~~ © i Aigaaé 1 gave Mrs. Sutherianud wis given mse eta ; i cae . . . " “oon SUES THE THE SLOW POISONING CASE. vinccsotine her wact of sensibility, she i was always able to mix her whiskey and si : milk, and take it—except after the actute Cc ., er MA attack. The whiskey bottle was always PRELIMIN ARY scXAMINAT lON ,either on the table or on the floor beside her bed, where she could reach it herself. e : . : | superintended the analysis of the sedi- . : ; Beforeithe Stipendiary Magistrate. iment. 1 can myself perform “Marsh's Test.” IL saw my son perform it in this case. He prepared his apparatus, which ; ' , consists of a chemical flask, having a fcork A Q JESTI ON AS TO COUNSEL. with two perforations,through one of which a ; tube tunnel passes nearly tothe bottom of the flisk, and through the other aglass tube, and re ‘ | yargizy 7 ‘ , & _— ; y THE EV IDENCE OBI AINED. putintoitzineand hydrochloricacid and some ‘watér. The object was to produce pure hydrogen gas. He had a spirit lamp under EX: la it to keep tt warm. As soon as he was sure /NMMMIMALLON nae the gas was formed he put a light to the tube and produced flame. He then took a porcelain cover and touched the flame several times to.see if it would produce an_ effect BR. TAYLOR’S TESTIMONY. | upon the procelain. It did not do so. This was before any of the sediment was a _—————— Dr. Johnson's Concluded. a put in. Then he added the sediment. He ; , . had it dissolved in hydrochloric acid. I Tue ‘rush’ to_the City Hall was not ; : 3 indie the hele auaetode' deen: le no test of the purity of the acid, nor so oT t o-d as « thet ‘ re ous ; 8, ’ inte -_" a . did my son that I know of. Then he snd the persons ecncerned in the trial were touched the cover to it and got the result, on the procelain, of metallic arsenic, or it might be antimony. He tried one or two of the stains on the procelain by_the blow pipe and found that it disappeared. We not so punctu | in their att sndance. It was abiulta quarter past eleven when the fair prisoner appeared and the investigation | was resumed. His Worship the Mayor oc- cupled a Sent DeSide the Stipendiary Magis- . omet rt xamination of Dr. | 28¢4 7 other test except that of the blow rate ic cross-é sininath al . by Mr. Pete and the Attorney- | Pipe OF evaporation. l think there is quite VULNS U V ‘ eros ua vie - rae ” : . . ; ble ; > until Mr. B. J./* difference to the eye in the (y era! proce saded quiety until JAI » es. : = Sa i hat Hodge % few «questions He | Stain = formes y antimony and tha igson rose tO 4SK A lew ques tons . e form od b » arsenic The antimon . is Sald that he was present as counsel for Mr | ™ , : y ; : blacker and re smoky, and has not so and Mrs Sutherland, that he was not an- lacker am oer _ ky, = ° , , much of the metallic lustre as the arsenic ; ) either of the parties before the “ee , os é Mr. Sutherland and it doesn’t form rings similar to the ‘ OUula bal . . arsenical stain. I sent some of the sedi- ment to the Attorney-General to be trans- imitted to St. John. I never saw Mrs | Weeks in Mr. Sutherland’s house. I made ‘special enquiry as to where Mrs. Suther- land’s food came from and who prepared it, {found that it was prepared in her own lL ljearned this from frequent en- tagonistic t court, that the was that the fullest light should be thrown | upon the case, and that he w yuld therefore uesire like ‘ask Some questions as fo what Dr Johnson had said tou Mr. Sutherland on the moraing of the 7th January, in addition to that which he had already stated to the} lo this proceeding, Mr. Malcolm court . McLeod, Q. C aeey raised an abjec- | : 1) that ti : wiermocinn 4 quiries Mrs. Farquharson brought in tiuom (i) that the report of & Conversation Saad il tl ; 5 di Di iteicaal i iat ‘some food after the poisoning was dis- between Dr. Johnson and Mr. Sutherland | 50° s : I hic! I fo atl was not evidence: and(2)thatMr. Hodgson, |Covered On the day on which I found the sediment, Mrs. Sutherland, Sr., and I think Miss Cousins, was in attendance upon Mes. Sutherland. 1 won't swear that Miss Cousins was there. Court adjourned. representing nether the Crown nor the prisoner, had no right to interfere with the investigation. Mr. Peters said that the M iwistrate had oo the previous d ty ad mit- ted the same class of evidence as that which | Mr. Hodgson now proposed to obtain. Mr. | aba : Hodeson contended that, as counsel for Mr. | LEVIDENCE TAKEN TO-DAY. and Mrs. Sutherland, he had the right to | THURSDAY, Feb. 27. yrroceed: that ne one was more interested | } et Ble Bathenlond ad that Cross-examination of Dr. Johnson resumed. Dia is cient, Dir. Sulheriand; ane it | mn . iy 6 er ; | --To Mr. Peters: With regard to the dis- ase of the I called it phlyepeluner ini ssabie ou the saine ground as that on | Cane “ he eyes, . ; : } y Pp : jcopjunetivitis. This disease is not common vamong adults, though I must bave had } amongst adults several cases of the same |kind. It occurs frequently ameng children. Finaily, the Magistrate said that he would | kind. I ~ } oo : 7 ie , ; -. | it is essentially a children’s disease. It is permit Mr. Hodgson to question the wit- | | more [requent among children. ness, if he sppeared as counsel for Mrs Cte . ; ; eatin Mili Sneiettitiehin stems ee, | fo the Attorney-Geueral.