The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-29
A STIRRING DAY
INTERESTING COURT NOTES
Prom Thursdays Daily.
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Prom Thursdays Daily.
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The court room was kept closed until
time for opening court on this, the fourth
day Of the celebrated Walkup trial, and
large crowds stood outside awaiting en-
trance. After our going % press last
evening, Sheriff White was on the
stand. HIS testimony viii be found In
the court notes Of To- day.
Court was called 70 order AZ q. M.
the defendant brought In and the roll
call OF the jury gone through with, and
the taking of testimony began.
John Thatcher; member city council.
Direct examination-Saw Walkup the
Saturday previous TO his death; he sp
peared a. we'll as usual; Wslkup pre-.
sided at Council meeting next the Mon
daylight. Not cross-exsmined.
Miss Lizzie Walkup. recalled. d.
rect examinstion-Gave her father q
powder, Friday. which Mrs. Walkup
said was one DR.. Jacobs had prescribed.
Not cross-examined.
Considerable delay was occasioned by
DR.. Jacobs. who was the witness called,
not being on hand.
Dr.. L. D. Jabobs. Direct examination.
Attended Mr.. Walkup during his last
iIlness; found him on the Tuesday prior
to his death suffering from nausea vom-
Ting and pnrging; he had su uneasy
sensation In the region Of tho bowles;
prescribed sab nitrate of Bismuth and
morphine: left sIx ten grain doses, IN
ssructing Mrs. Walkup to give one
powder and If not relieved, another
powder in an hour. Walkup's condition
Wednesday morning, symptoms same a.
day before; left more powders. Mrs
Walkup Yves attending her husband !;
deceased'S condition was unchanged
Wednesday, and gave hin hypodermic
injection OF morphine in the evening.
Saw patient Thursday morning; he was
feeling much better and condition gen.
or ally improved; called again Thursday
evening; he was very sick, pale, expires.
sion anxious, haggard looking, pulse fee
BILE, intermittent and frequent, his hands
were cold and clammyS respiration hur
ried he complained of pain In his stom-
ech and bowels; Walkup said his sensa-
tons were such e he never experienced
before in his life; prescribed brandy ice
and mustard draughts; next saw him
Friday morning; found him worse than
night before; pulse more feeble; coun-
tenAnce paleF; extrsmitIes cooler, and
had symptoms of . profound collapse ;he
had no fever; respiration difficult.
Dr.. Page was called in for consuIta-
ton 10 see patient about IL o'clock Fri
day, from this time deceased gradually
declined, pulse more feeble until finally
undesirable, had symptoms of faint
ness, his intellect ives clear, died Satur'
day &c IL 80 g. M; had conversation
with Mr.. Walkup on Thursday evening,
told the doctor not 70 give HIM medicine
IN powders but in liquid form. Mrs
Wslkup said he complained OF
the powders beng gritty. There
was nothing in the powders to produce
grittiness. In the Doctors opinion
swallowing arsenic would produce a
gritty sensation; the symptoms of ar
senical poison are, when taken into the
stomach, irritation, and when acting To-
cally long enough might be corrosive
would create vomiting and burning;
when passing into the bowels would pro-
duce PurgiRg; arsenic produces death
when taken intsrRally, first by lte
local effects; when acting longer
It produces changes In the tissues of the
stomach and bowels, eOldness of extrem-
titles, extreme exhaustion and death; ar.
Denic goes nrsa - the liver, Some Of 1t is
eliminated in she bile and some of L
passes into the circulation of she blood
and Ihe secsstive organs generally and
may poison wherever ii exists. The doc
tor then described infinitely the symp-
toms of arsenical poisoning which woulC
ordinarily occur, the average time fol
death to ensue after taking . fatal dose O
arsenic II from hslf hour 70 two hours
Longest time ne had ever known wa!
sixteen hours. None Of the medicines
prescribed by the doctor would have
produced the symptoms manifested il
Mr. Walkup's case. In the DOCTOR
opinion, . person who should be sick
and die from arsenical poisoning ate
an illness Of four OF I've days, getting
better and worse during that time, would
show that sAc poison ives taken at DIFF
fereHt times and not In one dose
A post norton was held oyer Walkup's
remains BY Dire. PsRe. Gardner and my,
self in the presence Of Dire. Longeneck
, 81, Foncannon, Moore and Coroner Frost
found the stomach red and injected, par
EiculArly 81 Its upper extremity; thi
rednsss was sometimes general. ct Othe
, times, particularly at the upper portion
. OF the greater curvature tina
this redness Yves most apparent. Thi
Is IN Abnormal coalition of the stomach
The esophagus vas found In the sam
, condition; alec found . protrusion from
the wall OF the large IatestiHe, which wa
red and soft, showed 1t WA on accoun
Of the thin condition of this intestine
? on closer examination found Il was ~
erosion caused by eating away OF tht
? outer wall. This seemed 70 be OF recen
origin and could be produced by arsenic
liver rather paler thaA normal and oC
incislon found is apparently fa.ty; thu
could have beea brought about by arse
mic; fouBd ktdneVs and bladder healthy
buS bladder collapsed; found no Ofhe
, ABNORMAL condition Of the intestDes
The body generally presented the ap
pearance of we'll DouFished man
About one-balE the contents Of the stom-
ach were emplied into q small bottle
which had been thoroughly cleaned
the liver. stomach and one kidney wers
placed In glass Jar; the bottle and ial
were placed in custody of DIR. Gardner
II from two TO four grams OF arsenic
were found In the contents OF the slom-
sch taken IN connection with the ap-
pearancs of the other organs, taken also
in connection with the symptoms mani,
tested by Walkup during his Illness,
In the Doctors Judgment WaIkup
came 20 his death by arsenicaI
polsouipg. Cross-examinafion livery
rfgid). On first being called TO see Mr.
Walkup on Saturday night prior to his
death, considered hts condition as that
resulting from scute indigestion; was Of
same opinion Is to reason Of bis illness
on Tuesday evening and thought he hsd
taken q relapse by reason Of some indis-
creslon in his diet; did not change his
opinion Is 70 the cause Of Wsikup's ill
ness until Wednesday. when IN doctors
opinion malaria Wes connected with
the aeuts indigestion thus proionging
the illness; informed shout noon Thurs
day thst Waikup he'd eaten cove oysters