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SAYS IT WAS MONDAY'S BLOW

THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF JOHN SHEEDY.

Dr. Hart Says That It Produced Fatal
Compression at the Base
of the Brain.

The Afternoon Spent in Contention as to
the Admissibility of Monday's Confessions-- Were They Voluntarily Made?

May Ex-Mayor Graham Tell It?
There was but a meagre audience strung across the front seats in the rear of the big court room yesterday morning when the accused were ushered into the enclosure surrounding the throne of the blind goddess, accompanied by their usual attendants. Mrs. Sheedy came in cheerily, supported by Mr. Biggerstaff, and it was noticed that she glanced hastily at the space outside the railing and looked surprised that there were not more curious people present to listen to the details and discussions of her great misfortune. When she had been shown to her seat facing the judge's stand and the witness chair, those who have watched her appearance and deportment from day to day could detect indisputable evidences of the mental sufferings that must oppress her during the few hours daily in which she is permitted to commune with her own troublesome thoughts. Her otherwise attractive face was absolutely colorless, and its whiteness was heightened by her modest garb of mourning. Her eyes moved listlessly from one object to another as if she found no special interest in the contemplation of any of them and if required no stretch of the imagination to recognize in their fixed moments an expression of fear for the consequences of the solemn proceedings of which she is the central figure. When the taking of testimony began she seemed to lose consciousness of her surroundings and kept her intense gaze bent upon the witness, as if weighing every utterance and calculating its effect. There were moments during the long discussion as to the admissability of Monday McFarland's confession when it appeared as it some of the revolting details of the darkey's alleged relations with her were bound to come out, and at these moments Mrs. Sheedy's eyes sought the floor. Especially was this noticeable when Court Reporter Wheeler was asked, in his examination, what the one question was which he could identify as having been asked Monday by Officer Malone while the darkey was making his confession. The witness was not permitted to reply, but Mrs. Sheedy's gaze was toward her gloved hands which were clasped in front of her. The answer, had it been permitted, would have revealed one of Monday's most revolting revelations.

Monday McFarland wore a troubled look all day and at times looked as if he was crying without shedding a tear, his features being so distorted as the counsel dwelt upon the competency of his thrice told tale of guilt. It was noticed that during the afternoon Monday's seat was changed from the east end of the long table occupied by counsel and he sat up toward the court, a few feet in front of Mrs. Sheedy and her row of relatives, and just behind Attorney Strode, who was next to the witness' chair.

There was an apparent break in the surprising harmony which has heretofore been deemed so remarkable among the attorneys for the two defendants. Apparently the testimony of Dr. Hart, while apparently greatly in the woman's favor, was anything but satisfactory to the darkey, as it fixed the responsibility for Sheedy's death upon that crushing blow in the dark with the cane. It then became evident that the interests of the defendants were not identical, and the hitherto harmonious counsel for the defense were noticed frequently conferring with the utmost apparent caution. Once, just before adjournment, they differed materially and the adjournment was [timely?] to permit them to reach an agreement.

The crowd of spectators increased during the morning. While each witness is being examined the doors are kept closed and at intervals there was a noisy rush upon the part of those upon the outside to get in and those upon the inside to get out.

The jury was not removed from the [?] while the discussion as to the competence of the confession for admission as testimony was going on, so that it has ere this been pretty thoroughly stamped upon their minds that there was a confession and the strong fight being made by the defense to keep it out cannot fail to impress them with its import.

Upon the opening of the court Mr. Sterns asked for a rule requiring that the witnesses all be separated; that none be allowed to be present while others were testifying. The court ordered all witnesses to remain outside of the court room until they had testified.

Dr. C. S. Bart was the first witness called, but ere a question was put to him the defense interposed objections to the third and fourth counts in the information, claiming that they did not state facts sufficient to constitute an offense. The objections were overruled.

