Benham Murder Trial
Item
- Title
- Benham Murder Trial
- Source
- The sun (NY)
- Date
- 1900-06-15
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1900-06-15/ed-1/?sp=3&q=murder&r=0.383,0.035,0.222,0.106,0
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- murder; court battle
- Gender of alleged offender
- male alleged offender
- Stage of the Legal System
- trial
- Location
- In-State; Canandaigua, NY
- Length of story
- 1168
- Description
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was w found a that she Jt had atrophy atro hy and degenerat degenerattlon decnraton degenetation tlon ton of the tb heart heat that organ being bing soft 1f and andflabby andabby andflabby flabby would he not consider CMlder that her death deathwas deathwa deathwas was caused by heart heat failure talu He le said with witha a wa smile sml cause that all 01 br deaths deatb were caused caue from heart heartfailure heat heattalure heartfailure failure talure but that her death might be b ascribed ascribedto arib to heart heat disease disa He I said further tuther In answer answerto aswer aswerto answerto to a question as I to t a probably robabl fatal tal collapse collapseIn clapl In a queston woman of Mrs Benhams Bnhams physique If Ifshe IrIh itshe she Ih was womln addicted to morphine and ad the drug drugwas dug dugwn drugwas was wn Wi suddenly addlcl withdrawn wihdrawn that It might mlht result resultfatalIV rult rulttatly resultfatally fatally He said that in heart failure fal lre there therewas therewas tatly was 1 often olen Jl pain 41r and convulsions convlsions convulsionsanda and ad a flexing flexingof ezlc ezlcof of the hands hRndl pan and limbs limbsOr Imb ImbDr limbsDr Dr Fell was asked If In the UII cam 0 of a aperson aprson aperson person Jel In the theweakened Wa weakened ukP condition cndltonMra conditionMra Mrs Benham Benhamwas Bnham Bnhamwu prson was described to be death dpah from heart heat disease diseasemight dl8 diseasemight dorlb b might rliht not nt bn b expected elJct at any moment and andbe ad adhe andhe he said Iald hit thought thoulht no noJudgo 1 soJudge Judgo Houghton lioughtonDoctOr Doctor does d death fre frequently te frequently quently occur 10ulbtonIoctor from slight exertion exerton without withoutshock wihout wihoutshock withoutshock slh shock tlon tlonI qUtDt I In a Prn person In such u a weaene weakened J cnd condi conditior J Jtlon I Ir nr r FellIt does doesJudso dos dosJudle doesJudge Judge Judle felI Houghton 10uihtonFm iloughtonFrom From sitting silin up In I bed bedDr b bedor or beln moved from b bed bedBr bln Dr Fell IelYps ellYein Yes sir I have known kow cases caseswhere 08 cueswhere where wblrl movement movment of the limbs lmbs or body by was wassufficient wal wassufficient Bmcent sufficient to cause COul death In cases ca8 of greatly greatlyweakened graUywelk greatlyweakened weakened welk nd or exhausted J hnusl hearts heartsAsked hpala hpalasktd heartssked Asked sktd sked about abut the dilation diation of the pupils pupl of the thaeyes t theeyes eyes Dr Fell tpl said aid that tat condition conditon wait Wi always alwayspresent aways awaysprJnt alwayspresnt present prJnt In death deat or usually usualy at the approach approachof of death deathDr deuthHr icathDr Dr A W Whlton Whion a I physician phTslra of South SouthByron Sout SouthByron Byron testified that he treated tento Bnnhom Dpnha In InINo 100 INo for tstltd an organic orgnlo disease dlSl lie Illearned learned about abouta abut abuta a month later that Httnham lenham was not using usl6 his hisni hI hIInllt hismoth ni Inllt moth il dries 18 altogether tut but augmented aljmentd them themby thfm thfmI themby by I the use 1 of Btogetlr prmslo prlo acid Dr Ir Whlton Whitn at that thatlime tat tatlmo thattIme lime lmo was 1M not nouwao aware that tlt thatprueslo prusslo prMlo acid acd was WI a stand standard etnd etndard standard ard remedy for the disease dlll but looked It up at atonce atonr atonce once onr rell and found loumllt It te to be b NO Dr Whlton huiton was the thnlast IhoIMt thelast last witness ltf S for the defence drpno It I Is II expected expectedthat expId expIdthnt expectedthat te that tho thecesewlllgo case CMI will llo go to totite the jury Jur In the middle middleof of next nex week weekDECOY WPk WPkDJrOI weeknErOv
