The herald., 1897-06-16
To Strengthen Malkim's
Defense
THE CHARGES AGAINST DORA
DEFENDANTS TIME ON THE 9Th
ACCOUNTED FOB
p Dissolve a Partnership-An Inter.
est in the Basket-Gustave Sam
ish Remanded-Notes

The Malkim case is approaching Al
end. Yesterday the court room was f1llet
to overflowing, for not only were tn
witnesses for the defense engaged II
giving very interesting testimony. but i
was expected that the defendant himsel
would go upon the witness stand. HI
did, and in addition to making specific
denial Of all the allegations Of the pros
ecution, helped to sustain the alibi tina
other witnesses had made for him. TIL;
defendant made a good witness. Hi:
manner was quick, straightforward, an1
as II he had nothing to conceal. Or
cross s-examination the prosecution will
have the opportunity to show whether
he spoke true or not.
Yesterday morning Frank Esoldi,
laboring man, was the first witness. Ht
testified to having worked at the Lam
kershim mills last January, and on the
evening of the 5th he saw Malkim at tn;
Spanish restaurant on New High street
He left work at about o'clock. and oil
reaching the restaurant and seeing NAL
him, he called him out to borrow dol
lar. Witness knew it was June 5th, for
on that night he went to the installation
Of officers at Court Columbus, and as he
wanted to take his wife, he borrowed
the dollar.
The witness adhered to these essential
points of his testimony in cross-exam-
ination, and was the first witness put
forward by the defense to prove an
alibi for the defendant, Maxim.
NARCOTICS AND ANAESTHETICs
DR.. j. j. Choate was next put upon the
witness stand to testify as to the &C
ton of narcotic and anaesthetic drugs
"Do you know of any drug that. II
administered to a girl of Is years in
q glass of sweet wine, would induce un-
consciousness in about five minutes. and
after the victim had lain unconscious
fcr on hour or an hour and ten minutes,
would permit her on recovery to realize
her condition and allow her to get up
and go about her business?" queried
Mr.. Davies.
IT don't think there is any drug that
would act in that way" answered the
witness. "There are drugs that would
render a girl unconscious inside of five
minutes, but upon her recovering in an
hour or an hour and ten minutes, she
would not have such power of control
over herself
On cross-examination Mr.. Williams
wanted to know regarding the action OF
hydrate of choral in solution, and If its
action was not ten times quicker than
any of the forms of opium. The witness
said it would act quickly, in about five
or ten minutes, and the witness might
awake fully conscious in about three
hours.
Mot quicker than that?" inquired
counsel
I'D have to know the dose before
could say absolutely"
well, a dose to render one uncon-
scious."
SIN that case I do not think the per-
son would awake in less than three
hours
Might they not awake in an hour"
"Such a thing might be possible but
they would go off in a sleep again. Or
dinarily we give Is or 30 grains in cases
Of restlessness, but 1 think a dose suffi
cient to produce unconciousness inside
of minutes would hold them for two to
three hours Chloral hydrate has a
fruity smell, but in the mouth has d
would wake up, probably, with a flushed
face, and a headache"
On redirect examination, DR.. Choa.e
thought that in small glass of wine
"a similar sized glass submitted) il
would be impossible for it to he admin
istered without it's being detected. Fur
thermore a dose gwen under these con-
ditions would probably affect the mu-
-l.,,a - %I,,,1 i
hold the person in sleep for about three
hours. He stated that hydrate of chlo-
raj has a pungent odor, and if bottle
were opened the smell might be detected
q short distance away.
T. ]. McCarty, another local physician
and surgeon, answered the hypotheti-
cal question, covering the alleged case
of Dora Green, in similar manner to
DR.. Choate. On cross-eXamina alton D."
Choate stated that the stomach is gen
orally empty when chloral is taken. In
less a poisonous dose was taken an at
tempt at outrage would invariably
waken the person up. III answer to the
direct question of the court, the witness
stated that consciousness would return
during the consummation of the ac:.
Failing in that, sleep would hold the
person usually for seven or eight hours.
'Chloral," said witness, arrests the
circulation, and for that reason there is
more probability of the person arousin9
with pallor. The attempt at the as
sault would arouse the person just the
same as in natural sleep, unless lethal
or deadly dose had been given"
In answer again to the court the wit
ness aid that narcosus could be pro-
duced by administering chlorofornl
through the stomach, but a dose sufl-
ciently large to permit an outrage to be
perpetrated would be deadly.
SOME RACY FACTS
Carmen Webster, residing on Also
street, proved most interesting wit
ness. She testified to having known
Dora Green for about a year. She came
to witness house with Eugene Abbott in
December, 1896. She came to see Mrs.
Bernard, Abbott's sister, and in q short
time after their arrival Mrs Bernard
Joined witness in her room, leaving Eu-
gene and Dora alone for about three
hours. Witness went on to tell how,
upon entering the room to light the lamp,
she found Gene Abbott and Dora under
compromising conditions.
On cross examination Mr.. Williams
tried very hard to discredit the testi-
mony of this witness. She gave in detail
q variety of circumstances in connec-
ton with what took place at her house
which plainly indicated, if true, that