Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-10-17


nide there with Henderson's medi-
cines.
''I knew I had to throw 1t out or
take care of it. There were two or
three little things I had in mind
then l could clean with it. l was
going down to Atlantic City, and I
remembered I could clean my watch
fob which had a little golu trinket on
it. So made a solution of the cya-
nide at that time
MacFarland was about to continue
when Mr.. McDermit interrupted him.
81 object" exclaimed the prosecu-
tor, rising in protest. He was prompt
ly rebuked by the chief justice.
"He is not your Witness" said
Chief Justice Gummere.
why, thought lawyer could not
stop his witness like that"
Certainly he may" ruled the court
Identifies writing on Bottle.
Look at this bottle and tell me Il
the writing on the label Is your hand
writing?" said Mr.. McDermit, hold
ing out the fatal cyanide vial
"Yes, sir"
Does that liquid represent the So
lution?"
why, with this exception: When
I made the solution the liquid was as
clear as water. With age and disso-
luton it has become muddy"
That is your handwriting
Yes. that is my label"
'Now, / observe above the label
are the words Peacock's something"
"Peacock's nothing! AS l said,
there is nothing to be seen sbut the
one word Peacock.
"But apparently you had written
the word poison above Peacock"
THAT is right
Look at this bottle l hand you-a
bottle of Peacock's bromides with
the complete label upon it,
Yes. sir.
'They are similar bottles in APP
pearance, are they not?"
Yes, SIR
do you know how that bottle of
Peaeock's bromides came to be in the
medicine chest?"
Surely" fn
'And where did you purchase, that
bottle, If you did?"
IT purchased it in New York"
Had you ever, in the course of
your married life, bought a bottle of
Peacock's bromides befere?"
mo; ! tried to buy bottle before,
but could not get it,
MacFarland then explained in de-
tail how a Mrs. Bell in whose home
he had boarded in Chicago. had asked
him to buy bottle for her headache.
He went to a drugstoresand was told
that it could be obtained only on a
Doctors prescription.
" Is 1t of dope" nature?' l asked
the proprietor" went on the witness
Why, yes. it is like Knockout
drops he said"
Bought Bromide In Brooklyn.
While at Ampere in the summer
MacFarland was troubled with hay
fever, so he said. Not being able 60
sleep very well, he remembered this
medicine and determined to try to get
a bottle, supposing it would induce
sleep.
II thought next time I got into a
city that would sell you anything"
he went on, 81 would get some. I
was in Brooklyn one day, with my
black bag. so walked into a drug
store and asked for % cents worth.
I thought 1t came in the form of crys-
tails. The clerk. gave me a bottle"
do you recollect what you paid
for it?"
81 think II was half dollar
And what did you do with it?"
II took II down to my office. When
l went home forgot 1t. Then I took
II home the next day. I put 1t In the
medicine chest. My wife had estab-
lshed her medicines in the kitchen
cupboard, since she lived most of the
time in the kitchen. She had some
! ~, laxative, blackberry Juice and
some syrup of squills."
MacFarland could recall no time
when his wife had to take medicines
for headache. He said that she would
have asked him to buy the medicine
for her and he had never done so.
"Did you take any bromides?"
asked Mr. McDermit.
! Yes"
What effect did 1t haveP'
"None that / could see. took
three or four doses and I was salts
! fed that 1t wouldn't put me to sleep.
I did not find that 1t acted as a seda-
tive. It was condemned as being
worthless, so far as I was concerned.
Then 1 decided to get some morphia." !"
MacFarland Took Choral
MacFarland explained how DR.. Le-
land, in Seventh avenue. near Union,
Brooklyn, had made a prescription
for him. This drug, too, he found
! unpleasant In it's after effects and he
tried choral.
Turning again to the silverware
question, Mr.. McDermit asked:
'Your silverware didn't arrive at
/ the house at Park avenue, did it?"
mo, / didn't get it."
.sDid you have any silverware?"
''Yes, some for my own table, the
table silver that we had in Philadel-
phia.'
After the main articles of silver
had been packed and part shipped
to Hamilton. and part had been
i taken back by the instalment house,
| there was still some silverware
packed in the valise you brought to
Ampere?"
Yes. SIR
How many pieces7"
'I couldn't say. Enough for the
table"
Approximately"
Eighteen or twenty. perhaps more