Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-24

loss by analysis, and the still greater loss by
diffusion of the poison through the blood before
death, was such that the person undoubtedly took
much larger quantity-how much he couldn't
tell Among the tests which the professor made
to ascertain whether the product Of his analysis
was strychnne was the administration Of minute
portions Of it to frogs by hypodermic injections
He described in vivid language the tetanic con-
WILSON'S which the poor frogs underwent, and,
afterwards, In answer to questions in regard 10
the effects Of strychnine upon human beings
showed that the sufferings must be awful; that
the victim suffers from lockjaw commissions at
decreasing intervals and endures the most horrible
agony until death ensues, either from suffocation
or exhaustion lie produced the little porcelain
mug with the motto, Remember me-" upon II
belonging to little Alice, and from which, 1t Ia
alleged, she was forced to drink the poison. lie
testified that he had found traces Of strychnine
upon the inside Of that lie said that he had
made twenty previous analyses OF the internal
organs Of human beings in order TO detect poisons
that he had been an expert witness in the cele-
brated Cobb poisoning case at Norwich, Connecti-
cut, and in other important cases.
WILLIAM r. CARPENTER
Of Waterbury, druggist and dealer in crockory,
testified that abont a opartar nas, aiob, o,cioct
nm tho oad ~ ios, Anil f,ha auoaaa ,ioh, .,
tho ,norda,, ,troo, Ntoa,,or oo,,o a., ~ H.,
nnrchasad so,no h,,,.a. 49,, st.. -, a.
e,,a oon,s, ,,or,i ., ,,..o,,,iuo m ,.,,.a...aia
thu, ba ,yen, n, ,ba sho,, oaso ON ,ho d,o, ia ~
HE s,ore and ,a,, ,h., ho hoa ohou, co., oon,s,
worth in tho bo,,e and be ,o,d Anon Tho, no
had bettar taLe I, "a 4, ,vas au labol.d. a, no
,ook 4, Tbara vara from, t,yalo IN ef,ser ,,rat,s
n, s,rvchni,e 4, ,ha ho,ro
N"hi !" BARS
~. ~ ~, ~ - 49,
H' yosns " . "%o "OiAeu ,o' mn ~ ,n,'
,,,.'a ses .'"' '.,','n e''ne " nv .n 90
hifed an open-booted buggy and n biacl rn..a
mined Skin Mr. Rates aid that tho bel, ,anS
for nine soon after he left the stable Tbev bo,b
testified that Mr. Rates mt .one ues,e,n corn
and some oats into a feed.bae. which Alnon ,ook
away with him in the team. King testi6ed that
Almon came home with the team a, ,,vertv
minutes past four the next morning.
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,ybo ,esi,ias a,,on, n ,,uo Cd ,,... ...,, 81,
wa,erhnrv vi,,aao In wa,orh,,,,. ~ ~ 10
STAGE ro,d ON tho w,noos,,; H. ,o,.,sa,, 49,.
ine., A,r,o, N,aa,,o. ,o., 81, 49,, 49,, -.
hin, tor ohon, ,,oar ,ra,,,a,.s. ,,'a, ~ ~
Almon on tho oad 81 Anil In No a,on,,r ,ain,,
,ror, Carnon,ar,s ,o,,ard, rntrar,,,,,. 80
sa,, hin, aoai,, ,ha, rioh, ~ no So IL. 49,.
AImon md n li,tle cb,ld ord ,yomae a., 81 o,1a,
buggv draw, with tho hlaci, ,,,a ~ po,os ha
sa,y ,he,, ,,yce hefore ,he, ,va,, ort ~ s,h, 4,
yas on tho aldo ,,,ards wo,o,h,r,, ,ron, Tho,n.
dvkas tha, ,bov nassod him, /, ,as a ,,,oonI,ot,
rioh, ,hov ,,oro o,r,, ,o,,a,i. his ,I,oa. no ,,,i
NO, Lno, ,ho Iads or ,bo ohi,d. ha r,,,s ~, aa
onan,od u,;,h NJ uora,a Maalor or Atioa. tho
laa,, ya, ahor, tho haioh, ., ,i,,or or ,,,,,o
,a1,a.. ,ho ohi,1 haa ~, ai.,,. ha,. e. 49,.
90, - .ih, ar, ,., IL d., H., IT,. H.
g., 900, ,ho,n. ,,hon ho 80, an ,ho LII 10 ,.
