St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-14
TRIAL OF DEMPSEY.
Testimony Given by Men Who
Had Been Taken
III.
Physicians Who Had Treated
the Men Also on the
Stand.
Symptoms in Many Cases
Those of APsenical
Poisoning.
Men Taken Sick After Eating
Food Prepared by GAL
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was 100 small JOudy 10 HOlu TIE ClOHO
which poured in to hear the proceed
ings in the second day OF the trial OF
Hugh Dempsey for completely in the
Homestead poisoningS. The morning
was almost entirely taken up with the
examination of men who had been taken
ill lille working at Homestead during
the strife and physicians VINO attended
them. The physicians all expressed the
belief that the men had sbeenspoi5oned.
Among the witnesses were George W..
Army, Louis Craig and ii. P. Thompson.
The defense objected to the latter's
testimony, and Judge Stowe said the
proceedings were some what Irregular,
but if some one would swear that the
defendant was guilty of furnishing the
poison and material which caused the
sickness, the evidence was admissible.
District Attorney Burleigh replied that
it was proposed to show this very fact.
The testimony was then admitted. Dr..
j. L. Campbell. of Chicora, Pa, attended
Army and Craig. and treated them for
mineral poisoning. The treatment was
partially successful, but the men
Never Fully Recovered.
At the afternoon session Stephen Y.
Loveless, William II. Johnson, Benja-
min Weaver, Wilbert Heard, Charles
II. Smith, Louis q. Wolfe Jr., w. E.
Bullock and William E. Griffith testified
to having been seized with sudden and
severe illness after eating in the Home
stead mill Griffith. who made the in
formation upon which the case rests,
gave his evidence as follows:
II went to the mill Aug. %. | came
from New York. | went there to work
in the restaurant. [ was chief waiter
in No. 6 restaurant. | remained there
till Sept. 25. knew Pat Gallagher. L
was taken sick Sept. II. had terrible
burning pains, vomiting and diarrhGa.
This came on about an hour after L ate
supper. | was attended by two doctors.
[ came back TO the mill Oct. ), but not
entirely cured, and went to work again.
| worked there until Oct. Is. Gallagher
came there TO work in October as cook.
He was there when left. l was taken
sick Oct. 6, about the same way as be-
fore. This was after midnight lunch.
Gallagher was cook at the time. l was
even sicker than at the first. l was
sick the last time about five weeks IN
bed"
Arsenicai Poisoning.
Grifith's evidence was not shaken by
the croSS-eXaminatlon. DR.. II. s. Nc
Geery, who treated William Ii. John
ston, stated that arsenical poisoning
alone would produce such marked
symptoms as JOhnsOn's case pres anted.
Witness also attended Benjamin Wea-
yer, whose symptoms, he said, could
have been produced only by some strong
irrirant poison. On being croSs-eXam-
med DR.. McGeery said:
"The condition | found these men
IN could not have been caused by i'm
pure water or meat, neither would eli
matte changes. Had the diarrhea been
caused bv some such thing, it would
have soon passed away"
Dr.. A. p. Fogelman, who attended
Smith and Griffith. testified that the
cases did not yield to treatment as they
should have done. He said that the
symptoms in the mems diseases could
have bean produced by some corrosive
poison. On crosS-eXamiuation witness
said
The cooking of food in large guam
titles, the drinking of water such as the
men were not used to, and climatic
changes would tend to produce disease
similar to that which affected these
men,"
In Terrible Condition.
DR.. McGeery was recalled, and said he
had treated Van Wrinkle, one of those
alleged to have been poisoned. He
was in a terrible condition. His tenn
perature was 90 and his pulse 1873. He
was greatly exhausted and suffering
from fearful vomiting and dIarrhea
He continued:
'Ihe other doctors and myself. after
consultation, came 10 the conclusion he
was suffering from arsenical poison
He rapidly grew worse and was almost
dying when we sent him to the hOmeo-
pathic hospital. | took his case entirely
on the symptoms. After a careful study
of tile case, the symptoms and the pa
tient, l say it is my opinion that the
man was suffering from arsenical
poison. l reported The case as being a
most serious one. and that he should be
removed. 1t is not fact that there
will always be an eruption of the skin
in cases OF arSenical poison. | have
heard of cases where the skin was
yellow"
"If you belieued this man was poi
sOned why did you not notify the cor
oner?"
The case did not die under my hands.
1t was not my duty to do So"
'Was not the reason you did not be-
cause you were not certain?"
NO. sir
DR.. E. w. Dean. who was treating
Van Wrinkle, said that he was strongly
suspicious that his patient was suffering
from arsenical poisoning. Court here
adjourned until Monday.