New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-05
SOME CRUMBS OF COMFORT.
EVIDENCE FAVORlNG DR. BUCHANAN
HE u,D HIS w1Fr.s PROPERTY rEFoEE SIZE


DIED-DR MINTYHE's CONCLUSIONS.
Yesterday was by no mean, an uniavoraoie cay 'o'
the defence In the trial OF Dr.. Robert W Buchanan
for poisoning hi wife Tie prosecution Show" "'
the woman's sole piece Of property, the mouse ia
Newark. had beer decided 10 her husband Oh bco'n.
Der 10, 1890. a month after she had m"ue ne' VIZ
IT. his favor. Charles " Erooke, couhse' 'o' ,'''
. prisoner dtc.arrd that til evidence ga away wa
lie theory that Buchanan poisoned NJ vic W =.
Ter real estate Her personal properly 'o"''''
lEieHy Of 81 600 deposited IN s'Nihss o"""
H. ,ho otorroon DR. Burnett &. Mcintyre. one OF
the attending physicians. gave al account VI Wv
woman's death lie came 20 the conclusion 'h"' '"'
died from cerebral hemorhase. ihis "o''u So
circumstance Of vast importance 10 the ue''"o''
trict.Atrorncy Niroil and his assis'ah'e-N''S's W."
man and Osborne-ntend 10 prove, however TINT ~
Buchanan administered al least Two po.s'hs' 'e s'p
toms produced by one being IN r'eas're hu'.'''
hv Tim. NJ the other The prosecution VIII say t"a'
tho mixing of poisOns was trap 10 mi'ie'u INV Nv
tending PHYSICIANS Who under the e"Vu'"'
/ committed no surprising error 40 -.
In IN. morning Nathan Kline. OF No ~ f-AS'
Eighty fourth.st.. commissioner oi o'eos' ""' ''
10 chow that Dr. Buchanan lad sworn rn >ep'ehir"i
L. 1901 that he owned the hodse NO. ~
Eleyenthst whore his wife died. EIha kuoaH Nv
ro,, I, her bouse NO l6l Boulevard. 10 iineEah""
present wife and 10 their child Just oeiose us az
! The vitress ki the COUPE az MT III" ''7' " 80,
Dr. buchanan spent par; OF the lime MR.
wife and child occupied the room Tor th o">s' we
gustin Ray, colored. worked Tor h'i'! w.
,;oror seller At no 80 Boulevard. In who's" mus
nnror r,s In hiding In the latter part OF May
,, puch,nou gave him note TO take to Nis'
rro,er in Tho Hamilton Hotel Ohc'hoAu'c''"""
twentv-fft!-st. and Eishlh-ave MIS- i'"N
really Mrs. Buchanan The hes'o s',' ,''
fsndant changed his dark clothes for Hight ones
Mrs Annie Florence Warren, whose h'>o'""' -
Of Avn
com. CONVEX, a,lons she hal had with TIE prisoner "
,rh,ch no told lust few lies. Then w. '''o."'
offered in evidence a copy OF the deed oi pe'.
10 1890 by which Mrs. Buchanan "Ansn''N ~"
property In Newark to her husband
In the afternoon. Henry g. Doi1ch' WI" W.
uouor store at No. 80 Boulevard, descro'' 10" 80.
buchanan had been concealed IN his house ii 'es'i
ga. az was obout NAV ~ last when G. J.. Dawson
lone ~ Ruchanans lawyers introduced the prisoner
n me- I forget what he called Buchah'h' o"'
know that he gave him another name 'hh "'' '
Mr. Dawson said that he would IKE 10 H''P ~,
friend away for about month ana i'ucH""ah ''''''
n room In nv house His wife ana child came j."
DAYS LATER and arranged that IN" TWO shp"ti o''"
at No. I6l boulevard. knew her us MIS- f''Aer'
DIR buchanan asked me have her belongings ~
moved from the Hotel Hamilton TO Mrs. kuaoy III
n truck which had 10 signs Oh IT, Later b"ci '''"
told mo who he really WAS.
