u3ydeTs,@nb
| told us that his married life had not been plens-
anti that he had causc for good deal 81 com
| tempted. or pretended TO poison herself with
I would prefer" added Mr.. sicdlcr to bo
spared relating the rest OF the conversation. II
| was confidential He oame to lis in his hour OF
trouble and need. He required somebody to
Ey-Gov Bedle did not press the Mayor any
further on this point. While the testimony was
| being given. Mr.. Nosburgh. his mother. and
sister were all IN tears. Tho witness was then
| asked whether he could identify the letter thut
Mr.. Sickles had sent to Deacon Miller. and
which contained the charges. Deacon Miller
had II in his possession. and at this point arose
and handed it to the witness. MIR. sicder
| scanned II minute and then said: ! recog-
nize, 1t by its orthograGhy and spelling.
Al, After recess. Prof. William H. Thompson Of
New York was called as an expert, He is a
| physician for Bellevue and Roosevelt Hospitals.
| had enumerated those of Mrs. vospurgh
| he declared to be compon to many states OF the
human syslsm not arsing from po.soning dS
of onc by one by ex-Gov Bcdle. ut
terly Incompatible with antimonial poison
| ful. and apparently had effect on the
| jury. Thirst would occur he said. wherever
there. much vomiting and n gouty stomach
| the tongue were common to many discusses.
Cramps in the stomach We're peculiarly
In case Of antimonial poisoning. it
was the extreme weakness Of the heart that
! stomach itself This poison caused fatty degcn-
Grafton Of the liver. and altered the blood per-
| manentlv by DESTROYING the red corpuscles.
| Peasants In Germany gave antimony TO geese
| for short time before killing them 10 produce
| the famous pate de Joie grds. On account Of the
| injury to thcrse organs and to the blood. re-
cOVery from the effects OF chronic poisoning by
antlmonv was very slow, Indications of the
disease could, therefore I've found "a long time
aiierward. The skin. in the case OF person
| poisoned by successive small doses of anti
| mony. might exceptionally be dry. but II could
| never be sculy. whereas scaliness Of the skin
was tho peculiar characteristic Of gout and Il
dry skin WIS usually found in cases OF that
disease. There WAS nothing peculiar to anti
mony in bitter taste IN the mouth;
A case parallel To that of Mrs. Nosburgh, as
viewed by DIR. Cornell. was made up by ex-Ciov.
Beadle. Prof Thompson said that Y would be
Of antimonal poisoning could. in one day
recover so as to retain food on her
the ability an" to digest @ 0 food t%n returns slowly
| Then the blood must be restored to the proper
ter hns ga Ths Of must aust
iimony found in the fluid submitted to
prei boremus was IN his opinion so
the patient had received a poisonous dose.
The system must at lenst have been very
oughly that rapid recovery would have been
impossible. Some eXperimenters had found
traces Of antimony, in the body ninety DAYS
est time in which antimony had been
eliminnted from tho body was twenty days
In connection with this testimony il is i'm
portant to state that Prof. Morton of Stevens
Institute analyzed fluids about twelve days
aiter Mrs Nosburgh's sudden recovery. and
found no traces Of antimony in them.
In a case Of gout ol the stomach recovery
would naturally be very sudden. and without
| apparent cause.
On cross-examination he said that distinc-
| tive lllltftnet between rheumatism anu EOut
| is that rheumatism is due 70 the generation Of
an unknown poison in the blood. while gout is
due TO the generation OF known poison in the
| blood. The sores on the tongue in q ease OF
| antlmonial poison. are like bsters. When the
| outsdes OF the bsters are removed they pre-
sent glazed or raw surface. not excavated and
= May not a person be educated by frequent
doses to take large p aHTHhnt1ies oi antimiony!
after the person had gone through that educa-
tiQn. he would be likely TO graduate IN a coffin y
EX-Mnyor Siedler was then recalled, and AN
| effort was made by eN-Gov. Bedle TO have him
testify concerning DR.. Cornell declaration that
| Mr. Sedler, being moved by predisposed affec
tion for Mr.. Vosburgh and jealousy forthe church
| had asked him to keep silent. Mr.. Bedle
| argued that 1t was admissible both rs n contra
diction to Dr. Cornell's testimony. and as orig
| inal evidence to show that DR.. Cornell's did not
have tho motive he had said he had for keep
ton Of this testimony. Mr.. Bede asked To have
| DR.. Cornrls expression stricken out 1t had
| been introduced on the crOss-c cxami nation. but
| he explained that II WAS an addition made by
tho witness not in response to the question
| Mayor Seidlcr was not cross-eXamined.
| If counsel can seq any other reason, said
Judge Knapp. for the admission Of Mayor
Sedler's testimony on the point Just oyerruled,
Ex.Goy' Beile with dlgntyl-we have offered
10 produce the evidence and have given our
rearons Tor it. We shall not make the offer
again. II the Court. however, tboWng to the
Judgcl shall see any reason Will 1t please to in-
The last witness called was Deacon W. S. Es-
tey Dr. Cornell had said to him. on ferry
boat that he wanted to say something to him.
on" was the response DR. Cornell said
he had done only what a Christian
compelled him 10 do. What he did was under
the guidance Of the Holy Spirit; On February
% Or. Cornell had told him that Sickles had
watched Nosburgh through the keynote. The
witness had indicated by his manner me that Sick;
| les could not have seen mucn. - But the Lord" "
Dr. Cornell had replied, had enlarged Sickle's
| vision. , -
II was reported late last night that Sheriff
| Laverty had discovered the heuse in which
Mrs Nosburgh Is. and hird placed II under sur
! Yelllance.
Drowned Down the Hay.