Daily Republican., 1886-08-16

BOSTON, Aug. 15.-The 6omerville
poisoning case thickens. Officers are
carefullly looking for one DR.. O. G..
Beers, an irregular practitioner, having
o large business at South End. DR..
Beers 10 said 70 have been q frequent
visitor Ut tho house Of Mrs. SArah A
Robinson for years, and 10 SUPPOSED
TO have assisted her In her operations.
He could not be found either yesterday
or to day. District Attorney Stevens
has granted permission to exhume the
bodies Of all Mrs. R3binson's supposed
victims, but probably not more than
one or two will be taken mp. 1t has
been ascertained that Mrs. Robinson
intended to secure the Insurance. on the
life Of William j. Robinson, her son,
who died last week, "a soon as possible
and to leave Immediately for Europe
She had hoped to sail from New York
yesterday. The cases OF Mrs. Robinson
and Mr.. Smith come up Wednesday.
The shrewdness displayed by Mrs.
Robinson in the engaging of different
doctors In the various cases of sickness
10 worthy of comment. 1t sppears she
called In ten or twelve different physi
clans. First she called DIR. Edgerly, ol
Cam bridge, for the sickness Of her ihus
band and then dismissed and retained
DR.. Dow, OF Cambridge. Then sht
called DR.. Holt, Of Cambridge in con
sultation on the same case. For he
daughter Emma shs had DIR. Church, o
Cambridse. Then she dropped him ant
| took DR.. Driver, of Cambridge, to attenG
70. the baby child of Prince Arthur Free
man. Then she left DIR. Driver ani
took up with DIR. Nichols, of Cam bridge
on the sickness of Prince Arthur Free
man, and called DR.. Dawson, of Soutl
Boston, In on the case in consultation
| with DIR. Nichols.
Then she sought out DR.. Church +
attend to her daughter Elizabeth
dropped him all Of sudden and Dr.
Stevens, Of Somerville, stepped in upol
the scene. A consultation was desire
at . critical point Of the daughter
sickn ess, and she sent for DIR. Hildretf
of Cambridge, one she had never COZ
suited before, ignoring all the othe
ply sicians. II one doctor had seen a.
the cases suspicion would have bee
aroused, and this would not do. Th
same doctor was never called in consu
tation the second time. This Is gres
point in the case. She never attempte
poison when the victims were In goo
health. She usually waited until som'
thing had happened to them, some littl
sickness, and then her process of slo,
poisoning would begin,
Take 1t in the case of her con, VIII
ldied on Wednesday. He met with a
accident and 1t was necessary to have
doctor. She then commenced her wor
on him, but 1t appears gave him
short, rapid course by administerin
heavier doses of arsenic than hav
charscterized her other victims. St
must have given the other victims, /
the opinion of the doctors in the cas-
small doses.
"A mild dose of arsenic given occl
sionally," said o physician yesterda!
"cannot be detected on patient, an
cannot be distinguished from case
cholera morbus. The mild doses woul
In time use the patient up. "You wi
see," he continued, "she always II
troduced poison at the latter end Of u
sickness of her people. She was shrew
Iagain In always being willing to have
consultation. What aroused suspicion
however, In the case of the daught
Elizabeth, who died 30 mysterioul
was that she refused to have poi
lmortem examination. DIR. Steven
. who was on the case, urged her vel
strongly, but she was determined not
=. allow 1t.