New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-22
THE EVIDENCE ALL IN.
NEAR THE END OF THE BUCHANAN TRIAL


CoNTRADICTING THE DEFENDANT-FINAL VOL
LEYs OF THE EXPERTS.
The end Of the trial OF DR.. Robert W. Buchanan
In General Sessions is clearly in sight The last OF
the testimony given yesterday and on MONDAY
at 10 a. m. Charles W. Brooke will sum up the
case for the defence In the afternoon D's"''.
Attorney De Lancey Nicoll will address the jury anu
then Recorders Smyth will deliver his charge.
Yesterday was spent in clearing up the ODDS ana
ends OF the evidence. DR.. Mark ii. Williams, OF
No. 227 West Onehundred and thirty 'hiths'" WAS
called TO testify that April 90 last he had con-
sultatlon with DR. Buchanan over patent IN west
Eleventhst. This was to show why the prisoner
left the bedside OF his dying wife. That ended the
case for the defence. In rebuttal Mr. Nlcol caned
MIS- Ida B. Brockway. She declared that the spoon
with which the prisoner gave his wie medlcihe was
an ordinary teaspoon. He had tesuhed mat IL was
a chid's spoon. and he had therefore given his wife
two doses OF medicine instead Of one, as Dr. Mcintyre
had prescribed. The prisoner swore that all the
ordinary spoons had been packed up. Mrs. Childs,
+he nurse corroborated Mrs. Brockway saying that
she saw half dozen teaspoons lying around in the
Buchanan house. She used one at tea. She, 100,
was certain that the defendant had not used childs
spoon In giving his wife medicine.
Professor Doremus was recalled to defend his
course in Analysing the organs Of Mrs. Buchanan
against the attacks made on 1t by DR.. scheele. lie
reiterated his conviction that he had found morphine
Professor Wlttraus also took the stand again. lie
said he had studied about ptOmaines since 1878. lie
was still certain that morphine alone would glVe
the reactions he obtained The chemical analysis
suggested By DIR. scheele he considered Impossible.
Then he made experiments with p'omahes'
ptomaines and morphine together and pure morphine
TO show that morphine gave different reactions from
ptomaines
Professor Vaughan, for the defence. had SAID that
indol would give the results as those ob'aihed
BY Professor witthaus with the residue from Mrs.
Buchanans organs. The witness made sane tests IN
court TO disprove this. The indo which he used
certainly did not act Professor Vaughan said IL
would. The expert for the defence however, took
+he stand 10 say that he meant indol made from
decomposing animal matter. Professor Wltthaus, he
said had used indol made from indigo. This was
entirely different.
Henry H. Savage who has been clerk In the outdoor
department OF Bellevue Hospital for twelve years
testified that DR.. Janeway never prescribed for
patents who merely visited the hospital for treatment
No Mrs Buchanan had been treated in the outdoor
department for several years at least inns evidence
was 10 meet the statement of DR.. Buchanan that MS
wife had been treated Bellevue Hospital as an out
door patient by DR.. Janeway.
Herman Lehmus. who worked for Buchanan at his
home testified 10 unimportant details. Then Charles
W. Brooke moved That the indictment be dismissed
for lack OF proof The Recorder denied the motoh'
Mr. Brooke asked next that the DistnctAuorhey
elect which Of the two counts Of the leu e
The first charges that the defendant gave his VIE
morphine the second that he gave poisons thc hhues
of which were unknown to the Grand Jury. 5000
W. ]. OsuIvan of the defence ana i, ASS nconn
DistuctAttorney welman had several 1.-THE en conn,
tiers in the course of the day. Mr. O'Sullvan inter
rIpted witnesses frequently that RECORDER onSan
reproyed him for having bad manners on ne vas
at the Clover Club dinner last night intercctd Mr
Wellman. "That ought TO excuse him. Mr. OSui
Mvan acknowledged the hit with SMILE
RJ-CHANAN AN HOUR IN "GINMILL."
John j. Lynch, the prison guard in charge OF Dr.
r. W. Buchanan, on trial for murder lost his place
Yesterday for accompanying his prisoner into