Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-18

and he afterward felt as though he
had been torn on the inside. / saw
Undertaken E. B. Knox inject en-
balming fluid into the body through
the nostrils."
Edward Alday, . son of the de-
ceased, said he was away at the time
of his fathers death and had no tee-
timony to offer. P. II. Peterson said
that Alday complained about q week
before his death of pain in his stom-
ach; stating that he had not felt well
since arrested by the police.
E. B. Knox, the undertaken who
prepared Alday's body for burial.
said he injected embalming fluid into
the corpse's stomach because the
case seemed to require such treat
ment to keep the body in good con-
dition until the funeral. Mr.. Knox
believed the fluid contained arsenic,
although the exact ingredients are
the secret Of the manufacturer.
H. +. Lsge, engineer at the Moline
water works, told the jury that he
visited Aldsy frequently during his
illness. Alday complained of pains
in his side and of a feeling of weak
ness. Alday took his medicine and
ate fruit. His food seemed to agree
with him, a. he did not vomit.
Claus Allen, an old acquaintance
Of Alday, was called. He last saw
Alday two months before he died,
when he complained Of feeling weak
and nervous, and that he could not
keep anything on his stomach. Al
len at the time thought this due to
excessive drink, as Alday for several
years had been sober very seldom.
The witness also said that six months
before Aliay treated him to some
liquor, which he kept in the base
ment. and that it gave him q feeling
OF intoxication, and maze him sick.
Two Physicians' Views.
Drs. G. f. Merryman and c. E.
Whiteside gave exhaustive testi-
mony before the jury. both contend
ing that arsenic need not necessarily
appear in other organs than tie liver
and stomach Of person who died
from slow arsenical poison. Neither
would give definite opinion as to
the cause OF Adam Alday's death,
but both intimated that their belief
was that he died from slow poisoning.
IL do not think the embalming fluid
would penetrate to the liver" said
DR.. Merryman. The latter is solid
substance. The liver lies to the
right OF the stomach, and no portion
would be under the stomach Of per.
son lying on their back. The poison
would be as apt to be in the spleen
as in the liver, if from the embalm.
ing fluid. Arsenical poison-small
doses-produces irritation of the
stomach, and poison would find its
way to the liver. Arsenical poison
administered ut intervals would be
found in the liver and possibly in
the kidneys. The liver was in nor.
NAL condition. Arsenical slow pois.
oning after death might be found In
the kidneys. spleen, etc., though
the brain would be less apt to con.
tain it. II the presence Of arsenic
was due to embalming fluid it would
be found in other organs also. The
embalming fluid. administered as in.
Dictated. could not reach the liver.
From the knowledge have 1 could
not state positively the cause Of
death, from the fact that fluid was
used. 1t is my opinion that the
presence Of the proportion of arsenic
found in the liver was greater than
should have been found from the use
OF the auid. The greater proportion
should have been found in the stom.
ach. Death by arsenical poisoning is
gradual collapse of all organs. II
arsenical poisoning after death il
would simply affect the covering,
and not penetrate the organ fully