The Portland daily press., 1895-03-02

Ser head bowed, and her left hand part
z over her lace, never once looking up.
Jonathan Knight of plymouth was
IFalled to the stand. The witness stated
hat he lived close to Mr.. Cowan, and
I'd been living close to him for good
aaany years. The respondent, Mrs. Cow
IN is his daughter. He did not know
lust how long she had been married to
,sir. Cowan. Since they have been mar
led they have stopped considerably at
ais place. Mrs. Cowan and the little
boy stopped his house SIX weeks at one
fime. The boy was never very strong
nd rather frail, but always bright and
cheerful. Mrs. Cowan always treated
The boy as we'll as ever any boy was ever
reated.
Benjamin 6 Dorson of Dixmont was
allied He said he had lived there about
wo and one-half years ago, and WAS at
ne Etna campmeeting in the fall of
s94. The witness stated that he saw
4 4rs. Cowan and her son at the camp
round, and that he also moved Mrs
1owan's s etfects7on to the grounds. from
Plymouth. All or these things he placed
sn Mr.. Cowan's cottage. Mr.. Dorson then
! tescrihed the arrangement of the rooms
aud the general appearance of, the cot
9age. The witness WAS not there when
Will came on Thursday, and first saw
him on Sunday. He knew about his
aeing sick at the canpground, because
ie was stopping at Mr. Cowans cottage,
1ut couldn't say what time the boy was
taken sick in the Fnight, but he first
! knew of it the next morning. The
morning when the witness carried MIR.
] Cowan and the son back, the boy looked
sick and very pale The witness then
stated that he saw the child at his faith
, er's house after being taken back from
the campground, and that he was very
Is .r,l Tt1l Il +i-~
when he was attacked at the cottage. The
witness said he got up about 4 O'Clock
one morning and saw Mrs. Cowan sit
ting mp over the bed side of the sick
bog. She was dressed, and soon after
gave him two letters to mail, which he
gave to the stage driver The witness
stated that he could not tell just what
the condition Of the boy was when MIR.
Cowan arrived, but he was very sick.
THE AFTERNOON. SESSION
opened with $50 ladies in attendance.
The first witness on the stand was DR..
C. Mason, called by Mr.. Gillen. He
has been in practice here thirteen or
fourteen years; is graduate of the
medical school OF Harvard University,
and is also on the staff of the Bangor
hospital. A t the request of Alr. Gillen
the witness named number of the
Estandard works of materia medica, and
Ealso gave description of bismuth, de-
tscribing the two kinds, the commercial
land the medicinal bisnuth. The COM
tnercial bisfnnth contains some arsenic,
| Ibut what we prescribe as medicinal bis
murh contains littlei it any arsenic.
On cross-examinAtion by Attorney
fGeneral Powers, Dr. Mason said he had
used bismuth during all his practice,
| and he has had large sspractice. He
never found anything injurious in the
use of this drug, and would not hesitate
| in using it for tear of any arseneial po:s-
oning. 1t is rapidly eliminated from the
| system. The witness understood that
as high as 24-100ths of one per cent of
arsenic had been found in sub-nitrate
of bismuth. In order to take one grain
of arsenic into his system he would have
! to take about 600 grains of bismuth.
| How long would person have to be
| sick viii tn cholera morbus before arsenic
would be found in the system?" asked
! Mr.. Powers.
II don't know,n laughingly replied the
| doctor, but you would have to wait
some time"
| r.Galen NJ. Woodcock Of Bangor tes-
! titled that he had been in practice 20
| years. He stated what he considered to
be reliable works on materia medica.
DR.. E. G. Nealley of Bangor said he had
been in practice l2 years. He stated the
component parts of bismuth and de-
scribed the sypmtoms of cholera morbus
He also described in detail the process
of holding post mortem examination.
| DIR. Charles f. Biglow of Skow hegan
was called and his testimony was very
short. He thought he was to testify
about what he knew about.the sickness
/ at Etna campground in 1898, but it was
/ a year later that the Cowan boy was
sick. The doctor was not there and of
course his testimony was not needed.
! Mrs. Ann M. Pfesoore and Miss Ida
Knight of DixmoAt testified that the
child always had the best of treatment
| when he lived with Mrs. Cowan. 1ga
q Mrs. Cowan was recalled and she
had listened to lectures on medicine, but
not as regular medical student.
Mr.. Covan was recalled and said that
the child he lostMhen seven months old
| died before its mothers death. has
Dir. Brown was nrecalled and said he
had never had anyiil effects from bis
muth.
DR.. King was recalled and said he had
used Fowler's solution, and Sheriff W. f.
Reed of Bangor testified that he sent a
box of toys lastsnight by order of Law
| yer Gillen to Professor A ubert of Orono
| to examine.
| Lawyer Gillen said he would admit
that such thing had been done and no
arsenic was found in them.
| The evidence being all in, the court
| adjourned to $50 tomorrow morning,
when the arguments will begin. P. n.
Gillen will make the argument for the
defence, and Attorney General Powers
for the state.