, 1879-04-04

strychnlne poisoning SAVING that !ney "eLo
relaxation rei sitsr eonvuisioa., and extreme
srutttiycncss. The witness hal ex-
perimcnteI With the stryclmins taken from,
Hc1dcrman's Atomhfh by giving onc-ot!e hundred
died In IL mInutea thereafter, mid showed tho
constituencies characteristic Of sirYchnine poison
ing, having couvuAion after canyulslon II
touched with tho slightest object. or disturbed
Tho testimony was closed, and tho Jury re-
tired. Twas then about half-paat 8 o'clock.
AZ Q:30 the Jury
HAD AGREED uroN A VERDICT.
It was: "Tbnt Ida Morcr had como 10 her
Dr.. Henry Meyer With intent to comptt murder,
and wo, the Jury, believe from tie evidence
lnat Mrs. Ida 6eldsrman was accessory before tle
fact Of the administering Of the said poison. The
Henry Meyer anil The said ida GeldcrInau Le
held without bail 10 await the action OF the
Grand Jury.h
This verdict In the case Of Henry Gcldsrmau
read similarly, with change III tho kind Of
poison namej, strychnine being mentioned In.
htcad of colclllctnc.
As the clerk read the words with intent 10
commit murder" Dr.. Never, who was standing
ae fSar Urn aeas ee o All III s se Saa sssn
nervous, but not TIL the verdict was rcad did
he show any signs Of despair, Mrs. Gcldrrman
remained standing quietly apart from the Doe-
] mints. yero e ot, III ther INV wa1 ~ % 10 Tie @ s1 &C"
Gnirhicne. tile tjr11n ,,stsl b. III Mcv.r Il. Tho
nctlvo principle OF "colchtcuni autumnntc," the
!. ,,seI for liz rnrc ri rheumnIi,m nnd ~ ~.
trnct Il deadly notsou. il II nsrtt hy .Tnert,
hct.n,,tf ri liz difficulty Of detectinr n. ,ras.
cncc.
The action Of Dr. Pratt. Whru Mf, B1ebcl. Dr.
Danforth, md Dr.. Hatnes testified sodircctly md
incontroycrtby to tho presence OF poison iu
tho stornachs aud tntcs:lnes Of The deceased
persons, Dr, Pratt took great pains to show that
ing M Of hir, dofacrn'ai,, and he made yery % maui.
fest bis desire not to DO held responsible for hs
death. Dr.: Pratt had the assurance from Or.
DAnforth that no had treated Ge|dcrtnan sx-
actly right.
WHAT TIE ACCUSED SAT-.
rr. f.n1acrnon and nr. Mavnr v.rA v,.,,.a
at liz jail by a TuIpuNE rcporier at il e,ciock
fn.s n.snt. !rbe former was about to retire. INT
tnIked Iii freely witt her yistor. 60 far ~ so was
oh1c in hcr Iroken Euelish. Bic atatcJ ihnt ",,e
.nts ~. Il, - an1 hsr nctinna hcnr hcr mn IL ~,
stntnm'cnt NM she niso nrofessrt urcat .or.
no a. bctno scparntcd fron her chi,drcn.
whom " sno kuew were cr,,nr for . hcr
". mhu ti,ot time In reuar, ~ nsr nnu.,,onI Ut
~ ae ., .sn va. A. nal nnnoscJ ~ H. e'nn,nu,
M, d lin to cngare on an aopatS liz rst sst
s.n a ~. II H. sav"ro wens VA" ;a NV, ~;
@ me - ~. tha oa,c;nc oiven In, h to ~, ot
mn nmi .hot w"s his ch,cf renson for mnEint,
n',srra ,.I", s'"s ~ McrnT ct,rr.1 lin IN H.
tlInn.s All In n,u, IL" noct,r ~ ,vsa.. s.s
"eea, " f.., tr;,nds ,,,c f,rmor s,,,,iIss. E."
~ necot ta' dca nS M hIs lima etHeno ~ tnI,
1.,,.t'. ni,,cc. In ts lost i,lncss h. .nr, c fc
~ nva s',5 nnnna,e r. nrci" H., H. .tis ~ '' uUr
ater IL Iv.tsIan athour acpcra o,1%rs @ ~ ,ents us
naiio, r. hofnro hn IIiasi sha ,r.s hnsen,f ~
. ~ ~ Wovor an.i syontnl 1,ae hu. ba " y
n,'1,,av ~ allnnoth1c nhvsic"n hu, hn rafsoJ
W m :, ~ viii 4" mi wnrs" ,Ec t;,ua ~ ~
Iasth D. sha amcll4,, cliornfo1m IN H. poo. mo
TSnna 'no ,roro nu,ni,nr ~ oth,. ,,o.1."