ApebJr0uaryTi9aorom'}      Two  To  xicological  Investigations.  89 
The  section  of  the  lung  weighed  653-85  grains,  and  yielded  -433 
grains  As2Os. 
The  section  of  the  liver  weighed  969-43  grains,  and  yielded  1-354 
grains  As203. 
The  muscles  of  the  legs  gave  a  very  faint  trace,  not  sufficient  to 
weigh.  From  his  examinations  he  isolated  5-061  grains  of  arsenic 
trioxide,  a  total  of  17-5  grains  having  been  recovered  from  the 
organs  examined  by  both.  Typical  specimens  and  tests  were  pre- 
pared from  each  organ,  and  exhibited  in  the  trial  along  with  the 
recovered  arsenic. 
Ihe  Embalming  Fluid. — Suspecting  that  the  embalming  fluid  was 
an  arsenical  solution,  a  sample  was  immediately  procured  from  the 
undertaker,  who  stated  positively  that  it  was  from  the  very  same 
case  and  lot  as  used  in  embalming  this  body.  Analysis  showed  it 
to  contain  as  the  valuable  ingredients,  formaldehyde  and  potassium 
nitrate,  but  to  be  entirely  free  from  arsenic.  Another  sample  was 
purchased  in  Philadelphia,  and  analyzed,  with  the  same  results. 
The  indictment  against  Mrs.  May  L.  F.  Haines  was  moved  at 
Mount  Holly  on  March  25,  1902,  before  Judge  Charles  G.  Garrison, 
Prosecutor  Samuel  A.  Atkinson,  Esq.,  and  J.  C.  Hendrickson,  Esq., 
for  the  State,  and  Eckard  P.  Budd,  Esq.,  for  the  defense.  The  trial 
lasted  for  more  than  a  week,  and  every  point  was  strongly  contested. 
The  State  contended  that  death  was  due  to  meningitis,  produced  by 
either  the  wounds  from  cruel  beating,  or  from  arsenical  poisoning, 
or  from  a  combination  of  both.  The  defense  claimed  that  the 
arsenic  found  was  introduced  after  death  by  the  embalming  pro- 
cess. Their  contention  was  strengthened  by  recalling  the  under- 
taker, who,  although  he  had  testified  both  at  the  coroner's  inquest 
and  as  a  witness  for  the  prosecution,  at  the  trial,  that  he  had  used 
only  this  arsenic-free  embalming  fluid  for  a  long  time  prior  to  this 
case ;  nevertheless,  as  a  witness  for  the  defense,  he  appeared  to  be  in 
doubt,  and  stated  that  he  occasionally  used  two  other  embalming 
fluids,  both  of  which  were  stated  to  contain  arsenic,  and  had  used 
them  at  times  with  the  same  syringe  as  used  in  this  case. 
The  jury  acquitted  the  defendant. 
THE  CASE  OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  JERSEY  VS.  ANNIE  R.  PHARES. 
The  defendant  in  this  case  was  charged  with  having  killed  her 
husband,  Albert  A.  Phares,  of  Springfield  Township,  Burlington 
