Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-01

Strychnlne, he stated tftat lts SiiSS.
were very pronounced, were very mucll
like lockiaw, that a toXic lose or dose
that would produce deata would neces- :
sarily vary very much according 10 .he
patient. AID that the action would also
be quite as varied as the dose. In re-
sponse to questions as TO whether per
son afflicted with wounds as have al
ready been described could talk or hol-
low, he said if only the lower wound
which simply cut into the wlHdplpe,
were made he anticipated that artlcula-
ton would yet be possible and quite
probable. In the case Of the higher or
greater wound, he said that articulation
would be Impossible, as the muscles oil
the vocal cords had heen severed and
there could necessarily he no action of
them.
John Burger, who hau:ed Lfvix to
town to call physician to wait on NC
Daniel, stated that he saw blood spots
on the side of Livix's face. and that
Livix urged him not to hurry ais horses,
there being no use. as the injured man
was beyond all hope of recovery.
Jacob Miller, one of the officers who
placed Mrs. Mcdaniel and LiVix under
arrest, gave q detailed description OF
the whole house and premises occupied
by the Mcdaniel family. He descrlbea
the finding Of blood blotches about dif-
ferent parts of the room in which Nc
Daniel is said by the defense to have
committed suicide. as to the flndlng OIL
certain bloody clothes about the home
and TO finding a hammer hidden behind
a commode, from which the Top OF
drawer had been removed. according TO
the statement of the defense, by the
dead man kicking it off IN an effort to
get a razor in an effort to commit SUI
eide. and as to the dents in this cover
showing that some instrument harder
than bare foot had been used 10 re-
move the cover A bloody shirt and
dress were exhibited and he readiis
identified them as having been fouho III
one of the bedrooms Of the house.
Dr. Storer, chemist for the state
University of Nebraska, stated that ne
had made careful examination Oh the
contents of the stomach of the deceased
and that he had found no indications OF
strychnine poisoning. He SAID that the
dose which would cause death Varleu
somewhat in different cases: that
SYMPTOMS were somewhat different IN
different cases.
Jack Murray, former husband OF
Mrs. J, NJ. Price and a brother-ln-ia~
OF Liyix, testified to having at numerous
times seen the defendants occupying the
same bed, as also did William Thomp-
son. who, for a time, about three years
ago, lived in the same house with the
defendants on q farns northwest oil
Oakland.
About the last thing done by the
state last evening was tire offering as
evidence of o. bloody dress and shirt
which were found in the Mcl)aniel
home. The Introduction of such evil
dence was resisted by the defense and
the offering was withheld to some time
later.l
1t was stated last evening by the at
torneys for the state that they expected
to res their case about noon today, as
they had onl,. three on four new NJ
resses to introduce and that the recall
of other witnesses would only occupy a
short time.
The attorneys for the defense stated
that they would be able to complete the
introduction of testimony on their be-
half some time Friday evening or Sat
urday morning, and that the case would
go to the jury some tiree Saturday or
early Monday.
The court room was crowded all day
Yesterday and Judge Green number
of times found it necessary to call on
the bafliffs to preserve order, which was
almost impossible. owing to the
crowded condition of the room.