Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-14
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT QUARTER SESSIONS.
Adjournod April Term.

Adjourued Aprn Term.
7Aursday afternoon. Court reassembled
at p o'clock on Thursday afternoon. TIE
case of the com'th VS.. Julia Hoover,
charged with murder, was resumed.
Vienna Hoover being recalled, testified
that the sugar in the bowl, which was put
in the soup partaken of by the infant, was
bought by Julia.
DR.. I. n. Lightner, recalled: From
the symptoms developed in the infant
would say that it was case of poisoning
between two and three grains Of arsenic is
sufficient to cause death in an adult; from
the amount of arsenic found in the stom-
ach of the child there was sufficient to
cause death.
*: Witness said he was a graduate of
the Cincinnati medical college gave the
child an antidote for the poison when he
got to Hoover's house, about 81 o'clock in
the morning, the mother of the child was
not suffering.
DR.. John L. Atlee testified that he had
been practicing medicine for 60 years
would be very much afraid to give any
at:ult a grain Of arsenic the books say
that from three to four grains Of arsenic
will produce death ; the quantity testified
to as being found in the stomach Of the
child would produce death.
Andrew Eicholtz, constable, testified
that he knows defendant brought her
from Ephrata to Lancaster on the way
in he made no promises, nor did he hold
out any inducements to her to make any
statement in regard to this offense. 1.-THE
district attorney then asked witness what
defendant had said to him in reference to
this charge while in his custody on the
road to prison. The defendants counsel
objected, because, being young and unex-
perienced, any statement she made to the
officer ought not to be used against her in
this trial. The testimony was admitted.
The defendant, in answer to the question,
How did you come to be accused" said
the reason was that she had bought
poison two weeks before this occurred !;
that she had bought this poison to kill
rats and mice she said she had not used
any of the arsenic for that purpose when
the child was taken sick and the doctor
came and said that the child was poisoned
she said that she threw the poison into the
stove, and that was where she missed it.
DR.. Charles, recalled: From two to
three grains of arsenic would produce
death in an adult; the quantity of arsenic
found in the stomach of the infant would
be sufficient to produce death.
The commonwealth here rested, and ].
Hay Brown, esq, opened on part Of de-
fendant.
Meyer D. Hoover, being called to the
stand testified that he was the father of
defendant and also of the infant who died
Oh November 21st; some time prior to this
date his wife and daughter. Julia, complain
ed about rats and mice in the house he
said they should get poison ; has been mar
ried to his second wife since January, 1878 !;
have been in the habit of keeping arsenic
in the house in the cupboard described by
his wife cornstarcl, cream of tarter, bak-
ing soda, sugar and other articles were kept
on the same shelf as the arsenic in clean
ing out the cupboard after the death of the
child, found a package Oh the first shelf
which he thought was poison. being
shown package said it was the package
and label. When found, the package was
open at one end the child was not sick on
the Wednesday of the week tdied it was
sick week earlier Julia was always kind
to the child and appeared to be fond of it !;
always purchased the arsenic at Konig-
macher's drug store, the predecessor of E.
s. Roger.
Edward Konigmacher testified that he
had been in the drug business in Ephrata
for 10 years he produced the record to
show that Meyer Hoover had on four diff
ferent occasions from 1872 to 1873, bought
arsenic at his drug store.
DR.. H. E. Muhlenberg testified that he
made a chemical analysis of the package
found in the cupboard of Meyer Hoover,
and found it to be arsenic.
J. Warren Conard, of the Read
ing Eagle, testified that he was
at Ephrata on the night of Novem-
Der Is. The defendants counsel offered to
prove that this witness saw the defendant
Julia Hoover, on November 25 and that
she had told him that she had put the
arsenic into the cupboard after she had
bought it and never saw it afterwards.
The commonwealth objected and this
testimony was not allowed, to which defen-
dant excepted.
Frances Hoffman testified that she was
the aunt of defendant and very frequently
visited Mrs. Hoover's house always
thought that Julia was very fond of tie
child.
Geo. NJ. Fitzer testified that the record
of E. S. Roger shows that there was but
one sale Of arsenic made to any of Hoov-
er's family since April 1879, and that was
made on November 10, 1879, to Julia. The
case was argued by J. Hay Brown, esq.,,
for defendant, and by the district attorney
for tho commonwealth, after which court
adjourned.
Friday Morning. met at o. clock.
The Hoover jury was charged by
Judge Patterson. They returned to court
after an absence of three-quarters of an
hour, with a verdict of not guilty. Her
counsel at once moved for the discharge of
the prisoner, and the district attorney
making no objection, she was at once
released from custody.
A jury was empaneled to try the case
against J. Harvey Raymond, charged
with dissuading witnesses. After four of
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