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TRENTON, Jan. 2O.-It was expected that
| the Coroner'a Jury In the Knifiln murder case
could finish It's work to-day. but another adj
tonrnmont took place until next Monday. The
first witness this morning was Arthur Leland
Knif1n. tho 7-year- son OF the murdered
woman. who ls usually called Lennie. He wac
questioned concerning the flrst reported rob-
berry at his fathers house, but he knew moth
ing further than that he felt bis bed shaking
once that night and that Miss Pursel had told
him the next morning that burRars had been
In the room. Miss Hattie o'HAra, q typewriter
employed at the Empire Rubber Company's
works. whore Miss Pursel worked. testified
that the latter told her the details OF the first
burglary.
Did you not tell her at that time" said a
Juror. that she had the niRhtmRreT
Certainly not" replied Miss 0Hara- as II
greatly astonishod at the question. She ad-
mittod that she had seen DR.. KnifIln accom-
rubber compAny's oIloe. She had never heard
any OF the people about the office criticize
@ aSSn sS Sy R@ sS %sRt Sna d. Rnn
spoSsn to % her associate so Mrs. Smith. CON SoScern. @
III us 4 usual IoE ladies' 70 make make No reply to
=. " 1t was no report, sir. and only mentioned
Il on one occasion"
The Witness had never heard thSt Pr and
he was calling with his wife at the Knifin
DR.. William D. struble. who took part in the
autoopsy, testified that the scratches on Mrs.
Mrs. Knifin herself In trying to throw back the
chloroform- soaked towel from her mouth.
Xoa DositISey !; sSy that Mrs. KnifIin died
general appearance Of the body"
oi tss else have caused the pa
Yes; aconits. digitalis, and prnsslc acid
hs the SDSppo some
Can person be e6ioToformed while asleep"
person can u'GAtSHi INK Mrs RPn @ must Re RaYo
been Instantly awakened BY the Irritation in
fSsblo @ % against the ssSRS cRRoSofor@ %'u' 0u' was
Mira Nellie b. Smith, another Typewriter at
The Empire RTb6S wGTRs testified that che
Prof. Henry i. Cornwallis of Princeton Col
Of the dead woman with a view to the possible
tIon failed to diclose the presence Of any dead
RHyd P11ss being recalled tsstited 10 that he
structod The authorities In their Investigation
1t was simply because he thought be was doing
right. He Is OF a nervous disposition, and Is al
ways short In his answerR
Overseer OF the Poor James Kersey, who
boards where Dr. Shannon does, testified that
the Doctor was at home at 1880 o'clock on the
night of the murder.
Samuel johnson. colored, testified that he
was hired to clean a shed on Dr. .Knihln's
premises. He found in IL twenty two bottles a
handkerchief and towel Six OF the bottles
we're without corks. A four-ounce bottle that
was found without cork was shown Druggist
Patterson and he said that 1t looked Ike a
bottle that he retled with phosphites for Miss
chloroform. rs far as he could discover. He
had never filed bottle of that size with chlo-
roform except for physicians. Druggist Patter-
son eNamin cd the towel found n the clubhouse.
1t was blood stained. The witness said that he
had been informed by Roscoe Murphy that DR..
Shannon had thrown the towel away after
using 1t on DR.. Knifflns wounds the night
Kniftin tried to commit suicide