Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-18

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That she told him they would 60 back
and get some; that he took her to the
B. c. R. & N. depot and left her and
went after the bologna; then they
started home again; she said they
finished the bologna before they open
ed the first bottle Of beer: that she
ate part of it but her husband ate the
greater part; she testified that he
had complained of pain across the
abdomen before drinking the beer and
believe after they had eaten the
bologna; she said they opened the first
bottle of beer one mile south OF what
Cheer; that the first bottle - .eer
tasted all right; the next bottle was
opened near the Mackey corner; that
he drank of it first; then he made the
remark to her that it was bitter, but
that it fe.t good as it went down; that
it made him feel good; that he pass
ed the bottle to her and that she,
drank small quantity of it, not as
much as glass full, just a taste; she
said he talked all right up to the time
they got near Snider's; then he began
to call Snider.
She said that Charley had been feel
ing badly with kidney trouble and that
DAY before yesterday he passed
blood by the way of his urinary or
gans." He father was present at the
coroner's inquest; had jury en-
paneled at this time; her testimony
was given in their presence; she knew
was making an investigation as to
the cause of his death.
Or. j. U. Johnson.
1 am the same J. U. johnson that
was on the stand before in this case,
l am a practicing physician in the
town of Delta, in the general practice
of medicine and surgery. knew
Chas. Kuhn in his life time; / saw him
on the night Of the 4th of September,
1900 in buggy with his wife about 6
O'Clock, driving towards What Cheer;
l next saw him about 10 o'clock that
same night; he was dead at that time;
he was on couch in his own home;
examined the body as soon as / got
there; life was extinct; he was lying
on his back, head slightly thrown
back, mouth open, arms folded across
the chest, an unmeaning smile in his
face, eyes open, pupils widely dilated;
| moved his arm, Dared his chest and
examined his heart for heart beats,
used an instrument for that purpose;
l noticed as / pushed his arms aside
that they were very stiff, muscles OF
the chest were hard and contracted;
saw DR.. Morris inject nitro-glycerine
over his heart, he was fully dressed at
this time; DR.. Martin was there also,
we three left together, three doctors,
DR.. Martin is not in the vicinity of
Delta now, I believe he Is in Texas.
DIR. Morris is dead, died few days
after the death of Chas. Kuhn; went
back to the house again that night for
a time; next saw the body when the
autopsy was performed; was in
charge of the autopsy of the body of
Chas. Kuhn; it was held the after
noon of September S, 1900, at 2:30
it was held in an undertaker's room
in the town of Delta; Dr.
Pfannebecker, DR.. Cilly, DR.. Morris,
Dr. Martin, Dave Beatty and
Mr.. Baylor and myself were present.
We stripped the body of all clothes,
the chest was barrel shaped thru con-
traction of the muscles, the joints
of one arm were ankylosed, the right
arm | believe; coroner's jury had sat
upon the body before this time; we
opened the chest from the chin to the
abdomen; cut the cartilages, laid the
skin back, exposing the internal Or
gans of the chest, lungs were remov-
ed and sliced up for examination,
heart was removed and cut open, skull
was sawed open and brains removed
and sliced up; stomach was removed,
after first tying the duodenum and
oesophagus to keep contents in the
stomach, we placed the stomach in a
fruit jar. l assisted ]. ]. Mcdonald
to seal it up; it was given under his
care; the valves of the heart were ex-
amined, limey deposit was found on
some Of the valves; size of the heart
was normal; blood in one side of the
heart; lungs were contested; bowels
were inflated with gas, simply from
decomposition, otherwise natural;
brain was normal; placed the stom'
ach in the fruit jar myself.
sigourney, Dec. 15.-(SpeciaD - 1t
has been officially proven that Char
les Kuhn died of strychnine poison
ing but who administered the poison
is a matter that twelve men now lis
tening to the evidence in the case
wherein Mrs. Charles Kuhn is defend
and, will say.
Mrs. Kuhn exhibits the same indif-
ference alike to the evidence and to
her fate that has characterized her
ever since the trial began. She has
the same innocent look and the same
childish gaze which she has worn all
along. She rarely consults with her
attorneys and seemingly commits her
future to their care.
The most important evidence
brought out on the trial yesterday was
that of Prof. 8. R. Macy, chemist OF
the state board of health, who swore
that he found about a half grain of
strychnine in the stomach submitted
to him for chemical analysis, and also
in the beer likewise sent him.
The Evidence.
Dr. William Pfannebecker testified
that he was present at the autopsy
performed on the body Of Charles
Kuhn and that laying aside the poison
theory, he could not account for the