Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-07
Jennie Cramer's Fate.

Second Day of the Trial Before the Jus
 tfce i'm West Havan-Dr. Ch1ttenden's
 Chemical Analytical Lengthy Exam-
 1nation-JurOr Marsden Examined at
 Length-The Prisoners Present.
 The first witness at the hearing in the case of the Malley boys yesterday morning, before Justice Booth, at West Haven, was Dr. Will liam H. Hotchkiss, of this city. The Malley boys were in court and will probably be present all through the hearing, which will probably last until the middle of next week. Dr. Hotchkiss was one of the physicians as- sisting Dr. Prudden at the autopsy. He tes- tiied that the Sunday evening after the au- topsy (saturday) he accompanied Dr. Prud- den to the Yale medical college and took special charge of three jars containing part of the remains of Jennie Cramer, and there after having had the strictest care of the charge until he delivered the jars to Professor Chittenden, at the Yale s. S. S. MT. Bly, denburgh dispensed with enquiring of wit ness. MT. Bush, for the State, asked the doctor if the jars delivered were the same given him by Dr. Prudden, and if they were intact and all the seals intact, receiving affirmative answers.
 E of Stahl & Hegel, was the next witness. His
 testimony was to his receiving the body of Jennie Cramer at his establishment He
 brought 1t there from the West Haven
 morgue knew it was Jennie Cramer; had known deceased from childhood; Jennie's
 father went with me to West Haven for the remains was present during the autopsy,
 which lasted from 10 o'clock 8. m. till 3:1S P. m. ; put nothing on the body, nor were
 there any internal applications of anything j;
 put solution on the face to keep it looking as natural as possible.
 Cross examined by Judge Blydenburgh : don't know that ever used this solution
 before have preparation to preserve
 bodies, but don't know what it is composed of; it is called Washburn's embalming fluid this solution CWashburn's). I in- ject into the veins; I did not use it at this time; I asked Dr. Bellosa about embalming the face, and hence the suggestion about the face; I thought it more proper under the circumstanceDto have a doctor with me; know nothing about the fluid Bellosa had nor do know where it was obtained; it was dissolved in water and placed on the face by myself alone l; no one could gain access to the body when I was absent the building vas locked and I waR there during all busin ess hours, except meal times, while the body was there; when was away then my partner was there; could tell by the condition of the ice receiver that the body had not been tempered with one man might open the box but, could not get at the body.
 To Mir. Bollman witness replied that the remains were kept securely locked up in the basement pending the decision as to the au- topsy, and that he used perhaps half tuna bier full of the solution on Jennie's face, mixed with half tumblerful of water. A FEW HOURS WITH YOUNG SCIENTIST. Russell H. Chittenden, instructor in physi- ological chemistry and toxicology in Yale Col 1ege, who made the chemical analysis, was l the next witness His examination occupied 8 number of hours His testimony was very clear and definite, showing clear thinking and accurate scientific knowledge, coupled | with readiness of language. He first | defined his college position and pre- l vious experience in work fitting him ! for the analysis. Have made speciality of
 chemistry and toxicology since 1865; am 8 [ jed in Heidelberg; have examined human I remains this is the fourth body have had | occasion to examine the others were those of man from Cheshire in 1876; next was a | body of Abbie J. Riddle, of Norwich, which i examined in conjunction with Professor 1 Johnson; the third was case of organs from the bodies of three children which were | examined by the State Board of Health this 1 year the fourth was this body. Dr. Chit | tenden then detailed his engagement in the | case his reception of Dr. Hotchkiss, the jars, l and subsequently, other jars from Dr. Prud- I den, together with large demijohn of alco- hol, which was the residue of the alcohol ] of alcohol from Klock's. Witness then ! told what great care had been exer- 1 cised in the work and then detailed his search for poisons in the parts furnished him. He l weighed the stomach and esophagus togeth- I CT. They weighed 8 little over one pound ! and five ounces The fluid had an odor of 1 alcohol The stomach had before been
 opened; the inner coating was normal; the | organs were then cut with pair of shears l into very small pieces, poured into small
 mortar and then the whole mass was ground 1 up until it was a thick mass the Draggen-
 horf evaporation method was used in the fur 1 ther progress of the work; it gave no trace
 of any organic poison; by other course of I operations the witness obtained residue of matter which could be tested directly for ar l senic. Then came another series of steps i; I the Marsh apparatus was used in the progress ! of this work; the result was a compound that was judged to be arsenic; this was la 1 belled Exhibit one,'' and was taken out of l little hand chest which the professor had brought with him but this substance found 1 indicated but did not prove arsenic
 The next step was to examine the chemi- | calls used in the process and see if they were ! perfectly pure. This process was described. ] ' o1 ! cohol used in preserving the organs was per- | fectly free from arsenic. This process was described, and the result was that the alcohol was found pure. My next step was to examine portion of the sampled stomach for mineral poison in general The process was minutely described, and the result was 'tTube No ?, ," another similar mirror. My next step was to determine the amount of ar ! senic in the stomach. The doctor at this time was convinced that there was arsenic, but science now came in to demonstrate it. The professor by another process with sam- pies of the stomach found arsenic to dead certainty, and then proved conclusively to himself as an expert that it was arsenic by a l scientific process.
 had remaining forty-three grammes of stomach mixture, and with this tried an- other and different test or process the re- suit of this was suIphide of arsenic, bright yellow; next examined the liver in the
 
 immersed in alcohol; the entire contents weighed 1482 grammes, equal to three pounds four ounces, 120 8-1O grains.
 The professor now examined different samples by different processes with negative results. Another sample was treated and yielded arsenic. He then found the amount of iron in the liver and separated from it a portion of metallic arsenic (shown. He next found arsenic in the kidneys and next in the ! heart and the alcohol with it, and next found some in the spleen.
 The next was the intestines the entire quantity weighed with alcohol 147 grammes equal 3 pounds 3 ounces, 3sS 52-1O0 grains I took POO grammes and determined the quantity of arsenic I obtained I-1O milEgrammes of metallic arsenic the en- tire portion contained 314 grains of white ar senic then extracted arsenic from two sep arate portions sulphide of arsenic from 15O grammes; repeated the operation with an- other 150 grammes with same result the
 brain weighed 336 grammes, equals Il ounces, S72 63-1O5 grains sampled as before and took 200 grammes and found 7-1O of one mil igraMme of metallic arsenic.
 The quantity in the brain was so large