New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-08

justified in reaching an absolute conclusion That
mixed poisons and nothing else caused MIS-
Buchanans death
II is always easier TO tear down than 10 bniid up
Mr. OSullvan had merely to cast suspicion OH 'hc
declarations Of the peoples experts Yesterday h'
led Dr. LOOMS a merry dance over hait 'he h'lu vi
medical knowledge. lie asked numbrrleSs quesuohS'
many OF them apparently not directly 10 ''' P''i''
The impression from all the answers h""''''' was
n foe,,pg that 1, might not h. well Kill man on
the strength Of pathological conclusions Inc WV
dcnce OF the chemists, Professors Wt'hauS ana Do''
mus WILL however. he faI more convincing anu ''SS
omen TO attack After all. the pathological 'rS'moh'
was introduced 70 prove not What MIS- h"e""'"' W
from. but what she did not die from
Dr. LOOMS made Il candid witness, being mol a'r'n"
10 admit that he didn't know certain 'hihss' J."
caught the lawyer once OF twic" By AFTERNOON INV
Jurors and the audience seemed ra'her "Ieu VI '
abs,ruse medical questions, which seemed 10 ieau
nowhere DR.. LOOMS was plainly wrar'eu an" '''
O,Su,uvan also suffered. CHARLES T.. DAWSON, VINO Is
Ruchanans attorney OF record will CroSSeXanine some
OF the witnesses later. The task Is diVlocu' 50 ''
no one man shall be cverwcIk"d.
Dr Ioom,s was asked about brain tumorS sof,chihe
Of the BRAIN meningitis and many Other things. "r'
O'sullivan asked III you had acute lh"'i",a"o"
O, the outer covering to the brain. what would DC
the symptoms ,
"That is a very rare condition. don't kHow.
ali there were a large amount of fluid blood IN al
orsan what would be the elect oil the eWoa''"o
nuid''
IL don't know"
Dr Ioom,s also admitted that he did not Know
what the dark brown material was which was Ion'u III
Mrs Buchanans brain. lie said that pathology coi'u
detect no evidence of morphine poisohl,s "'
Os,,lvnn read from Il book by Professor "'''""""
that Congestion of the brain was one OF me "o''
freouent occompanimcnts OF morphin" poisoning Inc
witness thought that this pnt:tng the 'hhe Il
u,t,o too strongly lie did not exactly colncid' WIFI
Professor Wtthauss statements about the post uioi
tam conditions IN cases of morphine poisoning. lie
said that the professor was chemist anu ho' :"
pathologist. u,o,, vos
one question asked by the lawyer: The "''heSS wa,
compelled TO answer in the negative "e "u'" :.
further that In his report he said III one place '".
there was no disease Of the heart ana lhe" "''
in the same document that owing to the decompoS""
NJ the muscle fhrcs of the organ no "Naniii.'o S
nossib,e DR. Loomis said that his concm'slcn W.
moi Justified I'm view Of the premises he iu' Z,
confessed that he might have fliade Il n's''N' ." ~
mart of his report relating 10 inc lis"! ,t,r T,e
There was evidence OF cirrhosss OF t!e iiN'' "
uttness thought that alcoholism caused ihN 's 49,
~, admitted that sometimes Il was que 10 o,iiti
things Mr. O'sullivan asked many o'her q".s'"ht
about diseases of the hVer men ~ ,bo,,~h
S;Snsys Tlesr were badly decomposed, aI'hou ~
nearly all the rest OF the body was wen on,d
not do So hut Mr. O'Suivan worried oni Of MN u,
admission that a certain form oil lTiS' o'S'"'
might have been the cause" go ,,, o,ri,c
an odiournment taken ultl Mohuiy mo' .i ~
trial and II is likely that night SESSIONS VIII " '
VI