El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-23
DR.. E. B. Rogers Tells of
Arsenic Found in Girls
Stomach.

yearold daughter, Lille. She was CIV
en- a preliminary herring before justice
E. B. McClintock Wednesday afternoon
and he. after hearing the testimony of
two witnesses. remanded her TO the
county jail without bond, to await the
action of the grand jury.
DR.. z. B. Rogers, the first witness,
testified that he and Drs c. P and w
L. Brown had performed the postmor-
TEN examination Of the body of Lille
Cordovia Orner. II yearold child OF
Mrs. Orner, who died suddenly Saturday
night. DR.. Hugh White was present,
as was justice E. B. McClintock. at the
time of the postmortem.
DR.. White testified to having found
the lungs and other organs In condi-
ton which would indicate that arsenic
had been used. He further testified
that indications were that arsenic had
caused the death and there was no ap-
parent trace Of any organic disease
that could have caused it.
He further declared that arsenic had
been found by tests which had been
made in the joint laboratory Of him
self and Drs. Brown and that four pos
tive tests had been made of portion
of the contents Of the inner organs,
but it had not yet been determined how
much of the poison was present,
Lee TestifieS As to Insurance.
J. D. Lee, who owns the house at sos
North Ochea and boarded there with
Mrs Orner, testified that she had told
him her life, and that of her child. was
insured in favor of a man IN New Mex
leo. whose name he did not know.
He also stated that she had told him
at dinner, the same day the child died
tina: Lille would not live long because
she was puny and that he had COM
planned to her once, when she scolded
the child for burning some potatoes, !
and told her that it was not right TO
scold the child.
Mrs. Orner Makes Comment.
During the testimony Of Lee. Mrs.
Orner glowered at him and several /
times, especially when he referred to !
the insurance. she said in a half whis-
per: IT don't see how you can lie that +
way I never said anything like that"
At the conclusion of the testimony, (
Mrs Orner burst into tears. Then when 1
justice McClintock announced that he /
would bind her over. after her attorney /
r. l. Nichols asked for her release on I
the ground that there was no evidence /
to connect her with the crime, if there /
had been one committed, she told him i
10 ask If she might go home in the /
custody Of the sheriff
Asked TO Go Home.
Justice McCIintock announced that
he had no authority to grant this per-
mission. and Mrs. -Orner said: Just
for half an hour Just to get some pa
pers." However. she was taken back to
the jail by deputy constable J. W.
Brown
Mrs. Orner IS a woman of medium
height. has blue eyes. dark hair and an
aquiline nose and a double chin. Her
lips arc thin and closely set. dropping
slightly at the corners
When she appeared in court she wore
nose glasses with a geld chain over her
right ear. She wore black velvet
coat with heavy jet buttons and jet
while brown fur was
about her neck. She also wore a heavy
widows veil. which she raised during
the progress Of the trial
The testimony Of the two witnesses
in full follows:
DIR. Rogers First Witness.
Dr.. E B. Rogers was the first wit
ness sworn and he testified as follows:
y have been a practicing physician
tor nearly nine years and have prac-
iced in Ell Paso a little over three
Tears.
Il made a postmortem- examination of
ne child. Lille Orner. I opened the ,
hest and abdomen. exau mined the heart,
s1ngs, liver, kidneys. stomach and in
estines, pancreas and other minor or J
sans and glands. and the bladder.
The lungs were somewhat congested.
The heart was normal. the liver was
lightly mottled; the kidneys showed
slight congestion. I found the inner )
eating of the stomach was covered
With q thick mucous and in the inner
Membrane there were innumerable
emorrhs ges Of blood The intestines
7ere partially filled with yellowish !,
uid containing flakes that looked like
Ice There was moderate congestion =
T the walls Of the intestines.
I'VE saved the stomach, part of the Il
ltestines. the liver and the two kid
eys for examination.
Arsenic is Found.
THE portions saved were taken to a p
lborat tory where an examination was p
lade for poison. The fluid found in
le stomach and intestnes amounted Il
one pint and was analysed for ar
snic, which was found present in each s
Id every examination made. under Z
.veral different tests Small portions p
2 the contents of the stomach and in s.
estines being used for the ,examina- p
on. sufficient quantity OF arsenic
as found in 40 drops Of water to give
positive test. a positive test means d
TAT arsenic was present and mega h
We test means that 1t was not found.
I cannot state the quantity Of ar :
mic at present, except that from these i,
SITS there is a considerable quantity
It. A quantity test is under way I
wv and is probably two-thirds fin \
he'd. i
Says Arsenic Caused Death. II
1T would be my opinion that from 4
he quartity of arsenic apparently II
'esent, together with the postmortem h
that death was caused by ar Il
mic.
There was nothing in the postmor- 4
N to Indicate disease, that is, nothing
indicate sufficient cause Of death.
The normal condition of the organs
ould indicate the child was in normal
alth. The congestion in the lungs a
Id kidneys would come from weak 3
SIS Of the heart. due to the action of L
,ison upon it. al we'll the effect r
the poison on the organs themselves. T
The general condition Of the post s
ortern would indicate corrosive poi
n, that is, one that destroys the It's l
e. and in this case the postmortena II
ndings would point toward arsenic "
at is the findings in the stomach and 4
testines would. q
Arsenie's Action Slow. .