The daily gazette., 1883-04-26

OhNTON, MD, April ZO.-Ine LTlhl OF
Mrs. Beachamp for the murder of her hus-
band is attracting people from all over Caro-
line county. The court took recess yes
terday afternoon until night. Upon the re-
assembling the prisoner entered, leaning
upon the arm of her counsel and accom-
panied by the Sheriff and six lady friends,
who were given seats within the bar. The
small and stuffy little court room was
packed with people like sardines In a box.
As there are no facilities for properly venti-
lating the room the atmosphere was posi-
lively sitting. After the trial had pro-
gressed for about half an hour quite sensa-
ton was occasioned by symptoms of faint
ing on the part of the prisoner. After q
vigorous tanning by her lady attendants and
the use of camphor she was revived and the
trial proceeded.
WHAT DOCTOR KNOWS.
At the opening OF the evening session the
witness Lewis was cross-examined without
brln ding out anything oi importance. Then
Patrick Wright WAS called. His testimony
was unimpOrtant and rather favorable to
the defense Than otherwise. DR.. John
W IIignutt was next called and his story
was this
''l reached Brachamps house about 3
O'Clock y. IN. Of thr day ne died. | found
him living ON his back On the bed, dead. I
saw nothing uuiiat ural ab"ut the body. l
duu't know wneL .cr IDe body was rigid or
not Mrs Brnchaup was in great
deal of distress. She said word had
been sent nos to ,isJurn the body
until an inquest was held. She said she
was afraid she wouli be suspected of foul
play, or something to That effect. The next
day she or ! mentioned stryChna. She
said that II she died from strychnia she
didn't know how he got it. She said she
didn't give it to him. told her that If she
did give him strychnia, if she would keep
her mouth shut IL would be very hard to
prove. On Monday, when the Coroner's in-
quest was held and the post-mortem exami-
nation was made, she had several nervous
fits or spasms; she seemed to be very much
opposed to the inquest. She said that Mar
tin had said on two occasions that If he died
suddenly he didn't want to be cut @p alter." ="
The witness then explained the method of
conducting the post mortem examination.
They looked at the lungs and heart and
they seemed to be healthy. They did not
cut into the lungs. They cut into the heart
and found it nearly empty and apparently
healthy. No other organs of the body were
examined.
THE POST MoRTEM EXAMINATION.
Dr. William II. Downes, who assisted DIR.
Hignett in the post mortem, was the next
witness, and before the conclusion of his
| testimony the court adjourned until to-day,
when it was resumed. He testified that
he went to Beachamp's house for
the first time on Monday. The
stomach of the dead man, he said, did
| not contain any undigested meat or bread,
but did have in dark fluid, almost odor-
less and resembling coffee. He got wash
bowl, wiped IL clean with a fresh towel
and poured the fluid into it. He then
empted it into quart jar which he had
brought from home. The stomach was also
put into the jar, which thus became about
half filed He fastened the top down so as
to make it air tight, took the jar home with
him, locked it up, put the key in his pocket
and kept it there until next morning, when
he took the jar to Baltimore and delivered
it to Professor Tonry. On JAN
uary Is the body Of Beachamp
was exhumed and the liver, spleen
and kidneys removed. The spleen and
kidneys were put in a jar similar to that In
which the stomach had been put, but as he
did not have jar large enough to hold the
liver, unless he cut it in half, he wrapped
it in paper, put it in a basket and laid
newspaper over the top. He locked them
up, as he had done the stomach, and took
them to Baltimore the next morning. A
case embracing the symptoms of strychnine
poison was put to Mr. Downes by Mr.,
Gibson and the witness said that person
dying in such manner gave unmistakable
evidence of the cause of death. DIR. Downes
was cross. examined by Mr.. Mutchler, but
I the testimony was not materially shaken.
Miss Tamsey Andrew testified that as soon
as she got inside tile house Mrs. Beachamp
said to her that if Mart was poisoned she
did not do it and did not know of it, Mrs.
Beachamp had her first nervous attack on
Monday when the jury arrived. She talked
Il good deal about poison and said she be-
lied that there was some strychnine in the
smokehouse, but she had never seen it.
| Mr.. Russum intimated that the defense
would try to impeach Miss Andrew, claim
ing that she had made statements to Mrs.
| William +. Liden and others radically differ
ent from the testimony in court.
II is expected that Professor Tonry, who
made the analysis of the stomach, will
testify at the night session of the court.
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