Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-15

had gone to the Photographic labora-
tory and had gotten some cyanide
crystals, which he brought home to
make a solution to clean his wife's
jewelry. He said he o a bottle
that had had a bromide solution In
1t that he had used for his wife when
she had headaches, and that he al
ways prepared the dose for her. He
said he put what crystals he could
into it and filled it with water, MAX
ing a solution that way. He said he
could not recollect what he had done
with the larger crystals. Then he
said he had labeled this bottle Cyan
hide solution-poison! md
The county physician paused a mo-
ment.
Before he put the cyanide in the
bottle he emptied out Of the bro
mide bottle what was left of h bro
mide solution and put 1t into a
smaller bottle and labeled that. Then
the cyanide solution he put back In
the same place he had taken the
bottle from. 1 asked him II he dio
not think it was very careless. He
admitted he thought so and said he
ought not. to have done it. Then on
the washstand was a glass that was
standing there. He said that he
thought DIR. Gale had examined it,.
"Did he show the cyanide to your
lie 6l5."
81 show you Exhibit No. L.
s'ft Is exactly like the bottle
s.What did you do with the bottle? =
"Put it right back where 1T was
taken from. Then the tumbler that
was there nad a very few drops OF
some coloriess liquid. There wasn't
enough odor to tell what 1t was put'
putting your finger in il, you got a
| scapy feeling yoL get In a cyanide
| solution. I then examined his wife
again, very casually. She had beer
| dead for some time. Then / told
hin, that there wenld have to be IN
autopsy. He said he didn't want an
aut ,psy. that he would rather not
have one. He said he didn't want
the scandal and he fidn't want 1t to
got into the papers Oh account of the
kiddies. Well, 1 said there was nc
way out cf it. I've got to find out
what your wife died Of"
"Do YOU recall at the time he was
saying to you he didn't want an au-
topsy because of the scandal he made
| any suggestion to -ou is to what the
| cause of death was?"
.He wanted to know IL ] could moi
make it out heart failure. l said
could not"
Mr.. Deghuee had recited a Ions
list of college degrees that he had oo
tanned in his efforts to fit himself a.
an expert on chemicals, and then n
launched into a long story of tn
means he took to ascertain whethe
the stomach and other organs o
| Mrs. MacFarland's body conta1ne'
cyanide of potassium poisoning.
The testimony was purely 'techni
cal. so much so that at times evel
the experienced court stenographer
had to stop and ask him dil
ferent medical terms used by MN
were and how they were spelled.
After he had finished his direct ties
timony. which was given without in
terruption and in his own way, n
was turned over to Attorney McDer
NIT for cross-examination. The lat
fer had Just got started when cour
raoessed for the one-hour moo
luncheon time.
When DR.. Mckenzie left the stan
Chief Justice Gummere ordered a re
cess of Ave minutes. When court re
convened Attorney McDermit was ou
of the room.
where is Mr.. McDermit?' tn
chief jusctice asked.
HE will be in in a minute h
was informed.
"Well he better be- drily remarks
the chief justice as he sent a cour
officer to look for the absent lawyer