New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-14

boz or comm or body INDICATED n: soil u which tho
Sa thu s'S ox S y aG oa hs
inside and out the clothes around tho nody were
appear a that any moisture had penetrated from the
son to IN. body. Mr. oSuilivan required tho doc
condition OF the body an shown ON the autopsy. lie
then wanted Ia know what the symptoms OF nrsenl-
cal poisoning were. The doctor enumerated them.
Mr. o'Sulvan was especially Interested 10 discover
whether the doctor had eysr Known of case o.,
intestinal Inflammation. and the witness said he had
laid i down On the table said AT ospl ,S 10
tor land / never said did. took It from the
body and put it into a jar and 1t touched nothing
body contained sirychnne, no morphine. no
alkaoids. opium and no bismuth. lie had made
tcularity' DR.. Mnden had tod him that he had
prescribed these substances In such quantity as to
lead him TO expect trace OF them II the prescrip.
The fact that such substances were found Ia
that the medicines prescribed by Or. Mnien we're
not administered TO Baum. but were thrown away.
PROFESSOR DcREMUs ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
Mr. O'sullivan inqulrng at what time the doctor
came upon the metallic posOns. arsenic and anti
mony, asked him. when your efforts re-
wardcd with success"' 1T In February or
March that found the antlmOny and arsenic" re-
Piled the witness hut object TO your description
Of my work a. an effort rewarded with success y
Professor DOremus said that slight quantity Of
arsenlte Of copper had been discovered. but that
II MAS In one orsan on n welshaDle, qpanti,iss
organ In wcghabe quantities. II was In the liver
where the copper occurred chiefly. and In all his
experience he had never examined human Liver
without finding there trace Of copper
present itselr@ Ahe chcrsctcr Of the precIpitate
when the sulphurctto1 hydrogen gas passed
through the liquid first suggested the presence OF
Q~How many other substances will suphure,ted
hydrogen preclptate under the same conditions?
A-Ten or twelve. SO. Of course, ] subjected the
preciptate TO many other tests as ! have already
stances It contained, and the result was proved
that II contained anthony.
Q.-Dld you use the coil test-that is. the Marsh
Q-Is not arsenic often mistaken for anthony?
Q.-whai is that substance in the coil tube there
in your glass case? Al Is aIsenic e., ,or
easily find out for yourself Take IT, break the
tub Apply match to the sup ,, can, ana II
antimony.
Mr. O;sunivan did not apply the test Instead he
changed the subject He asked Professor Doremus
about many chemical formulas. and compelled the
profess, to nrn himself INTO chem Mica, text
was soluble H. and what was an optrahedron and
Then he went into the subject or embalmlnG. and
he compelled ne doctor to tell how bodies were
Of Information as to compel Mr. Nicoll to Object;
undertake to prove, that Baum, body had been
II want you TO have the widest latitude in cross
examnati ton said the Court. that Is consistent
with fair progress: but you must remember that
II IL a hardship for to sit here while you pursue
an lmmaterial inquiry
Mr. OSullivan said It was his purpose to show
that the distribution OF arsenic and anthony
through the body Of Paum. which the witness
claimed 10 have occurred, and which the State
attributed TO the administration OF those poisons
by the prisoner at the bar. might have occurred IN
some other way. The professor said II might that
II It had been thoroughly injected into the body
after death. either OF the poisons would travel
through the body and penetrate into each of
these organs He admitted too that arsenic had the
capacity OF travelling from grave 10 through
a cemetery, but, he said, that II IL did 40, the
evidences OF II would be found the outside OF
body and not "a In this case. In the organs. Mr..
OSulliyan cndcavOred 10 elicit the admission that
having penetrated through the box enclosing the
coffin and then through the coffin, and then through
the clothing around the body and having worked
It's way to the body itself. II might enter through
the skin and thus distribute itself; but the pro-
fessOr said no, II could enter through the skin.
except with great difficulty and In infnitesmal
quantities. Mr.. OSulllvan tried hard TO find out
why, and didn't seem at all satisfied when the
Professor told him lie said that water did not
wet the skin. and that the arsenic could not get
through II except In solutions with fluid that
would wet the skin, like alcohol or oil
PosT-aORTEM POISONING.
The lawyer read from several articles In medical
periodicals TO prove his point. One was the state
ment Of Or. Witthaus, az follows: "A wretch might