The New York herald., 1879-01-02
KATE COBB'S TRIAL.
TESTIMONY OF PROFESSOR CHARLES A. DORE-
MUS, WHO FOUND ARSENIC IN THE BODY OF
HER HUSBAND.

MUS, WHO FOUND ARSENIC IN THE BODY OF
HER HUSBAND.
[DY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
NORWICH, Conn.,, Jan. l. 1879.
Mrs Kate Cobbs trial for the murder of Charles
H. Cobb, her husband resumed this morning.
The first witness called was Professor Charles A.
Doremus, of New YORK. He testifed-I am pro-
fessor Of chemistry at the Buffalo Medical College.
New York. and assistant and instructor Bellevue
Hospital College, New York city, have for many years
assisted my father i'll Psychological cases; the vitas
OF the body of Charles H. Cobb, Jr, submitted
to me for investigation the sth of June last by
Mr. n. D. Levir, with written request from Coroner
Young for analysis for the detection Of poison;
placed the stomach large new dish, properly
cleaned
APPEARANCE OF THE ORGANS.
Opened the stomach, so as to examine the con-
tents, which were of light gray; there un-
pleasant odor; they little acid; the was
pupy and the contents not bitter to the taste;
the amount of the contents was about seven fluid
ounces; stomach was placed in jar and the washed
particles in another jar the tissues appeared
pale in color; there Inflammation; ut one
part there little greenish color. probably due
the post-mortem; there was nothing marked about
the appearances; subsequently l opened the in
testincs: there inflammation: at GER
tain spot the color was yellow, the remainder was
Of n urpeulSl color,
intestines were inflated with gas; examined the
liver which had been cut by the ply ysicans at the
post-mortem; the spleen and kidneys were healthy.
with the exception or small spot in one kidney the
leart also healthy; subsequently was present
at the examination. in June &c, Of the re-
mains of Mr. Cobb at the shop of Mr.. Allen
the undertaken and Drs. Carleton. Iaddock and Per-
kins examined the body in my presence: the general
appearance of the body was not remarkable except
n ccaly appearance of the skin Witness detailed his
experiments and tests. and demonstrated before the
Court the methods used to detect posons; lie found
in the stomach only trace ot arsenic, also y
trace of arsenic the contents of the stomach: the
contents If the intestincs the washings of the in
testines anu bloody substance amounting to
about ten fluid found therein by chemical
process, produced arscnical mirrors by the Marsh
method.
In the midst of the experiment Professor Johnson
of Yale College arrived from New Haven. in
to summons from the defence to witness the
pertinent and TO critically review the evidelcc OF
Professor Doremus.
THE QUANTITY POISON FOUND.
After the dinner recess Professor Doremus con-
tinucd his testimony calculating methods OF detect
ing poisous in the tissues and hud masses of the
Investigations the finding OF grain (approximatcd
amount in the fifteen twenty pounds ot remains
submitted to him for anaysis) the urine examined
revealing the greatest amount hve-hundrcdths of q
grain which indicated that the arsenic had passed
into the blood through the whole system
and was being eliminated. at the approx
innate amount OF onc-haif grain per day,
by natural healthy process; he found arsenic in
every portion of the body analysed. which he
deemed an indication that the poison distributed
throughout the system; taking the amount found
indication ot what remained in other por-
tions OF Mr.. Cobbs body, he should say that
at the minimum there two grains in his system
at the time OF his death, and as a maximum amount
il might have reached three grains. He thinks he
had found it i'll quantities 70 warrant the announce
mcnt that II had been administered to Mr. Cobb III
fatal doses.