Dr. Hart on the Stand.
Dr. Hart was sworn and examined by Mr. Hall. He said he was a graduate of a Columbus, O., medical school, and was from Marietta, O. He knew John Sheedy and attended him once about four years before his death; was a large man, and would weigh over 200; was at his house about [7:30?] on the evening he was assaulted; was at Eleventh and P streets when the first shot was fired and went down; five shots were fired; went in when he got there; Dr. Everett was there in attendance; there were a number of other people there; Sheedy was sitting in a chair just inside of the bed room; Mrs. Sheedy was there; witnesses spoke to Sheedy and asked if they had been trying to do him up again, and the reply was, "Yes. I don't know what I have done to merit such treatment." Officer Kinney brought in the cane; Sheedy was very nervous. The witness described in detail the wounds, over the left eye and the bruise across his wrist, which had been made by a blunt instrument. The wound was bleeding quite freely and his clothing was quite bloody. Sheedy sat up in the chair while the wounds were dressed, some fifteen or twenty minutes. Found no fractures of the skull, but the cheek bone was subsequently found to be broken loose. Sheedy went to bed after his wounds were dressed, assisted by witness and Dr. Everett; Dr. Everett suggested giving him morphine to quiet him, but witness objected, as he had found once before that morphine acted unpleasantly upon him; witness remained some fifteen minutes after Dr. Everett left; Sheedy appeared to be getting a little more uneasy; left about 8:30 and returned about 9:10, and Mrs. Sheedy had asked him to come back; found that Sheedy was very nervous; had been vomitting some, and some of those present were excited because there were traces of blood in the discharge; witness was convinced that the blood came from the nose; the bones of the nose were not broken; witness was not surprised at finding Sheedy very nervous and vomitting when he returned; had not thought this wound serious. When witness had returned Sheedy had complained of some pain in the head, but not severe. Witness had come back because Mrs. Sheedy had said that John wanted him to come back. Mrs. Sheedy had been left in charge. Sheedy made some remarks during the first visit to the effect that he didn't think the wound serious. Sheedy did not express himself as to whether he was struck or shot. On the second visit he went to the drug store and obtained thirty grains of sulfonal, a sleep producing remedy, with the use of which witness was familiar. Sulfonal has no after effects similar to morphine, except as a sleep producer; gave witness one powder, ten grains, a medium dose in the estimation of witness.

"How was the first dose of sulfonal administered?"
"It was given to him in a little water."
"Who gave it to him?"
"Mrs. Sheedy I think."
"Who put the sulfonal in the water?"
"I couldn't say, I think she took the powder and gave it to him."

The first dose produced no effect whatever, and he threw it up in about twenty minutes. The second dose was given an hour later, or about 10:50. He had then vomited several times, from the shock to the nervous system. He complained of a pain in his head. He threw up the second dose in about fifteen minutes. From 10 to 11 o'clock he was in a more agitated condition than at the visit between 8 and 9 o'clock. No effect was noticed from the second dose, and he threw it up in about fifteen minutes.

