The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

shorter intervals till the end was
reached. ]
DR. Turner told of how Dr. Matthews
had entrsated him a a brother Py-h-
ian to nave the death certificate made.
out with heart failure given As the
cause OF Death. This DR.. Turner refus-
ed, saying that he would be compelled
10 tell what he knew.
In answer 10 the question as TO wnat
effect fifty one-thirtieth grains OF
strychnine would have on a person. DR..
Turner stated that death would result
in three hours unless the patient yom-
tied the dose.
DR.. Turner was her asked about
the test he had made of the contents
OF the syringe. An objection was
made when he wished TO refresh his
memory with a memorandum which he
had made from the book from which
he had taken the test. and on this point
the most heated argument of the day
took place. DR.. Turner finally stated
that be thought he could give the test
from memory, and this he did success
fully. The test which he had used. he
said, was with the few drops OF 3olu-
ton which had remained in he syr-
inge. He had taken bi-chormate OF
potash crystals and dissolved these in
sulphuric acid. He added 10 this the
liquid which he got from the syringe,
and the result was hat the mixture
turned a clear violet blue, indicating
the presence of strychnine.
Dr.. Turner then told of the Chapel
Hill analysis, saying hat he was pres
ent when ii was made. The work vas
done by Professor r. o. E. Davis. a
. very interesting part of the testimony
a this point was the bringing out OF
The fact that though the powder in the
syringe did not respond TO the strych-
nine test that could not be taken as
evidence that there was no strychnine
in it. This was owing to the fact that
the powder contained what is known
as a shield" so that when a crystal
Of known ~strychnine was added 10
, some of the powder ii still failed 10
| respond to the test for strychnine.
| Ths morning session closed with this
evidence.
In the afternoon DR.. Turner resumed
the stand. He was attacked by Major
Guthrie on the question as to whether
if there were q solution of strychnine
in the syringe, it would not have crys-
| talliZed Ia the three n u elarSinS
between the time when DR.. Matthews
had entered the room and the time
when he had given his wife the iriec-
ton thus making the hole in the needle
impossible. DR.. Turner stated that
he did cot know this to be the case.
Another attack was made on DR..
Turner by Major Guthrie when DR.
Turner stated that he had not been sat-
isled with the analysis made at Chapel
! Hill. Major Guthrie forced him to ad.
NIT that he was not a chemist, AND
then questioned the right Of a man &c
qualify as expert who, confessedly no,
IN expert in chemistry, criticised The
work of a recognized expert. There
we're many words over the affair be
tween prosecution and defense, but i
finally developed that DR.. Turner hat
been dissatisfied not as to quality @
the test made but as to quantity. ]
developed that he had been allowed
SO to use for having the test made ant
: that for this amOun he could hav,
only one test made.
The strongest attack made on Dr
Turner by the defense was for hi
neglect to inform them Of the fac
that the Chapel Hill analysis had beer
made, and that it had resulted in tn
discovery of no strychnine. DR.. Tur
ner stated that he had told this t.
several people here, and to abou. fiji
cen people in Chapel Hill, moreover
he did not consider it was his duty t
tell his
DR.. Turner denied in toto that he hat
yer made the statement that he woult
head the mob hat would lynch DR.
Matthews. Though he did not dem
that he might have said that DR.. Mat
thews' act was that of a crazy man h,
affirmed that he had only said 81
thoughtlessly and that at no time die
ne consider DR.. Matthews to be in
the least Observation-Disclosures News
March 2nd