The New York herald., 1879-12-18

women. He admitted that it possible for the
tumor TO produce symptoms of pregnancy. but that
the authorities nowhere stated the minimum size
and in fact next to nothing on thisparticuar poih
that of size.
Q. Is there not notion among people commonly
that the first effects Of arsenic soothing and that
II person can go to sleep the operation OF the
poison will be less active? A. don't know that j
have ever heard 1t.
O. Doctor. in order to make positive assertion
that the small quantity of blood found beside the
body made 1t impossible that the girl was stabbed
where her body was found. you would need to know
how much was on the clothing and body. and how
much remained in the body? A. think should.
o. And you don't know either of those thingss A.
No. sir.
That's all. Doctor" replied Mr.. Waller and the
witness was taken in hand by Mr.. Watrous redt
Q. Now, Doctor. if Professor T caldwell on such Z
little thing as fifteen "restored' blood corpusclea
aEsn rrS Sa sSs M srs Of PSeSss sofe said that
ing such statement? A. II competent to make
such examinations and he was h man. OF veracity
why should say that he thought so. (Laughter.)
Upon the opening of the afternoon session the do
testimony that the Hayden barn arsenic could be
dsting uished from the arsenic sold where Hayden
of the crystals ana irregular fragments. In estab-
fishing this claim the State had put in the testimony
of Professor Dana who as the result OF visit to
the crystals of any certain lot differed very
materially from the crystals .of any other
lot from another mill. TO meet this the
defence produced practical miller John
Ii. Leeds, of New Haven. He testified that he was
by profession constructive and mechanical en-
eineer, and long connected with the Stamford
Manufacturing Company, of which he is now super.
intendent; during tue progress OF chemical grind
quantities. the work does not differ materially
from the grinding OF suiphates OF barytes. as
possible for any mill to secure absolute uniformity
in the hneness Of ground minerals. Five per cent
would pass through in such large PARTICLES to be-
unmarketable. and be sifted out and reground.
Again by faulty adjustment of the burr stones one
side might grind the stuff to powder and
the opposite side to only coarse parti.'
cles. The witness cited several other obstacles,
o na 1p se mar an noap
stones some OF their curious and uncomfortable
tions in motion. &C., which was listened to with real
interest
On crossexamination Mr.. Waller inqured:-1n
grinding your barytes would your product be uni-
SPLITTING HAIRS
Witness-Do you want to draw it ine? ~
Eyes, sir, !" responded MI. Waller, 1--WE have been
getting things down pretty fine in this trial. For
instance. ccrpuscles which arc 5000 to drop Of
blood"
witness-well. we don't get things down quite 90
fine as that in barytes grinding Qaughter)-but j
may that can detect almost any kind OF ground
baryteR, and tell what country and almost what
mine 1t came from. ttt dal3
Q. If you are able to so distinguish barytes and
now show you these things under microscope
where the distinguishing differences yet exist and
are apparent couldn't you distinguish them apart1
A. bes: - WAS n l T 70 usng mcroseoPe,
different arsenics in the by the Of this in
strument.l The inquiry being repeated in sone-
what different form Mr.. Leeds said he preferred to
test by the hand the crude article before grinding
After grinding he would prefer chemical tests to the
use of the microscope.
O. Have you any bias in this case? A. (excitedlyl
None. sir; none whatever. sir; did not come here
O. Have you controverted or denied the power oe
distinguishing one kind OF arsenic from another BY
the means used by Professor Dana?
Objected to and ruled Mr. Waller next asked
witness il he knew any reason why differences in
arsenic could not be detected by the microscope.
NJ Wafr lYn
be expert arsenic.
Mr. Waler--We don't want to hear any thing moro
about barytes. There is nothing of the kind in this
What want get at is arsenic. and the wit
has known something about IL in the past.
mony by getting the witness, {. practical man, to
tell what he knows aoont barytes. We prefer to
know about the arsenic from this same practical
man. -'-ia llt s..1
Mr.. Watrous argued that the testimony that it was !
impossible to get lnf"rmity OF fneness in barytea
wss proof enough that similar unfavorable results
will happen with nrsenc-even more So for uni
formty Is trade -e.uisite.
edge of the microscope should be omitted because
the witness did not profess to understand its full
powers
In reply to an amended question Mr. Leeds re-
peated that In his opinion uniformity in ground
arsenic from any mill could be secured Mr. Wat
rous, who was standing erect. with his eyes fixed
upon the witness, turned to the jury with sig-
nihcant smile. From this point tho crossexamina-
State apprecatpg the necessity of the
of Mr.. Leeds testimony, which strongly an
taRoulstlc anu uAnaelhS 10 that OF some Oh lts o&
perts
PECULIAR WITNESSES
Tho next witness.-Johu f. Baldwin. OF Stratfords
farmer and butcher-testfed that he visited the
spot where Mary stannards corpse found two
weeks after the murder and saw the blood-saturated
soil; in his opinion pint would have satu-
rated the spot; there had been shower
the afternoon Of the murder and after the time the
State fxes the hour of the killing. Yet there
trace Of the spreading OF the blood by the water
On cross-examination he admitted that he did not
know how much blood there on the day OF the
spreading.
previous Witness and testified that he had experi-
mented with pint Of blood q piece Of slopinR
ground similar to that where the body laid. The
feet wide. twenty square feet. On cross-examina-
ton he said that he made the pertinent Monday
for his own information. Mr.. Waller illustrated
attention to the curious feature that the fluid should
have scattered to width OF two and half feet, the
witness insisting that he didn't scatter it, Mr..
Waller. with o sarcastic SMILE dropped him."
Gilbert 4. stone. of Rockand. corroborated Bald.
wins testimony. The defence then called George
Beckwih an elderly and very eccentric New Havener,
who is u surveyor and has issued almanac for
many years. He was produced to show inaccuracies
in tho map OF the scene of the tragedy made by
the States surveyor. Mr.. Beckwith presented
u map of his own, which was less satisfactory than
the other, because its prominent features not
30 distinct. 1t was curiously entitled. MAP Of
places in the vicinity of the tragic death Of
Mary f. Stannard. which occurred Tuesday, Sep
tenber 3. 1s7S in Rockand, in Madison, Conn.,"
designed as Mr.. Beckwith explained. for use in the
jury room. His explanation OF his maps provoked
some nierriment IN which even the Court mildly
Joined.
Adjourned to nine o'clock tomorrow. 1t ia doubt
ful whether the defence close this week. The
accused, however, may possibly be called on Friday
to tell his story.
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