The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-11
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be Carrie Pyatt, a middle aged cOlored
woman who had formerly been u domes-
tic In the Sham family. She had known
the family for seven years. ever since
Mrs. Sham kept the store down on the
corner." She left the employ Of the
Shanns before Johns death, and she
called at the Sham residences about a
week before he died. and was urged by
Mrs. Mary Kelly to come In u see
johnny" as she called him. She went
to his bedroom and there met Mrs. Shaun,
and subsequently Mabel Sham came In.
MRS. Kelly then Withdrew to get supper
She found John Sham In bad, very much
emaciated. She salutsd him by sayiug
Hello, Johnny" and he turned towards
her aud said. Hello. C2ddy.n
After some preliminary discussion RS to
his hsalth Mrs. Sham proceeded to make
up some medicine for john. taxing it
from two bottles containing n lightish
duid. This was mixed together aud
diluted with some ice water. She then
got upon the bed on which John lay,
placed her knees on either side of his
body ana proceeded TO have him drink
from the tumbler.
The witness says she complained to
Mrs. Sham ABOUT her matter OF admins
terlug Che medicine, advising her to prop
the boy up with u pillow u feed him
with . spoon. John turned TO her aud
said, That's right, Caddy; don't let her
force 1t on me-" He took but q small
part of the medicine u ths tumblsr as
set aside.
Mrs. Snann wanted her to feel his
how terribly thin he was. She
had a quilt, rolled up ana placed
between his limbs, so as to prevent his
knees from knocking together.
With several significant hobs of thu
head. the witness said: After l went out
| don't know what Mrs. Sham did"
DISCHARGED HERSELF.
The defense, In cross examination Of
this witness. touched upon the question
OF feeling between her q ths Shann
family. and asked her IL she had not bean
discharged by Mrs. Sham for being
saucy.
Tho witness straiohtened herself out In
the chair aud said; mo sir rec; they
didn't discharge me. ! discharged my
self. l just told them what I thought
about them, and walked OUT"
The cross examination developed that
she had some words with Mrs. Kelly.
The witness declared that she bore no
one in the family any malice.
William Bartine, of Prtncetpu, a drug
gist. said he racollected putting up some
prescriptions for the ShRnns aud was
shown the one calling for antlssptic tab
lets. which contained large quantities OF
corrosive snblimate and were marked
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filled the prescription twice. making
twelve tablets for eaon prescription. L.
might haye been filed by others, but he
did not Kno OF 1t.
He admitted on cross-examinatiou that
it was quite a common thug to refill pre-
scriptioHs without special instructions
from the physicians, and that had been
done several times in the Sham case, and
at this point the court adjourn ell Till
quarter after nine this morning.
THIS MORNINGS PROCEEDINGS.
County Physician Cantwsll OF Trenton
vas the first witness called today. He
gave his testimony as soon as Professor
w ormsley, the toxl cologist, who had
been recalled for u moment, left the
chair. DR.. CantweIi testified that he
saw young Shaun's body on the day after
1t was mutilated, and be made the post
mortem examination, which resulted Ia
his ordering a coronor's inquest. 1t was
ne. also. who furnished. the parts OF the
body which were given to the experts for
chemical analysis. He had nau the body
disinterred in order to secure certain
parts of it. The body, he said. couit
have been disembowled in ten minutes
and 1t did not need nm expert to do 1t,
PERCEIVED NO BRAIN DISEASE.
Under cross examination DR.. Cautwell
said that within the past nine years he
has performed fn the nsighborhood oil
800 a%utopsies. In criminal cases he has
performed about fifty ~Autupsies. III this
case lie made no autopsy, but only ex.
amined for gross lescelts OF the brain. He
perceived no disease Of any kind in th,
brafn.
DR.. Cantwell was subjected 80 a yer,