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some other citizens. called on DR.. Nc
Donald. and came to Trenton aud re-
NAMED over night, returning to New
York on Wednesday morning, where he
consulted with the officers of the com
pany, and rs q result OF that consulta tion
he sent q telegram to DR.. Bergen order
Ing an AUTOPSY.
FIRST KNEW OF THE DISAPPOINTMENT.
He was again 10 Princeton on Thurs
day. met thefCounty Physician and Cor
oner and they together visited the Sham
residence. It was then he first knew OF
the disembowelment, and DR.. Bergen
had brought the Coroner and the County
Physician to Princeton. Together they
looked over the body. he followed DR..
Cantwell in looking into the abdomen
and found that the caviuy was one foot
long. and that the ylcera had been re-
moved.
On cross examination Captain Holt had
considerable difficulty IN trying to dis
cover just what Mr.. Coughs business
was. He wanted to leave the impression
that hss was more OF n detective than
anything else, but the witness disclaimed
any detective ability, but admitted That
on his visit TO the Sham household ne
was careful not TO disclose why he
wanted the Information that he sought.
There WIS considerable stress laid on
the fact that he went to Trenton on Tues
day night and remained there all night
instead OF returning to New York. The
reason he gave vas that when he ar
rived at Princeton junction he was In.
formed chat there would be no train for
several hours, and that the late train
would cause him to go to his home Sta
ten ~Island) at an early hour on Wednes-
day moralng. q that would have been
embarrassing to him. He preferred to
remain in Trenton aud 20 direct to the
New York of1cs Wednesday morning.
He did not know that he could return to
Princeton by the same train that brought
him there. because he was -unacquainted
with the railroad facilities.
BURN THIS NOTE
Frank Borden, the insurance agent,
who resides nea. the Sham residence,
admitted that he gave Mrs. Borden the
information abont the autopsy by send
Ing a note by his sou. He advised her TO
get counsel, as the authorities were about
to take action. He was not sure that he
put in the note. Burn this note.n The
State demanded that the defense produce
the note, but they informed the Court
that the note had been burned by Mrs.
Sham, so the Conrt allowed as second
airy evidence its contents to be
quoted by the witness. 1t was not brought
out whether MIR. Borden had euy other
reason for informing Mrs. Shann of this
autopsy. Mrs. Borden aud young Frank
Borden zorro borated the evidence OF the
insurance agent. Mrs. Elizabeth Blaine,
an old lady who lived In New Brunswick,
with Mrs. Kelly slept III tue front parlor
during that week. On the night of the
mysterious visit. she heard men going mp
and down stsirs, but did not get up, be-
cause she thought n of the boarders
was SICK.
ToDAY's PROCEEDINGS.
The examination of witnesses In the
Sham murder trial was continued this
morning. Before the first witness OF
the day was called 10 the stand, Judge
Albeit announced that he intended to go
to Princeton tomorrow to view the Sham
premises and hat therefore adjourn
ment would take place between three
and four o'clock In the afternoon.
Professor Theodore 6. Wormley, who
| holds the chair of Toxicology and Chem
istry it the Medican Department of the
University of Pennsylvania, was then
called TO the stand. He lac made chem
| ical analysis of PORTIONS of the kidney,
brain aud other parts of young Shann's
body under the direction OF County Ply
sician Cantwell. And ne read from notes
the steps taken By him In analyzing the
organs.
MERCURY IN HI vITALs.
The result Was the discovery of
mercury. each Of several tests proving its
presence In the vitals. No arsenic was
found. The quantity of mercury found
corrosive sublimate, was one and
eight-teHths OF . grain; in the form
of colonel it wins less than o grain
and a half and iu the form Of sulphide OF
mercury it was verv hearty q grain IL nd u
half. The professor WAS careful to ex-
plain afterward that he meant that The
mercury was found but not In the forms
ha cfxfa0 He had radiIcad tn n0iapp m
those forms for illustration.
MRS. sHANN TAKEN SICK.
Mrs. Snaun complained of feeling very
unwell at eleven O'clock, and Judge Ap-
bett permitted her to retire. Escorted
by her daughter Mabel she walked feebly
the building, and pending her reappear-
nnce an adjournment was taken.
In half an hour Mrs. Sham returned,
looking refreshed, and Prot. Wormsley
went on with his testimony. In another
part of the body he found q small guam
tity Of mercury. These tests. I he pro-
lessor said. are always atteuned with q
loss Of mercury. but what percentage
of the poison may have thus es-
capped his observation he could
not say. The professor was
asked II the quantity of mercury which
he found was consistent with the amount
In medical administration, but the ques-
| uAOA was Nv vi 0A uA6 GAoQ4o bta
be was present only as a toxocologist.
He was allowed, however, TO describe
results from the administrator of cor
rosive sublimate. and calomel, and the
action of the poisons In the system.
SUFFICIENT MERCURY TO KILL.
Under cross-examinaJion Prof. Worms
ley satd he could not say in what form
the mercury had sntered young
Shann's body. Mercury has different
effects upon different persons. As.
Stunning that the mercury got into
the kidney aud brain by absorp
tion through the ELEMENTARY canal, the
poison was present in quantity sufficient
to kill. This he laid down as a scientific
deduction. There are cases in the
books Of recovery OF persons who
have taken mercury in even large I
quantity than that found 10 this case
aud deaths have ensued from the ab
sorption of smaller doses. The effect OF
the poison on the system depends largely
on the condition of the system.
Professor Henry L. Cornwall was the
next witness.
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