Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-01
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tor that the case rested. and, strange
ly enough. this phase of it was, to some
extent, lost sight of at the Assize trial.
1t is now proposed TO show how
much this doctor WAS influenced by
interested parties, and his own words
are frequently quoted to show that he
was, beyond all question, subject to
suggestions from those whose interest
il was to bring about the ruin of Mrs.
Maybrick.
! On page &c of the "Coroners Depo-
s:tions,' DR.. Humphreys says:
Il formed the opinion before death
that the deceased was suffering from
some irritant poison
! The doctors administered within six
days the following drugs: Bismuth,
double doses, SulphOnel, cocaine, nj
tro-glycerine, phosphoric acid, solution
OF cocaine, caScara, Observation-Disclosures
acid made up of nuX ToInicd, prussic
acid, bromide of potassium, tincturo OF
: hyOScyamuS, tincture of henbanc, an
tipyrine, Papaines iridine (Seymour's),
jabourandi chlorine, morphia, Fowl
/ er'S solution of arsenic, bismuth and
Opium suppository.
i Over 20 of these are dangerous poi
sons; after such an extraordinary ad-
ministratiOn OF pOisonS, it would be q
matter of surprise if Or. Humphr eys
did not conclude that james Maybrick
/ WAS suffering IL ON some irritant poi
} son.
, Eut he says: Il cannot tell whether
! I should have come to this opinion ii
] had not received the suggestion pre-
viously. l thought the symptoms were
/ due to acute congestion Of the stom-
! ach and l thought this until l received
; the suggestion of poison"
DR.. Humphreys said again: "IIad it
not been for this suggestion of arsenic,
ne was prepared to give certificate
of death, had James Maybrick died on
! the Wednesday,"
Why did he say Wednesday?
James M;.ybrick was being nurscd
by three nurses. Mrs. Maybrick was
not permitted to administer either
| food or medicine to her husband after
| Tuesday.
| If he was prepared to give the certifi-
| cate of death up to the time she was
| attending upon her husband, then,
| sui ely, after that time. seeing that the
patient was under the absolute con-
| tiot VI tiiItt ilul SIS anu luIct UtCtcGS,
| we may readily believe DR.. Hum
phreys when he says so emphatically:
eff nothing about poisons had been
| suggested, l should have certified that
| he died of gastro-enteritis.''
| Ang again he says: THE post-mor-
| tern appearances were consistent with
congestion of the stomach, not neces
| sarily caused by an irritant poison
| yN,. leo al,
| formed no opinion that the symptoms
were due to poison before it was 'sug-
gcsted to him by Michael Maybrick
On page - Of the Summing Up of
Mr.. Justice Stephen, we find DR.. Car
| ter said: Il really could not certify
that ne died of arsenic poisoning I'M
less arsenic had been discovered"
| There are other extraordinary feat
| urcs in this case: DR.. Humphreys,
who was responsible for the admins
| t1f,tiOn of so many deadly poisons to
James Maybrick, and who admins
| tered himself prussic acid, arsenic an
| timony, bismuth and scvcra! ct,1e <
within a few days of the d ;.t;, G. -
patient. presumes TO be aet7oishcd ~
the evidence of irritants in the in;c;-
tines.
| <httCi ttii tIic tN VI LIZ HULL
phreys at the trial was 50 unsatisfac-
tory, that the judge said: Il must say
that should have thought that if an
| obscrvant doctor said, We'll. whatever
| l wrote down, and whatever interpre-
| tatiOn you like TO put on this arboreG
cent vascularty do mean to say that
| ! saw spots and if he positively said
| that, I should be Very apt to believe
| HI t,l,n
30 very well with the rest of the de-
scription, as it means tree-like. where
rs these spots were more net-like. The
| question. therefore, seems to be wheth-
| or or not DIR. Humphreys observed the
| actual cause of the DEATH"
Before proceeding to consider further
| what influence the Suggestion had upon
the mind of DIR. Humphreys, it should be
| remarked that there is one very important
| matter in connection with the mcdicin,
| glass. which DR. Humphreys mixed the
arsenic in. The judge says on page ~ OF
his Summing Up" 1T seems rather
strange that there was but one glass tor
botn 1ood and medicine but il evidently
WAS so.
| Nurse Gore said: Il put the glass on
| lhe table. ana afterwards threw the mcdi-
| cine OUT us | wanted the glass to give
him food" The food was afterwards an
| aiNZed ana said to contain "a trace of
arsenic. After reading the above evidence
ana knowing that the 50 doses Of arsenic
were put into the same glass, it would not
| be matter of surprise if a trace of the
| arsenic was found in the food.
| 1t IS also matter for serious consid-
Grafton that Mrs Maybrick strongly OBJ
Jectcd to the nurse giving her husband
| the 1ood as 1t always made him sick On
rase 10 of the Summing Up" the judge
said: DR.: Humphreys was not surprised
| that the food made him sick, and told
him TO stop it. This was two DAYS before
Mrs Maybrick objected to the nurse Civ
| ing him the food
| Pr Humphreys was not an indifferent
subject for hypnotic suggestions and
| ticfe We're in Battiecrease house at that
| time several strong wlled persons whose
determination and firmness; OF character
were established in many ways
IL Is interesting to consider how the
ifiai was brought about: Mlckael Nav
hilck, a concert hail singer by profess1on
received a telegraph message in London
from MIS- Briggs, a woman who in soy
ruin of Mrs Maybrick -'ie
Mlchael Maybrick approached his sister
in-aw in her own house and said: II
nave strong suspicion of this CASE She
said: what do you meanp' He s.id