The evening world., 1894-05-08
BY ANALYSIS ALONE.
How the Poison in Brandt's Body
Was Discovered.
Decomposition Too Far Advanced
for Pathology to Be Of Use.
Nothing Learned OF Witness Burke,
DIR. Meyers Old "Pard."

Witness Frank Burke, whose courage
gave out at the last minute, and who
ran away rather than appear as
witness against his old partner Or.
Meyer and tell his connection with the
early stages of the astounding conspi-
racy ito make money fast" by insuring
the lives of people and poisoning them
to death, had not been found by the
detectives when the trial OF DIR. Meyer
was resumed this morning before Re
corder Smyth. in Part IL. OF the Court
OF General Sessions.
The day began with Dr. o. Hare. the
Coroner y physician, who made the au-
topsy on Brandts body fifty-hve, days
after death. in the witness chair for
oss-eXarnation.
DR.. O'Sulivan tried to show by the
witness that he found the body of
Brandt in such "A state OF decomposition
thatitHas not only impossible for pathol-
ogy to determine the condition of the
dead man In life. as to the heath OF the
the boiy was SO much decomposed as to
make 1t impossible that the .risccra was
in a condition in which the chemists
| could learn anything by analysis.
| Dr. O'liarc described very much
ema ciat ted and badly decomposed body
so much dccomposed that " was value
less for the purposes of pathology The
brain was almost fluid. the intestines
were so bad that IT was impossible to
determine anything about them. and
the organs were In very bad state
| OF preservation.
Portions OF the organs and muscular
| tissue. when taken from the body July
6. 1892. were placed directly In new. clean
glass Jars. oy Prof. Doremus. the Jars
scaled and taken to Carnegie Laborn-
tory in East Twenty-siXth street, for
chemical analysis.
Dr. psyS SS H. f Nh1Asss SAU ssSraorS TsS is
| prnfpSgpr of PDthnlOplCAl ANATOMY
dealing with the gross an1 microscopica
condition of the organs of the human
Dr McAlpn said that he and Prof
Doremus began the microscopical exam
ination July II. with the intestines;
They were decomposed. but intact, and
a careful examination under the micro.
scope failed to find any alterations OF
the kind invariably found where the
patient dies OF the disease which Dr.
Minden certified as the cause of the
death of his patient, Baum, alias
| Brandt.
This result. Or. McAlpin admitted
was negative. he intestines being SO
lining the spleen were also negative: the
liver seemed to be normal, indicating nc
crrhosis of the liver; the heart. wher
condition that indicated acute disease
with high temperature: the. kidneys
We're fairly normal. the capsules, how
ever, adherng; there were no Lessons ~
OSulllvan sought TO obtain admission
that the various conditions of the heart
liver. kidneys. spleen. intestines anr
other organs were such as were com
monty found where the subject had suf
fered with malaria, typhoid fever o
troubles such as certified to by Or. MIN
den as the cause of death In Brandt
Baum's case. He was indifferently sue
cessful
DIR. McAlpin did admit that Brandt
liver was so far decomposed that II wa
,ttNs. ip N
anything but tumor. abscess and cirrhosii
whereas there were more than twent
diseases affecting the liver. The organ
would be softened and made habby In
case of death by acute infectious diseas
like typhus or typhoid fever or dyser
terry.
Or. McAlpin's cross:.examination wa
/ confined after ecess. After much purcl
. technical testimony DIR. OSulliva
asked:
r Did you find in the gastro-intestlna
tract any evidence OF accute arsenica
, poson?"
"What?"
: "A considerable quantity Of mucous:
, This Is the first time you have mad
that statement, is 1t not?'
Yes"
, "If the man had died OF dysenter
. what would you have found?'
Just as you found in this case?"
Yes"
t Was there any characteristic lesio
OF arSenlCal poison IN TINS case
After considerable dodging DR.. Nc
, , AiRin iEMo answered;
, DIR. O'Sullivan read from Taylor
, Medical Jurisprudence" the characte
! of arsenical poison, and then asked:
: DO, you infer that this was case o
arseniCal poison?"
The witness hitchcd around nervousl
in his chair before he answered:
1T was impossible to draw such a
e inference"
{ That satisfied the blonde interrogation
I Prof. Ogden Doremus, the chemist, 70
0 lowed Dr. McAlpin on the stand.
He first told how many medical soc
= eties he belonged to and how many po
n soning cases he bad testified In as an g,
: pert
e Prof Doremus then told how he o
e ficiated at the autopsy on Brandts bod
< at Kip's undertaking establishment, b
4 placing the different organs In the pei
X fectly clean jars and sealing them up
d The witness repeated his testimon
o given mt the previous trial. Nearl
n four grains Of arsenic and over 81
grains of antimony were found, Pro
Doremus said, as a result of the analS
sis fthe organs.
/. Then Prof Doremus brought out hi
walnut case containing, In little glas
tubes. the results of his tests fC
= arsenic and antimony, and gave III
jury a very interesting lecture In chen