New-York tribune., 1879-01-02
THE COBB MURDBk TRIAL.
PROFESSOR DOREMUs's TESTIMONY.

PRoFE4NSbk DOkEMl 50 lENllMCNi I.
ARSENIC IN FATAL QUANTITIES FOUND IN IHE BODY
or THE DEAD MAN.
NORWICH, Conn. Jan. 1.-The rial OF Mrs.
Kate n. Cobb, charged with oleonng her hIsbant was
resumed this morning.
Professor Charles A DOremus paced Oh the sand.
His examination lasted all day, and at adjournment was
not completed lie explained N detail the nat,rc and
characteristics Of pOsons showing particularly the diff
fereuce between vegetable and mineral poisOns lie
paiued the processes by which when animal Issue was
gwen he tested It for both ."se Iosons and Illus
trated his meaning by the analysis before the jury OF
compound into which he had put arsenic When he re-
ceved the Jars ntanIng paris O CObbB pody. be-
gan hy anal Zing first tho corents of she stomach and
then OF the ntesnes. III these ne found slight traces
OF arsenic After anayZing the contents 0f the stomach
and ntestnes, he had examined the tissues those
vi.cera in The result of his anslvss
was yellow precipitatc containing sulphte of
By another process he Determined that tho OF
suphide OF arsenic was t'5i Il grain. or nearly
OS OF n grain. which re. .s'. .06i Of grain of
the white arsenic coTlt ,-g sold by druggists
A third OF the liver and half O. kidney also
examined in the same manne aud truce cf arsenic
senic examined half of the liver tig other KID
uey aud spleen. The precptate obtained as OF dark
color and ne found that 4 contained o2s OF grain OF
supnide ot arsenic, representing O33 grains OF white
arsenic. BY subsequent examination "eli-dehncd
stain OF metallic nrseulc VIZ" obtained on glass.
Another stain obtained representing aInenOus
oxide Ot WOuiu baN' gwen inc
white stain, bui not the cry stalls, nor houI nave
been soluble IN TINS was. ace oI suphldt
of arsenic was tanned from the brain. inni ounces 0t
the urine from the bladder were aBalyle0 i Il 'n To
contain 90 OF u gram OF white arsenic. Tit, el- rri'
the arsenic absorbed by the blood passing ~" |" y.
ten aud passing out through tho urine l. prove" "u-
clusivey that arsenic bad been III the system arc "as
heIng eliminated at the time Of death IT, "1;; 20
amount thai Cobb would have thrown oil O. 49, ihis
way II is necessary to multiply The amount ~ IN ine
four ounces by 10. lie had also treat IL the
prccIpifates he had obtained again for fear might
have lost of the In his previous eIanlna
lions and IN this obtained 1854 grams OF white
arsenic This shows fhat N'tu the UtmOs' care OF
the poison would get away and he dobtcd that he
could have Obtained more rlaces of copper found
In the analysis, winch would hGNc beer ~ iad
The poison iakrn Dy Sir. Cobb been a.. Ne
rord,ugy, further analysis and cnaln,. .'r"
made with the result Of hXhg Tie con t~ir ~
Uprofc<sor ID reInIsr) mind That it Was t.."a
Uut white arsenic winch had br' 90 adniHi. tered
profcssor Dnremus iurth'- .i.ird thd' he had
.Iyz certain powders bcnt i 20 n. which III. Cobb
hmm taking before d'Hth aud found them Ia ~ bl
uiuih aud uute ntrmrA-. "a ui nc Ind examined nj.
teen ar twenty pOuuUb = oDb's body. IL 10 he had
fnund nbuut a aunrtcr nt tm Df white af~onic. He
should Judge that there Lrer times a. InucE -sfni
OF rr.,u making gr. Iu ~ all. rihir Il adu.'
tered loug before death VIII ~ found ~ ever laS ~
tb, system. lie mad found lt IN every part oi Jch
body which he had IItHIncd and VAS positively .''
yIucrd there poison IN every par OF hs ~ i
His ontOn thai arsenic present IN pIlt' iea
indicate fatal dose. one or t~o grams ere generally
cons fatal dos fac poison might have bea at
mInsterea weeks before deaIn IL certainly was some
time previous.