Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-19

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seven Witnesses were ,a,o,, 1 >,
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county supc: Tor court
oi one, Mark Day ui
en- vas hot conciuued tie took
'''''" near l!ic close u, IN. NOR,
a9ioh' but IN The afternoon, at
Asses non Oh County Attorne Y
Lel8h eihotner witness was called n, :,
~ LAY 10 De heard later. 4
se 'i"''!peF Oh spectators, inclucing
1''Dies' were preSelt at bola
'i'oi i'ihS anc afternoon Sessions. Se,
crai "orcy tits again took pIaco b.
tween County Attorney Leigh and
| counsel Baker for the defence At &
CLOCK court adjourned untii 10 o,cioc,<
may mo; ming, out of respect 10 the
ii't President Mckinley.
- inc opening q. court, McGnesia- =
mon ring. Dr. II. j. Frederick of An
3uSta, was called as the first witness
Aic Fract!ceu medicine for II veals
Mace an autopsy Oh the BODY Of t'ar,,-
nam on July ). last. between II \. H.
ana +. NJ. IT the HallowelI CITY build.
ms IN conjunction with DR.. Milnken
Found that there had been no VIC
| ience with the body. Lungs were free
from any chronic disease. Detected
the odor of alcohol quiet distinctly in
the stomach. Saw no Indications thar
rarnham was a chronic drjnker. OR.
IN,
showed that the man had not been adj
olcted To alcohol for any length of time
or In large quantities. Would never
expect q chronic alcoholic to die in
toNicated. Never found Il chronic
alcoholic dead drunk" Four ounces
of pure alcohol taken on an empty
stomach and quickly absorbed by a
person who never drank anything.
would cause, death.
Would say without hcsitancy that
I'alnhan's death was caused by acute
alcoholism as revealed by the autopsv
On crosS-eNamination witness testi-
lied that tobacco if taken in sufficient
doieS would cause death. Liquor tax
en- III proper quantities constitutes a
food. Person might drink liquor for
seVera! months. at least. without any
stfuctureal changes noticeable by the
eye. round no mark of violent
whatever on the body Of Flrnham
Don Know what man died Of, but
judgement was that the man died Of
acute alcoholism.
DR. l.. j. Crookcr of Augusta. was
the next witness. Eeen in practice "A
years. Poison is any substance taken
y in,
fatal dose of alcohol depends upon cir
cumstances. how suddenly il was
taken and in how large quantities
FOR instance. if 4 man swallows a
quart of whisky at once, grave sys-
toms develop. Would say that it
would be dangerous for any man
whether he Ever drank before or not,
10 drink one-half pint at ore drink
of whisky. rum, gin or brandy.
Paralysis of the respiratory organs
generally causes alcoholic death.
Heard the testimony Of Drs. Milliken.
Harris and Frederick and should say,
as the autopsy revealed. that Farm
ham came to his death by acute al
coholism.
ON Cross-eXamination witness tcsti-
fled that deaths from acute alcoholis m
were very rare, that is that sutiil lent
quantities We're taken 1T one time To
cause death. Deaths from chronic al
COholiSm are frequent. Effect Of
liquor on men depends upon the con
,ltion OF the system. the tempera
ment and constitution. Even a ted
spoonful will make seine persons fe i
happy" Know of a man who drank
two quarts a day. If the man had sud
IDENTIFY stopped he would have had
dellrium tremens.
The next witness was Prof. Henry
Carmichael, Boston chemist. Grad
uated from Amherst College in 1867
and studied abroad. Fifteen years
professor of chemistry at Bowdoin.
Examined the stomach of the victim.
Found the stomach fully developed
and. generally speaking. a normal and
healthy organ There was no sign cf
local irritation and there was no
mechanical injury. Found beans.
very little broken and undigested. Cut
the stomach into parts. Result
showed there were no mineral poisocs,
for instance. like arsenic or merCu Y.
Made repeated tests but could not find
any poison. with the exception Of al
cohol On opening the jar which con-
tanned the stomach detected the cd II
of alcohol. Did not undertake to de-
termine the amount of alcohol.
Poison is any substance capable Of
destroying the tissue or anything abb
sorbed in the system which would
cause injury Alcohol is a recognized
nelson. Hard liquors as they come
from the dis.illery contain so PEI cent.
Of alcohol but when they are kept IN
wood the percentage increases.
na-son unacoustomed to liquor is much
more sensitive to alcohol on that az
count. Would say that from two or
two and one-half ounces to twelve
ounces of pure alcohol would cause
doth. according to the temperament
and condition of the person taking it.
Death would be more liable to result
from the taking of alcohol in short
period. There is no medical antidote
for alcohol in the strict sense. Con-
dition of the stomach showed that
beans had been eaten shortly before
the alcohol had been taken.
On oss-examination witness testi
! fled that the alcohol must have practi-
.callv stopped Indigestion. The con-