The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-03-12
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New York. March IL Professor Ew
Ing of the medical department of Cor.
mel university. who testified Monday
for the defense In the trial Of Albert
T Pcfrsek who IS accused OF the muir
der OF wiliiam farsh Rice. was on
the stand again Tuesday His cross
examination was continued by Assist
ant District attorney Osborne, who
put lc1g h-19thefical question that
included all the history of Mr.. Rice's
illness as re ated bv Jones and DIR
Walker Curry. and asked Or. Ewing Il
he ccr'a I'd aavthing between II
O'Clock ~ the morning Of Sunday and
o'clne" in tho evening when Rice
died which eouid '.a1e caused death
NJ. Moore ebierted on the GROUND
that the QUESTION did lot contain 1
fair stat mant of the testimony In the
case
Recorder Cor overruled the objec.
ton.
DIR. Ewinr sold - question was Sc
full of contradictions that he could no.
answer IT
Asked to detail the contradictions
he Sid Mr.. Rices lungs could no.
have been normal when the autopsy
showed an area Of congestion that In
dictated pneumonia: that he could MOI
have been thoroughly examined by 9
competent physician II the person
making the examination found no In.
dication OF hung trouble. and attribut
ed the dffscuIty In breathing to men
tai worry.
Mr. Osborne amended the question
and Dir. Ewing said there was no need
for anything TO intervene to cause
death beyond the symptoms described
and disregarded by Dr. Curry.
DIR. Ewing said that the taking int
consideration the canceration, or patch
In Riee's lung, shown by the autopsy
together with the congestion and con
ditions found, be thought these would
be sufficient to account for the death
of the patient. so years old The pneu,
monia might have killed Rice In two
hours. or 1t might have taken longer
On redirect examination. DR. Ewina
said he thought pneumonia eodma and
the congestion of the lungs were pres
eut In Rice's case.
DR.. John Gardner was the next wit
ness. He said he was the author OF 8
work on ehloroform. Mr.. Moore de.
scribeh the administration Of chioro
form as Jones said he gave 1t to Rice
and asked DIR. Gardner II il could be
done that way
''In my opinion" DR. Gardner re-
piled. lit could not The shock Of piac.
ing the chlorofogm In a cone. as de
scribed. ever the face of the patient
chlorofor1. to be effective, must be
administered slowly"
DR. Gardner said chloroform-s atu-
rated rag would not burn, as Jones de
scribed the burning OF the towel he
took from Mr.. Rice's face He said
he made number of experiments, and
based his reply upon the result OF
these experiments.
Recorder Goff would not let him de.
scribe those experiments.
Mr., Moore put the same hypothetical
question as to the cause OF death that
he had put TO DR.. Ewing, and DR. Gard
ner replied.
Il answer yonr question as a physl
clan, not as pathologist From the
picture you have drawn, | form the
opinion that the patient died Of oedma.
or dropsy of the lungs. and that re-
mote cause OF death was nephfitis"
Did the patient die Of chloroform
poisoning"
There is no evidence of chloroform
poisoning in anything you have sal
At this jdncture court adjourned