New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-18
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pq5an ans Nasna ss'ht fsRsopS.
Tsssssm6lea Tmohy Dsssy ws S1om OF
said that he would not believe Or. scheee on oath
Mr. MG Gn In Of s ecns
witness the fact that ne had had rsa feeling
fourth expert TnSys iGr the r ssTnse Of
Of 'S Yale in ISL and Of the College of Physicians and
Kjnss College. London Describing his qualhca-
ton he said he had been practising physician, IN
physician at Bellevue Hospital and the, Presoy,,
terrain HOSPITAL He was moreCyer PrG ,be Se%
York University and had ccnsrbued 10 tne thsf in
his career he had had brought under his observation
cases Of acute asenca poisoning e anS had
also attended autopsles OF hodies Wl,te 'e'N nav
been caused by acute arscncal poisoning.
ORIGIN OF PTOMA1NES.
After describing the sources from which ptomain's
were obtained. and often existed in vegetable and
animal substances the witness was asked TO eX-
plain some OF the foods in which ptonaines were
most likely TO be found He answered tha' ,"'''
were many such kinds, and partlcuiari|eu Claims
because as he said. he had once been poisoned h'H'
self through eating clam chowder Inc sy'hp'o'"s
he experienced nausea. vomiting pans IN ''e
stomach prostratlon and GOODNESS Of the extremios
Those Il will be recalled were similar to the syn9-
toms which Dr. pullman testified were present IN
the case of Mrs Bliss. ,o,n
Then Mr. Brooke read to the witness long
hvpothetical question, mainly based on the syinp-
.oms observed in Mrs Bliss b. Or. pullman ana me
Testimony of Or. OHanon regarding the appcal
ance of the vscera. At the end OF the questloi WI
Brooke asked the witness II. assuming those laCts
10 be true there anything therein TO JUSTIFY
the suspicion that death due 10 acute arseh.cdi
poisoning . ~, ~.
Mr. Mcintyre objected to the question on me
ground that the witness was asked 70 give an
Opinion on the opinion of others. Mr. BrooKe az
tered his question so that the witness was asked 20
gve his opinion of the cause of dcatl on me inv,s
Shown in the hypothetical question. pr Thompson y.
then gaze II as his opinion that death was uue "
SHOCK and hear. failure. , . ~
DR. OSullivan cross-eXamined tho witness al some
length on many points raised by counsel OF
medical character DR.. Thompson gave nhsatisinc-
tory ana uncertain answers. and finally he was
compelled to admit that the theory OF p'o'ia''e
poisoning was mere suppositon.
Wilbur F. awlins. druggist, OF One-hundred-aho
thirty-ffth-et and Eighth-ave. produced prescri p
tions sent his store by DR.. Pullman on August ~
and IN Nav last by Professor Witthaus;
Professor Rudolph A. Witthaus. the chemcal eN-
pert next took the stand After occupying ABOUT a
nuarter OF an hour in stating his qualhcatons. ne
testified that ne analyzed the nitrate OF plsnuti
obtained In Rawlins's store. and similar 10 that
powder contained arsenic. Then he was questioned
by MI Brooke concerning the evidence OF Dr
Scheele relating to the length OF time the iatter
had stated he had occupied In the analysis OF .ne
various exhibits Professor Witthaus said y wouid
have been Impossible TO accomplish the WorK IN tue
time given by Dr. Scheele. ,
The trial will be continued at 1890 this morning.