The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-09-05

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Egr0aA, KAs, August 70 Tho
wsisup case has become more Of
mystery than ever Mrs wAlkup vas
called before the Cofonsrs jury yester.
day Al tho Coufthouss, where The In
quest Ia being held shs was com.
posed and easy In her manner, though
serious and oatewon IN countenanoe
Her counsel, " W Scott. stated that
whllo shc was hefaeli ready 10 testify
he took upon himself the responsible.
itI Of prohibiting her from testIiyine
before the jury At this time, She then
retired In company with Deputy
sheriff
y. \. He'll, who was Mr. walkup's
partner In the coal business, testified
that on Friday, the 2lst when Mr.. Walk.
np was first spoken 10 about poison be-
ing the suspected cause Of his sickness,
he said that his wife had Informed him,
week or ten days before that she had
purchased strychnlnc to take the stains
out ot her clothing
Dr. J. W, fllkus testified that he had
treated Mr.. Walkup In the summer Of
1888 for sickness similar In ts symptoms
TO his late fatal Illness and had been In.
formed by Mr.. Walkup that he was snb-
lcct 10 such spells Of sickness.
MIR. J. X Graham testified that he saw
Mr. Walkup sick with severe stomach
and bowel complaint In the summer OF
1884
Information outside the inquest 80 far,
but reliable Is that Mr.. Baldwin, q we'll
known farmer near Lawrence, stated TO
Sheriff white and Mr. l., s. Every, In
Emporia, on the day OF Mr.. Walkup's
funeral, that In December, 1884, on Mr..
Walkup's flrst visit to New Orleans,
that gentleman, with MIR, Baldwin,
the two Mr.. llalchs nephew aud
son, OF Dcs Molncs, Ia, and Mr..
Green, Of Jacksonville H., all went
from 81, Louis 10 New Orleans on the
steamer Baton Rouge, and during the
passage Mr.. Walkup became seriously
| III Just as he seemed In his recent fatal
Illness In Emporla, and DR.. Neal, OF Ne.
braska, who was on the boat, prescribed
for him, saying to him that he could not
have many more such attacks without a
fatal result When Mr. walkup became
sick on that occasion he entrust.
ed his money, $500 or $500,
10 Mr.. Baldwin, and the latter said on
the day Walkup's funeral that II looked
to him now as II he might have been ar.
rested for poisoning Mr. walkup had
the latter died on the boat IN December.
Mr.. Walkup had not then seen his wife OF
any other member OF the Wallace family,
this being his first visit to New Orleans.
The following telegram was received Ia
this city yesterday
ELw ORLEANS, la, August 2s
| jtdas ". \. Houston, EmpOta
In studying up tho Walkup case I have
discovered that sub nitrate % bismuth con
/ talns arsenic unless carefully made, Have
/ that prescribed analysed Seo TavlOr on
| poluons, page iT Woods Therapeutics.
Vol stiles Dispcnsatory. page lol
20. Y, wHrrSEr."
II Ia understood that none OF the pow,
dcrs prescribed for Mr., walkup, aud mol
administered to him, have been pro
served. The druggist from whom the
powders were obtained says his supply
Of the drug In question IN chem
icallY pure aud free Of arsenic
Tho testimony yesterday, and tho New
Orleans dispatch, Is regarded as ray ol
light out OF the darkness which has
cnyelopod Mrs. Walknp, and she felt
encouraged last night, The Kansas City
Medical College analysis Of the remains,
begun last Tuesday, has not yet been
heard from.
NEw ORLEANS, La, August 2s.-Ths
Walkup poisoning case at Emporls,
Kan, has naturally excited great inter.
est In this city, where Mrs. walkup ID
well known. Pew believe the wife
guilty, and testimony Of the attendant
physicians yesterday is reported by ply
sleIans here as clearing up the whole
case. They say sub.nitrate OF blsmuth
which was given Nr. walkup, has often
resulted fatally, aud quote authorities "a
prove their statement National and
United States Dlspensary officials
Say that the drug frequently contains ar.
senlc, and should be used with great
care. Prof. Roberts, Of Philadelphia,
makes the same statement regarding
bsmuth Of commerce, and says practi.
tionefs should be very careful In il use
unless they are assured Of It's absolute
purity. In Taylor, in poison
case reported, where tbs sub
stance was taken In doses of two
dracbms, caused the death Of an adult II
nine days. The symptoms we're burning
In the throat, vomiting, coldness OF ths
surface, with spasms In the limbs, In,
famed laynx and Inflammation Of the
stomach. These symptoms tally almost
exactly with the waltni case. IL is the
belief Of many doc or horo that Mr.
walkup was polsonea " bis physicians