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

vesces when water is poured upon it
and is used for drinking purposes. The
taste Of sulphate of5lstrVchnia is very
bitter. If some Of was placed in the,
effervescent SUBSTANCE the person drink
ing it would not be as apt to detect the
flavor as though it was not placed in
such a substance.
Answering Mr. Abbott, the witness
said that strychrine is the most bitter
of all substances. A particle Of it dis
solved in q pail Of water would make
the entire pail full of water bitter.
>''Is not arsenic a sweet poison?" ask
ed Mr.. Abbott.
Eyes sir" replied the witness.
Don't you know, doctor, that Dr.
Koch had enough arsenic constantly in
his office to kill forty persons?"
The state objected to this, and the
court sustained the objection.
i. The witness would not swear that he
ever received bromo- caffeine bottle
without the words "Physicians' Sam
ple,'' printed in red ink across its face.
Never bought bottle of bromo caffeine,
| but have received a number of sample
bottles by mail.
The blue bottle is common recepta-
Gle for the etfervescent mixtures, said
the witness, answering Gen. Cnids. The
witness produced from his pocket a blue
bottle of bromo- caffeine that he had re-
ceived by mail a few weeks ago 1t
was sent by another company.
Fred H. Tucker, of Minneapolis, who
is employed by the Park, Davis & Co.,
testified that it is a branch manufacture
ing pharmacy house and distributes
pharmaceutical substances from time to
time. Packages were shipped Oct. 7th
to New Ulm. They were small sample
bottles of dentalone placed in small blue
boxes The bottles We're wrapped in eX-
celsior and placed in the boxes, and the
was sent to DR.. Gerhard and one to Dr.
Koch The boxes were manufactured by
apolis, and were a special order for wit
ness house. Some boxes were sent
without being wrapped in manila paper
with addresses on labels pasted on the
boxes The boxes sent to Drs. GebharC
and Koch were not wrapped up because
they We're sent in a special way, The
dentalone order being separate from the
| other orders.
On cross examination, the witness
l said that the packages were generally
addressed with pen and ink, but som'
l were addressed by type writer. Their
were several thousand boxes ordered b,
the house last fall and several hundred
and possibly 1000 had been sent out t.
l physicians and dentists in this terri
I tory, up to Nov. 1st.
The evening recess was taken.
@ This Morning.
h w. G.. Alvin was the first Witnes
? called this morning. He is a druggis
$ of New Ulm, and was q member o
s the coroner's jury that served at tn
= inquest over the remains of Dr. GeE
n hard. He was present at DR.. Gerhard
y office when the blue bottle was foun
I by Dr. Reineke in the laboratory. TIL
s bottle was found on a shelf five OF 81
G feet high The witness testified t
), having taken the bottle to the morgu
e and turning it over to Coroner Fritchi
t One other Juror had the bottle for
q short time, while the witness and D
h Reineke were searching for the box. tn
Y bottle was not opened. Witness sal
e that he had similar bottle in h
j. store, but there were no such words 6
It "Physicians' Sample" on the label. TT
IL label had the words "Bromo- Caffaine
a Stock bottles are larger than samp
,e bottles, but of the same form. The d
J. PENDANT frequently visited the Dirt
l. store. The sample bottles were ke1
d on an open shelf in the store back of Il
l. prescription counter. Gen. Childs offe
" ed a bottle in evidence with a simil;
he label to that on the bottle spoken of /
10 the witness. The defense objected, al
the court sustained the objection.
e. On cross examination, witness sa
G, that DR.. Koch could have seen the DO
" tie in his store if he was looking f
90 it, but it had q clean label on and not
it dirty, torn one, as on the poison bott
7 Dr.. Reineke took down the bottle
er DR.. Gebhard's laboratory, he said tn
I'd it was a bottle with poison in it. I
Reineke said that he had told DR.. &c
ed nard that there might be poison in t
ii bottle and that he ought not to tai
to sit. DR.. Reineke had spoken of t
a box as grayish looking. The waste ba
he lSet was really waste barrel, where {
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