Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-28
Yew a9aren 9ailg sAgurning gmn1al and Cpnrm

Jennie Cramer August 8th, 1881 one jar labeled heart, lung and spleen, Jennie Cramer, August S. 1881; one large demi john having upon it an apothecary's label with the word alcohol upon it, and written upon the same August 8, 1881. On the 9th of September Dr. Prudden delivered to me one jar labeled trachea, larynx, Jennie Cramer, August s, 1881; also one jar labeled genital organs Jen- nie Cramer, August s, 1881. On the 18th of January, 1882, l was authorized to ascertain how much arsenic there was in the remainder
 On the 27th of January I went to Evergreen cemetery with Dr. Prudden; went to an open
 grave saw a cover removed from box, and
 saw casket removed from the box which
 bore upon it's surface plate on which was
 ''Jennie Cramer, aged 21 years, 8 months"
 I saw the casket removed to the superintend-
 ent's office. The body was removed and
 placed upon a board which I had
 previously weighed. The board weighed
 fifteen pounds. Dr. Prudden removed the diaphragm, which placed in 8 jar and marked A. The whole weighed seventy three pounds; the muscle and bony tissue weighed then fifty seven pounds The object was then to ascertain how much arsenic there was in this entire body. Dr. Prudden then re- moved the left arm at the shoulder, which was placed in a large jar and marked B. The right leg was then removed from the hip and \ the thigh bone was taken out and freed from | the muscular tissue as much as possible. The I thigh bone was placed in jar marked D and the remainder of the leg was placed in jar | marked c. Then strip of skin was taken from the back and placed in jar marked D. | Then a transverse section taking in the pelvis bone was made and placed in 8 [ jar which labeled G. strip of flesh and i skin was then taken from the right breast and placed in jar which I labeled H. then sealed up the jars, and Dr. Prudden and | myself took them to my laboratory in the Scientific School building. The jars were | wholly of glass, and had been thoroughly ! cleansed. The examination was made in a | room to which no one but myself had access | It was doubly locked, and when was absent was sealed. I first opened the jar labeled stomach and sssophagus. This was on the 1Gth of August; the substance in the jar was ! covered by slightly brownish fluid poured the entire contents of the jar into large, clean porcelain dish, which I weighed with it's contents. The entire contents of this jar \ weighed 6O3 grains, equivalent to one pound | five ounces and 119-900 grains ayoirdupois The fluid contents had the odor of alcohol and were distinctly react1ve. The stomach had already been opened l examined it's 1 membrane or lining, but observed nothing
 abnormal in it's appearance. I then proceed ed to sample the mixture preparatory to an ] alysis. The entire organ was cut into shreds l and then transferred to a mortar and ground l up until the whole mass was of the consist
 ency of thick soup then weighed off from
 this mixture 2G6 grains, equal to nine avoir-
 dupois ounces and 1G7 40 grains. This ! quantity I subject to distillation by a gentle heat and in the distilate I i could detect nothing but alcohol. Of all the volatile matter removed
 I examined the residue for alkali poisons all
 of the residue obtained failed to give any re
 action with chemical agents or when given
 to small animals like frogs; there are two
 kinds of tests, chemical and physiological.
 Poisons often escape detection by chemical
 means, but may sometimes be found by
 physiological tests; in this instance no evi | dence could be obtained by either test.
 Eighty eight grammes, three ounces 453 grains were then weighed out and examined
 for mineral poisons. This process revealed ] traces of a substance having resemblance to
 arsenic. It was obtained in the form of a dark metallic appearing body, which consti- l tutes the first exhibit in this collection Cease
 of v1als shown) and numbered 1 and ?.
 At this point recess was ordered until | o'clock