New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-28
MORE EXPERT TESTIMONY.
The CASE Against CARLYLE ". HARRIS.
MOTHER PHYSICIAN WHO IS CERTAIN THAT

Carlyle y. Harm, in General sessions Ne>'c'uS' D"'
the preecutiOn added materially to inc 'on'"a" -
evidence which the defence will Try 10 n'''e' up"h'
Professor Rudolph A. Wtthaus. who made the analysis
OF Helen Potts. stomach was examined ut great
length by W Travers Jerome counsel for inc p'isOc'
The lawyer virtually arrlened the "hoe sc'c"0c VI
chemistry 10y seeking to find flaws in the propieS %
chemical analysis laid down in the text DOCKS anu pu''
sued by the witness. Professor Wuthaus' bHheu os
his own extensive study and the researches OF the great
scientists OF Germany, met every thrust Win an ehco
tive parry.
one medical cXDprt was examined and he strength
encd the case 81 the prosecution aud gave little cGmort
to the other side Til, morning an eort VIII DE NIUE
TO Introduce the testimony OF Miss May schoicm taken
last month before Chief Justice Van bfuh' Oh tHc
Court of oyer and Terinncr. Thi, dcai' oF1ctN OH
the question Of motive but the defence WI" ny ~ P
vent the admission OF II.
There is abatement in the interest III the 'a'c' as
is shown by the crowd, who to get iao the court
ROOM Harris sill bears up well, ana "i'ch suggests
to Mr. jerome questions to DC put to the "i'e''' 'o
fessor Theodore F. Wormey Of Philadelphia, WHO mas
written a standard work on the chemistry ana "''''o
,copy Of poisoning. sat by Mr.. Jeromc yesterday ana
advised him occasionally
The examination Of Professor Rudolph y. "i'tliu'
wa, continued by Assistant District Attorney Wclmah
The witness said that he had received some III "'
embslmms nuld such was used on the b"N o i'e'c"
Po,t, from william r. Nannett. the undertaken IL W"
given 70 him I'm a two ounce phial lie did "' "''"'p
the content. before ansyzng them. His tests SHOVE"
that the fluid wa- chiefly composed Of arsenic ana slco
hol There was no morphine or opium In it,
The witness had taken the kidney from the body, ana
had kent II I'm hi, laboratory for short while Then
he ,ont ii To DR.. Hamilton IN a glass jar by nurse
Dr., Field Norton and Biges. Iepr>cnnhS toc de'en'c'
had called at his laboratory and had examined the parts
OF the body in his possession
MIR. Jerome asked some questions concerning the
t1g, and Tshe a
given ~ Deputy Coroner Weston BY Harris The dc'
fence u irving to show that their best methods were
not the best possible but the witness threw no great
light on this phase Of the case. Mr. Jerome IS also
seeking to npugn the correctness OF Dr fo"Hr ueat
mcn Of Miss Potts. He asked Professor NlttHan' IL
he would have administered atrophinc under the cir
cum,tancc. The wite-s hardly thought he would
and the little group. Of which Harris was one Orgheheu
up bit
Tie Professor would not concede that Their" were
many poison, which could not be detected after DEATH
Mr. Jerome wanted to know II quninc might not nave
changed into morphine in the body ~ III" i0'HuIa'
for the two drug, are not di-,mllar The witness was
exceedingly scepucal thls point lie said that Tue
number of vegetable substances which had been male
,n the laboratory constantly Increasing lie did
NOT know that quinnc had been thus made.
"wn you swear that it hae not - asked Mr.. Jerome
sharply.
Not at all IL NAV have been done to-day. have
heard Of II, however. iVN''i'-H''' f'''''"'
had not been investigated thoroughly as morphine
had. the witness declared.
After recess, Mr. Jerome finished hi cro,seNamina-
ton II Professor Nithau, The witnc-, answered ~
Tentatively the question II he hal written pamphlet
on tho chemical and legal ASPECTS u emhalmn--
Could yo1 tell Nr. jerome asked next, ~ the
arsenic found In a corspc was administered before
death. OF In the embalniing huid -
II could not tho reply.
The attorney for the prisoner tried to get Professor
Wittlau, 10 admit tiat he had nj one il" 'cld u
contrary opinion lie made series OF tests IN order
to testify nn a criminal case and had through TINS
rc,c he'd the conclusion be nj present held
Before making that Investigation, would you have
said that science could whether the arsenc was
put in tho body before after death ~ was asked
The witness WAS wary. Il would have made AZ
Investigation before answering the question II callci
In ca,e."
Professor WIrthsus was on hi, guard throughout and
kept himself strictly within the line, Of tie questions
pnt to HIM Mr. Jerome tried to get hun 10 admit that
lie had made a certain statement about IN" dsad-
vautages ~ the Of arsenic In embalniing huids
Did YOU deliver an address before the New York
state Undcrtal,ers' Association, IN Elmra, IN June
lc9Ol" Mr. jerome asked.
II don't remember having done So Finally,
Professor wtthau, declared that he had favored
hill before the Legislature 10 prevent the use OF GER
tain substances in embalmnc nuds He had ad-
dressed a committee Of branch of the House IN
support Of his views In these remarks he had said
that the u,a Of arsenic might prevent the discovery
~ poison which had been administered in life; that
some fluids which we're used had strong bearhnS
oualitic, which changed the structure o the tissues,
and that sometimes II va, impossible IN The case Of
some cmhalmed bodies. 10 tell whether the brain,
mnc- heart or other organs were conscstcd Mr..
Wellman afcrwad sought to destroy the weight ot
these statements. lie asked
Do Won think that the cmbalminc Of Helen Pottss
body affected DR.. IIamltons testimony about the
sourdncss of the OrssnSf'
NO do not II the fluid had been pat in through
an artery. and vein had been opened, the blood
would have been drained OH In this case. however,
no vein was opened and the blood not let out
The Veins were In point Of fact tllcd with a red
liquid like blood, which Combined. however. some
foreign substances. Besides, arsenic alone has no
strong bleaching power. When zine and arsenic both
arc used IN the cmtamine nuid, then the bleaching
actiOn takes place. There zinc In the auid
used IN THE particular and bleaching action
occurred except perhaps in the mouth The color
Of the organs quite normal
Mr. Jerome tried to dl>cFcdIt the witness, eX
pcrincnts with the iogs. Professor Witthau, adj
mtted that hc tried quninc. atr0phne, or tho
al!lalod, of putrcfacon on fros. The scientist de-
clared t. Mr. wellman that his faith in the correctness
If his anslysis was not shaken by the cxamina
ton.
Henry Macaulcy. nur,e, testified 10 taking
Jar given to HIM by the last witness to Dr Hamilton
DR.. Phng>ren was recalled TO say that he had not
allowed the capsule given him by Coroner schultz
10 60 ont Of his hands before he an1lyzcd 1t.
The next witness DR.. John Rogers. now Of the
New York Hospital who student at the College
of Physicians and Surgeons with Harris. The ply
stefan Wa, the assistant Of Professor icnbody at the
college and passed around bottles Of morphine and
other drugs to the students. tn" Young men were
allowed ~ pour some Of the morphine into the palms o
,i.t i,t. In
have obtained some Of the poison. The witness said
that Harris led the LIST OF the contestant, for hOapia
appointment.
Another expert next took The stand. lilo was Dr.
William g; Thomp,on of No. West Ff'y-si\th ST.,
professor Of maera medc. therapeutics and diseases
" the nervous ystcm III the mcui'M department Ca
the Inlvcr,ity of Hcw York. and he las prcti>ci
lie W.T. A..