The evening world., 1894-05-15
CLOSE OF THE MEYER CASE.
The Defense Rests Its Case at
40 This Afternoon,
Counsel for Both Sides to Sum Up
To- Morrow.

The ounsel for the defense In the case
Of DIR. Henry c. F. Meyer. who Is on
trial for poisoning. before Recorder
Smyth, In Part H., OF the Court of Gem
eral Sessions, continued to call experts
to-day to disprove the testimony given
by the men OF science called by the
prosecution.
DR.. William McVay, Professor OF Chem
istry in the College of Physicians and
Surgeons. Of Boston. came first. He is
a membe OF all the pharmaceutical 30
~cieties in the United States. Lawyer-Dr.
O'Sullivan examined him.
"ls 1t possible to tell whether arsenic
has been placed in a body before or
after death when the organs are exam
ined some time after death?' .
The expert deliberated a moment and
then answered emphatically:
1T liz impossible
DR.. O'suilivan smiled at bringing out
expert confirmation Of his contention,
as the defense has insinuated right
along that Pinkertons hav placed ar
senic in the cadaver to make Il strong
case against DR.. Meyer. The defendant
that perpetually rests on Mr.; wellman's
face faded away II n deep gloom
ov%erspread his countenance in its stead.
Then the witness told OF post-mortem
hiubloh VI dlSelI1. Ills ttEtiiIloiy III
fered materially from that of Prof. Og-
den Doremus and DIR. McAlpin. who were
put on the stand for the prosecution.
ws sTH% SeatSer. d E ]aSe Lessons sss n an u
Prof. Rudoiph a. &sitthaus.' who made
the analysis In the DIR. Buchanan and
taken part In nearly all the other i'm
portant criminal trials of recent years
where expert testimony on the subjects
he Is cor versant with has been neces-
sary. CANT next.
There is no deduction to be drawn
from the position. In a body where ar
senlc Is found. as to whether It was in
1T was at one time thought that ar
senic placed In the stomach Of a cadaver
would never reach the brain. as IT was
so far removed. This belief was found
the cerebrum and cerehellum. and even
penetrate those two portions OF the
BRAIN"
ION What. do you base this belief"
Conducted for what purpose?"'
when I have been called by the
prosecution In several cases l have made
ffhera' Prof. witthaus told how arsenic
would travel from one grave to an
other. How. ~arsenical dyes in coffin
also emhhlming fluids containing as
their chief preventative element arsenate
OF soda. Then DR.. O'Sullivan put the
Can you state II 1t is possible to as.
certain whether arsenic has been post
mortem or ante-mortem injected uy q
chemical analysis or pathological exam,
ination?"
Every ear was strained to catch the
al. important .
1T Is impossible" firmly answered
Prof. Witthaus.
Then he went on to recite numerous
cases where experts had testified that they
had found arsenic In the bodies ot per
sons who were believed to have beef
poisoned, and testified that the arsenic
But" said the expert. 81, was after
wards found that the experts. were wrong
and poison had been Injected post
mortem."
This produced almost a sensation.
Mr.. Wellman. with the assistance o
Prof. Peabody, tried in vain to shak
haus's many experiences on the witness
stand stood in him In good stead. an
he only smiled and reatfirmed. his an
that the defense had q strong witness.
George Ramsay, OF Hegeman's drul
corporation. identified No. 3 capsules o
the kind which Muller says Dr' ,Mheys,
Brandt for four or tive days before h
died. The druggist set up an apothe
cary's scales on the witness stand, ahC
filling a No. 3 capsule with pure arsenic
weighed it and reported to the jury tina
there were twenty-one grains OF arsent
In the little tube.
Muller testified that DR.. Meyer CAV
, five or six such arsenic doses 10 Braho
from March 2 to March 80:
The defense rested at 4.2O this after
D noon, and the whole case was com
: pieted when William f. Penny, ClerI
Of the Court, had been sworn an
: testified In formal proof. that the fla
800 East Thirteenth street, the Car
; negie Laboratory, and kip's undertak
ing rooms are all IN the city. count
= and State Of New York.
The pleas of Mr.. Brooke and Co
Fellows will be heard by the jury tc
morrow.