The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-11

anach when he arrived al the
.,bIid's home, and u was pI2ced 70
draw out the pain. The witness was
positive in his own nina ~ -
rhud vas rational and vas In Whoie
possession OF his mental faculties our
ing his illness. the witness having no
doubt as to these particulars y WI,
meas had been told b. DR.. Rowland
that the child had been eating con
dictionaries excessively y mao Deeh
drinking a large ~quantlty q nilih -
night before the day Of death the
child had attended a schoot enter
tafnment. He said the emissions
caused by nausea were greenlsn anu
there was also white watery 1luld' III
/ ia tablespoons full. The child was CON
tinuaIly n~auseated-
: on redirect examination the wit
ness stated that the child had object
ed to its fathers administering the
last h~vDodermic and the witness had
administered It.
DIR. j. II. Tucker.
The next witness was DIR. j. II.
Thicker. county health officer, a prac-
! titioner of nine years. He had
he body of the child ex-
hnmed on a written order from
solicitor Daniels. This order was
read by Mr.. ZoIlicoffer, The witness
stated that he received the order on
I SUNDAY III III 49,
noon. Nav 30. at 2:15 he went to Plank
Chanel cemetery, nine miles rom
Henderson 70 where the child was
buried and had il eXhumed. CERTAIN
organs We're removed. and taken 70
paleigh. where they were transferred
! 70 DR.. w. A. Withers, who was
authorized to make the an
alysis.
The body ~ the chiId was ken to
Raleigh TUESDAY morning, May 2lst.
when it wa turned over TO Dr.
Withers.
The defense reserved the right 20
recall DIR. Tucker, and liz not cross
examine him.
Mr.. T.. 1. Jones.
Mr.. Zollicoffer asked the defense
the amount Of the insurance on the
child's life, and Mr.. Hicks said the
policy was progressive. the maximum
mount being $500, but it was less
thar that at the time of the child.s
death.
Mr.. T. I. Jones. of Raleigh, repre-
senting the Virginia Life Insurance
Company, said the life Of the child
was insured in the minimum for $3.50,
but that the insurance policy was
progressive and would have increased.
The date of the policy was April Isl,
1901, and DR.. Rowland himself made
the application. lie said DR.. Row
land had told him that he had also
made application to another company
for a policy, and he had seen thl5'
policy in DR.. Rowlard's possession,
this one being for $500. The ap-
parent physical condition Of the child
when he saw him in Raleigh in the
latter part of March was good, he
said.
On cross examination the witness
said DR.. Rowland had not seemed
anxious to have the child's life in
sured, and the Doctor had aid that
step forward. He thought DR.. Row
land had enjoyed a large practice in
Raleigh.
Mr.. T.. p. Kidd.
Mr.. L. F. Kidd, of Raleigh, manager
for the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, testified that he had never
seen David Austin Rowland. The
policy on the boys life had been is
sued during Mr.. Kidd's absence from
Raleigh. The policy was for s460.
with immediate benefit. He had in
formed DR.. Rowland that if there
was another policy on the child's life
the Insurance from his company
would be onh pro rata for $3.50. Dr..
Rowland had hesitated in taking the
policy with the pro rata rider at
tached. The policy was taken March
18th. and DR.. Rowland paid nothing
on it until early in April. Applc2-
ton had bcen made 20 the home Of
fee to relieve the policy of the rider,
but the home office refused to 10 it.
DIR. Rowland wanted it taken off. 1t
was an endowment policy. an invest
ment for the boy, and DIR. Rowland
took it.
On coss examination Mr.. Kidd was
shown q check issued to him by Dr.
Rowland March goth He said Dr.,
Rowland was talking about taking
$4,000 worth of insurance on the boz,
but he told the Doctor that the com
pany would not allow it. He also
| stated that the endowment policy is
less usual than the industrial policy.
He said DR.. Rowland seemed to have
money. and had the best office in
Raleigh.
Mr.. Walter Finch.
MI. Walter Finch. of Kfttrcll, knew
DR.. Rowland and SAID he understood
that David Austin Rowland owned
land, and since the boys death. on
Monday after the child died on Sun
day, Dr.. Rowland had offered him a
piece OF land for $1,000. Which had
been the property of the boy.
On cross examination the witness
said that he had gone to the depot to
see DR.. Rowland. as the Doctor was
leaving for Raleigh, and he had asked
LII 10 III 4 liz III Stil Ills pIdtt.
He stated that DR.. Rowland had said
to him. las things have turned out as
they have, III sell my place" He said
he had heard that people had been try
ing to buy the place from DR.. Rowland
for several years.
On redirect examination tbs witness
stated that Mr.. George Kittrell had
bought the am land for $1,000.
DR.. W. A. Withers.
DIR. w. \. Witlers. Of the A. and
NJ. College, Raleigh. the expert chem
ist. who made the chemical analysis
of the chifr'S stomach. was the next
witness. lie is AZ years of age, was
graduated 23 years age from Davidson
College. was also a post graduate and
fellow in chemistry at Cornell. and
has been a chemist ever since. He has
been a student in chemistry since
1881, and has been a practical chemist
since 1884. lie has had experience
in t~oNicology. and has extracted poison
from three bodies, arsenic from one
s~trychuine from another. and NOR
phine from the last. and ha
had large and broad expert
ence in this work. He die
not know the boy. On the 21st of MaI
he received from DR.. Tucker the