Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-19

Tense as being cross examination of the
states own witness. The court said
Proceed
You are prejudiced against Mrs.
Hewitt, are you not, asked Gen. Stur-
devant.
Il am not she replied with a
slight uplifting of her chin
You do not like her?"
Il do not want to express myself"
said Miss Hotter firmly.
who told you that Mrs. Mccormick
had attempted suicidey'
..Dr. Landmark Then on further
questioning she said it was told her
when Mr.. Mccormick was present and
by him also. That ended the exam
nation
keep Your Seats"
1t was growing dark and Judge
Quinlan asked the jury to be taken out
and the spectators to keep their seats.
One man started to go out.
Sheriff seat that man" called the
Judge When | say | want the spec
tators to keep their seats | mean it.
and the sheriff is instructed to arrest
any one who disobeys, hereafter
Then court adjourned to Thursday
morning.
State Chemist Got Viscera
Harry Kluether Of Madison, who tes-
titled that he was chemist for the state
dairy and food commission, was called.
He had received in August 1915 from
Coroner EllingbOe of Ladysmith, two
packages, one a glass jar containing
human organs and another small
phial which had some substance in the
bottom. These he put into a refrig-
orator and few days later sent them
to DR.. A. S. Loevenhart, professor OF
toxicology in the University of Wiscon-
sin. There was a sharp passage by at
torneys over the Identification of the
court permitted the Introduction of the
testimony on the lines begun by the
state. Mr. Stebbins cross examined
for the defense.
The Finding of the Strychnine
DR.. A. S. Loevenhart was called.
He wore large pair of tortoise shell
rim glasses and was the states best
witness up to that time as he was per-
fectly confident of his vocabulary His
explanation of toxic science and
chemical reaction necessary to secure
the alkaloid residue from the brain
and yiscera of the deceased woman in
words of fourteen syllables, were lis
tened to with eagerness by the jury
and spectators.
After saying he had studied medi-
cines and toXicology in Johns Hopkins
University and after teaching there
five years had become professor of
toxicology in the University of Wis
consin he explained that toXic0lOgy
had to do with the action, Identified
ton and recognition of antidotes and
treatments of poisOns.
On August "A and 81 he had received
packages from the state chemist. He
identified both the phial and the glass
made at the time he said the phial was
once labeled but the label was
scratched off and the only part that
remained contained the word white
Cloud The phial contained some
powder, some irregular particles, few
broken tablets, and one that was nearly
whole.
Tried it on Frog
/ proceeded to examine these for
strychnine as / had been instructed
From his notes he read the details of
the examination and said that in the
bottle there II grains of strychnia sui
plate. One of the tablets weighed four
grains and contained one and "A grains
of pure strychnia sulphate. He had
tried one-siXtieth grain on frog
weighing one-third of an ounce, and at
once the frog had shown the symptoms
following strychnine poisoning.
How large frog did you say?" in
terjected Mr. Stebbins of the counsel
for defense
"One-third of an ounce We some
times use them as small as one-eighth
of an ounce" replied the doctor
THANK you for prompting me-"
said Gen. Sturdevant to Mr.. Stebbins
well, that seemed like pretty small
frog" was the reply.
This was the first time that the re-
suit of the examination of the organs
of Mrs. Mccormick had been made pub
lie. The doctor told of the method of
procedure how it was necessary to fiji
ter and refilter with alcohol, water and
many times before he was
The organs were not IN the
best of condition and when they reached
him there were spots of mold on the
stomach and brain. When he was
through he found that the organs con-
tanned one-third of a grain of strych-
nine. He had lost much of it in the
work of purifying the mass and secur-
ing the solution from which he had
worked.
Probably One Grain Of Poison