The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-01-19

those spasms. After dying her jaw
dropped and parties who dressed the
corpse stated she was q very rigid
corpse, post norton was held, the
stomach sent to the state chemist who
found four-ffths of grain Of strychnine
in the stomach, would say that if the
poison was in her stomach prior to her
death that she died from strychnine
poisoning.
DIR. G. A. STILL,
of Des Moines, Is years of age, lecturer
on surgery at Still College, a graduate
Of medicine and surgery at Northwest
ern School of Medicine, Chicago, and
also studied chemistry four years att
Drake University, testified he had had
considerable experience in holding post
mortems, and was assistant city bacter-
iologist of the city of Des Moines under
DR.. G. II. Huffman. He described in de-
tail the method in which a post norton
is correctly made. Strychnine is an
organic poison. Ptomaine is also organ
ic poison. He described the symptoms
Of strychnine poison in animals and per-
book Of DR.. Kenney and said it showed
20 tests which he had made of the
strychnine extracted from the stomach
of Mrs. Woodland. Don't think it would
be possible to make these tests from
thirty-fve hundredths of grain of
strychnine. In answer to the same
hypothetical question propounded in
direct examination to DR.. Hoffman he
said he would not consider the symp
toms described as positive evidence Of
strychnine poisoning. That the indica-
tions of such death might be probable.
That the death might be caused from .
great many diseases, such as kidney
disease or the spinal cord. 1t is posi-
BILE it might be tetanus, which arises
from pin scratch or any small injury.
At the conclusion of the examination
in chief of DR.. Still court adjourned I'M
til 2 o'clock.
Court was called promptly at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon and
| DIR. C. H. HUFFMAN,
was recalled and said he analysed a
sample of the hypoph osphites which was
sent to him by w. S. Bear, Of Decatur.
In the half ounce sample / found one
| thirty-fve hundredths of grain Of
strychnine, which would make about one
seventeen hundredth to the ounce. He
testified that strychnine took effect in
from five minutes to three hours, de-
pending on the condition of the stomach
and the amount of food it contained. IL
4 four-ffths of a grain Of strychnine was
found in stomach and the person died
there would have been more of the drug
which had been absorbed into the sys-
ten.
DIR. G.. A. STILL, :
then resumed his, testimony, saying
strychnine would take effect in from a
few minutes to some hours, depending
on conditions. If taken under ordinary
conditions in bottle Of medicine, it
woald take effect in from fifteen to
: thirty minutes.
G. G. BECK,
ex-sheriff of Decatur county, residing in
Decatur township, testified he is ac-
quainted with Rebecca Green and that
her general moral reputation is bad.
Also with her mother, Nancy Green, and
that her reputation is bad.
II ABE WELLS,
/, residing in Decatur township, testified
that the moral reputation of Mrs. Nancy
| Green and her daughter Rebecca were
: both bad.
!, LINK WOODARD,
residing in Decatur township, no rela.
tion to the defendant, testified that the
moral reputation Of Mrs. Nancy Greer