Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-12-17
Afternoon Session.

DIR. Duffield continued-It would change
my opinion TO some extent If the questions
we're changed: depend upon all the ques-
tions; / have my opinion upon a group of
questions; a burning pain In stomach, diar-
rehea with blood: burning pain in the
throat, with stiff contraction in the muscles
of the throat: puffiness of the eyelids: ner-
vousness and restlessness: vomiting and
diarrehoa continuously: / want all of this
group to form clear and definite opinion as
to whether she died of arsenical poisoning;
a poisonous dose of arsenic would produce
an irritable, infiamed condition of the
stomach: arsenic would be indicated ar
present from fifteen minutes TO three or four
hours; the first symptoms would be prostra-
ton and vomiting and feeling of weak
ness: as soon as the stomach became irrit-
able thirst would come; the next symptom
would be purging; the next symptom would
be nervousness and loss of vital power:
If the dose was not fatal ii would take from
sixteen To twenty days 10 eliminate
arsenic from the body; a hot burning pain
in the throat is a result of arsenic.
1t would take several days before puffiness of
the eyes would occur: the poisonous impress
ion which is made upon the nerves produces
nervousness: the restlessness is result of
the nervousness: certainly should fiid indi-
cations of arsenical poisoning after death
the intestines would be red and extended; the
other symptoms not mentioned in the group
would not necessarily indicate the presence
of arsenic: they are not essential TO physi-
clan in forming his opinion; the symptoms de
ceased had did not indicate any pernicious
fever; III pernicious fever we do not have
burning thirst or burning in the stomach;
nor do we have diarrhoea; pernicious fever
develops in July and August.
Cross not prepared for
examination in this question: did not assist
l. xI--...
me: do not remember the exact date when
these symptoms showed themselves; as
soon as | noticed the symptoms of arsenic
poisoning / began to form my opinion;
prior TO May first. if | remember rightly
there was no purglng: prior TO this time /
can not remember the symptoms; prior to
this time the symptoms did not indicate
arsenical poisoning; they might indicate a
pain in the back of tie head: this might be
due to a suppression of the menses; the vom-
iting might be due to this; prostration, ner-
vousness, a cool skin might be due to this:
the prostration and vomiting would not be
aggravated, and still not indicate poisoning;
the minor symptoms did not indicate arseni-
cal symptoms: If any of the major symp-
toms existed prior TO this time il would not
have been caused by the others: prior to May
first five grains would indicate poIson-
ing; two grains would produce vomiting:
on May first the symptoms would
require one grain or two grains at the most;
of the two grains three-quarters of grain
would have been absorbed in the stomach:
the blood carries it all through the system
and deposits it on the way: / have not had
any experiments on the human system as TO
the quantity deposited: cannot say as TO
what other chemists say is correct or not: mp
to May the symptoms may be explained
from natural causes: from the first of May
there were symptoms of arsenIcal poison nm
tilthe end: do not know as found any of
the major symptoms absent during this
period; the burning pain in the throat is one
of the symptoms we are guided by. In rela-
ton to the puf1iness of the eye the upper lid
puffs first.
Mr.. Marston continued the cross-examin-
alton at some length, asking hypothetical
questions. tending in the answers TO create
doubt as TO arsenical poisoning being ad-
ministered. The cross-examination being
finished the court adjourned at o'clock. in
order TO give the prosecution time TO prepare
for the redirect examination of DIR. Dufheld
this morning.