"Where was you when you gave him the first powder?"
"I don't remember whether I handed her the box or set the box on the dresser when I first came in."
"What did you tell her it was, if you told her?"
"I don't think I ever told her anything about what it was."
"State whether or not you told her what you were giving him?"
"I don't remember whether I did at that time or not, I think I did tell her what I was giving and what I expected from it but I don't know whether it was just at that time or not."
"How was this sulfonal put up?"
"In powders."
"And in a little box?"
"Yes sir, there were three powders in a little small paper box."
"Three powders of ten grains each?"
"Yes, sir."
"You said you stood by the bed when she gave the first dose?"
"Yes sir."
"What time was the first dose of sulfonal given?"
"About ten minutes to ten."
"Where was you and Mrs. Sheedy when you gave her this first dose of sulfonal?"
"I said that when I came in I don't recollect now whether I handed the package to her or whether I set the package on the dresser which was right by the side of the bed."
"After you handed it to her what did you say to her about it?"
"Told her to give him one of the powders."
"Did you tell her how to give it?"
"Yes, sir."
"And do you know what she done, then: what she did?"
"Got a glass of water and a spoon."
"Do you know where she got the water?"
"No, sir. I think if I remember rightly there was a glass of water standing on the dresser, I wouldn't say as to that."
"Did you see her put the sulfonal in the water?"
"I think I did."
"That was prepared in your presence!"
"Yes, sir."
"That was the first dose?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did you leave the house between the giving of that dose and the second dose?"
"No, sir."
"What effect, if any, did you see from the first dose of medicine that you gave?"
"None at all."
"Now the second dose of sulfonal, how was that given?"
"Given in the same way."
"Did you hand that to Mrs. Sheedy out of the box or did she go and get it?"
"No, sir, the second dose I remember she took out of the box by my instructions and gave it to him."
"At that time you told her how to give him the second dose?"
"Yes, sir."
"Do you know how that was given?"
"Yes, sir."
"How?"
"In water, the same as the first dose?"
"That was given ten minutes to eleven?"
"Yes, sir."
"What effect, if any, did you notice from the second dose?"
"None, whatever."
"When was the next dose given?"
"About one o'clock."
"Where had you been between ten minutes to eleven and one o'clock? Had you been at the house all the time?"
"No, sir; I had been away from there; I had been to the drug store and had been home."
"How long were you probably away from there between those two intervals?"
"Well, I would say twenty or twenty five minutes probably."
"What did you go to the drug store for this second time?"
"To get some hypodermic tablets of morphin."
"What did you go home for?"
"To get my hypodermic syringe; my office was at home at that time."
"What is a hypodermic syringe?"
"A syringe for introducing medicine under the skin to be taken up by absorption instead of giving it by the stomach."
"Did you go to the drug store or home first?"
"I went to the drug store first."
"What medicine if any did you get there?"
"I got two quarter grain powders of morphin."
"Was that what you went there to get?"
"No sir; I went there to get the hypodermic tablets that you get already prepared for use."
"How did it happen you did not get those?"
"He didn't have them, and I told him what I wanted, and I would like to have a quarter gram of morphine mixed with 150 parts of atrophine, and he told me he didn't have the tablets, he said he would send out and get them for me, and I told him to send out and I would get them when I came back, and he sent out and couldn't find them, so I told him to give me two quarter grain powders."
"What did you do with them?
"Put them in my hypodermic case."
"Then where did you go?"
"Back to the Sheedy residence."
"What did you get the morphine for?"
"In case I wanted to use them I would have it along."
"Had you anticipated that you would have to use it?"
"My idea was that if I couldn't keep the sulfonal down I would have to give him an injection under the skin so he couldn't throw it up."
"How much of a dose of sulfonal could be administered to an adult in your opinion and not be considered dangerous?"
"The largest dose I have ever given is forty grains; I think sixty grains have been given."
"What would you call a maximum dose?"
"Sixty grains."
"What would you call a minimum dose?"
"I would say from three to five grains to get any effect, that is, in an adult."

The third dose was given by Mrs. Sheedy in coffee at about 1 o'clock; she made the coffee in the kitchen on a gas stove. Witness stood just inside the bedroom, but went out into the kitchen and told her to put in no cream or sugar; she brought it in in a cup; witness asked her if it was not too hot; didn't remember whether or not he had tasted it; if he had he would have tasted morphine if it had been there; Mrs. Sheedy put the sulfonal in the cup; witness having handed it to her; young Dennis Sheedy, nephew of John Sheedy, was present.

After the administration of the third dose of sulfonal witness remained until morning; the light was turned down and witness, Mrs. Sheedy and Dennis went out; witness thought that he might go to sleep if quiet was maintained; witness and Dennis Sheedy were in the sitting room, the former so that he could see Sheedy by leaning forward; Mrs. Sheedy was in the sitting room part of the time and part of the time somewhere else, witness supposed in the parlor. Witness passed in and out of the bedroom every few minutes until 4 o'clock; went out of doors once or twice; about 4 a.m. Dennis Sheedy called the attention of witness to the fact that Sheedy was breathing heavily. Witness went in and found Sheedy wholly unconscious and breathing very heavily, not more than seven or eight times a minute, the normal number being seventeen or eighteen; his temperature was 100. Mrs. Sheedy followed them into the room; supposed that she had heard them from the parlor and had followed them in. Witness asked her for some stimulant. She procured some whisky and water. He was given some by witness, but couldn't swallow it. The muscles of the throat were paralyzed. The symptoms were deemed dangerous by the witness and Dr. Everett was summoned.

