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and recovered from? A.-One huhdreu anu ''i'F
O'"Bu. only from two TO three grains were
claimed to be found in the body OF Baum A.
wat is the s sOse Of bT Sum nas
being and recovered from? A.-Four hundred ana
seventy -esht grains. ..o.o found :,
,bs naaW o of BAUM? ANYes. But il isn't much
how many grains are taken as how 1nor f ths
cases l have mentioned the arsenic ana ansmonE;
having been swallowed. were almost Immediately
Q-iIow many cases of arsenical poison nave
you seen? about half lido dozen Nome
O--How many of combined arsenicai anu anu
''' 0Then ali YOU know about such case as
Baums is what you have read? Al never met
o-What are the characteristic symptoms of a
case Of antimonial poisoning: ma 1neTs and ID
the ssp the the
oDAnd what of arsenical poison? A.-substan-
TALLY the same with high temperature, severe
pains in the abdomen, bloody ana muciiae'hous
O~Are not these also the symptoms Of acute
dysentery? Ayes ...ua
,nS 10 The bypotheticai question? A.-Yes.
Q-Then how do you know he died OF arsenica
and antimonial poisons? A--Because the chemists
o~Then if. 1t Is proved that they entered his HI,
he did not die OF acute dysentery. would you!
A.-Yes, because they were so thoroushy , dis
not found in the places where they woulu nave
to be i they had effected eniTaHee
readily as any other man
saw M that IN eHses of aqs1 and poi
son there Is more or less imagination OF the eh"re
Odd not the pathological examinations in
Baums develop the fact that there Was no
that there was but they did not prove that there
was not. The evide1ces OF such nhamnation may nay
have become 50 ndistinct as not 10 De readi'y
seen.
Mr. Osullivan occupied two hours in going over
these subjects again and again. The Court was
tired the jury tired, the witness was ured the
Distrct-Attorney was tired; but Mr.. OSuhVah
WAS as fresh as a daisy when the Court interviewed
10 say that II seemed to him that the witnesses
knowledge OF the subject had been fairly well
exhausted YES. SIR" said Mr.. O'Sullivan. Il
think 1t Is myself"
PROFESSOR WOOD CALLED.
Professor Wood the last OF the experts He
lived in Philadelphia and was professor OF
ma,eria medica and therapeutics at the University
Of PENNSYLVANIA. He had written various BOOKS on
these subjects and on nervous diseases some OF
which had gone into many editions. lie had
practised medicine since 1862: was a member OF a
great list OF scientific societies and had given EVIL
dence In many trials involving po!sons and their
effects on the human system. He had seen iour
or five cases OF arsenical poison and three OF anti
monial. He said that an,imony had been c0in-
monty used poison many years ago. but that ns
.nfTeluent MI .>iCOu i'h' INV ~
pothetica question in both forms and In each case
the Doctor answered that In his opinion the cause
OF death the action OF the anthony ana one
arsenic and. as the second form OF the quesuon.
he added that the croton oil aggravated the action
of the other and severer irrtans his reason LOT
w ys Consistent with the action OF anmony and
arsenic administered In toxic doses. ana that me
after death was sufficient to cause death ana ne
therefore believed that the enect was ,he resu o
the cause. He admitted that In antnoniA, caS ha
the temperature was supposed TO be low, but ne
was not that high temperature was ,mton
ira existence in this case sufficiently explained
by the presence Of arsenic OF which hisn peysr
tnre was a characteristic symptom lie han d ne,v rev.,
with Of poisoning by oy arsehc ,ha d they
mony combined. but was imposs,p'e g Una,
c could n act n any effect 8s"e' way
on REORGANIZATION DR.. Wood admitted INA,
his knowledge OF the action OF poisons was cerHc.n
chiefly reading and he said thmt ever yarahle
"r ~ snv especial value because cases OF poison
ing were not frequent az that any one ,n ~
thousands collected and told In the classical WORKS
He did not regard II as especially sgnlncans ' n
n.,hoIog cal examination OF the organs Oh bam
body after death did not discover o nat
argned little any,hhng t rs M 10 the prepsrs
ton Of Mr. Nicos Hypothetical a 4ees S,s
covered rather more Than ne %nn,eI in
the form in which 1t has been read here sag .nr
doctor, about week ago t res'e ana answered
ne % Vob' you made some suggestions. did you?
oAnd they adopted Of co%rse ana A yo sa
vice S esgsc T NINA % insert amend A-None
3' --n1t thought you said he acted on your
Qwhat was your advice? Al adys she h s1at 20
men,s that depended on ne r we're NO
Of he nfoT%er Void .olh ' s i" be clear from
general facts of the case that death MAJ a nofh
Sa%ssd b by 5me a "nG that in my a
not strengthen his question or me eeG he croton
n ~, or he alleged fact that the posons had been
admnistered by par,ieulaI 70 man nan question based
ch;eGy on the fact that the chemists found the
poison? of eonre Is and on ba .hr1f
9vmptoms Of the might be otherwise accounted
for when have had poison cases brought pnrrr
that the Illness due to poson Il hh hd not Do pen x
tod poison had been taken or the n nan nG
bo3y are practically useless determine whether
10 cause Of death il natural OF poisonous? A-Not
useless but not at all conclusive . A..
hvnothet,cai question on proof heinz afforded you
that the posons found In the body Were 2u ,ners
true IL would not satisfy me that anthony ana
arsenc had not been administered 20 .ac maj,
his case. combined with the fact that there was
no poisonous deposit outside on the skin OF ne
he belief that the cause Of death all other cond-
lions being also taken into account was 'he "c'o"
Of these poisons
THE DEFENCE TO CLOSE TOMORROW
DR. Wood was permitted to retire and FRANK
SNYDER the driver OF the hearse In when baum
hody was conveyed from the Thirteenth-st' hat
TO Eyergreens Cemetery. took his place Ills 'es"-
mony proved that fact and also that ne had come
70 the cemetery and had dug up the body IN Jul!
last and had conveyed 1t to Undertaken hipp
establishment. This evidence completed the STATE
nroof that Baums body was actually Durieu anu
,bet the box removed from the grave on july o
as the box which this witness had himself inferred
on Apri 2 Mr.. Prooke promises that ms case
oil; be closed by the adjournment OF court NJ noon
~, of the medical experts by whom he VIII
noaL 10 contradict the testimony OF the STATES eH-
$50 800 witnesses The weak point. II there Is one IN
he states il the fact that kirfes Is the Only
e,rdence which shows that Meyer administered the
roisons II would not be permitted the state TO
pun,.e unless by crossexaminnton Of the DEFENDANT
p,n,self and that opportunity IS not nEeiy ID
M corded that he had been suspected or similar
,r,es several times before ard twice before tried