New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-10

The court said that when the state
gets ready to rest, he would hear the
motion, and directed That the witness
Brooks remain in court until after the
state has rested. "
The noon recess was then taken.
DR.. Fritchie was recalled this after
noon to show where the poison bottle
was at certain times when it mad not
been accounted for by other witnesses.
He also testified to seeing a blood stain
on the telephone wire.
The cross examination developed that
the stain was nearly the width of a
hand The bottle had been handed to
him by DR.. Reineke, who brought it out
=. of DR.. Gebhard's laboratory. 1t CON
tanned little white powder and two
little granules about as big as millet
seeds or pin heads.
Contents of Bottle.
pose as Gen. Childs stated, of proving a
motive or intent. Witness said
that he had made an an
alysis of the contents of the bottle, ex-
tending over period of two weeks
The defense objected to the witness
| testifying to what ne found in the bot
tie, on a number of grounds, one Of
which was that the contents of the bot
tie had never been accessible to the de-
+ PENDANT for purposes of analysis. The
court overrued the objection.
The witness said that his analysis
showed that the substance in the bot
q tie contained strychnine in the form OF
Il sulphate and a minute substance, pre-
slunably caffane, and a sweetisn sub
= stance. The strength of the strychnine
sulphate was 9 S5l00ths per cent
There was not much bromO -caffaine il
h the substance. The weight of the sub
stance analysed was 240-l, 600 of {
grain. The smallness of the amount
S would not initiate against accuracy eX
cept as to the exact per centage. Th'
e result as to strychnine was positive
: Strychnine is very bitter. One nal
4 a grain is the accepted minimum
n amount that will produce death. TIL
bitter taste would be somewhat modi
fed by the bromo-catfaine because tn
l. latter has some sugar and etferVesce
rapidly. person generally drink
bzromo- caffaine rapidly. The analyst
a did not positively identify the charac
ter of the sweetish substance. 1t wa
ID very small. There is usually sane suga
in brOmo- caffaine.
On cross examination, the witne5
said that he preserved none of tn
re original substance in the bottle, Blu
preserved the strychnne that he ha
!. found. He used it all in making tn
analysis.
The defense moved to strike out a
d. of the evidence on the grounds name
in his objection, and the court dene
III this. ....+
'' Mr.. Clark cross examined. The wi
e ness was asked to give every detail {
the analysis, which he did. 1t involve
the use of many technical terms. I'll
p amount of strychnine found was II
or ten thousandths of grain. Some of
We was dissolved in water and I'M ected il
X t GA frog, which was thrown into COZ
ILL., WILSON'S. ..---..--.
II The bottle contained, when receive
lie some powder and white dust. The
:" were no granules OF separate substanc
=" not adhering to the sides of the DO
% tie. If effervescent salts had been PIT
'iu verified it would resemble the substan
VI in the bottle. The entire substance
w the bottle, rolled into a pellet. wou
~ have been but little larger than p
y head. There was nothing but powder
w the bottle About one four thousandtl
- of a grain of the strychnine was used
Nes the test with the frog. The amount
strychnine left after making all of t
tests was g. ten thousandths of a era
nj. the tests We're tasting, the color effe
5he and the physiological test. strychni
,ad is one Of the bitterest poisons Z
ex- blue bottle, estimating that it hal
ck- two ounces would contain 500 to G
on grains of the substance that was fou
ck in it if it was full. 1t would have tn
en- had about go grains of strychnine
pbe the proportion was to hold throusho
en- On redirect, the witness said that
ait effervescent salts We're shaken in a b.
at tie the tendency would be to pulver
into powder.
nd Eugene Kaler, member Of the e
adj oner's jury, testified to having had i
de- blue bottle in his possession for +
en- moments. This accounted for
IN whereabouts of the bottle from the II