The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-29

MItn tnelE mats. But M. Brooke said Judi.
1ially, "Ah, yes; one extreme or the other
DeHth or recovery" and seemed TO feel that hs
hsu fixed a new stigma on all polsons, irritanI
Then Mr.. Brooke nearly precipitated a cs,a,.
trophe. The d%readful ptomaine, which slalked
R R2IniS@a'l < i II thlss. H trl sf and and H scPes OR @srs sH snY,l,
ptomsine in a court trial j. as weicoms to The
reporters as would bo pebbles. in their shoes,
seedlings ali hope OF an Intelligent and interest
Ing story %yanlshes In fateful flight II Is not
ptomaines, but he caught one. and then instant
iy.i threw AVA hl, rod and line. ne asked
The witness answered promptly ~ am famil-
The p ~isa enS Uih II tSo Es@Sn t 6Sds af tsFHdIS Ssas
by the chemical changes .ynchronous with de-
compositton ct ptoi1aines."
The Recorder turned pale. MIR. McIntyre was
observed to shudder. From the tables where
only Mr.. O'sullivan looked alert. eager, happy.
There Is nothing he more cordially greets than
Brooke recovered he tackled again. He asked
the witness i, Mt or before the autopsy. Dr.
Bullmag had not communicated TO him matters
soncerning his opinion as to the cause Of death.
The witness said this was so. but when MIR.
bbF ro. Sui HinasSS0f SSa to vo mnnS is 'pP pSfs mat int
formation the witness asserted with some
show Of temper that such information as
DR.. pullman gave was in response to questions
BY the witness, and was not volunteered. Then
followed a long examination concerning the
and It's contents. fhe former had been placed
by the witness in a decanter, the latter In q
viously washed by the witness. After he had
put the specimens In them both receptacles
we're closed by him and kept in his possession
until they were delivered, a day or go later, to
Coroner O'Meagher's clerk.
II was early evident that the contents Of that
decanter and bottle were the substances ana
lyLed by Chemist schecle, and that that exami-
nation Ia to be the basis OF evidence most de-
pended upon by the prosecution. This Vyas aufi.
Client to induce Mr.. Brooke to worry the witness
for an hour over such details as his manner
OF corkinH the receptacles. the exact writing hs
put on the labels he attached to them. and the
Identical spot they occupied while they were In
MS once. Mr.. Brooke expressed the most I'M
bounded nstonishment that the labels put on
the, receptacles by the witness were not dated,
corked the bottles and did not seal them, 1t
seemed as though MIR. Brooke were like to faint.
The history Of the receptacles. so far as IL was
carried by the witness. was that he took them
himself to Coroner O'Mcagher's clerk. and that
the clerk sealed both the receptacles in the pres
ence OF the witness.
To, Mr.. o'sullivan the witness said that he
could not, OF course, state positively that tho
were caused by arsenic. That. he said. could
not be tod by himself or any one until he had
knowledge of the chemist's examination.
Then began the confusion which. brought the
DAYS proceedings to an early close. After a
present. Jeremiah F.. Kennedy. a clerk In the
District Attorneys Office. was called: The prose-
received from Coroner O'Meagher's clerk GER
tain packages. Mr.. Brooke at once offered the
manifest objection that the people were not
proceeding In proper sequence; the Coroner's
CLERK was the next witness properly to be heard.
clerk was produced. This was James r.
Ma, Maion ss and hUd he was permitted to relate
a maj portion ri n"1 of the contents SHS Of the H'nV de-
canter containing the stomach delivered to him
by Or. D,Hanion. But another snaa was struck
soon. The witness was asked concerning two
SsMssshsr; siPss ,.hss as al q af0% Mrs sot Bfiss
missing link in the history Of the piece Of pie
and the bottle containing some OF the SUBSTANCE
to Coroner o'Mearhef. By Dr., Pullman. but in
the Coroner's CLERK it came ont that DR.. Bull
mans testimony In relation TO the matter was
Mr.. Mcintyre tried by hundreds of questions
TO put In evidence the clerks knowledge as to
f fhs %eo9 co4nne of 6 hi DsfGsssf pu, h he h %a, rf SsaSs ed
Of in every direction by the successful objec-
ton Of Nj brooke: Col: Fellows. on being in.
and tried hard to persuade the Recorder that
the clerks testimony regarding the packages
however. that. as there was no evidence relating
the packages IN h any manner wha,eysr
in his objection. There was no pre-
,ence on the Part of any or the law,
they were talking about the packages given by
Or. SULLIVAN to Coroner O,,Meagher. but Mr..
very clever witness, and while the words "a
not be used under the Courts ruling. he man
aged to get in as good a description as this.
handed y aS, by w' Dr. 'H G;,i SnaRs q Ant the P %ss ssie
angular In shape, and in size less than half OF
No one but Or. Pullman could save the situa-
ton at this time. but Or. pullman was not
present. MIR. Brooke moved to strike out all OF
given to him BY The Coroner, and the Recorder
reserved decision on the motion. An early re;
round up some OF his missing. witnesses, but
when court reconvened Mr.. Mcintyre was com
case 60 over for one day, as no witnesses whose
stimon would then be In order were on hand.
a pretty severe lecture. declaring that in a case
OF this importance II was "A serious matter to
OF witnesses who had not been properly sum;
moned. MIR. Mcintyre responded II shall
give the matter my persona! altsntion here
seemed to add the last drop to Mr.. Miller's cup
Ferdinand wilckes, who was referred to in !
the opening of the case as Mrs. FleminG's lover.
and who has been, summoned as a witness by
testimony with Mr.. Mcintyre. He was called to
tho ~lat,er's office and asked regarding the points
but declined to answer Mr.. Mcintyre's aues,
tions. Mr.. Mcintyre told him that as he was
not accused of any crime he would be Obliged to
testify. A lawyer named Meyers entered Mr..
Mclntyre's office at that polnt and, said that
wwiickes. said the lawyer. would only answer
MIR. MoInty res questions In his CMeyers's) pres
ence.
but" said Mr.. Mcintyre. II have no evil
dence that you will not repeat his statements
I2ade to me to the lawyers for the defence; |
have no evidence that you have not been re-
tanned by the defendant"
Mr.. Meyers sand that was not so; that he rep
resented Mr.. Wilckes. Mr.. Mcintyre Informed
MIR. Meyers that AS a witness not accused or sus-
pectsd Of crime did not have the right to conn
bel. he should lay the matter before the Re-
cordrr and ask IL Mr.. Meyers Conduct was not
n form OF interfering with the witness. Mr..
Mcintyre has presented the whole question to
the Recorder. but IL Is not probable that a de-
cisiOn will be made in the matter until Mr..
Wilckos goes ON the witness stand. Then, IL he
is contumacious, the Recorder will have a
speedy method OF dealing with the case.
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This Country.
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