Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-22
Defense Continues Taking OF
Evidence In Behalf of the 3
Accused Today
THE INTEREST is UNABATED
Expert Testimony Taken by the De-
Tense Has Been Strong For the
Prisoner and That of Or. ThieIand is
Thought to Have Been Especially
Strong-The Evidence.
pecIal to Tlmes-Republican


evidence was continued on behalf OF
the accused today in the Slifer muir
der case The evidence was along the
same lines as that taken Wednesday,.
The expert evidence taken by the de-
tense has been very favorable to the
prisoner and that of DR.. Thieland es-
necially strong. The attendance at the
trial continues large and there is no
abatement of the interest in the case.
The evidence in detail:
Wednesday Morning.
DR.. Beary recalled at the opening of
court this morning. Witness testified
in reply to questions by the state that
in diseased stomach the gastric
juices of the stomach cause somewhat
of a change in the appearance of the
stomach and sometimes might occur
to degree in healthy stomach.
On redirect, witness testified that
there would not likely to occur any
signs of the action of the gastric
juices as early as six or seven hours
after death.
DR.. Thieland called for the defense.
live in Grundy Center, am practic-
Ing physician. I am the family physi-
clan of the family of Mr.. Sitter; have
noticed spots on the chin Of the de-
ceased. Have been consulted in regard
to the spots; did not prescribe any
remedy for the disease.
State what was said by Katie Slifer
to you about these spots? Objected to
by state. Objection sustained by the
court. Subjects Of this disease, vitilgO,
are frequently found in the insane asy-
lums.
The Hypothetical question was here
put to the witness as to the finding of
a subject dead as before described.
Witness would conclude the chloro-
form had been taken thru the mouth
into the stomach; no traces Of the
chloroform which had been taken into
the stomach might be found ten days
later in the lungs and brain. Chloro-
form taken down the throat would
leave no traces Of its being swallowed
in the later examination of the throat
and esophagus. If I found the stom-
ach of subject shrunken or contract
ed to one-half its size, l would think
the cause to be due to an irritant be-
ing taken into the stomach. was CALI
ed to the Slifer home between and Z
a. M Sunday morning. Saw cup on
the stand in reach of the bed; saw
defendant there who appeared to be
feeling badly. The attempt of nom
expert to administer chloroform to
sleeping person would most likely fail
without awakening, on account OF
the disagreeable sensation resulting
from the sudden approach of the
chloroform to the mouth and nostrils.
Cross examination: Witness testi-
fled that the care necessary to pre-
serve life might to degree hinder or
les an the successful attempts of an
exit to administer chloroform to q
sleeping person without awakening
him.
Witness has attempted to administer
chloroform to sleeping children, but had
not been successful. The disease,
vitiligo, would affect the mind of it's
subject, noticeable to the associates Of
the subject. A spot on the outside of
a stomach, coming from an irritant be-
be clearly noticeable on the inside of
the stomach.
The examination Of Dr. Thieland was
most thorough and the witness remain
ed firm, and made a good witness for
the defense.
DR.. Findlayson, of Des Moines, a
physician for 80 years. Have used the
drug chloroform. Have some know
ledge of the disease vitiligo. 1t Is con-
sidered incurable. Only in rare cases
is it cured. 1t affects the minds of it's
subjects only in the form of worry
over the unsightly spots coming on the
body.
Where subject had swallowed
chloroform would expect to find very
little traces in the mouth and throat
but more visible traces In the stomach.
If I was sure chloroform had killed a
subject either by injection or 1nha-
lation. I would expect to find the in
ternal organs well preserved at the ex-
piration of ten days after death.
The witness went on at length, ans
wering all questions pertaining to the
favorable to the defense, IN
Guiding the hypothetical question put
to all the other witnesses.
Cross Arsenic is cor
rosive poison.
strychnine is corrosive poison. A
corrosive poison introduced into the
has an immediate effect.
Witness had never examined a stom-
ach where chloroform had killed the
subject. neither had he examined the
esophagus or throat Of such a sub
iect. [ would expect subject sWal-
lowing one and a half or two ounces
of chloroforn to die in from one half
hour to three or four hours after tax
ing. Commissions sometimes occur at
ter swallowing chloroform.
Commissions may occur when chloro-
form is inhaled, but l do not think 1t
often occurs. The effects of the chlor-
form on the throat and mouth would
depend upon the length of time it was
In contact with them.
Wednesday Afternoon.
According to the apparent sentiment
DR.. Thieland, who occupied the stand
this forenoon, strengthened the defense
and made for the defense the strong
est witness 80 far introduced.
Court resumed it's work this D. m.
with DR.. Findlayson on the stand.
The state tried hard to draw a direct
answer from the witness as to how
short time subject had died by the
Injection of chloroform into the stom-
sch. Witness could answer. Witness
.estifies that subject dying from in
lalation of chloroform would most
likely in his opinion die in stage of
excitement
Food introduced into the stomach