The sun., 1896-06-20
FLEMING EVIDENCE ALL IN.
THE GREAT CASE WILL 60 10 THE
JURT ON MONDAY.

Nothing remains to be done IN tho Fleming
| case nov except the adding up Of tho long list
of points on either side and presenting the total
| to the Jury. All the evidence was IN by the re-
| cess hour yesterday noon and the court adj
| journed to Monday. BY express stipulation he
tween the Court and lawyers the programme
for Monday wns laid out with exRcttude. II Is
rs follows: 1000 A. VI. to l;3O y. NJ. summing
up for the defence by Mr.. Brooke; o:3O p VI. to
p. NJ, summing up for prosecution by Assist
ant District Attorney Mcintyre: evening scs-
sion. chnrgeto jury by Recorder ioh. The case
will probably go to the Jury reasonably early in
the evening.
1t was something OF a surprise when Mr..
Brooke announced at the beginning of tho morn
Ing session that ho had no more witnesses to
call. particularly as he had ntimatcd on tho
previous afternoon that he would need n short
time for testimony in tho morning. A general
impression had obtained that Florence bliss
would go on the stand. There were also hints
about very important witness who wns to be
the defence's reserve thunderbolt-n little girl
who had stopped tho girl Florence King on her
way to Mrs. B(lss's fiat and had tasted tho clam
chowdcr without any evil effects. As these
hints came originally from one OF the lawyers
for the defence who has boasted nll aleng that
he had something up his sleeve" the failure
to produce that something was the more disap.
pointing. In fact, the general impression is that
| the defence's strongest achievement has been
| the discrediting OF DIR. Scheele. That witness
| has been the objective point OF most OF their
| attack: but beyond this there has been lack
| of aggressivencss in their campaign that is not
| characteristic OF such fighter as Mr.. Brooke,
| most OF whose pugnacity In this case has been
reserved for his legal opponents. Several points
| OF defence have been dropped or cut off short.
| They proposed at first to allcgc suicide, but
| failed to put forward any motive. Then they adj
vanced the theories: First, that the dead woman
| was not poisoned by arsenic, but by ptomaines;
| second that the arsenic In tho stomach came
| FROM the prescription given by DR.. pullman,
| and, third. that Mrs bliss had been for long
| time q confirmed arsenic eater. To bolster up
| tho first OF these arguments they had eminent
medical talent, but the eminent medical talent
was also eminen. In the matter OF honesty. and
answered DR.. O'Sullivan's questions so frankly
| that the ptomalne theory got pretty wabbly.
| The second point was destroyed by simple
| arithmetic. and the third was not pressed be-
| yond an attempt to get In evidence arsenic
| waters of various brands IN common use.
| Another line that failed was the Introduction
| OF witnesses who had been poisoned by eating
| clam chowder Recorder Con wouldn't admit
| their testimony. In the prosecutions case there
| were certain points which were unavoidably
| weak. and these will doubtless be emphasized
| In Mr. Brooke's summing up. From their
| facial expressions yesterday RI they filed ont,
| the iurymen were apparently undecided. In
| th, they differed from Mrs. Fleming. who
| looked unusually cheerful and confident.
| Taken altogether yesterdays session was an
unintereetinE one. The trial limpea to its end.
| the inis sh. II WAS like watching two runners.
| who. after long race with brilliant bursts OF
speed ,% ease up IL tns a1mss',oIcn and pi"d
| Tie few witnesses In rebuttal were former wit
nes'ss % recaiie! ALI !uhg!ng IT useless ont.
minds mn Of the Jury Mr.: Meln,yr%e % aid no; recall
| ing began BY motions By Mr. Brooke. who. with
out announcing the resting OF tho defence, be-
Your Honor. now make a motion that
! Brooke" asked the Recorder. with touch OF
surprise In his tones.
| Brooke with most unusunl poiltencss. sweetencd
BY winning smile; :" should have tnentionei
scheess testimony relating | 10 'T' the i;" aetri IL
| sediment found In the pitcher ns conveyed to
SS seissn a Sa shSaf be- dS
unless connected with the testimony by
| Corouer's Cork Malone"
| To this MIR. McIntyre objected. giving his rea-
sons. and the kec"rder took the motion under
sdv.sement, motion 10 s,ESe ou, All the evl-
dence regarding the suit OF Tucker REt. Living
sso ann al! evidence peptnmng T." tiraton
stoh was denied, as was also n motion 70 .,rik"
handwrltias. Mr.. Brooke eIceptc! IN botA
other motions to MAKE after the rebutta!. Mr..
| Mcintyre then nsk ID:
| is Mrs Sarah Reynolds in conrt?'
As Mr. Reynolds Is the missing witness who
| could doubtless throw muoh interesting Hight
| Oh the case. bu, who has modostly. withdrawal
herself from the public gaze and locked the
doors after her there a stir In the court
room; but no answer came.
We have streuuous!v enheavoroI to &c, this
| witness. as your Honor huow-' said Mr.. Me-
| lntyre. but without succcss."
| - We also have stTpluDtislV pDlpnyOrol u
| her said Mr. Brooke. and he never even wlnked
Mr.. Mcintyre then recalled Inspector McCul-
| lagh and went over the matter II the japanese
jar and the tray with white stroaks or sedlment
| on II, which the Inspector had found on sept. 80
| IN the basement OF tho Colonial Hotel among
Mrs tlemlng,s things.
Q.-were the strenks dry or wet2 A.. Dry.
ese Jar; A. Ia AN uubrpken condition, with
whitish stun like that on the tray on the inside.
Mr. BROOKE sc cross.exainincd S briefly. and. as tho
Inspector stepped dowsn, he remarked, lin
| =" move that the evidence relating to the ar
| ticles found by Inspector McCu..ngh IN the
basement be stricken out" said Mr.. Brooke.
lie then moved. separately, that tho evidence
| regarding tho tray and what no termed "the
Japanese ,vGzh" bo stricken out. both motions
| being denied
an expert. On his former appearance he was
not All expert. but merely an ordinary witness
| As such he WAS permitted to testify only That
| the stomach OF tho deceased showed evidence
of the prosencs OF an irrtant, but yesterday, ms
an expert, hs was permitted % add that it's
| appearance Slch as he had seen ia many
autops!cS where death Ind been caused by
| arsenic poisoning. All Mr.. Brookc's efforts to
rattle the witness b. playing or his former tcs
| timony against him wore Intellectual. Dr
Mott took the stand. pad and pencil in hand
and did sums To show that in such prcscrIp-
tiOn OF bismuth as Dr. Bnllman gave to Mrs.
Bliss there would be only ~ ten n-thousnndths Of
o grain OF arsenic, supp0sing IL 10 be contami-
mated with arsenic vt all
| Q.--Ilow much bismuth would DO required to
give twenty eight grains OF arsenicf A. six
pounds and u+-luU,
| Bv Mr.. Brook" on examination Can
you tell by examination with the naked eyc or
the micrOscOue whether this bismuth is from
Europe or south American A. No.
Y. Have you any objection 10 making an
analyssf All I'm instructed to mako an
analysis IN do So,
Odd you or did you not say on the stnnd
that you approved Of tho methods of Dr.
Scheelef Al said that approved his rheini-
cal processes with great emphasis on the last
two wOrdsl.
Here Dr. O'Sullvan said something TO Mr..