Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-14
sguurnaI aliS Gpllrier.
Friday Morning, Oct. IA. 1881.
Jennie Cranner's Fate.

Friday Morning, Oct. 14s 1881.
 Jennie Cramer's Fate. Busy Time fin C0urt-The Question as
 to the Direction a Body Would Float
 from Kelsey's UharE-An Expert on the
 Subject = That White Object on the
 Botfom-More Like a Human Body
 Expert Testimony of pr. JeSvett for the
 Defense.
 The 26th day of the hearing opened yes- terday and opened on rather tired quartette of lawyers, and even the burly, vigorous try ing justice looked rather wistfully out on the bright, beautiful weather in such contrast with the dingy, dull, dispiriting looking court room. The prisoners would also have gladly embraced an opportunity to have gam boiled on the beautiful green of which the court room windows command a view, or would even have preferred game of euchre or game supper, to another night in their little beds mp in the dark stone jail.
 The Malley counsel made statement yes terday, viz, that they expected to get through with their witnesses on the direct before night. The lawyers do not expect to put the Malleys on the stand.
 Constable Squire s. Hyde was the first wit ness yesterday. He testified that he resided in West Haven, where he sailed his fine large sharpie, taking out pleasure parties. He was thus very familiar with the tides, sand bars, rocks, currents and shoals of the West Ha- ven shore, and has been known to catch big shark or two in the morning before the sharks had had their breakfast and tow them ashore
 The witness testified that such was the state of the tide and the wind on Saturday, Aug. 6, that Jennie Cramer's body would have fioated from the Kelsey wharf to where found if there was water enough, but on that point he was not fully certain not certain that there was enough to wash it over the sand bars.
 There was quite swell on the water the night before the body was found witness recollected it as he was out with his boat that evening. If deceased went off Kelsey's wharf at dead low tide there would have been foot of water between the bars. A body would have drifted in as late as 10 or Il o'clock that Friday night, or it might have come in the morning between the bars in the gullies.
 Captain James E. Futile, of Fair Haven East, also sailing master taking out pleas ure parties at the West Haven shore in the summer time, was recalled to testify that in addition to seeing white object on the bot tom not far from Kelsey's wharf, the day be- fore the body was found, that there was 8 black part attached, which might have been Jennie Cramer's feet. Witness thought that if the white part was Jennie Cramer's dress, then the black part might have been her shoes; and he thought he saw what might have been the founces on dress.
 To the judge he said that the object being fifteen feet away, was not easily distin- guishable what it was; had it been mans body would have known it was mans but in the case of woman, with the clothing spread out, it was more difficult to tell had no Idea at the time that it might have been g | human body, or else would have stopped; | thought it was probably stingaree. Dr. P. A. Jewett was the next witness, but before taking his expert evidence, he was taken across the street to view the lock up. where the girls body lay for time | Justice Booth and Judge Blydenburgh weni | with the doctor.
 | Dr. Jewett returned to the hall and gave | his evidence Have been physician and sur geon in New Haven for forty-one years have had experience in cases of arsenica | poisoning and have had opportunity to ex anime the post-mortem appearances tht | prominent things observable by post-mor tenn on a body after death by arsenical pois oning are first, inflammation of the mucou membrane of the stomach to 8 greater ol lesser extent, and second, Inflammation O the gullet; arsenic is an irritant poison, no l 8 corrosive, and where any of the polso1 I comes in contact with mucous membrane especially, it will be followed by infamma tion to a greater or lesser extent on more common symptom Of arsenical pois
 oning is greater or lesser congestion O.
 the brain-in fact-some writers say it pro
 duces symptoms similar to that of narcoti
 poisoning especially coma besides the in
 Hammation have referred to, there may b
 inflammation up through the intestines al | these symptoms are not uniform, but wher
 not it is an exception to the general rule
 have named the prominent symptoms ther
 may be others brought out by microscop
 ical or chemical analysis.
 ''If 8 person had died of a dose of arseni
 would you expect to find the stomach in
 healthy condition, with no inflammation i?
 asked MT. Blydenburgh.
 Ordinarily not, sir, " was the answer. Il
 order that there should be an absence of ir
 hammation the stomach should be filled wit
 food or fluid. The arsenic would be absorbe
 by the food being digested, consequently tn poison would not come in contact at ono with the mucous membrane of the stom ach'
 '.In body where death resulted from ar senical poisoning, would you expect to find greater degree of congestion of the brail than this The blood vessels of the mem brane of the brain somewhat filled. the bloo, dark in color, but the brain otherwis healthy?''
 "There might be more congestion, but or dinarily not. There would be more blood il the heart and of darker hue, while th lungs would ordinarily be more or less con gested."
 Anything about the liver, spleen, kidne! | or bladder ?"
 ''No, those organs would have to be ex amined by the chemist or microscopist- 1 with all the viscera."
 'sWhat is fatal dose of arsenic ?"
 'Two and half to five grains have proved fatal. I am speaking now of an adult ! Much larger doses have been taken, not ex ! actly with impunity, however. A larger dose | is more apt to produce nausea and vomiting so that those who take arsenic and don' l wish to kill themselves had better take large dose" s.In 8 case of arsenical poison, where 6oes 1 the post-mortem show the most of the arsen | ic to have gone ?"
 Aue larger aMounI VIII usual!y Oo Aouho ! in the liver, the next in the kidneys, ther | the spleen, the heart, lungs and brain. After ] these the muscles and bones and the propor. 1 tionate amount will be in the order named | In explanation of this I would say that this all depends upon the rapidity with which the poison is absorbed
 The physician explained in this connection and added that inflammation of the stomach ' would occur even when much of the arsenic was found in organs which it ordinarily ought to reach last and that if the brain showed an unusually large proportion of arsenic the ab | sorption of it from the stomach must be very | complete.
 Also that where small doses were taken at intervals the brain would show it ;; also that the presumption was in favor of small doses in case like the one in question, with the arsenic found as stated.
 Also that it is more dangerous for an hab- itual arsenic eater tn: :stor suddanlx than for