Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-23

it rained and hailed at Sitter very
hard. He staid at my house until be-
tween and o'clock this morning.
Complained of being thirsty. drank
quite large drinks of water often, and
said that he did rot think he was GO
ing to live long. did not think he
was verv sick, laughed at him and
told him he would be all right and
asked him if he had been drinking
liquor out at Sitter. He answered.:
mo. | never drank anything; but /
think / am coming down with the
grip" He didn't say anything about
his troubles and seemed Respondent.
Hitched horse to my buggy and bro't
him here to his mothers. Sam OBJ
iected some to coming home as he
said he was afraid he would scare his
mother. Was pretty sick, had to hold
him up in the buggy and the riding
seemed to make him worse. | asked
him why he did not stop at his sisters,
Mrs. Henry Hiliger, when he came
past their house in the night before
he got to my house and he said he
was not so sick when he passed her
house, but that he had stopped at the
school house to get drink of water.
Told me two or three times that he
didn't think he would get over it and
he didn't seem to care whether he
: lived or died. At our house he laid
on pallet on the floor and seemed
very cross and did not want me to
hold his head when he was vomiting,
and did not notice any signs of fit
or spasm or anything of that kind.
and his feet and hands were not cold
that know of.
WALTER FROST testified: | last saw
, Sam Hall Thursday morning at about
, 1880 O'Clock going toward Lancaster
, alone and afoot. Did not see his face.
but am sure it was him from his walk.
He was beyond my house aud beyond
the road hegwould naturally take to
t have gone to Sitter The next time
81 / saw him he was dead here on the
t bed. | talked with him on Wednes-
day and he said he was afraid of Fal
J Mccartney. was afraid his wife Kate
; Hall would get Fal to lick him.
KATE HALL, wife of deceased, testi-
J fed | last saw my husband, Sam
Hall, Wednesday night after the ex-
animation in company with Henry
: Hiliger. He had been to our house in
| town after some things and had them
] in his arms. He had got some of my
} things and told him SO. He said ne
had not and said he had-he said he
} hadn't and | said he had-he said he
| hadn't and / said he had. went and
, got Sheriff Dyer and he settled the
, dispute. / said / would take Bessie
and he said he would bring her to me
in the morning. Do not know of his
being in town yesterday. The reason
; he was afraid of Fal Mccartney was
that he had told things about him
! which were not true and he knew he
! was guilty and that is the reason why
he done as he has done. | did refuse
to live with him. don't have to live
t with man that chokes me. He never
7 had fits after / married him and !
2 never heard him threaten to kill him
self. elizabeth Hall here interrupted
; with) If you want to know-six OF
5 eight weeks ago my son and were
talking about you, Kate, trapesing
t around nights and Sam said, II won't
2 be here TO see itr-meaning the little
: children damned around by Kate
) and he said: Mother, God only knows
what have suffered
: PHYSICIANS REPORT
The adjourned meeting OF the in
iuest met in the sheriff 5 office on
, Saturday at 1890 o'clock a. M to
hear the report of the doctors con-
ceaning the autopsy and evidences OF
the cause of death.
DR.. Godfrey was first sworn and
/ testified: We made post-mOrtem
examination of the body, giving par
ticular attention to the stomach. The
! stomach was congested. and was
. pretty full of fluid matter The con-
+ tents were examined and analyzed for
+ poisons. We found traces of arsenic.
) We made no test for PHOSPHORUS in
, the stomach but the symptoms of the
man before death as described by the
Witnesses were such as may be ex-
pected from phosphorus poisoning.
: | once saw man die from the effects
of taking Rough on Rats and his
, actions was much like those of Sam
, Hall. Rough on Rats contain both
, arsenic and phosphorus.
DR.. Cronin testified: The stomach
. was the only organ that was in an I'M
natural condition; the other organs
had normal appearance We re-
: moved the stomach and tested the
: contents. We applied several tests
and found traces of arsenic believe
tina. arsenic in some form caused the
( irritation of the stomach and that
this irritation produced death. We
did not have the proper apparatus to
, test for phosphorus. The poison
may have been Rough on Rats"
, DIR. Clementson testified: At the
: post-mortem examination we found
all the organs normal except the stom-
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