New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-21

nbino noisoninr was often impossible, as INC
symptoms might be caused by some o'hcr i'''.
The witness did not squarely deny this. lhc' w
cross examiner read from work by Professor Alex
ander Swain TAYLOR the statement that some persons
have a peculiar Intolerance for morphine ana una,
be killed by an ordinary medicinal dose "Hi'"
would not harm AL ordinary person
b. YOU know if Helen Potts had any such
diosyncrasy ~ asked the lawyer
Mr. Jerome took up another big book and Tec EeaG
from i the statement tat nve m1He o. Of
morphine was more difficult TO test han any oei'1
alkalod and that the ANALYSES Tor 1t FL, IN DSnencc
and quantity Of most other poisons. DR.. POWER
concurred in this in the NAN .oro +. nrcasposi.
ton to apoplexy an ordinary dose OF opium may
produce death ?" III,
How do you know that Miss Potts did not ha'c
Tbere were NO commissions which attend that
Are not these commissions sometimes absent =
asked the lawyer.
The witness said that if the girl had tho morphine ,n
idosyncrasy small amount Of the drug wOuld vausc
her pupils TO dilate rs much as a larger quanmGE
wond in person OF ordinary consttnu3h,., nIHc'I i
might come from acute congestion Of the kidneyi n.y.
Fowler said that the embaming OF BODY "1 HiE nV'
prevent the discovery of CONGESTION Oh He from an
address by Professor wthaus. expert for the PROS
cution. the statements that embaimlhg MIo a. n
ditinn Of the organs and that when the corpse is
embalmed the blood is driven ont ana 1t IS lmpo T
sibe to tell If the brain heart, lungs. etc,, VIZ
congested Dr. Fowler didn't exactly know wnctn t.
this view NJ the expert shook his own opinion or MI
Dr. Fowler also admitted that hemorfhase AT l d
base OF the brain might cause and the contracted
pupils. Mr.. Jerome read from Professor dayIof th
opinion that a case Of apoplcxy at the oase OF ne
brain might be mistaken for morphine poisonlns'
The witness thought this possible . - III, ~
Mr.. Jerome wasn't exactly satisfied with Dr;
Fowler's failure 10 Stpmach-pnmp. ana a>htu
him more about IT, The witness said That ne Under
stood that Miss Potts had taken the poison Two IouI
before ne was called in. In that time the dI1S "Ou
have spread through her whole system and aim 81 nT
of IL would have been left In her stomach ihe
uump would therefore. have been of no service. H.,
Mr. Jerome asked the witness about gastric Stphona
and their use Dr. Fowler finally declared that ne
had never seen one and did not know how they were
used .r. ,u;,, ,,r-
DR. Fowler said that he had had talk with MIs;
Potts after the death Of her daughter but ms hau
not caused him 20 change his opinion ao0ut Ihe oas
MIR Jerome was satisfied, and Mr.. Wellman then SUP
iectcs the physician to brief redirect examination.
An Mr. JerOmes efforts had not shaken me witness :
belief that Miss Potts died from morphine POISONING ne
said. go 81, 49,, -. ,o,.or
which Harris had written 10 her daughter on January
l. 1901 in which he said that he wished the ent1ies
ment" to remain secret for while longer MIS-. fotto
had given par OF this letter 10 the prisoners bOtner
and had destroyed the rest Of II.
Court was thea adjourned until ii a. M to-day