The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-28

i thrown everything out oil the stonlaci'.
Phosphorus. when taken In small guam
titles. rapidly turns into another COM
pound. The presence of calonel also
destroys the chances OF success of such
experiments. Taking 1t altogether II is
not surprising that The child was poi
soncd and that We were not able TO de.
tect IT,
~ think the child was poisoned With
Z PHOSPHORUS for two on three reasons.
The symptoms correspond very we'll with
certain cases OF Phosphorus poison. aud
then Mrs. Perkins received a letter that
Z has n PHOSPHORUS mixture or paste upon
4 II.
First Child Poisoned.
My chief reason for thinking she vas
poisoned Is that the other little child
was poisoned With rhosphorous. he diel
September 2ist--morc than month ago
In talking with Judge Richardson about
the case of Octavia, he concluded that VIC
ought to exhaust all our efforts. and
that In order to do that we had better
exhumo the other child.
''This we did. The chld's body was eS-
ceedingly dlapidated: everything dried
up and thr skin lcatherS. With some diff
f1c,ilty got out the stomach The stom-
ach was In very fair order. however; no
marked Inflammation; nothing TO ind-
Z cate any particular Inflammation.
used the same appliances on this that
I used In the case Of Octavia All of 4
sudden came one of these glcams-yery
deep. Very startling. Then came others
several others; some very bcautiful;, 9th.
ers faint. They kept up at intervals. but
there they were. appearing in the dark
like little electric flnshes--very clear.
plain and unmistnkable. Tho result was
so unexpected and altogether so import
ant that I thought 1t would be best for
me TO get some conflrmatory person to
repeat the experiment before--to repeat
Z. It in til presence OF some one else. u.s.
Ing extraordinary precautions so as to
prevent ANYTHING being communicate 20
IT the stomach by myself MS matches are
crervwherc took every precaution to
avoid that. t,&
DR.. Whitfield With HIN.
ct invited Dr. Whitncl1 to confirm
4 what I might soc. took all of the
q stomach | had loft and we fixed mp that
erran cement YOU have seen and worked
& 1t in the dark
js8&"Before very long came those CLEANS
q agnin-those flashes and they made a
& far more impressive display than they
ii had ever done before"
...Not only did the display light IN in
II mystical flashes. but, these flashes ilnni-
mated the whole surface Of The flask
and would livh; uu with n necular look
e Ing Observation-Disclosures VERY easily seer
\ and very striking, Consequently there
was no r7'stal'n whatsoever in my con-
cl1son flat phosphorus was present In
that stomach.
III cit would 10 nropnr to say. however,
that n nutrnned hodv sometimes gives
off illuminatin~ s-nses Illustrations Of
this ara soon - Jack o'lantarns. md
r,reolf hn"e seen them on the bodies Of
dead -r,1'-~- htnut to decay.
No Question Amout 1t.
..The rneetion might DO asked:
Couldn't these anoeera-ces come from,
t.ncn-,nosinr mn ter'al2 There IS no rues
ton that tho aprenrances were due tn
nhosrorns ard not due to Jack o'lan-
4 ton combinations.
INV opinion IS thnt It came from
,,hosrc~ns commissioned 10 the child be-
fore that ch'ld died The general out
cf these children died OF phosnorus
roison'nc The little one--T believe i
has been demonstrated-had phosphorus
IN rs stomach. The child's death could
hardly have heen due to suicide. The
poison must have got there by acct
dent or design"
Big Crowd On Hand.
The coroners office in the basement
of the City Hall was crowded to over
flowing before 10 o'clock. Mrs. Perkins,
with her father, Mr.. Harvey Johnson,
and her twelve-year-od daughter, Mary.
were the first of the witnesses to APP
pear. She was dressed In deep mourn-
ing and had little to say to those near
her. Mr. johnson sat with his head IN
hands In a mcditative mood, Once or
twice he spoke. to his counsel. Mr.. George
Z. Wise. wffb IL to defend him against
the charge made by Mrs. Mamie Bryant.
or Mcdowell, that he abused her and
threatened her life. The case vas TO
have been heard before Justice Crutch-
field in the Poliue Court, but was con-
tinued until to-day on account OF the
fact that the jury investiga ting the pois-
oning was still in session. When 1t is
called this morning. it is more than
likely that another postponenent Will be
granted.
Mrs. Mcdowell was in the room be-
fore the appointed hour. She was be-
comingly attred in a light waist and
brown skirt. She was alone and seemed
much worried.
Miss AbDie Mitchell, q young and hand
some young lady, who was snatchcd into
the case because Of the fact that to two
of the threatening letters received by
Mrs. Perkins. was signed the name
''Abbie" or the initials a NJ. Miss
Mitchell came in with her brother and
a young man. She spoke pleasantly TO
those she knew In the room and seemed
in the best OF spirits. The crowd was
jostling near the door 10 get ono look
at the principals In the mysterius affair
when Coroner Taylor arrived and order
ed the witnesses 10 leave the room. All
OF them retired to the office OF Chief
OF Police Werner with the exception Of
the physicians. who were allowed TO re-
main In the room.
DR.. r, II. Terril!. the family physician.
Was the first witness He was on the
stand for more than tTo hours, and was
followed by I2r, Gee, whose testimony
was exactly the same, Or. Gee was
called into the case by DIR. Terrell and
only saw Octavia Bakey one time and
this at night He was with his assoc!-
Ate physician when the prescription was
given, the night Of the death Of the
child
Dr.. Terrell's Testimony.
DR. Terrell spoke Of former visits TO