El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16
rise in attendance at the time he

q nurse in attendance at the time he
was there.
a post norton examination was
held and I was present he said
iqThree specimens each were taken OF
the heart, liver, kidneys, stomach
fluid from q cavity Of the lungs ana
the contents of the stomach Wneh
the specimens we're taken Dr. ROGERS
Prof Hare and I each kept one. This
was done July z, 1913. Df. ROGERS
Prof Hare. Mr.. Buck and myself were
present. Mr. Hare was present at the
request of the defendant The specl-
men I had was placed in the vault OF
the AlamogOrdO State bank me
specimen was delivered to Prof. W. H.
Seamons." He said he knew mrs
Christine Major for four years. Sne
died in April, 1912, and her body was
taken up and post mOrtem held at
which he was present. Three specl-
mems were taken. DR.. Rogers TOOK
one. Prof. Hare one and DR.. Holmes
took one. Prof Hare represented the
defendant. Il know DR.. Gerber. he
was present at the post mortem, ne
said "He represented the defendant.
The sample delivered to me was dellV-
cred to Mr.. Seamons. unoersIdhG
Mr.. Seamons Is a chemist of FL Paso."
state Wins First Round.
Concluding the first legal battle fought
out by the counsel in the absence Of the
jury in the case, the state won, hands down,
yesterday afternoon, when special judge e.
A. Richardson DECIDED IN IaNOE o. the az
mission Of evidence relative to the death OF
Mrs Christine Major, the DEFENDANTS first
wife. The admissibility Of this evidence as
well as that relative TO the Illness OF MIS-
Isabel Major and that OF Mitchell Major,
defendants son, was argued by counsel for
both the state and the defence.
IN the argument the state practlcally
outlined what the prosecution INTENDS TO
try to show; that the death Of the former
Mrs. Major was by poisoning, and that from
the fact that defendant collected an insur-
ance policy her life he was Following
a regular scheme Of raising money by in
Burance policies, this to be adduced as the
motive for the death Of his daughter, Eu-
dora
BY introducing testimony regarding the
sickness Of Mitchell Major, 1t is also out
lined that the state viii use attempted pos
Oning in that case It is probable that the
illness Of the present Mrs. Major VIII De
used as part Of the same effort
The jury was permitted TO return yes
terday afternoon and DR.. J. r. Gilbert
resumed the witness stand, and in answer
objected to by the defence. said that he
attended Mrs. Christine Major in ner last
Attended Miss Major.
L O. Fullen, assistant prosecutor, refer
ring back to the sickness Of Miss Eudora
Major Dr. Gilbert testified that he had been
the family physician and that she had been
IN robust health prior to her last sickness !
Mrs. Christine Major died, he said, on April
her final illness from March "a until her
death He was called in by her husband,
he said and made an examination. He
found her suffering with some form Of
nerve degeneration and Inflammation which
then and ofteutimes resulted in paralysis.
He stated that death was caused by paraly-
sis. induced by polynuritis. He was not in
position to state the cause Of nuritis, he
said. He did not know whether death was
caused By chronic, acute or sub-acute ar
seniC poisoning.
As to Mrs Majors symptoms on March
"a, 1912. DR.. Gilbert testified that he found
her in an emaciated weak condition, prac-
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little from that time until death; Suffered
with pains in the lower extremities and the
abdomen. These remained permanent symp-
toms until a week before death, when, be-
ginning in the feet ascending the legs and
arms all sensation was lost; paralysis in
creased until she had no use or sensation
lion. He stated that the symptoms might |
prevail and probably would prevail in !
chronic arsenic poisoning.
Dies of Arsenical Poisoning.
On being reQuest1oned DR.. Gilbert testi-
arsenic posoning, according to his classifi-
cation Following this, the physician ex-
planned the different classes Of arsenic pois-
Oning, their effects and symptoms at all
stages until death all Of which the defence
promptly objected to.
on eross-examination Dr. Gilbert testified
that on his first visit to Eudora Major, she
was violently vomiting and remained in that /
condition for some time He made an eX-
animation. but kept no written record Of it.
Her temperature was routine ne had no
recollection OF the pulse. but it was high (
He did not inquire as to whether she was
suffering from thirst. She was not affected
with diarrhea- Prominent symptoms were
vomiting He made no inquiry to her
diet except for the night before. From her
father and the patient he learned that she
had made and eaten candy called divinity"
It probably contained fruit
Ibid they tell you that the ingredients
were Maraschino cherries and the Juice of
the cherries2" was asked by H B. Holt, for
the defence.
81 understood that it was cherries"
did you make inquiry as to what was
eaten that morning."
Il did"
what was eaten2''
They told me hot cakes. coffee. syrup
and probably spoke OF butter"
Witness did not remember anything con-