The evening times., 1896-04-03

Philadelphia, Pa, April 3.-Thc cor
oncr's inquest in the Mcuratn case WIS
held this morning.
Bccausc OF Itr sensational features of
the case, ana the consequent morbiu curl
usuy Oh nc luLnc, Ihiy PERSONS ulrccty
Interested, ana newspaper reporters, were
admitted to the Coroncr's OFFICE The
hearing room, however, was well illieu.
Samuel L. Langdon, VINO was arrested
on suspicion OF having caused the death OF
The victim, Anna j. McGrath, occupied
seat beside lctectivc kcttler. Although
somewhat pale, the accused appeared TO be
composed. hc was reprcsSn,cu by Attof-
nrys A. ). l.. Sheds and Arthur Moore.
Tne Tirst witness wds Henry II. McGratt,
father of the dead girl. He testified that
he kne W nOJuing Vi L.iedlli lance or MS daugn-
Ier WITH Linlsuon. a III iid NOT En1 y ~ tii.it tne
couple lived togetner at No. 2926 Girard
avenue, wnerc l,ic girl was found dead GU
March 23-
WAS ENGAGED TO LANGDON.
Mrs. Erfie butterficId. sister Of the
victim, stated that Anna told her she was
engaged to be married to Mr. LanSd"n.
The witness objected 10 LaIgdon because
Of his age. Mrs. Buticrfieid Iurthcr ies,i-
fled 10 IIcr sIsler admitting. about IL week
prior to her ucath. mat She iau II uwtiniS
az 1876 uiruIu avenue, put uiu not s"!
with whom She iIvcu.
When lu, wI,ness declared That she would
tell her father OF TINS, Anna pleaded WIN
her not 10 do SO, a M sdll Stie woiId ihinrm
the father herself. The witness Joeu or Tie
purcba 81, OF two ounces OF cui0roloru by ner
SISTER from Drug Clerk Howard Il. sausser,
ON the "Wednesday U.io.c ier oedtIi, atHu vi
the Questions Ssa. ,t.it yic.iinb asked Sausser
as to the effects OF poisolS.
Miss Anna Uniiiiiis, ii Trend OF MISS
M,Ii rdth, iUiu oI ne i"ttcr bu yiiiS clitro-
form, ana Applying IL 10 her gums 10
relieve toothaCte. Tie witness testified
TO the girls cheerful disposition.
GIRLS LIFE THREATENED.
Miss Florence Stewart, the next witness,
created a mid sensation when size dtcaredi
that a month ago Miss Mctirath stated 10
her that Lingdou SAID he would XIII her
lAIiss AicuraiEb snoH'u sne Keep toiipdh!
with any olneT llJn.
Tne usXl IMPORTANT witness was Frank
Brockrnan, urGS clerk AT Es3 Hlrdru
avenue, who tcstiiied tnat he sold Miss
siC,Ifiln . centS worth oil Jh.Uroi Crtu ou
March l9, prpsuuiabiy for tCOthathe.
Dr. Charies +. iiricker, who was called
upon wtcn tie co.ored servant, Bcrthd
Stewart, discovered tic body. toid oI his
examination OF the rcm:iiIis, and said thai
Miss Mcurath nau then been dead Tor twen-
ty-four hours.
BERTHA stewart, the servant, narrated the
finuing by her OF the body OF Miss Nc
rratII. ana SITE dNNclJ at length upon other
well-known features of the case.
DRUG CLERK TESTiFIES.
Howard -Sausser. the drug clerk, from
whom Miss Apcoratn purchased TWO ounces
of Clhoruform for the alleged purpose oil Kid
ing a canary bird. ana alter ward qtit sti"ued
as 10 tue cifc,ts uI ufercnU pui>oiis. was
the next witness he declared tnsit al
though he feared the girl intended commit
ting suicide after she obtained the Iosnn,
she aispeiieu ms Tears III this CrniIt Ctiob
before ieavinS The store.
DR. LEFFMANN FOUND NO POISON.
After several other witnesses had Teen
examined, Dr. Henry LefiIniiin, who MACE
all anal ytical examination or the Nbeera,
blood, etc, OF iLc Gead Sir!, presch'ed his
rcport to Coroner A>hbridse.
or. IeIitrtiIsin slatvu tii1iS the Sbfsach
contents give no evidence Oi TIE PRESENCE
OF any poison and that tue biOt q contained
no cnlnIu IorIu nLr prussiC acid 1 lie report
said, however, that tir DfOOu WIS o. an
unusually bright color. corresponding
in nus respect ~ tue appearance ia csc ntcu
h., riic bioud oil persons p, isohcd ny water
gas. ss
alter reading the report Dir. Lehman
declared int "a. mad been uai,ic u lies mite
ly ascertain the exact cause of death. ANA
InaI the only po>sIcie tEeory WAS tie indi-
cation of water gas, and the quantity wds
smaller than Is rsuaiiy seen IN cases oil
gas poisoning resulting iatally.
DR.. Thomas Il. Morton, who examined
Iancuon' > uiccIatcu tongue, IT teing the
ueIicf that the liberation was caused ny
the Application oi pClsons, lestlicG thdt
this was caused ny aT INJURY i ne rhts
clan was OF The npInicn That tie nian
teeth had teen iorc.u II rough tie tongue.
This dispelicd the poison ltccfy, ih so
far Il LaigCon is concerned.
The coroHcr thcn charged the six jurors.
He dwelt upon the mystery of the case. the
efforts to learn the cause OF deat. having
leen futile, and all of the girls organs be-
ing normal the refusal of Langdon to go
upon the stand, etc.
The coroner implied by his remarks,
that Iangdun should he held for the grand
jury. The jurors dcliherated for fifteen
minutes and then reBacrcd a verdict hold
ing I.angdun for the grand jury.
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