The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23
Chemist Williams Reports the Analysis of Contents of
 Bakers Body
THE AFFIDAVITS THAT
 CAUSED THE ARRESTS
c. c. Truss, TayIor's Relative, Makes Affidavit of Belief That He Too Was Poisoned-Exhumatio
 Sunday.

The body of John l. Taylor, which is buried at Mt. Pinson, will be exhumed next Sunday on an order of Judge of Probate s. E. Green.
 Since the finding of quantities of ar- senic in the stomach of John M. Baker, the deceased Taylor's father-in-law, and the arrest of Bertha M Taylor, daugh- ter and wife of the two, charged with the murder of her father, as well as the arrest of the attending physician, Dr. T. A. Jones of East Lake, on the same charge, circumstances have begun to point more and more toward a possible discovery of arsenic as the cause of Tay- lor's death, which occurred last June. The chemists report of the contents of the stomach of John M. Baker showed the presence of nearly 25 grains of ar senous acid, which was sufficient to war rant Dr. F. G. Grace coming to de- cision that the deceased died from poi soning. From to grains would have been sufficient to cause death
 Dr. T. A. Jones was also the attend ant physician on Taylor and he recalls that the cause of his death last June was from gastritis. This, he says, Is a possible result of arsenic poisoning and when discussing the matter, declared that he would not be at all surprised, now that suspicion turns that way, to find that arsenic poison was the cause of that death also. He disclaims, however, having administered arsenic in either case.
 Affidavit of Relatives. The neighbors of the family are out spoken in their suspicious. Coroner Paris has this affidavit from c. c. Truss: Personally appeared before me C. C.. Truss, who upon oath says that John I. Taylor who died mysteriously in the latter part of last June, was a nephew of my wife, Mrs. l.. T. Truss, and it is my honest opinion that John l. Taylor was poisoned and got out of the way for the sake of the 5000 insurance that he carried on his life at the time of his death, said insurance being paid to Tay- lors wife, Bertha M. Taylor.
 "C. c. TRUSS, ''7116 Sloss avenue, Sworn to before me December g. 1908. ''W. D. PARIS. Coroner" Cause of Arrests.
 Here are the reports w.nch resulted in the sensational arrests:
 December 21 190S ITO the Coroner of Jefferson County: This is to certify that we have this day held post-mortem examination over the body of John M. Baker and report the following as our finding:
 "A man of average height apparently about 65 years of age; very emaciated: evidence of possible abscess of the lower left first molor tooth; teeth carious. Lungs-right lung collapsed and adhe- sions between this lung Mpper lobe) and the chest wall; also considerable scar tissue, with cavity in upper lobe. Null tiple small abscesses. Left lung appar- ently normal except adhesions between 1t and the diaphragm. Heart excess of preferential fluid; heart apparently nor nal except very habby. Liver, consider able enlargement, especially the right lobe; gall bladder distended and numer- ous adhesions between gall bladder, stom- ach and intestines. Oesophagus filled with dark material. Stomach enlarged and filled, containing 400 c. C. of fluid. Stomach contents examined by Rinaldo Williams, expert chemist, who reports having found quantities of arsenic. His signed report is attached hereto. Kid neys, right kidney small; adherent cap sule; evidence of nephritis; left kid ney enlarged, evidence of nephritis.
 And on the findings and the report of the expert chemist we certify that the aforesaid Baker came to his death from arsenlcal poison.
 FRANK G. GRACE, M D.
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