Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-03-13
LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE MURDER.
Physicians and Others Testify That
Stewart Was Poisoned.

CT deputies. was Dusv securing tle Couh'
~ yesterday afternoon. last night ami
this morning, and as = result OF their
labors men were riding into this little
v llage by twos and threes, answering
the summons of the court from noon IN
til s late hour this morning. Court
opened at 8 o'clock and after three
hours of hard work, the panel was filled
and both the State and the defense an
swered satished,with the jury, who will
determine by the evidence in the case
whether or not DR.. W. II. Lipscomb,
the gray haired defendant had any Grim
inal connection with the sudden anu
mysterious death of Charles 7, Stewart
in January last. Their names are ID.
W. Gill, Green Fulton, j, S. Hasty,
A T Poole. D C Mcdonald, s Z Shep-
ard, J r Davis, J W Lynch, j W Dees,
| A A Spinks, K L Spinks, J W Harbour.
q. OF he reconvening of court about 2
O'Clock tie real work of tho trial was
=
promptly begun. District Attorney
Jones read the Indictment charging him
with the death Of Stewart, through
which ordeal the venerable accused
passed unmoved, betraying no sign of
emotion.
The witnesses were called, sworn and
put under rule and then the introduc.
ton of testimony was begun. J.. W.
Duran, an uncle of the dead man, was
first put upon the stand. He was at
Stewart S home Oh night the man died
and stated that after reaching his house
from Dckalb Stewart attended to the
chores ate supper and after entering
into a general family conversation.
bathed his feet and swallowing a cap
sule that he had brought with him in a
little pill box, retired. There was only
one capsule in the box. Ten minutes
after swallowing the capsule Stewart
| complained of suffering greatly and
tremor after tremor passed owe him.
These symptoms became more violent
and in something more than twenty
minutes, maybe longer, he was q corpse.
On cross examination witness never de
waited from his direct testimony.
The most important testimony giver
in was that of DR.. W. R. Mckinley,
who also attended the autopsy. HI
testified as to the general appearance Of
the body, and the vital points corrobo'
rating the physicians previously testify
ing. DR.. Mckinley also testified thai
during the progress of the trial Lips
comb asked him twice about the appear
ance of blood clots on the brain of Stew
art and seemed anxious to know as t.
this point. He stated that during thu
progress of the autopsy he heard Lips
say something to the effect that :"
don't see why l should be expected tt
kill a man for the benefit of another
one Adding that he wa not OF
friendly terms with that other n
Witness testified that he carried nearl.
half OF a kidney taken from the stomach
Of Stewart, together with some wine.
also taken from the stomach. He testet
the wine thoroughly and found it to b.
nearly normal. He decided to make
test to ascertain the presence of poison
(strychnine) in the kidney, and taking
the same, put it in a small vessel of al
chohol, where it remained for severa
days, after which time he took a hyper
9 dermic syringe and injected it into
cat. In about fifteen minutes the Ca
was seized with tetanic commissions an,
, after going through four died in tn
, fifth, exactly thirty-six minutes fror
the time of the injection with every in
dication of poisoning by strychnine. =
Witness also testified, as did other ply
), %sicians previously examined, that ther
!. were traces of syphillitic poisoning i
Stewart S stomach.
DR.. j. B. Mooney, of Scooba, bein
introduced testified that he compounde
on the afternoon proceeding Stewart
= death thee capsules, a escription {
Dr.. Lipscomb. Dr.. Maher, a Ia tnt
of Lipscomb, usually fills the latter
e prescriptions. The prescription Gale
for bromide quinine 10 grains, ant
kammia, 10 grains, strychnine N. V.3-t
: grains. This was to be equally divide
into three capsules and the direction
were to take one before retiring. W.
d ness having no 1-60 Of IA grain Of strycl
h nine tablets, SO informed Lipscomb, wi
,r was waiting to receive the medicine
II whereupon the latter told him he mig
le a. well use 1-50 grain ablits. Witne
did no and put one tablet in each capsul
;. put the three in a pill box, wrote the d
" rections on the face of the box; his lab
es on the bottom and gave the medicine
the defendant. In his recollection D
ge Lipscomb had never purchased medicil
from him before for the man Stewar
During the past year his books she
that he has filled seven prescriptio
that were written by Lipscomb. Wi
. ness heard of Stewart death early ne
morning. Was present at the autop
= Of the body end described its condition
- The skin was discolored, face bloate'
;. and when blood flowed copiously VIII
|, cutting through flesh into the skull bon
- into the brain. There were no bloot
: clots OH the brain, but arteries of Il
:, brain were empty, while the vessels
], the brain were full as were those Of Il
:. heart. The stomach, kidneys, liv
and one OF two other vessels were T.
!, moved and later examined.
t. 1t was the opinion of the witness tn
y IA of a grain Of strychnine would pr
duce death. J. M. Stewart, the faith
ar Of Chas. T. Stewart, testified that
1T was In Scooba with his son on afternot
"a in question. Saw his son, Guy Jat
y and DR.. Lipscomb talking together
the rear of Jacks store. Saw Lipscon