The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-06-10

DuJ very llttle. lie uleu Ill cOnNul-
sion. Participated in the post-mort-
EN- examination. Found the right
side of heart full of dark blood.
lungs were contested. Coat of the
bowels contested and bowels dis
tended. The right loaf of the liver
was contested. Venous CONGESTION
of the brain. Muscles were rigid.
Poisoning from strychnine in gener-
nj has the above described symp-
toms, My opinion candidly that
Mr.. Engle's death was caused by
strychnine poisoning. Gave "A gr.
injections of morphine, also warm
water. Caused vomiting twice. AT
the post mortem we removed the
stomach and saved the vomit,
and / delivered the former to
Dr.. Pullen, and the latter in bottle
to coroner Floyd. That the dying
man asked what was tue matter and
what could it mean. That he said
he had not taken any thing but one
dose of quinine. Witness was at
Cemetery two weeks after burial and
removed spinal cord and sent it to
authorities. Strychnine is very Bit
ter, would take 2000 drops of water to
eliminate the taste of one drop of
strychnine. Knew Mr.. and Mrs.
Engle very well for many years,
Was in the room near all the time of
his last sickness. Mrs. Engle re-
peatedly said, ,"Doctor do all you can
for him." Mrs. Engle cried and ask
ed DR.. Dye to ask Mr.. Engle if he had
taken anything.
DR.. A. X. Smith-Was in attend.
ance to Mr.. Engle in his last sick
ness. Testified to about the same in
substance as DR.. Dye. Positive he
died from strychnine poisoning.
Doc Mathias-Lives in Enterprise.
Saw Ed Engle in the evening of the
the death of Mr.. Engle. That Ed
gave him bottle of strychnine and
a bottle of quinine. That he took
them and gave them to the coroner
in the evening.
Professor Burner, of Columbus, o.,
Chemist at 0. S. us the chemist
who examined the stomach and parts
of the body of J. S. Engle sent him
at Columbus, o. Young man 20 yrs
old. He received the particles as
sent by the authorities. Produced
the cans and cups containing the
vital organs and swore to their iden-
ity. Analysed the quinine in bottle
and it was pure. Examined strych-
nine in bottle contained about 3419
grs and was pure. Used about7 grs
in performing test. Examined
grounds in coffee cup and explained
process thoroughly. Process took 26
hours and p grain of strychnine was
found in the coffee grounds from
which Mr.. Engle drank coffee. No
quinine found in cup segment. In
the eight ounce bottle containing
the vomit, found salt and further
chemical test found the vomit to
contain about l-5 grain of strychnine.
In the one great can with screw top
was the stomach. Chemical eXami-
nation showed LIS of grain OF
strychnine in the stomach fluid.
Received from DR.. Smith spinal
cord 20la inches long. lilo of O
milligrain found in the spinal cord
Crystles of strychnine would float
on coffee and look like a skum
Strychnine will soon desolve in boil
ing water and not necessarily make
a skum. Almost $40 of full grain
of sulphate in all parts examined
added together. Might have been
l5 or 16 grains in the body on the
average of the parts tested. De-
solves slower when milk or fatty
bodies are present.
Harrison Nihizer-Saw him the
morning before he died. Talked
with him and he was the same az
usual. Saw him about every day
He was about always the same tenn
perment.
DR.. Dye ecalled.-His testimony
was in the nature of expert testimony
He described tests made by the mix
ture of stfychnine, cream, coffee and
sugar showing that strychnine will
produce scum such as was reported
to be on the coffee drank by Engle
the day Of his death; he also tested
in the same manner without sugar
and same results followed. Cross
examined by attorney Vickers for
the defense. Before leaving the
court room and after being dismissed
from the witness stand he was recall
ed by Vickers who wanted to know
if he drank the coffee with the
strychnine. He answered No Sir,
did not.
Mrs. Andrew Blum the next
witness called described con-
versation held with Mrs. Barbara
Engle at the home of the deceased
the da" of his death. On cross ex-
animation by the defense her evil
dence could not be shaken. She was
also questioned at some considerable
length as whether sweet rich cream
would not produce scum. She said
she did not think SO but that pro.
badly it might.
DIR. A. K. Smith called.--His evil