The New York herald., 1879-10-22
The Poison Found in Mary
Stannard's Body.
PROFESSOR JOHNSONS TESTIMONY
Important Admissions in Favor
of the Defence.
New HAVEN. Conn.,. Oct. 81. 1879.


Further than this. the State sought through him to
set at rest any suspicious that the poison had been
placed in the body after death as evidence against
Hayden. This has been than intimated.
The Professors testimony. although strictly scien-
fc in its character somewhat in the charac ter
of an exhaustive lecture arsenic and its proper
ties and was listened to with close interest
The parts of tho murdered girls internal orga MS
which were removed from the corpse six months
after death were sent to the witness for analysis.
and arsenic could be identified in each. Professor
johnson produced the results of his analyses.
ARsENIcAL SPECIMENS.
He held up and unlocked small black walnut
case about fifteen inches long. ten wide. and three
thick. This folded. as does double slate. A turn
of the key and the contents exposed-thirty
proofs of tho terrible dose Of poison administered
to the girl. The Judge. jury and spectators bent
forward eagerly as the opened and held up
before them. There thirty little glass tubes
about the size of pencils, or perhaps trfe thicker
aud four inches long The pointed ends were
sealed by melting. In some tubes were the
white powder of the ordinary arsenic Of commerce.
Others wore yellow with phides and the colors in
one of these beautifully shaded from yellow into
orange and crimson. Copper aceto-arsenite, or
Paris green readily distnguishable by its bright
green shade. On the interior OF several tubes
mere stains. yelfowish brown; others If
family smoked by a candle. Beneath each tube was
printed liable stating its contents Professor John
son proceeded to describe these tubes which were
in several sections, containing respectively the
poison found in the stomach, tho liver. the dia-
phragm and 9sophagus. part Of an intestine. one
kidney and one lung
THE STOMACH.
Tube No. Seeds of blackberries preserved in
alcohol. No. 2-Arsenious oxide. 1t is essentially
arsenic, but contains some yellow STAINS No. 3
A small section Of the stomach showing yellow
stains Of arsenious sulphide. This has not been
chemically treated. No. 4-Arsenious sulphides re-
produced from tho yellow stains No. 5-Arsenious
sulphides prepared from white arsenic which was
found in the stomach. process described.) No. O.
Arsenious oxido freed from arsenious sulphide by
ammonia. This was for the purpose Of preparing
the material for subsequent tests in which the yell
low sulphides would interfere.) No. 7-Arsenious
sulphide freed from arsenious oxide by hydrochlo-
ric acid The yellow fakes had been found floating
free in the stomach. No. S-Metallic arsenic. with
arsenous oxide obtained from specimen No. by
heating Owing to the food and organic matter thore
was only partial arsencal mirrors coating black
lustrous and very thin the interior of the tube.
Counsel for the defence suggested at this point
that the Professor be less explicit it part
OF the defence to deny the presence OF arsenic in the
body.
Professor Johnson. continuing NO. 9--Metallic
The white arsenic being washed with ammonia
put in tube with red hot charcoal and was depos-
tied on the tube q black mirror" No. 1O-Ar-
scnious oxide sublimated from specimen No. 9.
No. 11-Copper arsenite from same. No. 12-Copper
aceto-arsenite. or Paris green. from same. No l3-
Silver arsente, blackened by exposure to tho light;
1t obtained by the action OF nitrate OF silver
the arsenic from the stomach, No. 14-Alloy OF ar
senic and copper. by Renschs test from specimen
No. 2. No. I5-Magnesirm pyro-arsenate. contain
ing onetenth of the arsenic found in tue stomach,
tent Of
stomach was COLL grains.
THE LIVER AND OTHER ORGANS.
No. 17-AIagnesium pyro-arsenate, containing ono
half or the arsenic found in the liver and the liquid
in which the liver ana stomach were partly i'm
the entire liver. Nos. Is and I9-Metaiic arsenic
from the liver by the Marsh test. No. 20-The first
Marsh test, iudecisive. No. 21-The second Marsh
test from one-quartcr OF the brain. No. 22-Tho
third Marsh test from do The arsencal stains
were slight the brain having boen imperfectly acted
Tube No. % the largest in the case).-This
is arscnious sulphido. made no quantitive analy
sis. the sulphidcs were too delicate to weigh ac
curately.
Nos "a and 25-Mctalic arsenic from the intestines
No 26-Metallic arsenic from the kidney by tho
Marsh test. No. 27-Arsenious oxide from metallic
arsenic. No. 2S-Arsenious sulphide and dsul-
phide.
Nos. 20 and 3O-Meallic arsenic by the Marsh test.
No. 3l-The same. partly converted into arsenious
sulphide. No. 32-Arsenious oxide from metallic
arsenic. No. 33-This Is half the arsenic from the
lungs. obtained in the form Of sulphides.
The analysis of the stomach yielded. ....... so. IL
That OF the liver &c. %. II
Total arsenic weighed ............. SO %
In analyzing the stomach, &C., have used the
reduction test by charcoal and also the Marsh
system. BY both obtained metallic arsenic. and,
incidentally. tine garlic odor belonging to arsenic.
converting the white arsenic into sulphdes, into
Paris green. &c have obtained the silver arsenite;
also, for quantitative purposes magneso pyro-arse
nate. l havo no doubt whatever that the matter
obtained from the stomach by the several tests is
u,Au ulo fyo,, tl,1s. tbar
POISON BY WHOLESALE
II estimate that the amount of arsenic taken by the
girl very nearly ninety grains. Here are ninety
grains that weighed out. land witness produced u
vial containing about ateaspoonful OF white powder.
Here a vial containing eighty-thrce grains. repre-
sonting the whole amount yielded from Mary stan
nard's body by analysis. and here are other vals
representing sixty grains las found In the stomach
and twenty three grains yielded by analysis of the
liver. Here i'll small tubes within these vials.
two grains and four grains, respectively The former
would ordinary be u fatal dose. should't care to
| take 1t my self"
on cross-examination Professor johnson said that
| he had no means OF determining exactly whether
the arsenic entered tho girls stomach before or
alter Observation-Disclosures whether 1t was in
combination with anything eso Entering the body
OF a living person it would be changed into solu-
ton by the juices of the stomach and also in that
of dead person. but not SO rapidly. II would do
pend. to some extent on the temperature OF the
stomach.
"Ir quantity of arsenic is administered to a liv-
ing person how much will be dissolved. not only
| before death but afor?"
IL am not here rs medical expert. should have
to 60 to the books on this, for have not invos-
tigated the subject. suppose. however, that the
| quantity that human body will dissolve bears
relation to the quantity necessary to produce
death. Ii parts OF the body are placed in contact
| with arsenic they will absorb IT,
| "wHAT Ts A FATAL DOsEy"
1.-TWO grains or more IL n fatal dose. A very large
dose In usually elected by vomiting, say the medi-
cal authorities, but have personal experience.
For thing there would be great irritation of tho
throat. The ordinary arsenic of commerce IL pro-
duced in England, South Wales and Germany, and
can be bought both In lump and powder. When VIC
import it from Germany Tor use In our chemical
laboratories We generally get 1t in lump, CLASSY and
transparent, about the sizo of walnuts. In some
processes OF manufacturing II Is also produced
fine meal. Usually, however, It is ground up from
the larger Masses"
The object OF the defence In pursuing this exami
nation now became evident In the next question
which was intended to bring from the witness an
frnln diifnrnuf M acf cfurera. Tha