Amador ledger., 1906-06-22
THE LED0UX CASE.
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as that of a man he had seen with the
defendant at ore time.
The witness was asked if he knew
defendant in 1903, but district attor-
ney Norton objected. Judge NutteI
inquired what it was intended to
prove by the witness. Fairall replied
that he expected to show that Mis-
LIE Doux was the inmate of house of
ilI-fame ID 1903, and that A. N. Nc
Vicar had induced her to enter such
place. 1t was ruled out.
DIR. H. n. FREEMAN of Sutter Greek
stated that he had treated the defend
ant for illness in July, 1905, and that
McVicar was there then. He had
given the defendant two tablets con-
tanning a quarter of a grain of NOR
phlne each, and had instructed her
not to take them unless her pain
became unbearable. lie said she had
introduced McVicar to him as "Mr
MuVicar." " On cross eXaminaticn the
witness was asked if he had not stated
to the district attorney that the de-
fendant introduced McVicar as, "Mr
McVicar, my husband" He said
that he had, but that later in think
ing over the matter he had come to
the conclusion that the defendant
used the words, tMr McVicar," only.
DR.. E. Harbert as an expert, testlfi-
ed that it is sometimes very difficult
or impossible to'tell by postm ortem
whether a confusion on a human
body was made slightly before or
shortly after death. DR.. Southworth,
the cor roneI, had stated that he located
the source of the hemorrhage in Nc
Wears nose by inserting small cleo
trio light in the nostril of the deceas
ed. DR.. HarbeIt stated that he had
tried several times by that method to
discover the source of nasal hemor-
rhages and had failed.
DIR. Harbert stated that alcohol had
been discovered to be an antidote for
car bolic acid; that if carbolic acid
were slightly diluted by alcohol it
would not burn the mouth or mucous
mem brane of the throat or stomach,
but would cause death. He said he
used carbolic acid, diluted by alcohol,
as an internal medicine nearly every
day. The witness testified that fluid
blood in body settles in the lowest
places, and that it is governed by the
capillary attraction and gravitation.
DR.. George s. Ha1kness testified
that if man were thrown into a
trunk and his head bruised lmmedI-
ately after death, it would be practi-
cally impossible to determine by
postmortem examination whether the
confusion was made before or just
after death. He stated that black
and blue marks have been made by
blows upon a body as late as three
hours after death. He stated that a
corpse would bleed if any vessel con-
| tanning blood were opened, and that
if the body we're turned upon Its head
and there was a rupture of some
blood vessel in the head a consider
able quantity of blood would flow
out.
DR.. Harkness stated that in his
opinion a chemical test of portion
of the liver, pancreas and stomach
would not be fair basis for an
estimate of the amount of poison in
the entire body. He said that if the
portion of the liver to be analyZed
for poison we're taken soon after
death, the bulk of the poison taken
into the body would probably be
found IN the liver. He said the ropy,
dark mucous matter found IN Nc
Wears stomach, as testified to by
chemist Rogers, indicated that some
irritant had been taken into the
stomach. He said cyanide poison
might cause such a mucous; the
cyanide odor was not always present
after death in cyanide poisoning.
Mrs LeDoux's mother, Mrs Head,
who has sat faithfully and lovingly
beside her daughter every hour OF
the long trial, tainted Wednesday
morning while DR.. Harkness was
testifying. The defendant uttered
cry of anguish and terror and stopped
beside the Frustrated form of her
mother. Mis- Head was carried to
the air and Mrs LeDouX sobbed for a
few moments. Her attorneys were
forced to apply smelling salts before
they could get their client in such
condition that the trial could pro-
ceed.
The defense concluded not to place
the accused on the stand, to the great
disappointment of the spectators,
who crowded the court room on We'd
nesday, to hear the testimony from
her. Besides the expert witnesses,
the only witness for defendant was
Mrs Head, mother of the defendant,
and her testimony was OF no great
import.
She said that for the past four or
five years her daughter had used
morphine to soothe and sustain a
depressed spirit. McViear came to
her at one time and asked that she
use her influence in having Emma
come back to him and that he would
marry her and treat her right. "
About the time of this conversation