Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-14
ARsENICAL POISON

ARSENICAL POISON
 "oln Testimony as to Mrs w;1.,,
 sons Death. s;a lnan' Mar 14.-At yesterdays sos sio. or the superior court for +ba 2 +s,s sss, - Mrs Mary Lillian Manson cl,orra., ra,.a 1 .ne murder of Mrs Wilson of Ash NJ lne continued testimony of Dr t;, Voin or Hartford occupied tha an. uIs forenoon, the cross-eramir miratsa Gha Gg nnlshed promptly at o'clock bv 1a..ls 1alIes Y. I0rrey The testimonv rvos lase,y repetition or explanation in u.uI M or facts brought out Thurslav aers 'Gsllmony yesterday was to inc uneel that large quantity of arsenic 1s,a mas iound Tn the kidneys and in tba r,sr; .,h: 2 small quantity in the brain a,ns mnlcn was only discovered after ap aoorate an analysis; some in the 1unpa anu s,.h slnaH quantities in all the organs suunitted s.auild to him for chemical eyam. l Ination, including muscle and bone nf sne su rlsnL leg. After Dr Wolff had rsa 4.s 1eu Ine result of his examination. sn ne s.ale then asked what, in his opin- M M+;a iur4ed as result of his examina- so,, nad caused the death of Mrs WiI- tpn 4.,n II Drlef his conclusion was that the presence of arsenic in tbe con+a,,+s or the stomach indicated nnisnnfnr shortly before her death by arsenic od' T. mustered in a considerable quantity. .nat 7! the presence of the same poison in Ine other organs indicated also sIow poisoning which must have continued at least several weeks before her death, The witness went on to say that arsenic was naturally eliminated very rapidly, especially through action or klneys, and that its presence in re- mote parts of the body could only be accounted for by the fact that if had been received continuously into the sys- tenn for a lengthy period.
 Asked upon cross-examination if disease of the kidneys would not inn pede the natural process of elimination. the doctor replied that it would: asked further if that being the case, the poi son might not be more rapidly Iiffused throughout the system, he replied that 1t would. Asked if arsenic was not taken as medicine, he replied in the affirmative, and also asked if it were not possible for person to take over doses which would result in poisoning the system and producing results simi. lar to those found by his examination. he replied that it would.
 The next witness was John F. Cal. yin, a drug clerk in Willimantic. who said that on December Il, about 5 o'clock in the afternesn, woman, whom he identified as Mrs Manson, came into his store and asked for ar senic in liquid form which, she said she wished to give to a lady whom she was nursing in Ashford He replied he had no arsenic in that form. She then asked him if he kept lime juice, as she said the lady whom she was nursing was taken at times with vom- 1ting and she though it would help set tie her stomach. She did not, however. buy any. She then inquired of another druggist and he directed her to Will sons drug store across the way. She left the store, entered the store across the street and in about five minutes re- turned and bought two bottles of alco- hol, one pint and one half f-pint bottle Witness said that she then asked him if lie did not think she could make solution herself by mixing the arsenic with the alcohol.
 The next witness was Mrs Julia vii. son, proprietor of the drug store oppo- site Calvin's, and she testified that
 woman entered her store and asked for cents worth of arsenic, about , D. m. on December Il. Witness re- ferred her to one of her clerks She Identified the woman as Mrs Manson and said that she was dressed in a tan
 colored jacket and skirt and wore upon her head sort of hood. The next wit ness was Frederic Williams, clerk re- ferred to by Mrs Wilson, who admitted that he had sold a woman arsenic on t111 d G4I NT,.- To- the one. His testimony corroborated | that of Mrs Wilson as to the style of l the purchasers dress. The last witt
 ness was Mrs Eliza Olin, colored. who was acquainted with Mrs Manson and
 who happened to be in the drug store | making a purchase at the time Mrs | Manson entered. She said that Mrs Manson did not recognize her in the store; that she met Mrs Manson in the evening and asked her if she did not
 notice her in the drug store; that Mrs Manson was surprised and answered not. Witness inquired after Mrs Will son, Mrs Manson replying that she was ! very poorly and would do well if she | lived until Saturday.
 | Court adjourned at this point until l 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
 1 Throughout the trial Mrs Manson has been occupied in taking notes of l the proceedings and now and then ad-
 vising with her counsel She seems to
 regard the testimony with indifference
 and bears up remarkably well under l the strain.
 I SENATOR PLATES RECEPTION.
 The committee on reception to Sena- tor and Mrs Orville H. Platt requests
 the present and past state officers members of the general assembly and
 invited guests to assemble at the capi-
 tol on the evening of March 20th, promptly at 7:30 o'clock. The com mittee also announces that the doors