New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-07

1t seems llkclc that The trial will last until well
toward the end Of this MONTH ". j. Osnlivan' the
mcdcO legal expert of the defence, announced BEFORE
| recess that the cross-cxamnation Of Dr.. Henry T.
LOOMS would take nearly two days. At this rate the
three other sci nsts who conducted the autopsy and
made the pathological examinations and the chemical
analyses will be the witness stand all OF next
week. After that there may be more testimony
for the prosecution. The defence will no doubt have
a good many witnesses. Then Will come the te'ti-
mony In rebula and surrebultal and The addresses to
the jury and Recorder smyt's charge. II looks as II
DR.. Buchanans suspense would therefore last until
| nearly May l.
Dr. Henry p LOOMS, OF No. 80 East Thirty fourth
st. was on tho witness stand In Part III OF General
Sessions ali OF yesterday He Is the son OF Dr. Alfred
l.. LOOMS. To Dit ct-At,orncy Nco the witness
said he thirty four years old. Il am visiting
physician at Bellevue Hospital" he went on, land
have made a specially Of pathology. l am president
OF the New-York Pathological Society i have made
about 2.OCO autopsies."
Dr. LOOMS told OF going 10 Greenwood Cemetery
en- June ) TO make the autopsy on Mrs. buchanan.
lie said "The first thing that struck me was the
wonderful preservation OF the body. II seemed to
have been buried only few days. first made II
careful external examination Of the c"rpse but saw
no fractures Commissions or anything Of the hind Then
we went ahead with the autopsy. The lungs were
moderately d>tcnicd and of good color. They were
| examined but nothing abnormal found. The
heart WAS examined next and 1t was also In healthy
condition. / could LESSONS either In the lIng'
or heart
THE kidneys OF normal size and o, good color.
The covering taken oil and found 10 be In good
condition. The kidneys and intcs;IncS wcre taken
out and placed In jais. The brain OF lisht-g.y
color. There was the surface of II.
A minute examination made oil tie III lod vessels
OF the base Of the BRAIN but no suggestion of EN-.
bolism found. There was no sign II any In
| rammation In the brain. Then made cuts through
the organ. The brain was firm. NJ sign of
hemorhage was TO be seen, citncr on the outside Of
the brain In the minute cuts which | mndc. We
took the brain along. The spinal cord entirely
| normal.
I'VE took The lars 10 the Carnegie Laboratory The
next day parts OF the brain and other organs Were
| taken for mIcroscopcal examination DR.. Prudden
and looked at 1j7 sections Of the brun under the
microscope but found LESSONS. The intestines and
stomach given to DIR. Doremus and Professor
Witthaus.'
Did you find anything 10 account for the death y
| Mr. Nco asked.
81 did not" That ended the direct examination
| and then Mr.. O'sulllvan began the cross. He Is
peculiarly well suited to handl, the examinations
Of the expert witnesses ~ he Is physician n well
| u lawyer. lie received the degree Of u. \. from
the University OF Edinburgh and oI VI X. 4. ,. tenl-
Der OF the Royal College OF surgeons from the Uni
vcrsty Of London. At Yale he earned the degrees Of
| NJ. ID. and liz l.. lie first asked Or. Loomi, about
his practice and his researches patholoeisr Then
he asked how long time the autopsy orcupI"d. From
| about Ia about p. M the witness replied Mr..
Osullvan tried 10 snow tina, the In IT. had been
due lie asked many questions about what kind Of a
| table the autopsy made on and OIL. DR..
| LOOmls answered wariy. He not always certain
| about details Of no apparent Importance.
DR.. LoOmis explained that the brain had been
hardened and sections hvc-hundrcdth OF inch
thick had been shaved OIL. These were colorrd with
| an anlc dye and placed on glass slides. Then they
were examined mlcrDscopcally. some Of the work
| was done last september hut the most careful cx-
amnatiOns were made In January The witness finally
drew mp his report In February. In the mean time he
had kept the In his possession IN sealed Jars.
lie did think the embaming fluid had affected the
organs except 10 pr,ser them.
Had you ever before examined body which had
been buried for forty two days - Mr. O-ullvnn asked.
The wnes, replied ia the negative The lawyer sug-
gcsted the theory that Mrs. Buchanan's WAS due
10 anaemia. the absence Of blood In the brain. Or.
LOOMS said he questioned II coma could be
that. Generally. I'm autopscs. the fluids Of brain
were absent. DR.. Loomis VIII again take the stand
| to-day.