Policeman Carey explained how he Ind arres'ei
buchanan In n DarlOpm IN lhDcrty-s'.' "" june 10
liza wing come upon him by following Mr.. DAWSON
Dr. Burnett c. McIntyrc. Of No. 2o1 West Fourth
ct was sworn next. lie has BEEN In practice Tor
nineteen years. His acquaintance With DR.. buchanan
is Of four or five years standing. Mr. Nicoll himself
examined the physician. DIR. Mcintyre answered
questions only after deb'raton and ussaly made MS
replies with a smile and air OF triumph. His
story was
About s a. M on April ., DR.. Buchanan called
at my Office and asked 10 20 with him 10 See his
wife. He sail that she had complained Of severe
pains In the head and had nearly fallen down. IL"
had caught her and put her 10 bed went With
him TO his hous, at once. Mrs. Buchanans breathing
heavy. but had no idea that her condition was
serious. She said she wanted TO a lawyer. !
prescribed bromide Of sodium and syrup Of ginger.
Al p. l returned and found her worse. although
I stin did believe she In danger. sh"
com plsncd OF II severe hcadnchc. Then prescribed
choral.
when I made my third visit. AZ p. M. the
patient In n profound coma. Her breathing
stcrtcrous her respiration slow, laboed and
irregular. her temperature IO1 and her skin
warm and dry. When touched her eye ball with my
finger there response. asked DR.. Buchanan
how many doses OF choral he had gwen her. He
said. one That eght nine grains said.
lie answered yes then thought that she might
have been idiosyncraiic TO chlorI-tiat H.. n dose
which would be harmless 10 most people would pro
dnce serious effects In her case. made up my mind
that the thing to do TO get her u the narcotic
condition. i tried irritation. ! shook her head and
slapped her face with my hand and with a wet towel.
When l slapped her face she opened her eyes and
moved her head little. dent recollect taking my
medicine from the mantol. ! plight have done So
! probably did"
Tell US about your next visit srild Mr. Nicoll
81 went away In about ten minutes, leaving dlrcc-
ti"ns that the patient be irrta,cd keep her awake,
Had she boon diosyncrsic chlola this treatment
10 nrsd hon
her again at o'clock. Her condition was un.
changed. except that. II anything. the coma was
more profound. DIR. Watson and / had a consu,a-
ton. Dr. buchanan being present. said that the
patient was dying. and the only question was What
was she dying from Dr. Buchanan said: i can
dsabrse Your mind Of the choral theory. Ny wife
was Under we treatment OF Dr.. Janeway and hc
prescribed choral 10 be taken In doses OF eight grains
statement and turned To other hypothesis
The coma, We decided was therefore du, 10
for ursIla. The test used was the general one .e''e
don't think I'M, 1t nailiGs had already made
ureia from consideration don't recoec 70 tS S,iH pr
Buchanan told Us MS wife had kidney trouble Next
DE- Watson and ! examined The likelihood of cmbosm
-c0at Is, the cloggng up OF vein by n foreign sub
stance. Embolism in the brain is usually due TO
and d Sans S S tine heart listened Z. the
fore, dismissed that.
oa That PGsf sr r
that the case was one OF apoplcAy."
Did you give her any medicine then !, Mr.
Nicoll asked
"5he was not IN any condition to take incidence
answered DR.. Mcintyre. Medicine would have
done her no good. Her nearest relative Dr.
Buchanan was physician, so 1t was no use 10 give
medicine for forms sake. There was no need To
prescribe anything to have good moral effect on
the friends" and the physician smiled as he let this
cat ont OF the bag. The witness and Dr. Watson
Stayed with Dir. Buchanan until after midnight. The
next morning. DR.. Mcintyre called again. lie pre-
scribed bromide OF sodium. The PATIENTS tempera
ture had risen to 1oj and the ply slcans fel sure
she lad cerebral hemorrhage. She died that day
The cross-examinaton Of Dr. Mcintyre will take
place this morning. w
REGULATIONS FOR Trucks ~ BROADWAY
BY q vote OF 10 TO o the Aldermen Yesterday d..
To cIa.