The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-14
POINT FOR THE DEFENSE
Was Burning of the Towel and Mr..
Osborne Feels 1t Keenly.

Gardiner replied, 'to account for tho death
without anything Intervening
Or Alexander G.. Leum Of Philadelphia.
an expert in diseases OF the lungs was
then called Mr. Moore described tho chic
reforming II Rice as rccounted nv ,Ioncs
and asked Or. lcuH II n could have hccn
accomplished without waking the patient
Dr. Lcun said he thought not. He hal
never been able 10 administer chloroform
TO sleeping patient
Mr. Moore produced life sized colored
figure Of the human body showing the ac
tlon OF the blood and nr Leud described
the circulation OF the blood and the man
ner In which 1t is forced into and out Of
the heart and lungs. He Illustrated u
the jury how chcroform kills by paralyzng
the ccnters Of respiration and by rnralyz.
Ing the action Of the heart, DR.. Leun said
II was his opinion that Rice died because
OF the bad condition Of his Kidneys aud
secondly because OF the lung conditions
lie did not think death was due 10 chloro.
form poisoning.
In answer to Mr.. Osborne nr. LcuN said
acute or extensive congestion Of tho lungs
was disease by itself Tho witness pub.
read from this book, which described as
invarlablc symptoms OF the disease in ques.
ton; symptoms which, the prosecuting at
torncv said, were not disclosed In the
autopsy ON Mr. Ricc's body
pr Lcnt said tho statements were true
when he made them. but experience had
taught him that some Of those statements
must bc modified. Tho recorder asked II
In view Of his later experience he had made
any public correction or modification OF
tho articles he wrote on acute pulmonary
congestion. Dr. Leuf said he had not he.
yond talking about what he had learned
with his associates.
Mr.. Osborne wanted to make e test with
a towel and chloroform to determine how
long the odor OF the drug would continue
perccptible. but the recorder oyerruled the
request.
In the afternoon Dr. Kenneth W. Mill
ken testified that the odor Of chloroform
might be detected any time within three
or fcur hours after its use. He thought
Rlces death was due to eedema Of the
lungs.
In reply to Mr.. osborne the witness said
that four years ago he was in the employ
Of ]. n. Mlliken & Co. Of st. Louis j. r.
Milliken Is Patrlck's brotherin-aw lie
is no relation of the witness. Or Millkcn
said he had no license to practice medicine
in the state OF New York. but did have in
Missouri aud California.
DIR. Austin Flint. who was surgeon In
the army In the civil war and who Is pro
fessor of physiology at the Cornell uniycr.
sity medical school. testified that there
were cases on record where mercury had
been found in the body a year after it had
been administered.
Mr., Moore asked the witness to assume
the conditions described by Jones in the
killing Of Rice aud to say what would be
the effect on the patient.
"If the patient were in a natural sleep
he would awaken and throw off the cone, "
replied Or. Flint.
In reply 10 hypothetical &Restlon as TO
the cause Of Rice's death, Or. Flint re
piled: "Oedemu of the lungs"
To Mr.. Osborne DR.. FINN said that the
congestion Of the lungs caused by chlOro-
form would not last long enough TO pro
duce oedema.
Court was adjourned until tomorrow.