Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-11
THE BOTTLE SENT TO MRS. sARNABY
1t 10 Introduced rs Evidence in the Trial Of
DIR. Grnyea.

DIR. Graves.
In the trial Of DR.. Graves at Denver yester
day for sending bottle of poison to Mrs Barn
ably DIR. Seweii Of Denver University, who wa
on the stand when TEE STAR's Geographic re
port closed. stated that after concluding his ex
animation he delivered the bottle to Detective
Mcfarland Of the Pinkerton agency. He ex
hibited to the jury the result Of his analysis
and also the results Of preliminary test in
glass tube.
On cross-examination the doctor stated tina
the bottle is what is commonly called sixteen
ounce bottle. and when received by him con
tanned about eleven ounces Of the liquid. wa.
not informed asto what had become of the othe,
five ounces, and returned the bottle to Mr.. Nc
Phariand upon the orders OF the district att or
ney.
Here Mr.. Mcfarland entered with the bot
tie. Mr.. Mcfarland was sworn. He said he
obtained the bottle from Dr.. Sewell on Mr.
Stevens order in May last. Witness said he
was the Denver superintendent of the Pinker-
ton agency. After he received the bottle he
delivered it to Prot. Haines in Chicago. The
latter took some of it's contents and he re-
sealed it and brought it before the grand Jury.
There the seal was broken because some of its
members desired to smell and taste OF its con-
tents.
Again he took II to Chicago and it was again
examined by DR.. Haines and resealed.
On cross-examination Judge Macon asked
MIR. McPharland il he did not have expert
lock-pickers in his employ who might have
opened the drawer containing this bottle and
tempered with its contents. The superin-
tendent Indignantly denied any such intima-
ton.
The bottle was then introduced as evidence
and passed around among the jurors and law
yers, nearly all Of whom smelled of it or put a
tbeir
tongues, and with a writhe smacked their lips
In their endeavor to determine whether or not
1t was good quality of fine old whisky from
your friends in the woods on the mountains. "
DR.. Sewell was recalled and his crOss-exami-
nation continued. In reply to Judge Macon &
question the doctor said he had made the
analysis by the Marsh test and he first looked
Tor mercury or some corrosive substance, but
instead OF getting mercury he got copper and
arsenic. Here the doctor described the way
an analysis for poison is made
The defense then attempted to have the wit
ness admit the Marsh test was unreliable, but
lie could not do SO. He admitted that he had
told the result of his work to MIR. Worreli soon
after he had concluded it.
Upon redirect examination he stated that an
timony could readily be taken for arsenic, but
not II tho two drugs were seen together. Then
antimony was not readily dissolved, while
arsenic was. IN the porcelain bearing the
stain OF arsenic he tasted the stain and proved
that 1t was arsenic. II he used Marsh's test
without any other test he would be sure of the
result of this test, but he did other tests TO
ascertain the result OF the Marsh test
DIR. Sewell was excused and Prof. Walter S.
Haines. who also figured in the Wilmington case,
was called to the stand.
lie said he was a professor of chemistry
in the Rush Medical College, Chicago,
and had been there sixteen years. Be-
sides he was consulting physician in
the Chicago health department. lie stated
that he was frequently called upon to
examine bodies and food Tor poison. He had
examined about nine bodies for poison and
over hundred specimens Of food. In June
last Mr.. McPhariand gave him fluid for analy-
BIS. He identified the fatal bottle US the bottle
from which the fluid was poured. He made
the analysis by tests, among them the Marsh,
and Ills results were the same as DR.. Sewells
Judge Macon objected to the witness being
allowed to testify TO the analysis for the reason
that at the time il was made DIR. Graves had
been indicted and was under arrest, and ought
to have been represented at the analysis, which
was not done.
The matter was argued until o'clock, when
Judge Rising oyerruled the objection and an
exception was taken.
Prof. Headon, who made the examination OF
the viscera and other organs of the dead woman,
testified to the finding OF arsenic in sufficient
quantities to cause death. At the close OF the
direct examination court adjourned till today,