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ruled.
mo, SIR replied Carter.
''Well, how long did it take?"
''WeI, the indictment was Satur-
day morning and he was arrested on
Monday morning." Carter explained.
AT the time of StephensOn's in
dictment on charges of murder,
the prosecutor threatened an in
veStigatiOn to learn why the de-
lay.
1--WE didn't know anything about
his Indictment until we saw it in the
newspapers, said Carter.
Noon recess followed.
DIR. Williams, when placed on the
stand, told Inman he had handled
from ten to fifteen mercurial poison
ing cases. He said he kept individ-
ual records on ten of themm.
what is your opinion, doctor, as
to the minimum fatal dose?" Inman
asked.
"Three grains, if absorbed"
"And eleven or twelve grains
would more likely be fatal?"
"Yes."
care there other methods by
which mercury may be taken than
through the MOUTH"
DR.. Williams said it could be
taken fatally through the skin or
through any Of the numerous super
fetal body cavities.
Its Effect
"What affect would it have on the
mouth, tongue or throat?"
Necrosis"
& 'Now what is that doctor?"
& Death Of tissue"
At this point, Virgil HI. Moon, the
pathologist, who is assisting the
State, sat down at Coxs table. It
F.. seemed to agitate DR.. Williams.
Antidotes Aid
In answer to a number of Inman' s
queries, DR.. Williams said it was pos
Sible for bichloride of mercury,
taken as prophylactic to affect the
human body in essentially the same
way as if the poison had been taken
through the mouth. He said imme-
1diate administering of any albumi-
nate, such as milk or egg has ten
dency to break the ravages Of the
poison in the stomach.
DR.. Williams said the only two
cases he had observed where re.
covery followed the taking Of mer-
curry, were where the patient had
vomited Immediately after taking
the poison.
do you know of any cases Of re-
covery, where the patient has gone
untreated as long as six hours after
taking a lethal dose?" Inman
asked.
mo, sir, do not,'
Objection OverruIed
Judge Sparks oveFruled an OBJ
lection by Cox, who charged the
witness had not qualified as an ex-
pert.
e would medical aid, if admins
tered after six hours, save the life
of the patient?"
ut could not"
OulQ IL pLOlOIlS lu0 Ike
ut could not"
Now, Doctor, I want to put
to you a history of an assumed
case: Assume a woman of twenty
eight years -" and Inman was
off on another lengthy hypOthet-
ical question, three of which he de-
Evered Thursday.
Spectators shifted about here and
there in the courtroom, and some
even left. The jurors settled them
selves IN their chairs.
The question lasted forty minutes.
1nman finished as follows:
Now, Doctor, upon that basis, in
your opinion, what caused the death
of Madge Oberholtzer?"
''Bichloride Of mercury"
Another Question
Now, Doctor, let me put another
short question to you" said Inman
smiling at the witness.
The spectators also smiled, in fact,
some of them laughed.
Assuming it to be true that
when the patient-the person as
sumed, went to the home of this
assumed party she was compelled
by force of arms, by guns, revOl-
vers, to drink intOxicants. that she
was compelled to go to the Union
Station and get in Pullman draw
ing ROOM"
The veteran attorney drawled out
the word Compelled" with sarcastic
emphasis each time.
Assume that one of the men got
in the lower berth with her. Assume
that he attacked her or had rela-