The evening world., 1894-05-15
EXPERTS FOR The DEFENSE.
Profs MoVay and Witthaus Te.-
tify for DR.. Meyer.
Was Arsenic Put in Brandt's Body
After Ills Death?

The counsel for the defense in the case
of Or. Henry c. f. Meyer. who is on
trial for poisoning, before Recorder
Smyth, in Part H., OF the Court OF Gen.
eral Sessions, continued to call experts
to-day to disprove the testimony given
| by the men Of science called by the
! prosecution.
Dr.Willlam McVay. Professor Of Chem
istry In the College of Physicians and
Surgeons. of Boston, came first. He Is
a member OF all the pharmaceutical So
cieties In the United States. Lawyer-Dr.
o'Sullivan examined him.
rs 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 moment and
then answered emphatically:
1T Is impossible"
expert confirmation OF his contention,
as the defense has insinuated right
along that Pinkertons have placed ar
senic In the cadaver to make a strong
himself looked pleased, but the smirk
that perpetually rests on Mr.. Wellman's &
race faded away and a deep gloom
overspread his countenance In its stead.
diffusion OF arsenic His testimony DIFF
fered ma terialiy from that OF Prof. Og-
den Doremus and DR.. McAlpin, who were
put on the stand for the prosecution.
warm weather, destroyed the LESSONS and
Prof. Rudolph a. Mitthaus. Who made
the analysis in the Or. Buchanan and
Carlyle Harris poisoning cases. and has
taken part In nearly all the other i'm
portant criminal trials OF recent years
where expert testimony on the subjects
he is corversant with has been neces-
sary. can't next.
There Is no deduction to be drawn
from the pos ton, in a body where ar
senlc Is found, as to whether II was In
troduced ante or post mortem." said he.
senic placed in the stomach Of a cadaver
would never reach the brain. as 1t was
SO far removed. This belief was found
the cerebrum and cerebeilum, and even
penetrate those two portions Of the
brain"
On what do you base this belief?"
"On experiments
Conducted for what purpose?'
when I have been called by the
prosecution In several cases have made
experiments
Then Prof. Witthaus told how arsenic
would travel from one grave to an
other. How arsenical dyes in coffin
Innings would get into the body and
their chief preservative element arsenate
of soda. Then DR.. O'Sullivan put the
/ crucial question:
Can you state II It Is possible to as
certain whether arsenic has been post
, mortem or ante-mortem injected by a
chemical analysis or pathological exam
ination?'
Every ear was strained to catch the
all important answer.
Prof. Witthaus.
Then he went on to recite numerous
cases where experts had testified that they
had found arsenic in the bodies Of per.
sons who were believed to have been
poisoned. and testified that the arsenic
caused death.
But" said the expert. "it 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 shake
Prof. Witthaus's testimony. Prof, Witt
haus's many experiences on the witness
| stand stood in him In good stead, and
he only smiled and reaffirmed his an
swers. 1t was the consensus OF opinion
that the defense had strong witness.