—She hadn't Oulnera . e esily e p> | as . . ’ ; wd i | that distase after the 10:h December. The ceeded, as reported below. disease she had then was a distinct dis- WEDEESDAT-—~ COS | enag. The bottles were taken from ithe house by myself on the _ third | . vm I saw these symptoms, but up to the time | jor fourth visit of Dr. Taylor, Cr ‘hi . .. OF discovered the arsenic in the bottle I did| to Mrs. Sutherland. This was after the 29:h not suspect arsenical poisoning. My mind |Jany. 1 took four or five medicine bottles ' : wasn't capable of conceiving such a sus-| The bottles had all been used; but not all rcion under the circumstances, though [ | fully used; the inaltine bottle was only he evidence he wished to obtain was ad which the other part of what Dr. Johnson isaid to Mr. Sutherland was admitted. The points were discussed at som length. [EVIDENCE TAKEN ON TINUED. } [ thought of lead poisuning frequently. ] | about half used. ae oe : | To Mr. Hodg — Concernin m don ¢ know of anything that would produce | Yo Mr. oagson 0 - y sll ¢ ymptoms exhibited in Mrs. Suther- |conversafioa with Mr. Sutherland ; . . i - ial } land's case excepting arsenic. Vumiting | on the 7th of January,—! told ' I rise irum other causes; so might Mr. Sutherland I had found a sediment in diarrhes, pain in the stomach, paralysis, the bottle. i remarked to him as to the prob- snasthesia, quick or small pulse, and coated | ability of the sediment in the bottle being iwue, but net a tongue costed as this one | lead—it was a thought jn my mind at the was. Toetroubletou the eyes could only|time. I saw the crystal in the bottle, and | 1 caused by arsenical poisoning. [|told Mr. Sutherland so, I made some re- sted Mes. Sutherland before for| mark to Mr. Sutherland regarding what I the same trouble in her eyes. I do not re-| thought was the frequent adulteration of member giving her the same prescription | Spirituous liquors—I said that the manu- for her eyes, and J am sure I never before | facturers ductored them with chemicals to treated her fur the same disease of the eyes. | give a pungency to the taste, with some | remember my prescription in May, 1888, |}such salt as lead. I think 1 referred jt was for phlyepeluner conjunctivitis. 1] to some strong corrosive acid in some whis- I think she had this complaint more thanjkey which I had obtained for use once. She had to wear colored spectacles.|when i wag sick myself. [ don’t re- | know she had disease of one eye, but am|remember that 1 told bim that I destroyed nut sure which eye it was. I know these|the whiskey. I saw Mr. Sutherland at his attacks in 18388 continued for some time, house on several Sunday mornings. j saw perhaps longer than the present attack of | Mr. Sutherland on the Sunday after Tues- conjunctivitis, a3 the ulcers on the mucous day the 7th January. 1 saw him on the membrane were slow to heal. In May, | Sunday morning after the bottle was sent to 1838, { ordered Mes. Sutherland a|imy house, end spoke to him about the sedi- box of ointment which she continued | ment which’had been discovered inthe bottle. use until her eyes got well. | Hisreply was youhad betcerobtaintheliquor [ never treated a case of arsenical poison- | yourself, At Mr. Suatherland’s suggestion ing before this—except one on Suffulk | l procured a bottle of bandy. That was on Road. Ina this case the arsenic was vomit- | Sunday morning, while the process of test- ed ani the case soon over. To satisfy my | ing was going on. 1 went directly to Mr. mind that the patient had taken arsenic I | Sutherland's after making the test. The shuld examine the vomit, the urine, the| bottle containing the sediment was opened stools and spittle for the purpose of ascer-|on the 2od January—I think. I don’t tainiug whether or not there were traces of | know that any one else took any whiskey arsenic. Ia some cases I would expect | out of that bottle. I can’t remember pre- ) ial a trace of arsenic in the urine three}cisely whether or not I saw Mr. Suther- weeks after it was taken. IL suppose now|land on the following Sunday. Having that Mes. Sutherland took arsenic on the | spoken to Mr. Sutherland about the arsenic 25ch December. [ made my analysis of | I never mentioned the subject to him after- the sediment in the bettle on the 6ch of| wards until the evening of the locaj elec- January. bat I did not exame the urine. (tion, when I was. making preparations to Afterwards Dr Taylor and I examiued it, | report the case to the Attorney General. but no trace of arsenic was found. I did To Mr. M McLeod.