Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-23
Juurual sn0 Gmrtet.
Fri s~y stVrnins. June 23, tos
The Malley Trial.

RnS MaIloy Irlals Conclusion of the Direct Evidence by the
 Defense-The Expert Evidence of Doctor
 Harris of Boston-Dpening of the Re-
 buttal Testimony What Coroner
 Beach, of New York, Knows About
 Drowned Persons.
 The Malley trial was resumed yesterday morning, after recess of a day and half, and the expected expert testimony of Dr. Harris, of Boston, drew quite large num- Der of spectators to the court room. When court opened Dr. Harris, the last witness for the defense took the stand and proceeded with his testimony. This witness made sixty one witnesses that have been introduced for the State. It would now appear that the case is rapidly nearing the end. and it would not be surprising if the State should finish it's rebuttal to-day (Friday), or on the first court day next week at the furtherest There is some talk of holding court next Monday afternoon, to make up for part of the lost time. It is thought that the sur-rebuttal will occupy only day or two, and if these con- clusions should prove correct, the commence ment at least of the arguments may conf denty be anticipated next week.
 Following is the testimony introduced yes- terday:
 Morning Session.
 Court opened promptly at 10 o'clock.
 The first witness called for the defense was Dr. Franis A. Harris. In reply to Mir. Jones witness.said: re- o, ,5o5 hold the position of medical examiner of the district of Suffolk county, which embraces 8 part of the city of Boston, Brighton and Charlestown.
 What are the duties of medical examiner |? It is his duty in our State to examine all cases of death by violence and report the same to the police justice or other proper of fcer.
 Do you hold any position in Harvard Col l lege?
 hold the position of Medical Leader oi Examinations in the Medical College at liar yard.
 How long have you held the position oi medical examiner2 Five years the first of next July. How many cases of drowning have come nnder your observation during the past five years?
 About one hundred and forty. Are you familiar with post-mortem exami- nations /?
 Yes, sir.
 How many post-mortems have you made yourself?
 have made about three hundred person ally nearly all of which have been made dur ing the past five years.
 State Doctor, if you are familiar with the operation of arsenious acid on the system Yes, sir.
 MT Doolittle hare interrupted to say that he did not understand that this witness was to be put on the stand except as an expert on drowning.
 Mr. Jones replied that he did not say that be should confine the witness to drowning alone.
 The court-I think, Mir. Jones, that you only mentioned drowning. but if you desire to introduce evidence on the subject of ar senic cannot exclude it.
 Mir. Jones-Doctor, I want to put you a hypothetical question. Suppose the body of girl found floating in the waters of Long Island Sound a few feet from shore The body was taken out of the water by the waist And want to suppose that the body was laid Q little inclined on it's side and laid there for nearly two hours; that while 1t lay there blood trickled from the nose; that then the body was taken one mile to the morgue where there was superficial examination i; it was then taken distance of four miles in a wagon to the undertakers' that the body was then stripped and washed, being turned over three or four times, all of this on the 9th of August want to suppose further that on the 8th of August a post mortem exami- nation was made and that the face at that time was of dusky red color that all df kl,n except the brain, which was slightly congest- ed. I want to suppose further that there was no inflammation of the stomach what ever, and that the kidneys and liver presented no unusual appearance that decomposition had commenced in the body; that there was no water in the stomach or lungs, but there was 8 little reddish fluid in the pleural cavi- ty; that in the trachea there was about one hundred grains of sand. Further that @ subsequent chemical analysis showed by esti- mate in the whole body three and one-tenth grains of arsenic; that the liver contained 2 grains, the brain .075 of a grain, the kidney .021 of grain, lungs and spleen IT of grain, while the amount in the stomach was .46 of grain. want to suppose fur ther that the stomach contained partly digest cd food composed of meat, mushrooms and huckleberries. Now, Doctor, 1 want you to state your opinion as to the cause of that persons death.
 I should say that she died from drowning. The condition of the stomach would so indl- cate. Of the two causes arsenical poisoning or drowning the proper opinion should be that death was caused from drowning.
 Have you any doubt of it?
 No, sir.
 Does the arsenic found in the stomach and intestines have anything to do with the fatal issue of the case there being no arsenic found in those organs
 It would not. Where arsenic produces death it must do so by causing violent local inflammation, or by the effect upon the organs of the body. The arsenic, in the question you put, has not been absorbed by the stom- ach and intestines, and therefore has no effect on the other organs. It has created no local inflammation, and therefore the influence of that particular arsenic on the result is noth ing.
 Doctor, I want to ask you what would be the effect of 8 fatal dose of arsenic taken in to the stomach by person not used to talk ing arsenic; what would you expect to find ?
 1 should expect to find the stomach and 1ntestines inhamed down to the rectum. This is said to be, however, not an invariable rule.
 Have you been called upon to make any examinations in arsenical poisoning, and have Governor of the State, or the government?
 I have been called as witness in several cases.
 What are the symptoms of arsenical poison ing before death
 Heat and burning sensation in the stom- ach, pain in the stomach and abdomen, ex- treme thirst vomiting, purging, condition of collapse, cold extremities and feeble pulse, Increasing exhaustion, loss of consciousness, sometimes convulsiops and death.
 What changes in the body do you expect to find after death by arsenicai poisoning?
 1 should expect to find inflammation of the stomach and intestinal track, congestion of the blood vessels of the brain, the liver and kidneys abnormally fatty.
 What do you mean by the term fatty?
 mean where the tissues of the liver are partially destroyed and fatty tissue takes their place.
 Where in the body, in a case of arsenical poisoning, would you expect to find the largest amount of arsenic ?