Daily Republican., 1888-08-09
rhs Inquss. on rhomas L,lIy.

The ooronsr's Jury In tbs case Of
Thomas Lilly, who is suppotot 10 have
died from poison, met In adjourned ses'
sion last evening 10 Coroner BArnhill's
ofiics. The session WAS held In m upper
room, and none but witnesses and mem
beEs Of the press were admitted. II WAS
also deemed AdvlsAble to exclude oil
witnesses except the one being exam
ined.
Casper T. Toppin was sworn, and tss-
tIisd that he Ii engaged in the grocery
business and resides ct No A08 Lombard
street. On Monday evening Mrs. Sing.
leg . oolored Rirl came to the store and
purchased q quarter Of . pound Of ohip.
ped dried beef. She vas in the store at
. AS O'Clock, and was waited upon BY
tha clerk. About $50 O'Clock T. ELL
wood, Singley came to the store and
asked what was the matter with shat
dried beef, and Ehis was the first the
family. The meat was from Armour's
packing hOuss, and OF the same brand
that the witness has been handling for
years. Several other persons bought
and ata some OF the BEST from the same
piece, and as far Ra he knew there was
no other sickness except that in the
Blngley family.
DR.. Wallace, Of No. 5i7 West street,
testified that he was preset ct the post
moFtem examination, and found the
liver, kidneys and spleen OF the de-.
ceased very much coDgested. The tndl.
cations were that death was caused by
An iTritant poison, but he WAH not able
| to state whether 1t was mineral or vege'
table. The symptoms were the same
as could have been produced by several
polsons. The congestion Of the organs
was OF recent origin, and no doubt due
10 the poison.
DR.. Willard Springer testified that he
conducted the post-mortem, and found
the heart In . fairly good condition.
There was clot In 1t that might have
bsen produced by the man straining ct
the time he WAS vomiting. The lungs
were good aud in a healthy condition,
but the liver and spleen were very
much enlarged and oongested; the lat
ter was very soft on Its outer surface.
Tha boSels were very much oouRested
and ipflAmed. he did not open the
stomach, but found that 1t contained .
quaOtity Of liquid matter. which the
witness supposed WAS milk and i0e
water which the deceased had taken
after vomiting. The witness did not
think 1t would be OF any use to have
the contents Of the stomach Analy zsd. /.
A. the decsasei had no doubt vomited
ell the poison.
He thought the beef, of which he had
eaten, and also that which he had HSst
vOmitsd, should have been kept Bnd
sub jected to An analysis. ALo.her
thing which would render an AnslysiB
useless now, 10 the fact that she body
vas embalmed "a hours before the post
morlem exAminatI.a was held, and As
there IL considerable arsenlo in the fiuid;
he thought 1t probable that 1t had pass
ed pretty we'll through the Body, and
traces Of It would be found Ia tbs
stomach. His death WAS no doubt
caused by an active, iFritRnt poison, bul
what that poison was he was not prepAr
7 cd to say. In Answer to q question, the
witness said that there are times whel
the condition Of the human stomach 4
= suoh thst milk or other articles woulC
produce plomAins, which were
\ deadly poison. he, however, did no
think It probable that this would b
: : likely to happen with three persons II
the came family Ut one time. Plo
. mains are sometimes generated in mtlb
and this might have been the case IL
+. this instance, but II is . matter tha
could only be determined BY an ex
,, pert.
Az this WAS the last witness present
the jury adjourned until 8 O'Clock ol
Friday evening, and the coroner Wa
! instructed 70 have the stomach burieI
! without being subjected to an analysis