The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-21

how long the men were able to live after
taking in the poison"
Or. j. p. Mcdonald, who examined the
brain of Joe Silva, said he had found a
cerus effusion in the brain and ut the
base of the cerebelium. AS to the causes
gould not Just say what but il was not
a natural death. He thought The condi-
tions observed were assisted by an irri-
'ant poison. Hellebore was a poison used
FER killing insects
DIR. PRATT'S EVIDENCE.
Dr. Pratt, executive officer of lie Board
Of Health at present. testified that he
irst saw the body of Joe Silva or Thurs
day morning at the morgue. In giving
the history of his official relations with
the case DIR. Pratt went back to the his
tory Of old man Silva, who died or the
previous Tuesday morning. Consul Can
avarro came to his office and told him of
the death. Dr. Garvin was then execu-
tive officer of the Board. He went to the
house and found the body of the old man.
He made an examination and asked uues-
tions concerning him of others who were
in the house. He considered that IL there
we're sufficient reasons advanced to give
a burial permit then without making a
post-mortem, he would do so. There was
"a resolution passed by the Board of
Health in May which directed the execu-
tive officer. when there was an unattend-
ed death. to satisfy himself fully in his
own mind as to the cause of DEATH and II
there were not sufficient grounds for de-
terr.ning the cause. a post-mortem
should be- held. He had a burial permi,
In bis pocket and at length he procured
ink and signed II. giving the same to
Consul Canayarro. At the Board OF
Health office he told DR.. Garvin what had
ht.r done and then gave the three prob.
thle causes OF death-infiammation of the
heart. chronic nephrftis and syphilis. II,
concluded that the last named disease
was the primary cause and the death GER
tihcate was so made out. He had inqur.
ed about Silvas financial and family af
fairs to ascertain whether there wa.
cause for suicide or murder. He was
man who showed in his face that h.. mus
have had chronic kidney trouble. Tn,
real nature OF his disease was ascertain
cd from Consul Canavarro. In the room
Where the body was found there wa.
nothing to indicate he had taken poison
CHEMIST .sHoREY.
Dr. L. c. Shorey. Board of Health
chemist, gave very important tcst.mon,
a. to the liquid which the men had drarl
In Silva's house. He said:
Il had the contents of the stomach O
Joe Silva. five ounces of blood a portion
Of the liver and kidney to make up N,
ME from the police station-one of then
neariy full and the other almost empty
On examination of the liquid found
composed of III per cent of alconol an
about II to IA per cent sugar. There wer
ircications Of a vegetable infusion.
found Indications of the presence of tn
alkaloids known as white hellcbore,
powdered root found in Europe. 1t
sold everSwhere in drug stores, grocerie
ard HARDWARE stores for the purpose G
siraying ferns and bushes to Kill an
. worms or grubs on the leaves. took
Treasured quantity of the liquid. Figul
irg on the capacity of an ordinary bee
;, glass there were just eight i,rsina {
heHebore." and he showed the jury
. sl'.ss disc on which was a spIotch
, white powder all that was left of III
rellebore.
II made up such n compound myse
, from the hellebore root and thus confirm
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