The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1886-04-23 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

BOA. It wom a case 4 suicide. I believeil the deceased had taken about one ounce and a half of chloroform. In a come of ileatlt from taking licinid clohnoform should elo'mt ILL ind traces of it in the stomach. luifit unoother case of foisoosting by liquid chloroform CMAllbef on, me, lanthat wool cowe of romovery, !nth. fatal “se 111111 referred 111h1,, was considerable illii3lllll3l/tlllll ill the stonmen I( chloroform was sufficiently long in contact with the gullet it would leave some abnormal appearsonws t lot not if d was not PlI10C11•141, 1011, 111 Colltact with the goillet. I IL, ve tried the omperiment myself. I retorted some chl.moforet in troy mooth for five or seven seconds, 314 then 111144 it Wt. I thm wash ml out my moth, but redness amwared bor smote minutes t r war and for All botor or more there woos a feeling of numlo. nem. Pr. Itevkamon dhows] me wane of the coon.. 111 the stomach of the demmsed. IBA description that it smelled overpoweriegly rttoong of elolort'hoo OW right tifterhotion of the omen in my opinion. In the rase of the death from liquid 'summing it was quite comistent with the facts tloat there should be no smell of ehlondorat 111 the mouth tof the &mutual, Chloroform was most vohttile. If eltiondorin wero dropped 011 the skin then. wool.l 100 a slight r, 4111.4 s at the time, but it wtould leo very traipient imbed. loot night I dropped some chloroform 11l noy Itotiod, and there wen. nu tuarkoof it loalf toolnon afterwards. If chloroform were 11, 111 on the skill and then IOVITYII ill OrderllL retAitk it lIIVre. there would L A born. In cases where chloroform /13111,1,11 inhaled there lord been rigidity 4 the jaw: but sometimes there woo no rigidity, and generally the rigidity W3l. very v4rtable. Comoometined loy Nfr. Clarke: The majoority of comes of poisoning from inhalation are I.leCidellt,ll, 1114 11,,,, from liquid chlorooliontrodettles. Inadionnoter. Mg chloroform I am always voided by the condition of the patient. Vim cotrotoot Loy down 11111 for all cases -that is tbe dothoolty in connection with chlorth form. It is very uncertain on It. amiton, Lunt that is one reason why ether largely Ison used latody place of e1d0r001,11.01..."8Y..h.tie1. WIIIII There is 3 considerable otromatioulty in the action tot swallowill chloroform, lout the action depends very largely upon uhetioer the mail vomits tor nut. - answer to, the Foremottoof the Jury, DB Tidy 1111 cloloodorm was 111 y hooch moore likely to silOW IIL the mond, than it woold i 1 it were dromol oon the skin of the fool for imtance.-1 hedielge, Nfr. Ireaelovaid that, ..4perinontii. lommelf, he produced whiteness in Ilia emoth loy the tht dhhent. Iho pm know Anything of that It ix contrary h, my own ealsori. totem. There weno ...signs of whiteness hi mynotith. —.The Attorneydlenerd 11w long did you keepthe chlonoforin tot yom notoutlo —Floe or M. seconds. Ada .loolson 1111111111.4 at this point in the pro. ctoolinots. Nlr. Clarke eimplainml that dm defence was only itoformed last night that slit. wai thllwl —The Attorroeydierieral intimated die witness load been callml to give evidence ito coonnection with something that flail ariseto tout uf 11, I.' ach%evidence. -The dodge adoal If it was necess.ory lor the witooms to he sworn. --The Attionicy.l ieneral did TIIIt Prel.ll the matter 111 calloug the witness, oklllip With II e coll. enrolll e oI lIIn, Will., the witness 11111 11111 swoop, and retinal without ng any md 0e1... Maly Ann Furlong, nodding at Nhortoon, married woman, said : artol n 4 servant to Mr. anti Nlrs, Bartlett at Nloortmo Cott., from January to Sep tentlwr, lama. I lived with my londoom,l near their home, and went 1101111 1,1•11. afternoon. I timally won to their how at eight O'clock 111 010 moorning. I mad. the laid Y 011.41111, MIA N°llll4lll. M,V. Bartlett. Mr. and Sirs. Bartlett never occupied ..,11.441i lads in that 111111,11, Nlr. Bartlett hol loath in his Isdrootto o.verY noorniff. liorneus every day. NI,. Dyson came there some. tones. I have left Nits. Bartlett and Nit, 1111111 alto, together 111 the Immo. I umml too sm. Itao.tloott aming home at night. do (ar as I mold see Nlr. toed Nino, Bartlett lived moot admtimaho tent, null as lophanol and wife. I, s' 'rotor Nltmhall, tof the Nfortrovolihon 11111111111 d 11001 r. holarill, said 111,,,' 1110 dingo of thi, ease, and uttendetl the intineat. Mr. Dyson and Nlrs. Bartlett weretheromn thialth and I Ith Brofornato. OIL IL, 111 1,,14 .11141 s 4 a witness. The Comm. r roolod the prom,- ho give evidence on loth the 111, and the 11 111 February. She dill ood 111.4t0, stool .41 Ow 11111 I took lee totho cosh. I said to lee, "OIL', alba. has IL" 'I how today I must take yo u into meotody for tlw wilful mord, of your loomidob hy ailminioth.ring 11 111111, oda,. midnight the al. t 4 December last, II isoitemous dose of chloroform. ' I then eautiooned her that I would pale, too writing any gatemen{ shoonight nude I'll w given hi evident• II 11 1,1,1 %he replied ff I love mothing to saY." I Wok her into custody, and slno ems chore' in the ordinary way Irsfore the todlfiatratr. I'dd...b. 11.1 day, I lied searched along {lse Into of the London, Olutliani, NJ Sow 11,11110 beewneu rouldwin.ryv