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goes on repeating the dose before there
is complete recovery, then IN the course
OF time he will die, Another word on
the subject: it is not a cumulative poi
son when taken in these small doses.
It does not collect in the system in the
same way as, for instance, lead does; on
the contrary, ii rapidly passes away.
and 10 is the arsenic which passes away
which kills. and not that which remains,
and this makes IL one OF the most dan
gerous Of poisons. inasmuch as in small.
doses it produces symptoms which. un-
less they are taken together. may not
be recognized as being peculiar TO ar
senic. and. producing these effects. death
results. 1t, is especially the case when
taken In a liquid form In small doses.
but after a dose has been administered
for a day or two. except IN the liver,
you do not find extensive traces OF ar
senic. That may be taken shortly as
popular knowledge of the subject, and it
is necessary that should explain it."
Confusion After Death.
James Maybrick died on May IL. 1889,
at $50 O'Clock in the evening. In the
meantime. a letter written by her TO her
lover. Alfred Briefly. had been inter-
cepted and one from him to her found
In her possession. They left no doubt Of
her infdelity in the minds OF Michael
and Edwin Maybrick, her husbands
brothers.
She was virtually a prisoner in her
own house. The theory OF the crown
was the fatal dose OF arsenic had been
administered on or about May g. On
this point Mary Cadwanader. a parlor
maid. testified:
"On Sunday morning. 18th April, Mr..
! Maybrick said he had taken an over
dose of London medicine, and it was
the same as / had taken in on the
Friday, the 18th; some medicine had
1t in"
There is no mistake about this?"
No"
Your master told you this7"
Yes; he asked me If the medicine
/ had come on Friday morning. the 10Th.
The next day was Saturday, the 27th.
the Wirral races. and the conversation
took place on Sunday. the 18th. The
medicine came on Friday morning at
$50 o'clock; it WAS in a box. I knew
J 1t was IN a bottle; could tell by the
shape OF II. II was small box made
Of pasteboard. believe It came from
DR.. Fuller, bat did not hear tie name.
/ Mr. Maybrick was expecting his medi-
, cine from London: I am quite sure he
did not tell me where It was 10 come
from. He told me he had been up to
London and was expecting medicine a
day or two before IT came. 1t ought TO
have been here a day or two before II
actually arrived"
arFdepre crfx-ar, At ba 4rfal
about this bottle, or as TO what II con-
tanned; but evidence was given that DR..
Fuller had not sent It,
DR.. Fuller's evidence was:
I'm consequence of a letter from
Michael Maybrick. I went TO his cham
bers, Wellington Mansions, Regents
Park, on Sunday, the 18th OF April. for
the purpose Of examining his brother,
James Maybrick 1 saw him and made
an examination Of him, and heard what
he had to say. He complained OF pains
in his head and OF numbness, and said
he was apprehensive Of being paralyzed
He had lost soma sensation and felt
numb. The examination lasted an hour.
/ found there was nothing the matter
with him.
Magnifed His Ills.
ct told him there was very little the
matter with him. but that he was suf-
fering with indigestion. and that I was
perfectly certain there was no fear OF
paralysis-the symptoms were those that
might be attributed 10 indigestion. When
l told him this he seemed more cheerful.
I did prescribe for hinl-these two pre-
scriptions. l prescribed on the 14th for
farsf nd he
other a tonic, with liver pills. On the
following Saturday. the 10Th. the de-
ceased came 10 my house; I examined
him again and found him better. The
dyspeptic symptoms Of which he com
planned had partially disappeared He
was a man who seemed inclined 10 ex-
aggerate his symptoms. He seemed a
nervous man. The cause Of the numb
ness OF which he complained was func-
tional disturbance Of the nerves. l sup
pose; certain disturbances OF the nerves
produce numbness. It IS almost i'm
possible TO say what is the cause of con-
slant disturbances in the nerves.
There was little doubt that James
Maybrfck was addicted to the intemper-
ate use Of arsenic and other poisons. for
the purpose OF stimulating jaded nerves.
Oue theory OF the 0cfenSe was that
Maybrick had died from the effects Of
an overdose Of strychnine, administered
by himself. Here is the evidence Of
MOrden Rigg. Liverpool cotton mer-
chant:
Statement of Morden Rigg.
Il knew James Maybrick well. I was
at Norfolk, Va. for several cotton sea-
sons extending before and after his
marriage when Mr. Maybrick was there.
He lived there before his marriage. in
1881. with Nicholas Maine Bateson, first
at a hotel. afterwsrd in house in York
Street, taken furnished from a Mrs.
Sewell. ! knew DIR. Ward. OF Norfolk.
Maybrick saw a good deal OF him as a
personal friend. and also as medical
adviser DR.. Ward Is dead. think he
died IN 1886. ] did not know much in
timately Of Maybrick's habits when
there: 1 mean in reference TO his alleged
habit OF taking all sorts of medicines.
He went TO Norfolk certainly for two