El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
Effort Made by Defence to
Show Arsenic in Body Due
to Embalming Fluid.
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Formula Not Changed, says Druggist.
w =. Warren was placed on Jhe
stand by the state. He testified that
he was a druggist Of AlamOgOrdO, and
a licensed pharmacist Was ac-
Quainted with A. j. Buck, the under
taker and furnished a preparation for
en- balming fluid from a formula fur
nished by Mr. Buck. The formula
has not been changed except in col
oring said the witness. 1.-THE fluid
did not contain arsenic"
Knew 30 Contained no Arsenic.
Cross examined the witness ueSllIleQ
that he knew the preparation did not
contain arsenic. because they were
alkaline substances
A COPY of the formula was acknow-
lodged by the witness Some OF the
ingredients Of the formula mlshl De
contaminated with arsenic, DuU no
particular ingredient Of the formula
contains arsenic. ne said. Tt might be
contaminated in the manufacture with
arsenical impurities
Formula Read to Jury.
The formula is read to jury. 1t has
formaldehyde 8 II pints' glycerlne
two uints borax 1 II pints. boracic
acid ID pound; salt petre ] Ia pound,
The witness said he did not Iurnlsn
the water Chemically pure glycerine
he said is not contaminated with
arsenic.
FILLED the Formula As Needed.
Il cannot answer for but pure Slyc-
crime have not had the glycerlne
used analvzed. An alkah does not
contain any metallic poison
The formula was hlled py Lne VIZ.
ness or a clerk and formulas are
filled as needed by Mr.. Buck, the VII
ness said
Tells Of Insurance Policy.
w. K. Stalcup, was placed on LlLe
stand by the state He SAID am
in the real estate and insurance DusI-
ness in AlamOgordO and have peen LOT
Is years I knew Mrs. Christine MAJOR
and accepted a policy on Ine NE +La
Mrs Major. I have the policy on the
life of Mrs Major"
Insurance on Wife Paid.
It was introduced IN evidence
The policy was issued Dy N ny $50.
York Life Insurance company, IN 1aNor
Of Hal IT. Major, dated Decemper j.
1906. for $1,000. $l946 was PAID 10 ma
III Major. I delivered him check OF
receipt" The receipt was offered as
Joint Policy ISSUED.
"I knew Eudora Major" said the
witness. Il know Mitchell Major
took their applications for joint pol
lev on August 2 1912, and have a copy
received from the New YORK LIE IL
surance company, which they sIatSu
was a copv of the original policy ap-
ulfcatfons of the defendant Hal mar
vev Major. EudOra Major ana NlLcheil
Major for a joint policy OF S9OOU-
The policies were introduced as eVl-
dence. The original policy lssued on
the Joint lives of Hal HerNey A1d5ol'
Mitchell Major and TudOra Major Tor
$500. issued on August 20, 1872, also
was introduced as evidence,
Policy Not Paid.
The policy has not been paid, the
witness said. though witness sald ne
had a conversation with the oeLSH-
dant concerning the payment OF the
two policies issued on the JOINT INess
the conversation being three or -FOUR
DAYS after the death of Eudora
Talked About the Policies.
s'TFe defendant and think MlIcn-
oil was nresenf when proof of death
was made" said the witness 1u9
was nothing out Of the ordinary IN
the conversation
three weeks afterward and discussed
fhs reDort on the proof sent into the
company. I would have 'been n9llAleu
if the policies had been paid
Is Being Tried by Public Also;
Major is not only being tried Dy the le-
80 ne case. but he is being tried be-
fore the local bar OF public opinion -
me case progresses minute by minute as
s-srad bv witnesses, either in direct or
cross examlnatloI, l-e pe Sitt,i,- 20 ave7v
word and awaiting every move During Ine
day and the night as well the larger poI-
IioH % FI1ert testimony Thus Far.
The past two days have been oevot , en-
tirely to the taking Of expert tesllIl lg
only. The only witnesses nave peen PLys si
clans who have attended the eeleluaLll 5
daughter. with whose murder he is charged
o- fbose who have attended his former or
his present wife concerning whose ueaI1
effer lengthy argument on the part of coun-
seI for both state and the defence. and a1teT
the citation Of many precedents Oh lesA
DR.. Gilbert the Star Witness.
The star witness for the state so Lar mas
been DR.. J. r. Gilbert. a practiclng physician
OF this city The state has introduced les-
tfr70nv through him on account Of his con-
rff7reinian for the QeIenQ-
ant Of the circumstances leading to the
death Of Miss Eudora Major. On qlrecL eA-
Fnination he has testified that the symD-
toms surrounding her death were that Of
poisoning and that his opinion Is Jhat II
Defence Brings Out Points
On cross examination the defence mas az
was not reached until after death occurred,
and not until after he had read up on the
-e-ir noisonfng The defence has also
brought out the tstimOny that he pre-
ecribed a preparation containing arsenic sew
eral months prior 70 me ueetlh On Mss -
for Dr. Gifbert's testimony, as well as the
other physicians was tnat me pale i vas
nursed alone by the oeIenoant Dut TINS mas
been to some extent offset on cross exam
ination by evidence Ct MS sollcltuqe IN her
behalf The defence LED py - g. holL, mas
been very explicit and minute in deter
mining the ingredients Of the prescriptions
given the pauenJ, ana or the pecnnlcal
symptoms surrounding arsenical poisoning.
Dr. Worsham. of Ell Paso, testified point
edly as to his connection with the case from
fafng called into consultation two days be-
fore patient died. His testimony was di-
rect as to the cause Of death-that Of pol
EoniuE
Dr. J. G. Holmes. Of this city, was placed
on the stand by the state, it seems on ac-
count Of his connection with the taking Of
the specimens of the viscera Of the patient
after death. and also that Of the former
Mrs Major well as specimens Of the yOmit
OF the present Mrs. Major IN her recent i'll
ness.
When court resumed its session Friday
afternoon, a statement made by district
attorney Hamilton, that the examination Of
witnesses for the state would not be COM
pleted by Saturday night DR.. B. NJ. Wor-
sham. Of FL PasO- was excused for this
week. and left for his home
Gilbert Again On Stand.
Dr. J. r. Gilbert was again placed on the
stand and testimony introduced relative to
the illness Of Mrs Isabel Major. present
wife Of the defendant
He testified that he had been called into
consultation with Dr. Waldschmidt to at
tend her. He made an examination, he said.
and found her teeth coated tongue black
sore mouth straining, pulse $50,
temperature 80, metallic taste, nau-
sea and vomiting He attended her just
about dark. October g. 1918. She was at
her home in upstairs, southeast room.
The same room in which EudOra Major died
and in which Mrs Christine Major died The
latter he said. had no nurse other than the
a