The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-22
POISON
 VICTIM LOOKED
 GOOD FOR YEARS
Medical Examiner Blames Ulcers, Not Poison, For
 Death.

Hartford, June 22-Dr. Howard King. medical examiner of Windsor, in which town was the Archer home for elderly people kept by Mrs. Emily B. Archer Gilligan, who is on trial on an indictment for murder of Franklin R. Andrews, resumed his testimony today.
 1Dr. King said he attended Andrews on the night of May 30, 1914. He had not previously been called to attend him but Andrews had called at his of- fee several times for trival ailments. He had nothing functional or iconsti- tutional the matter with him. Wit ness was called at p. m. by Mrs. Gflligan. He thought Andrews had acute indigestion, as he complained of intense pain in the stomach which he described as having a burning sen sation. Witness did not expect the sickness to result seriously. He left two tablets, one for nausea and the other as a purgative. About g p. m. Mrs. Gilligan called him again. An drews was then practically dead. He could do nothing for him. Dr. King said he had seen Andrews earlier in the day outside the home, painting a fence.
 He was in normal condition. At 6 p. m. witness did not think there was any reason why Andrews should not live for years. State Attorney Alcorn attempted to introduce death certif1- cate in which the cause of death had been left blank. but the defense had an objection sustained.
 Under cross-exafnination by MT. Holden thew itness said that the pre- scription he left was for medicine compounded by a manufacturing chemist. He did not prepare his own medicines and could not give the name of the chemist in this instance. He, did not usually keep. record of prescriptions and did not in the An drews case. Andrews. he said, had a respiration about 25 when normally it would have been IT, and his pulse was about 80 or 85 while normally for a man of Andrews years 1t would have been 70. The witness said he found Andrews lawfully sick He had vomited into a white porcelain bowl and he noted dark brown sedf- iment which he concluded was blood from the stomach, and this, blood he thought had found its way into the stomach from gastric ulcers.
 Dr. King admitted that the states dttOl4lOy 11co dottSSo. 4111I -11OI lO te1lh with anyone about the case and that he had talked with newspaper re- porters after Mrs. Gflligan,s arrest. The witness said he would not as- sume the responsibility for every thing printed connected with those interviews.
 MT. Holden-'"There wasn't a sin gle thing in this case or Mrs. Gilli. fo bov | way in talking with anyone about this, was there?'
 NO, sir,'' replied the witness.
 MT. Holden made reference to, ef- forts to arrange a meeting between Dr. King and 5Dr. Schultze of New York, retained by the defense as ar authority on poisons ,and of state mept credited to pr. King that he would not talk about the case, Wa. there anything that you thought ol MT. Alcorn thought you knew about the case to embarrass you or the state of Connecticut in an interview ? asked MT. Holden.
 'I don't want to, assume responsibil- ity for the state of Connecticut re. piled Dr. King.
 The witness said he- did not fill 1T the duration of Andrews sickness be- cause it is often impossible ito tel this, and in Andrews case there wa: no duration.
 MT. Holden read letter introduced yesterday in which Andrews said there had been deaths of IT old persons il short time. Did you think thi. unusual?'' he asked.
 Dr. King said he did not because the inmates were old and liable to die at any time.