New-York tribune., 1879-01-03
TIE COBB MURDER TRLAL.

TESTS FOR DISCOVERING ARSENIC.
CONTINUATION OF PROFESSOR CHARLES A. DORE-
MUs'S OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF PRO-
FEsSOR wnTHOUsE IN MS CoNCLUsIoNs-DIS-
SENT OF PROFESSOR :. w. JOHNSON.
NORWICH Conn, Jan. 2.-Ihe trial of Mrs.
Cobb for the poisoning OF her husband was resumed
this morning. Mrs CobD in court as usual but this
time with her veil up, and showing much more interest
than heretofore IN testimony Her mother and little
girl accompanied her
Professor Charles A. DOremus was again placed on
the stand lie explained length the process he
the detection Of the of vegetable
poison in the body of Mr. Cobb. The nud contents OF
the stomach analyZed for the discovery Of p0sOn
OF thu alass. The quantity obtained small, but il
was sttychuino beyond n doubt. His analysis Of the
soli content. Of the stomach and the blood de-
rectcd a much larger quantity Of strychnnc.
Analysis Il part Ot the liver. the heart and
the kilr"y also discovered unmiStaEablc Signs OF
Strychuinc Professor DOremus then rccap!tulatcd
the results ~ his Yesterdays testimony regarding tine
amoon ot arsenic found, and said that the amount
ourd n the stomach need not be enough 10 Kill; il
Ony necessary tBat 1t be found III some quantity lie
qaOtcd numerous hgn authorities To sustain MN III hs
profeSs0r Dnrcmus was then examined to his aaly
ss OF Mrs Bishops body lie ties filed that he f0und
slight arsenic STAN IN ten ounces ot ler Two ana nan
of kidney and two of muscle, amounting 10 eghteth
Of gram From the heart and spleen he obtained II
larger quantity he could not state exactly now mucn
bat enough in his opinion 10 Indicate fatal dose. Ia
her he has not yet completed his tests for NOR
phuc. :, nj, -,
after consultation with Professor Johnson, OF Yale Cot
legc. In the Of the quesl liunng the prOirS-
sOr sad he could weigh as small an amount as
lto.o OF a gram As to the question whether arsenic
might not have been IN the chemicals uscd,
ne said nc tried harder 10 find It in Them
Than i'm fine body. and he That thcy were
pure He said tna the rate whlcn arsenic Is passed
on pv the urine i, variable. Cobb might ave passed
seventy ounces daily hardly less than thirty or forg
sickness by poisoning M ht reduce tie qua NY eN-
famed 10 or tlr ID ~, 'tla5 tie
Luscc would have contained ar-Cnlc is vel as ia"
n.rts auavzrd ne SAID his past experience taught MN
n would In the fifteen twenty pounds a. bO4y an
Dlyzed Ge had found nearly grain. AMI was qWte
sure there was as much more ~ the r'St of lhc
body. The amount actually l0uhd was no a'-
cu.tr index of what had been taken. man
NAV ole OF arsenic, yet 10 trace ever be found
Professor Dorcs read from several authorities as 10
the effects Of the habual arsenic Inc only cases
of arsrulc-rnting laid down IN the books were OF
Styrians The professor detailed the process by which
ne proved that there In the chemicals ne
used during tuc analysis He arsenic was To DE
found IN various manufactured articles and goods" II
also could be detected in salt, hut not in dangerous
lhe combination which il Is found a. TO It's POISONOUS
characteristics.
Professor Rudolph A. WitthouSe. OF the University OF
Vermont then took the stand lie had assisted Professor
pOrCmus IN all but two OF the experiments upon CobOS
BODY A. they had consulted he approved every step
taken hy Professor DOrcmus. lie had doubt that
CObb died Ot arseuical pOisODinS aud fully believed
thai Mrs Hattie Bishop, In tue analysis of whose body
he had also assisted, died from the
Professor Doremus wasrecaed. and testified finding
a ttlc over q grain Of strychn,ne In bottle OF medi-
cine which was sent TO him. THIS IL the medicine which
had been ordered for Cobb by physician and
dered TO be taken "a harmless remedy.