—It was immediately mot expect to find any My patient was after I told Mr. Sutherland about the ver the immediate danger at that time. 1] arsenic in the sediment found in the bottle am noteertainthatshesuffered fromdiarrhces| that 1 spoke to him concerning the fre- between the L0th and 23rd December—I | quent adulteration of liguors. That was on can't remember. I did not examine the|the Tuesday when he was at my office. I stools ; they were spoken of as very offen-|told him it was the first thought which sive. Asarule, the urine is diminished in| vccurred to my mind when I saw the sedj- cases of arsenical poisonmg, but not sus-|ment, that the liquor might have been pecting poisoning J made no enquiries. Ij} adulterated. I showed him the test and examined the urine three or four times be-j told him clearly that that was arsenic, and fore the LOch December —before | had auy|that the cnly other thing that it could suspicion of arsenic. I saw the vomit three] possibly be was antimony. Mrs. Suther- or four tmes, but not between the 10th|land gave me a bottle which she said was and 22nd December. She never had severe|taken from the same case from which pain upow pressure—except on the 26ch|this was taken. I have that boftle yet. December, when there was pain #ll over| Mrs. Sutherland told me that when she the abdomen. I made no examination of | saw the sediment she sent her caughter the discharges or vomit between the 25th|down and got another bottle from the December and the 4th January. I had no| same case; but there was no sediment in it. suspicion of arsenic then. She told me| That was onthe 4th Jan. On that day that she suffered from vomiting on the 26th | both bottles were in the room. There was and 27th, and perhaps on the 28th and| no sediment in the second bottle. The 29:h. She had medicine for that on each | second bottle was left in Mrs. Sutherland’s of those days. She had sixteen powders for| room until the morning of the 29 h or 30th, the purpose of stopping it. Der Taylor and} when I touk it home. Jt was then’ pretty [rook four or five medicine botiles, and| nearly fuil. She got tired of the whiskey, they were tested for arsenic by him and my|and Il gave her a bottle of brandy. [1 hay < b 2c T Never tr sieve tit son. None was found, that | heard of. 1} would be three or four days after the ¢th | swear that I think the ulcers- had no con-|that-she beyan to take the brandy. I nection at ali with the paralysis. The last | made no test on the second bottle of whis- applic«tion fer an ulcer was on September | key. . 8 4 3, 1839. I made no special examjoation of | + Lo Mr. Peters—There was no sediment the throat between the 10ch and-23nd toe “9 Pa tow comber and the 6th January. “Scarlet | ~ ‘The /evidence was then read to Dr. John: levee aud weasels, or any exanthad~| star by tiio-M wistrate, and signed by hin. e.8 fever will cause ¢xfolietiorn Court took recc ss. Nothing else that I can think of will couse -—-—- title ion except arsenical poisoning. ‘The Ovurtr esumed at 2.4). | Dyk. P. Tayton } UNE EAY" ‘DAILY EXAMINER, - - - - - _Goworu}—Exan.inel tind bm 1wapyx en this ease. Dr. Johnson sent me 4 note, | My books say it was on the 29th January | | was called in, 1 saw the patient at her ‘house. Dr. Johnson was with me. No one else was in the room. 1 found the patient in bed, seemingly in very good spirits. My impression is that the blinds were down, and she had considerable in- tolerance of light. 1 think Dr. Johnson is mistaken in saying that her eyes were well then. There was some cedema on the edge of the lower lids, and the eyes were inflamed. By cedema 1 mean swelled or puffy. I saw no running from the nuse or tears from the eyes. I noticed a deep color on the forehead, approaching bronze. The cheeks were also colored, but not so deep. The color was not natural. She was breathing naturally, pulse 105 and weak. ‘There was nothing peculiar about the abdomen but a branney exfoliation of the abdomen, chest and the outer side of the right arm. I saw nothing par- ticular about the gastro-enteric symptoms. Dr. Johnson directed my attention to the legs and arms, which | examined. I found the arms partially paralysed. They were not paralysed at the elbows at all, slightly at the wrist and there was a partial loss of sensibility of feeling in the fingers. When { squeezed her fingers she would feel it. The power of mov- tion at the elbow seemed perfect, moder- ately impaired at the wrist and more im- paired at the fingers. The motion at the hip joint appeared not bad, but not quite: it ought to be, and the muscles which controlled the feet and toes were completely paralyzed. She had no power in them. The sensation of feeling in the feet was en- tirely gone. She could not tell when | pinched or pressed her foot. The loss of sensation extended up the leg to the knee. The tongue was whitish furred. This was on the first day I went there—the 29th of January. I subsequently got the symp- toms of her previous sutferings from Dr. Johnson, and also a long statement from herself. At the time of my visit she tuld me of having pains in her legs. Dr. John- son and I consulted on the case, and I con- sidered his treatment very govd. I would describe it as tonic elimination of