New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-14
THE PROSECUTIONS DAY.
POINTS SCORED AGAINST BUCHANAN.
DIR. WILLIAM II. THOMPSON MAKES A STRONG
WITNESS.


WITNESS
Tie cause of thc prosecution in the trial of DR..
Robert ". buchanan. accused OF the murder Of his
Wife was materially Strengthened yesterday by the
testimony Of Dr. William II Thompson lie was
clear and convincing in bis answers TO W. j o sui
Ivan. the awy ply stefan Of I'll" defence. and evil
IDENTIFY made good eject on the JURY There Is no
little srnmbling among the jurors at the way IN
which the trial Is dragging. one Of them says that
his business is rrincd. and he VIII nave I" worA
for years 10 reesablsh H. lie Is travelling sales
man. and always makes tour Of his customers In
April and May. II hc doe, not call on them at that
time they buy their goods from some one else whom,
likely as not, they paronlze thereafter.
The first hour o. the morning session was spent
In the crcss-cXamEation OF Dr.. George l.. Peabody
by W. J. Osullivan. The witness confessed ign0-
rance about great many words and phrases con-
corning which he WAS u.kci The lawyer had Il
medical dictionary. and he laded out great words In
continuous stream. The physician explained that
he was not chemist.
. How many poisonous substances are generated In
the body under diseased conditions ?" WIS asked.
The witness could not answer. lie did say that
the symptoms OF hystcrla were present In atropinc
poisoning. Disirict-Ationcy Nco conducted the re
direct examination, Herbert W. Knight. one Of the
attorneys for buchanan. Directing to good many Of
the questions leading.
Next Mir. NcO called TO the stand Dr. william
II. Thompson, OF No. West Fifty six;hSi. who has
been II practitioner here since lodo For twenty
years he has been professor Of matcria mcdicl
and therapeutics in the University of the City OF
.Ncw-lOrk The Hypothetical question. desc riding
Mrs. Iuchanan'S case put H. him. and hr was
asked to tell what. IN his Judgment. caused death.
Poisoning from Narcotics III, reply. " ! should
say that bclladonna or afr0pinc and morphine wcr;
given. The slow breathing Is Characteristic OF NOR
phine. and the rapid pulse of atropue. The action
Of morphine the pupil OF the eye WAS cOuntcractrd
Icy that OF tho atrOpine.'
How much morphine was given, should you say p
Mr.. Nicoll asked.
i should say not less than three grains
III the cross-eXnminaton. Mr.. O'>ullivan asked :
could any organ be congcsed at death, ami forty
two days ancrward show no sign OF congestion
whatever"
yes that could happen TO "A number Of organS' -
why do you differ from DR.. Mclntyrrs diagnosis
OF hystcrla ~
Because the woman died. At times, DR.. Thomp-
son corrected Mr.. OSnllvan's questions
This ended the prosecutors expert testimony.
Otto Kranse, "A Jersey City lawyer, called on To
testify that In Ncw-.Icrsey the common law did not
recognize deed directly from husband TO wife. This
10 show that Buchanan might hav" Killed his
wife to get the Newark house. which she had trans
frrrcd 10 him. According Ia the lawyer. this trans
fer was void. Mr.. Brooke asked him II h" knew Of
anything 10 prevent lnr Wits pd~~llS uiIt " INV
husband for a consideration Mr.. Krausc knew Of ~
case In which that question had come up Inc trai
was then adj, urcd.
Mr.. Usuvan received letter YESTERDAY. ssnGl
Physicians of Ncw-l Ogk CITY, but mnici IN Brook
yn I'm which Their, Is much sarcastic reference Ia MS
long REORGANIZATION 81 DIR. Il. T.. LOOMS tn;
lawyer Is accused OF taking all the time OF the ply
cians possible To prevent their attending = their
dying patients and to CRAFTY childish curiosity In
regard Mrs. buchanan. The writer wishes -
know why Mr.. O'suIvan cd not ask Or. Loomis II
his shoe, We're polislcd when he made the autopsy.
who polished them. and the whore. and AT least n
hundred other details The writer asked Mr. O'>llli-
van 10 reply the communication through The
Tribune, but nc 'clt no desire 10 10 %. IL might
he added that DR.. LoOmis will BE- paid By thc
county for tesfying. AMI that he voluntarily CON
scented 10 he expert Tor the prosecution.