Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-16
Afternoon,

Afternoon.
 Dr. Jewett's cross examina tion was com menced with the opening of the afternoon session.
 Dr. M. c. White followed Mir. Doolittie into the court room with his arms full of medical books, and took notes while Dr. Jewett testified.
 Witness to MT. Doolittle-Of the fifty four persons drowned at the Norwalk disaster the eyes of some were open and of others closed The fact that person found dead in the water has something strongly clutched in the hands is proof of drowning. The Nor walk victims had no chance to get hold of anything. Some of them might have died of sutfocation or asphyxia before the water reached their mouths, and this may explain why their mouths were closed. If weeds or sand corresponding with those on the bottom were found in the hands of 8 dead person found in the water 1t would be strong proof that the person was drowned.
 If life in body were extinct before it was placed in the water, and it was washed in pure water after being taken out. would any effect be produced
 Nc, sir.
 In case of drowning is it unusual to find reddish fluid in the pleural cavities?
 It is not. I have probably made post-mor- tenn examinations of not more than five or whether they had died from drowning.
 If person were put into the water in full health would they not breathe in water and swallow it :?
 Yes, sir.
 Why should the sand in the water stop at the gullet instead of going into the stomach with the water?
 It would not if the water containing the sand found it's way to the stomach. But it might stop at the gullet through coughing and strangl1ng and the water be thrown out while the sand remained.
 What fact in this case makes you think that the presence of reddish fluid in the pleural cavities indicates death by drowning ?
 No particular fact except that the lady was found in the water. By the pleural cavities mean those which are surrounded by the ribs and contain the lungs and heart. The specific gravity of sea water depends to some extent, upon the temperature.
 Mir. Dooittle read from Woodman & Tidy question to the effect that the symptoms of arsenicaI poisoning were often perplexing and anomalous. The witness assented, as he did to quoted statement from the same work, that there were cases of collapses WQ0r6 VO811tIug uI6 uOG OCCuT.
 Witness agreed that this depended largely upon the rapidity with which the poison acted.
 MT. Doolittle read from page 241 of Chris tianson on Poisons The citation stated that in cases where arsenic given in solution prov ed fatal in a few hours the symptoms were more obscure and inflammation altogether lacking. Dr. Jewett concurred.
 Mary Stannard had considerable arsenic in her stomach didn't she?
 Yes, sir, eight or nine grains.
 There were no indications of her vomiting were there?
 No, sir, it was too heavy to get up.
 MT. Doolittle next read from Woodman $ Tidy the description of 8 case of arsenlcal poisoning in which the victim lived for sev- eral hours and had frequent vomiting spells. but where the stomach was uninf1amed.
 The witness continued-Three grains is 8 small dose to produce fatal results. An in- stance is known where one grain proved fatal. The rule is that two to three or perhaps three to four grains kills.
 In the autopsies which have conducted in search of arsenic the poison was in solid form and was found mostly in the stomach have never examined 8 body where the poisoning was by arsenic in the form of a so- lution.
 'sDo not doctors often disagree on particu- lar subjects ?'' asked Mir. Doolittle.
 They disagree sometimes, but they gener- ally agree much better than the lawyers. Daughter
 The examination soon took direction which caused partial clearing of the female section. The majority remained, however, to face 1t out
 On the redirect examination Mr. Jones read from Christianson's work statement that the smallest dose the author had known to be fatal was Al grains. The witness did not agree with this; he thought there wer. many cases where considerably less doses had resulted fatally. He knew of cases where one twentieth of a grain had caused nausea and vomiting Ten drops of Fowlers solu. ton had produced ths same effect Where habitual use had made the stomach tolerant to the poison, considerable doses could be ta- ken without much apparent effect. Arsenic was conveyed into the bones by the circula- tion of the blood, but in less quantities than through the other parts of the body, because the blood vessels in the bones were smaller The unequal distribution of arsenic through the body and it's absence from the bones would indicate that it had been taken for, ong time in large quantities.
 The arsenic question was considerably fur | her discussed, and the question as to wheth- l ,r witness claimed that arsenic was 8 natural 1 constituent of the body was raised by Mr. 1 Ooolittle. Witness thought it was not. He l bought Woodman and Tidy's work claimed l t was not. Mir. Doolittle asked further on the ques- ion-Would arsenic be found in the bones i where the person was an habitual user of ar enic?
 Court said recess here, but Mir. Jones want d to put final question.
 To Mir. Jones-Yes, arsenic goes every where in the system that the blood goes.
 To Mr. Doolittls (laughing)-Butyo you don't hink it would go into the bones.
 A recess of five minutes was here declared. The court-Call the next witness. Miss ,lla M. Foisee was sworn.
 Judge Blydenburgh enquired-Reside at 19 Chapel street; resided last August at 9S Chapel; resided then with Mrs. Dr. Lee, etween High and York; my business was T ressmaking.
 If you saw Miss Douglass, this lady in ourt, last summer, tell us where? l saw her , July and aga1n the 2d day of August; I link I saw her Wednesday, Thursday and riday of that week.
 Now if you saw her on Thursday, please ate the hour you first saw her on that day :? o'clock, think, in the afternoon; had sen away to dinner and found her there at