The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-02-23

the ground and gong to where his wife was milk
ing the cows, offered to help her. She would not
let him, and seeing Susan Berry, he called her.
offering to pay her to help his wife in her work.
mG % his a w tne Gsg eb she
physician and for his brothers. After his death
she ordered an expensive funeral and preserved
ing suspicious in all this Mrs. Norris went to
York and opened boarding house. Sullivan.
long after also went to York Being acquainted ted
house. working on farm in the country most of
the time. You can see, gentlemen of the jury,
how these things, coupled together, might create
suspicion.
EVIDENCE FOR THE STATE.
For the purpose Of Identifying the exhumed re-
mains and tracing the liver to the chemists labo
ratory, George W. and VIM. Norris, George
Hultzhart, DR., J. 7. Payne. S. X. Gilbert and DR..
w. b. Munnikhuysen were examined. The latter
opened the body, took out the parts wanted,
placed them in jars. which were sealed, and deliv-
cred them to Prof. Tonry; The defense examined
the Jars were out of his possession. DR.. Payne
had the jars in his possession awhile after the au-
topsy. The contents were not disturbed.
Prof William p. Tonry, analytical and consult
ing chemist, of Baltimore testified to the analy-
sis.
acid were shown to the counsel the jury and 9th
ers through Prof. Tonry's microscope. Prof.
Tony gave as the result of the analysis that the
dredths of grain of arsenic and twenty
eight one-hundredths of grain of copper
The amount of bsmuth was not determined
The copper and arsenic were sold in the form
of Shields mixture, Paris green and other
green combinations, and the two substances
could not have existed together in any other sub
stances. A body buried Is months could not con-
tain either unless taken during life, and neither
could be absorbed from the surrounding earth by
the inside of body after death.
George W. Norris testified to meeting his broth
err in Baltimore Thursday and Friday before ne
was taken sick, Heeomplained OF FEELING unwell.
He then saw him in bed at home the following
week. The symptoms were the same, and he was
DR.. j. Il. Payne testified to attending Norris
and administered bismuth and other remedies
He treated him for cholera morbus. The symp-
TOMS however, were of arsenical poisoning. the
presence of the copper and arsenic, shown by the
analysis, indicated death by poison. On the day
of Norris's death Mrs. Norris was lying on bed
in an adjoining room, very nervous and excited.
Norris asked to see her, and witness assisted her
into the room On reaching the room she began
to give way, and he helped her back to the bed,
uted this to illness. On cross examination the
witness said the symptoms OF cholera morbns and
Asiatic cholera were about the same as arsenical
poison. The court adjourned until Thursday
Thursday Morning.
DIR. J. w. Harkins, being sworn testified that he
was called to see Nicholas Norris on the 2th of
July, 1881. He treated him for gastritis or In,
Mr.. Norris was dying. He had been vomiting
He spoke of becoming overheated in the harvest
field. Gastritis may be caused by drinking large
Norris had also been ILL., but witness did not know
what was the matter with her. He also treated
lilly Sullivan, the hired girl. for an affection of
the stomach and liver. DR.. Harkins was cross
examined by the defence as to his recollection of
the events occurring about the time OF ME- Nor
Attorney as to what was the matter with Mrs.
Norris, he finally said she was suffering from
nervous prostration which was incurable except
DR.. Munnikhuysen, who was recalled as med
ical expert, gave the symptoms of arsenical pos
| ifinp QnI
| the stomach inflammation of the stomach, &c,
with subsequent weakness. The usual dose OF
arsenic is from one-eighth to one.twentieth of a
| grain The amount of arsenic indicated by Prof.
Tonry's analysis was six and a-half times as much
| as full dose. Mr.. Maynader, stated hypothet-
ical case describing Mr.. Norris symptoms, death,
the result of analysis of stomach, liver, &C., and
| asked Dr. Munnkhuysen whether death in such
case could be attributable to the presence OF ar
senic.
The defence objected but the court overruled
| the objection. Witness replied that he thought
| the death properly referabe to the poison found.
Irritant poisons, he said, produced inflammation
| of the stomach and ntestnes. The length of
| time to cause death after taking such poison
| would depend upon the condition of the stomach,
whether full or empty, the state of the person S
| health and the frequency of the doses: Paris
green, an irritant poison, is composed OF arsenic
| and copper. Bsnuth is used in medicine to al
| lay inflammation of the stomach, and containe /
neither arsenic nor copper. Purging follows irri-
| tant poisons like Paris green.
| DIR. Munnikhuysen was cross-examlned at
length by the defence, as to the amount of fatal
| dose of Paris green for an adult. Col. stump
| read from medical works to show that no death
| had been reported from arsenic in quantities less
than two grains and that arsenic eaters took half
| grain at the start. DR.. Munnikhuysen admitted
the authorities good. If no arsenic had been
| found he would have attributed death to gastrtis
Redirect.-Arsenic and copper in combination
of Paris green would be more violent poison
| than arsenic. Arsenic or copper is not remedy
for gastritis or pcritonits, together or alone.
George Hudson, a boy employed by Norris tes-
titled that at the breakfast table Mr. Norris asked
what was in the bread he ate and said 1t was
| something like egg shells.
VIM. Hudson testified that he saw Mr.. Norris
| on Saturday, after his return from baltimore the
| day before. He complained of feeling badly
On the next Wednesday he said he felt better, but
| the next day was worse. He continued to grow
worse, complaining of vomiting and purging, and
| burning sensation, and died on Sunday night
| In December, before Norrs's death, Sullivan got
| angry because Mr. Norris asked him why he did
| Ot iSI -~,,,c oh arinr in p"0m"acs nua urnrt
| cause her husband had spoken that way to Sulli-
| van and said she guessed there were other places
| he could go to, She would not wait on the table
| afterwards, nor did Sullivan come to the table.
| Cross examined.-Suivan continued to work
| for Norris, While cutting wheat, the summer
following the breakfast scene, Mr.. Norris said he
had lost sleep waiting on Mrs. Norris He told
witness he ought to have driven Sullivan away
the day he butchered.
Messrs. VIM. Bosey and ]. G. Is. Wright, who
were at Norris's house Tuesday night of his i'll
ness, testified to Mrs Norris being in the kitchen
with Sullivan and to her threatening to leave the
house if Sullivant were sent away.
Adjourned until Friday morning.