The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-29
SCIENTIFIC. j.
Another Day With the Ex-
perts
DOCTORS DON'T AGREE.
The Rain Has No Effect on the
Crowds.
No Cutting Down or Throwing Out
This Report.
WE GIVE. 1T ALL.
And Let the Public Discriminate if
They Want To.
From Wednesdays Daily.
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From Wednesdays Daily.
Nlnth Day.
Not even . cold, dIssgreeable rainy
day outside and the prospect Of hearing
testimony Of the most filthy character
inside, served to diminish In the least
the large attendance Of ladies &C the
Walkup trial to-day. The doors of the
court room were opened ct 8:45 and by
nine O'Clock the auditorium and CALLER.
les were densely packed with . mixed
crowd Of men and women, both white
and black.
Court opened at O'Clock and Mrs.
Walkup, her mother and Miss Mary Jsy
came in and took their respective places.
Mrs. Walkup was looking her best, and
was brighter than on any day since the
beginning. The strain on Mrs. Wallace
is beginning 20 tell and her face has a
very careworn expression.
Dr.. A. n. ConnGway. Resident OF To.
Iedo, kas. Acquainted with ]. r. Walkup.
Had conversation with him in Toledo
some time In the fall of 1880; Walkup
was looking unusually we'll and in an.
swer 70 inquiry as 70 now he kept up,
1--WE were talking at the time how he got
along with the women,) WAlkup said he
was taking preparation OF arsenic.
Not cross-examined.
Hon. VIM. Jay, guardian of Mrs. Walk
up, resident Of EmpoEla, sixteen years
Saw J. r. Walkup the 9th and 10Th of
August standing on the street corner.
After little conversation, witness and
Walkup went to formers Office, where
WaIkup asked witness to leave him his
knife. WAlkup took the knife and tax
ing . bottle out of his pocket took
white powder out of the bottle
on the knife blade, and putting
1t in tumbler full Of
water, drank it On returning wit.
ness his knife. he told him to wips of
the blade, as he had just taken some ar
senic.
Croes-examination: Witness had
pledged himself to pay all the expenses
OF the trial now in progress out of Mrs.
Walkup's share Of the estate.
Had not spoken of this taking
OF arsenic In his Office
on being requested to keep it secret by
Attorney Scott.
J. r. Graham. Emporia: Last saw
j. r. Waikup alive Friday evening,
August 81. about 1880 O'Clock. Walkup
was then able TO converselin an or1ina.
airy manner. Knew Of Walkup being
sick in the summer Of 'S4. with severe
pains IN the stomach, vomiting and
purging, and with no Eappetite. These
symptoms were related by Walkup to
witness At the time. Characterization
elected nothing.
DR.. w. b. Slower, Imports; direct ex.
animation: Had dOctorsd J. r. Walk
ups for vsDerial disease IN May, 1885.
DoctOred him two Sears before that tune
for same disease. BY WaIkup's re-
quest tbs doctor. about two wears ago,
attended lewd woman affected with
syphilis. WAlkuD paid the doctor for
his services.
Cross-examlnatiOn.-On being asked
the name of the woman he had doctored.
he said, she was now married and stood
we'll and he absolutely refused to diyuIRe
her name. On the prosecution lnsist-
ing on their question being answered,
the counsel for the defenss stated
they would rather have that
part Of the witness testimony with
drawn from the Jury than involve any
outside party, and the Judge 30 in.
structed. The doctor refused 70 give
the formula for the medicines he had
prescribed for Mr. Walkup TWO years
ago. Being threatened with being
committed for cOntempt, the doctor gave
the formula aud was excused.
j. B. Moore. Emporls, saw Walkup
last June, who said he Yves sick and that
he was taking medicine that would kin
9 dog. Cross examination: Nothing
elected.
Geo. Hibben. Direct examination:
never knew or heard of WaIkup taking
arsenic in any form. No cross examine
ton.
DR.. Emory LAmphear, of Kansas City.
Direct observation-disclosures taken
hahitusily, ordinarily. unless taken in
poisoning doses, has the same effect 20
keep the system In Q we'll nourished
condition and in slight degree snimEte
and Increase sexual vitality. The evil
dence Of the taking Of arsenic IN poison
Gus doses IL acute gastric disturbances,
with vomiting and purRine. A person
who habitually used arsenic would be
Inclined TO 80 back 20 its use a4Gsr once
trying 70 stop. A chemist who Analyses
stomach and finds arsenic therein,
should b able TO determine IN what
form IL Was taken into the system
Amer lengthy description of primary
syphilis, the doctor SAID terseiary
syphilis can simulate asy disease
known 70 the human sytsm. There II no
certainty what symptom Il would mani.
lest - poss-moriem examination. and
such an examination might be made
without discovering any evidence 81
that disease. Tertiary syphilis has {
depressing effect on the brain, and . per.
go suffering from shae disease ia Iishle
70 Be nelAnchofY and depressed AZ times.
Arsenic may remain N the ssomaeh. an.
Veaoped IN the mucous membrsae. fos
IN tndehnise length Of time. The doc
sor cited = case On record where one
ounce Of arse0Ic had remained encySeed
IN . patients stomach for one year. The
doctor knew Of no particular circum.
Stances WHICH would tend % favor the
encysting0f aRsA6E in the stomach: :
man mighStake poisonous dose Of a.,
senie snd retain IL in his system . week
OF more. and then eat scme irritating
food which VIII st the arsenlc m mo
non and produce death; hypodsrmSr
| injection Of mOEpaine would rs,axd
me elimination Of arnsnis from
ne system aad these increases is no.
tency. Is is possible for hahEeusI e.
seote eaters 10 suddenly die from ar.ea
zeal poiso1. dissertations Of the Intes,ns.
IN casss Of aEsenleaf poisoning nigh,
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