The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-10-22

Inspector Briggs tapped him o" the shout
II have no memory Of meeting any
one whom l recognized. Twas too much
wrapped up in my own thoughts to trou
BILE about the few people did chance to
meet"
lyon were in Felspar road about l
o'clock. How do you fix the time?'
II remember looking at my watch
under the gas lamp which stands outside
49,"
Did you remain standing under tho
gas lamp long,
"Only a few moments"
could you say if the windows were
all closed in front at the time you stood
there"
Il should say they were. l glanced
with surprise and alarm if Ihad noticed
an open window. The light from the
lamp throws a strong glare on the
house"
"You saw nobody in the neighborhood
Of Mrs. Davorn's house at l o'clock in
the morning.
"No. My memory is that the road
was then perfectly quiet and deserted. I"
"What, in your opinion, DR.. Leclerc,
would be the effects Of chlorofOrm ad-
ministered to a sleeping person."
The question startled every in the
court who had been following the in
quiry a%ttentively. 1t brought them back
quickly to the most interesting point
the discovery as to what had happened
to cause Mrs. Davorn's death.
1.-The effects would vary considerably.
Much would depend Oh the condition of
the person to whom the chloroform was
administered and much to his or her
general temperament.
cat all events a sponge saturated
with chloroform administered to a sleep
ing person would produce complete in
sensibility?"
"If the treatment was persisted in for
a sufficiently lengthy period-yes."
And might cause death?"
Possibly. Either cardiac syncope or
apnGa might be produced. The first
symptoms, however, would be complete
insensibility."
And, l repeat, death might be the
result?'
eyes"
"Will you tell the jury what, in your
opinion, would be, generally speaking,
the symptoms and effects of chlorOfOrm
inhalation by a sleeping PERSON.
THE first symptom, as l have said,
would be complete insensibility. The
~arcc,, 70 xrlnr, fIn 1r1o xraS bninp oI
ministered might struggle in his sleep
or might awake and struggle. In the be-
ginning inhalation of chloroform pro-
duces IL sense of mental i~ntoxication,
consciousness in the case of a person
awake and in his ordinary senses re-
naming"
But the probability is that if a
sponge saturated with chloroform was
employed a sleeping person would never
awaken
THE probability is quite the other
way. 1 have frequently chloroformed
patients-though perhaps not in such Il
rough and ready way as by meal of q
saturated sponge-and | have never but
once had an accident. The exception
was an elderly mar who was chloro.
formed at his w request for an opera
ton. He died of apnTa.'
Would you consider Mrs. Davorn al
elderly woman?'
"NO."
"You did not examine the deceased
after DEATH"
"No. l understood DIR. Percival hat
pronounced life to be extinct some time
before l had reached the house"
THAT is all l have to ask you"
Il beg your pardon" said II Of thu
jurymen as DR.. Leclerc, feeling fain
and sick at heart, was about to retire
How long would a person-the de
ceased lady, for instance-left to hersel
after she was chloroformed thorough,
? how long would she take to regain
sensibility:'
1T would depend largely OH the con
dition OF the person, on her genera
, health, on her temperament. 1t woult
be impossible to give any fixed rule"
Ten minutes or a quarter Of an hou
might elapse?' said the juryman, feel
. . ing secretly proud Of his medical knowl
edge.
III might.
THANK you, doctor"
As Leclero retired, with the intention
Of seeking out his sweetheart, Inspecto
!. Briggs tapped him on the shoulder ant
' indicated to him that he would be ex
. pected to remain in the court until tn
u inquiry was concluded or adjourned.
= The jury were unable to see in LIE
clerc's evidence anything which tende
to incriminate him. There had been
IL certain amount of hesitancy in many {
his replies, but that meant little c
- nothing. During the time that Lecler
was giving his evidence Inspector Briggs
!" had discovered Goringe and had bee
in earnest conversation with him towar
the close Of Leclerc's examination
- Bernard James Vickery was no
y standing in front Of the coroner. n
| facs was drawn and hacysrd. his cyl