Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-05-18
Testimony in Suit Against In
SuranCe Company Shows No
Cause for Poisoning.
POISON THAT WAS FOUND
Quantity Not Enough to Have Killed
Some Men, According to Testimony
of the Experts-Doctors Who At
tended Mccarthy During Illness
Tell of Seeing No Signs of Poison
Case Goes Over Until Monday.
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Special to the EVENING NEWS:
NEW BRUNSWICK, May 1S.-
"Why don't you die so l can get an
other man." is what Daniel Kennedy
witness for the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company in the suit
against them of Mrs. Annie McCar-
thy, of South Amboy, testified yes
terday afternoon he heard Mrs. Nc
Carthy say to her husband when he
asked for a glass of water shortly
before his death. This was on direct
examination by Lawyer Willard P.
Voorhees, for the defendant.
81 took it for joke" he said,
when Lawyer Silzer for the plaintiff
examined him. ''They were both very
affectionate and joking"
This seemed to be the chief testi-
mony for the defense outside of that
given by the experts. The case was
practically concluded for the defense
yesterday when it was continued un-
til next Monday. The plaintiff may
put in some evidence to rebut the evil
dence of the defense then, and the
case will afterward be summed up,
and go to the jury.
DIR. Albright Called.
Following the testimony of Jo-
seph A. Dekhuee, the expert from
called. He had attended Thomas j..
Mccarthy three times and had dag
nosed his case as that of malarial
dysentery. He gave that as the cause
of the mans death and was still of
the same opinion.
DR.. Eugene Meachem was next call
ed. He had attended the deceased
once and what little he saw of him
said he might have died of heart dis
ease. He saw no signs of poisoning.
Daniel Kennedy was then called,
He is brother-in-law of the Nc
Carthys and it is said he had some-
thing to do with the criminal pro-
l,ceedings in the case, although an eff
fort to bring this out was ruled out
by the court yesterday. His testi-
mony was noted above.
Patrick Anderson followed. He is
neighbor of the McCarthys and
heard Mr.. Mccarthy say during his
last illness that he hoped God would
take care of his wife and children.
The couple seemed very affectionate.
Application for Insurance.
DR.. Burnett testified to examining
Mr.. Mccarthy when he made the ap-
plication for an insurance policy. He
found him in apparently good health
and in first class condition. He ad-
mitted on cross examination that his
examination was a superficial one
and that the man might have been Ill
at that time without his knowing 1t,
Mrs. Sarah Welsh was also called
as a neighbor, but she knew nothing
of Importance about the case.
Expert Tells of Poison.
DR.. A. H. Smith was next called
as an expert witness. He told of the
symptoms of arsenic poisoning, and
said it was the general belief that two
grains of arsenic were necessary to
kill man. He was asked a hypo-
thetical question as to what he
Thought would be the cause of death
where the symptoms were such they
were in this case and the man was
one of the deceased in age and build,
and he said arsenic poisoning.
On cross examination he said the
same amount of poison would not
necessarily be fatal in every case, as
much depended upon the man. Two
grains would not kill some men.
Dir. George B. Gale, of Newark, gave
testimony on the same line as that OF
DR.. Smith.