Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-14

morning discoloration would probably show where there were bruises, and the discolora- tion, had the body lain in the water from Thursday night, would be greater. Witness farther said that there was toadstool that resembled mushrooms that was a violent poison and sometimes resembles arsenic in it's effects while not often fatal, it sometimes causes death
 In regard to the sand found in the asopha- gus of the dead girl, it would seem that there must have been sufficient respiration to draw the sand into the trachea and then respira- ton stopped; there are cases of drowning on record where no water has been found in the lungs or stomach these are exceptional cases of course.
 If person should jump from an elevation like that of Kelsey's wharf, say ten feet, is it at all probable that the shock of the fall would produce at least a partial suspension of respiration
 Witness replied that undoubtedly if per son should fall on the sand, or even on the water, unless they went feet first, it would stop respiration, or, in other words, knock the brt ath out of them.
 No; 1t would be no unusual thing for blood to ooze from the mouth and nose that had been in the water for day or day and a half
 I am not prepared to say that the death was from arsenic, nor am prepared to say that it was not think it quite as likely that it may have occurred from sufocation, es- pecially in view of the fact that there was not sufficient evidence of arsenical poisoning on the post-mortem; do not think it safe to say from the chemical analysis of parts of the body and the small amount of arsenic ob- koi hot he diod arSaniaa1 poisoning; if, as understand, there was no accurate weight of the parts taken by Dr.. Prudden in his examination, then I should be very unwilling to estimate the amount of ar- senic in the whole body.
 If there was a disco1oration on the fore head 1t was probably ante=mortem caused by 8 bruise, and may have come from striking in the sand; I don't know as there is any definite time for body to float after drown ing a body without water in the lungs vii float quicker than if filled with water
 On the cross examination witness said that post-mortems usually revealed, in cases of drowning, congestion of the brain and heart, water in the stomach and lungs, ordinarily what Is known as goose -pimples, and frothy mucous escaping from the nose and mouth if there had been sufficient respiration to reach the lungs there would no doubt have been some water there if a person had been held with it's face in the
 
 air in the lungs, and possibly some sand par ticles in ordinary cases food like beefsteak should pass out of the stomach in about eight hours, although it may be ten or twelve hours I don't think that Fowler's solution taken in poisonous doses would be so apt to cause inflammation of the stomach as arsenic taken in other forms; congestion of the bra1n is almost always found in cases of ar- senical poisoning.
 Re-direct-The custom of arsenic eating causes pale looking sk1n of a pinkish hue, very clear; and often dropping of the eye lids; five grains of gum opium would be a fatal dose, though sometimes two grains have proved fatal.
 In reply to question by MT. Bush, Dr. Jewett said he had never known in his forty years practice of an habitual arsenic eater.
 This concluded the examination of Dr. Jewett, the hour being o'clock. The de- fense having no other witnesses present, court was adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock
 The defense expect to close their direct evidence this forenoon, and if they do so the rebuttal will be commenced this afternoon. To @ question as to how long the rebuttal would occupy the attention of the court, MT. Bush could not inform the reporter. It is safe to assume, however, that the entire com ing week will be exhausted in this class o1 | testimony and then will come the sur-rebut I tai and arguments. If Thanksgiving does not come too early in the month of Novem 1 Der it is likely that the case will be closed be- | fore that time