arsenic. At this time | understood from the medical attendant that he was treating Mrs. Sutherland for arsenical poisoning. I saw Mrs. Suther- laud the next day, January 30th. There was nothing special that day. On one day, I think it was either on my second or third visit, | gathered up all the medical bottles I could find and sent them to Dr. Johnson's. Mr. Sutherland appeared anxious to find out the true cause of Lis wife’s iUluess and instructed me to do all in my power to ascertain what it was. i did so. Dr. Johnson took charge of ail these bottles; most of these medicine bottles had been cleaned. I saw a white deposit in one of them— bottle that had con- tained Beef lron and Wine—and had it ex- amined under my inspection by Mr. Arthur Jvhnson, according to Marshes Test, and found that there was nothing wrongin it. The deposit proved to be cnly an ordinary mould usually found in bottles. There were labels on all the other bottles as well ason thatin which this substance was feund. It was five or six days ago when this examination was made. I don’t think Dr. Johnson and | met in consultation at the patient’s house more than three or four times; our consultations were mostly at the Doctor’s office. I made visits on Feb. 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 14th, 18th, 21st, 25rd, 24th, 25th and 26th. EVIDENCE CONTINUED TO-MORROW. | Honors to Mr. E. J. Hodgson. We arg glad to learn that the University of Laval. has conferred om Edward J. Hodgson, Esq., Q. C., the degree of Doctor of Laws. What must make it peculiarly gratifying to Mr. Hodgson and his friends is the fact that this University is very sparing in the conferring of honorary degrees, and there are very few even among the public men of Canada upon whom this degree has been conferred Outside of the members cf the University who have proceeded to it in due course the number upon whom it has been conferred ad causam honoris is singulgrly small. Sir A. Dorion, Sir Hector Langevin, Lord Lansdowne, have been among the latest recipients of this honor. Upon Lord Stanley of Preston, it has lately been con- ferred, and now one has been selected in our midst to be added to the number of those names make up the roll of **Docteurs en Droit” of this venerable University. We understand that the matter was quite a surprise to Mr. Hodggon, who learned it for the first time when the ofijcial docu ment was communicated to him. THe EXAMINER extends its congratulations to Mr. Hodgson oo 4 Narrow Fscape. As Mr. John Young, of Sturgeon, and his son were returuing home from Panmure Island on Thyrsday evening, the 20th inst., with their teams luaded with ~frewood, they narrowly escaped death, a blinding snow storm being raging at the time. After Mr. Young went out some distance on the ice, he lost his way. He tried to make for the shore, but had not gone very far when his horse broke through the ice, near the Sturgeon Channel. Mr. Young called to his son, who wag some little distanee be- hind, to unharness his horse and assist him in getting the other horse out of tne iee He did so at once, but when the horse got out of the sleigh he took fright at seeing the other horse in the ice, and got away from the boy. Mr. Young leaving his son in charge of the horse that was in the ice took after the other horse, but fol- lowing him rather far lost his way and could not find the place where he left his son. After travelling about in the stornj for nearly an hour he made his way to Godfrey Jamieson’s, where he gave the alarm. A party consisting of the following persons started out with Mr. Young to look for hisson;: Adam Wight. Sr., Godfrey Jemieson, Philip Jamieson, Pius Jamieson and Wm Creed, and after a faithful and diligent search they succeeded in finding ,the -place where Mr. Young got in | the ice, but no sign of the boy could | bo observed> Mr. Young was nearly frantic | with grief about his son who, he thought, | had got in the ice. As night was coming on, and the storm increasing, the party made their way to the shore. One of them accumpanied Mr. Young home, but he, not ' fiading his som at home, travelled nearly all night about the settlement, going to nearly every house looking for him, but could uot that the DOC DO" ad ca * ft * se a cy ree * - THURSDAY, the ice until he drowned, and fearing that his father was lost when hedid not retara to him, made his wayas well as he could,taking an axe with him that he had on the sleigh, and trying the ice as he went along which, he says, was only about one inch in some places, he proceeded in making the shore at Merryfoot, and got to the rest- dence of Mr. William Creed, badly frozen about the ears and face He remained there all night. Although Mr. Young lost a valuable horse, worth $100, he is very thankful that his loss is not greater, as he never expected te see his son alive again, and at one time was nearly giving up him- self. The horse that got away has made his way home all right. Spring, 1890. 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