Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-10
FOR THE DEFENSE
Testimony in Behalf Of Mrs. Far
rail-.
HALL NOT At her HOME HERE
Statement Of a Boy Who Worked
at Her House.
HOTEL REGISTER IDENTIFIED
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Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
LA PLATA, Md, July 10.-The ninth day
of the Farrall murder trial was opened en-
ergetically this morning by the defense,
which began submitting evidence to es.ab-
lish the innocence CT the prisoner. Late
yesterday afternoon Miss Olympia Burch-
was recalled to state that the oysters eaten
by Mr.. Farrall on the night of his fatal
illness We're raw, and not fried, as in
timated during the cross-examination of
DIR. Ames at the previous session, and then
most important witness for the accused
was sworn.
He was Joseph Myers, seventeen-year-
old Toy, residing at 1112 New Jersey ave-
nue. southeast. Washington, ID. c., who said
that he worked for Mrs. Farrall during
the month she occupied house HOG o street
southeast. In Washington. He was at her
house every day. often stayed all day and
was in the habit of making purchases at
the nearby stores and doing otner errands
for Mrs. Farrall
Eugene Hall was at this point brought
into court, and the witness testified that he
did not know Hall, and had never seen MIN M
at Mrs. Farralls Washington mouse. To-
ward the end Of February the witness as
sisted the accused to remove her household
effects from HOG o street southeast to the
nue..
Energetic cross-eXamination failed to
weaken the evidence of young Myers.
The states attorney next took advantage
of the half hour promised 1t before closing
its case yesterday. by placing Charles
Hampton. night clerk of the American
House, Washington, on the stand. The
witness identified the book offered in evil
dence as the official register of the Ameri-
can House, from September "a, 1894, to the
close of the year.
Hall was again brought into the room for
possible identification by the hotel clerk,
but Mr.. Hauptman did not remember ever
having seen him before.
Hall was placed on the stand and directed
to sean the register and d,e find his name ne
scribed thereon when he visited Washing
ton last November.
After an apparently careful search, he
admitted his inability to discover the Sig
1 allure.
Clerk Hauptnan also looked through the
book. but was unable to find the name
Eugene P. Hail. but In reply to ques-
ton, pointed out the inscription u. b. Dale
and WIFE" registered November -. it be-
ing the claim of the state that Hall and
Mrs. Farrall stayed at the American House
on the date mentioned. under the alias
stated.
A Charles county dentist, DIR. p E. Sass
Ger. testified that he was guest Al Far
rails Hotel for several days about Decerl-
Der ~ last, and from observation he was OF
between Mr.. and Mrs. Farrall
The usual recess until o'clock was then
taken. 1t is thought that Mrs. Farrall will
take the stand at the session this after
noCn
Opening the Defense.
The recital of the other side of the story.
or the opening of the case for the defense.
began at the session yesterday afternoon.
Before closing its side, however, the state,
placed on the stand John H. Smoot. rail-
road man, residing in Hughesville. The
witness believed that Mrs. and Mr.. Far
rail- seemed very much devoted to each
other but on two occasions last Novem-
Der he saw Hall and the accused exchange
what he thought to be letters at ore of the
windows of the dining room at Farralrs
Hotel.
AS MIR. Sn1oot retired the defense prompt
ly led off by calling Miss Olympia Burch
and emitting the opening address to the
jury. Miss Burch stated that on the night
Mr.. Farrall was taken sick his wife prepar-.,
ed for him potion of mustard and water,
which he did not take. The deceased often.
spoke to the witness about procuring some
thing to kill the rats.
Thomas Alvey, clerk in a merchandise
store at Hughesville. stated that about No
vember 1 last Mrs. Farrall purchased some
dress goods from him. She desired some
button-hole twist to match the material.
which he could not supply. This testimony
was probably presented to explain why
Mrs. Farrall visited Chappelear's stere,
where she was not in the habit of dealing.
but where. it was brought out last week,
the accused purchased button-hole twist
and also the vial of strychnine.
Chnractcrfstics of strychninc Poison
Ing.
In order that he might leave La Plata,
the defense rext examined DR.. Delano
Anles, a professor in the Baltimore Medi-
cal College, as an expert. DR.. Ames testi-
6ad he bat oiobf ole
tween the tt king of strychnine into the
human stom; ch and the appearance of the
first sympto ms therefrom. and then. in
answer to i question, said that oysters
eaten prior 10 swallowing the poison would
not delay its action.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Farrall
ate quantity of oysters before he retired
on the evening Of December 10 last.
The witness also described the character
istic symptoms of stryo hnine poisoning and
told how the drug is absorbed into the sys-
TEN, and added that quinne and NOR
phine are distributed in the same manner
IL DR.. AmeS' opinion, a person could not
live ten hours after taking large dose of
strychnlre. Judging from the condition of
the organs of Frederick Farrall, as found
by DR.. Schaeffer at the autopsy, and
knowing nothing further of the case, the
witness declared that he would feel con-
trouble, uraemia, for instance. Dr. Ames
did not think one of the kidneys of the
dead man abnormally large, as DR.. Schaef-
fer testified he thought 1t to be.
Col. Wilmer closed the direct testimony
of DR.. Ames by asking a hypothetical
question. Counsel cited the case of man
forty-eight years of age. who admitted that
he had been drinking and who, when taken
sick, imagined himself to be suffering with
mania potu and exhibited the symptoms
that marked the illness of Mr.. Farral
He then requested the witness to say
whether or not in his opinion, death was
due to a fatal dose of strychnine.
DR.. Ames replied in the negative, basing
his answer on the ground that too many
of the chief characteristic symptoms of
strychnine poisoning were absent in the
case in question
On cross-eXanl;nation, DR.. Ames stated
he is not a chemist nor toxicologist
The croSs-examination was very minute
and the witness continued on the stand I'M
til the court, at o'clock, adjourned for
the day. C. F. c.
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