,ha,,, ut, 49,, IT,, he 90, 90. IL, No..
started Tho horso Will, bad hoon s.,nd,nn. 10
s.,, tho ohuds hond. e,,inr, ~, Nm, hoard so,,-
lna. !, 4. .,raIo,,, GOD 20 bis housa and ,ha,
,na,, 90, - .i,,,,, ,,a - -
thav nassad him anon, onartar mast nipe tor I,
was ,,von,v n;nu,es mas, ,yhan he go, boma. be
knew the mare we'll for he had been around
the stahle and had driven her considerably
Mr. Ueatb's ,cross.exampatop of mi. witness
was vary long and develoned some more material
noints and also the fact that Thomson 1. a good
deal NJ a yankae He said that an the evepin,
in o,ss,ion ba ,yen, IN Waterbnrv street af,er
soma nsils 90, ,bam and also tho mail. wen,
-,
.hshee 10 curtis Arhs STORE near the uepoti
thence to win" Straw's, and thence towards
home. al saw no other team than the one in
which Amon and the woman and girl were rid
ing; 1t was about quarter past nine when |
rat sa,v tho tam, N, ado No attamrt m sna,L m
-. , q -. ~, - -. :. -. =. -
'neni' h's' ga" 'io 'o"'n WIG" IL "eu' past me
about ten rods this side OF Thorndyke's; mea-
sured it last week with Frank Atherton; it was
i,ggiuy along. I sppnose thev saxv mo. tho tam
'oss"s "'ons suppo'' '"oy ID" me- '"e 'e"ui
walked up the httle pitch ana went out OF sight
over it; next saw 1t on top Of the Sylvester
Henry hill. about seyenty-fye rods from where
g., -, 4, =, .ha ran.
nis' sd" 'heii was s'"nuins on 'op vi Tue NM
when ] saw them | was about nine rods from
them; have been over the road enough not to
he lost. rememher abont where was. cana
up aoont three rods from the team they saw me
and started off ! saw nothing more of them.
MRS pELrHlSE ASHLEY,
Frenchwomqn, the wife OF Edward Ashley,
who lives on Little River n onarter of a mile be
~, pa,,-,,,1 IN, ..,, ,.r -" ~.
yonu nahu"il mus saiu' 'eihe'hoer the
| night of the 2h Of April my children were sick
with the measles and was IN. inst before eleven
| I haara n ,aa,, a,d ,ooLo5 90 400. 1, ,,os n .oor,
n,''1 !" ''"'', ""N 'Vo"eN ~ So was 'e"ui
with man ana woman III II with olack morse
| | could only see the side of their faces; 1t was a
| h,ight riah,. this una about forr,h ~ nm
| bonr hafnre gave some medicine 10 INV cbiId az
| aIeven. no otbar ,earn nassaJ hefora I want m
had an twelve or about. tbav were yoing townrds
| stowe and we're walking The horse
|
,he anne road as Mrs Ashley near he Fresyiii
pan,;s, naa,in,, L',,sa Sha' T. ~ ,,,ita - -
al n Fns,er She aid II was a, bnme on ,ha
| o2d 81 Anil i,s,. heard soma one crv yno,harI
| ,braa ,i,na, .iont aleran o,ciocL and ,han soar
| heard a team nass on m The hridge 7 snnnosed
!, ,as r,, hi ,,',airs VIII v,as sioL hnt wss
| MOI. at,a, ,as thoron,hlv awake I hood ,ha
nr,, ,nia di,inc,ir. hesrd tho cIncL ILL IN a
ya,v lou ,ninntes, + djdn;t hear anv other taan
,hai night II ia ahont threa rods from nv siaan
| inc ROOM 10 The rnad Nv Children we're recover-
seventeen years old and Emma eighteen both
testified that thev Ala NOT call their mother that
rjh, anS t"Is "a Totar ave ,ha naasnrensn,
| TO several important points; among other things
that 1t is five rods to the bridge from his house
| - ...,. -
| Mhs' hhrshh "hNAi'
widow, the Fosters nearest neighbor. living the
| other side Of the bridge from them-the first
| bridge up Waterbury river-sad vi recollect the
| night OF the 23d OF April; | heard, just after
eleven O'Clock, an unusual noise in the bridge, a.
though persons were quieting another; it sounded
| like two voices; couldn't tell the sex; had not
been asleep the team attracted my attention
first and then the voices the team was there
perhaps hiteeh minutes seemed 10 oe ulklng al
S,ou,a ana S,onnaS again under soms hnttsrnn,
trees near the PASTURE bars Of Mr. Foster: heard