Witness said that his impression at the time was that Sheedy's death was due to compression at the base of the brain, caused by the shock from the blow, paralyzing the nerves of respiration and circulation. The symptoms of compression are almost identical with those of morphine poisoning except as to the contraction of the pupils of the eye. He explained that by compression he meant that there was a rush of blood to the brain and that it would be met by an unusual quantity of serum, more than would be absorbed readily in the ordinary course of nature, and that the combined influence of the two would be the compression of the nerves at the base of the brain and the upper portion of the spinal chord, producing paralysis of the parts affected by those nerves.

The witness further testified that at the consultation of physicians subsequently held this theory was generally adopted. Dr. Woodward suggested trephining at the point where the wound was inflicted, but the other five physicians opposed this course, as that was evidently not the point where the compression existed. Mrs. Sheedy was consulted and said she wished to abide by the decision of the majority.

Dr. Hart further testified that he was present as a spectator at the autopsy and would not call the examination made a critical one; no examination was made of the base of the brain, as far as he saw, nor the upper portion of the spinal chord, which he esteemed to be the seat of the trouble. No magnifying instrument was used in the examination, and the effects of compression might or might not be discovered otherwise, owing to circumstances. He found an unusual quantity of moisture about the brain. He believed that the effect of morphine poisoning would be to increase the moisture about the brain, as would also compression.

On cross-examination the witness said that he had administered no hypodermic injection of morphine, as he did not discover any necessity therefor, the third dose of sulfonal having apparently produced the desired quieting effect.

"What did you do with your hypodermic injector when you were there at this time?"
"I put it in my pocket when I left the house and again when I left the drug store."
"And did you keep it in your pocket all the time you was at Mr. Sheedy's house?"
"Yes, sir."
"Was it in your overcoat pocket?"
"No sir, in my hip pocket. In my pants."

After the discovery of Sheedy's condition at 4 o'clock Mrs. Sheedy appeared to be anxious concerning it, and seemed to be doing everything she could to relieve him, such as moistening his lips and bathing his face.

He thought that if morphine had been administered at 1 o'clock it would have manifested itself before 4 o'clock, probably about two o'clock, in the heavy breathing and attendant symptoms. He usually looked for it to reveal its effects in thirty to forty minutes.

The witness testified as to the autopsy on his cross-examination, that some fatty degeneration of the heart was found, which would materially lessen Sheedy's chances of life in case of a shock; that the liver and kidneys were enlarged; that an unusually large gall stone was found in the gall bladder, but that nothing was noticed to be wrong with the lungs.

He thought that the probability of morphine administered into the stomach being discovered after death depended upon the size of the dose. If so much was administered that the organs of absorption would be paralyzed ere it was all absorbed the portion unabsorbed when death ensued would remain in the stomach a week or ten weeks more.

It was noon ere the counsel let go their hold upon the witness and then it was only to what their zeal by renewing their mental and physical energies at the dinner table.

The Afternoon Session.
The seating capacity of the court room was pretty well utilized by the

SAYS IT WAS MONDAY'S BLOW

THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF JOHN SHEEDY.

Dr. Hart Says That It Produced Fatal
Compression at the Base
of the Brain.

The Afternoon Spent in Contention as to
the Admissibility of Monday's Confessions-- Were They Voluntarily Made?

May Ex-Mayor Graham Tell It?
There was but a meagre audience strung across the front seats in the rear of the big court room yesterday morning when the accused were ushered into the enclosure surrounding the throne of the blind goddess, accompanied by their usual attendants. Mrs. Sheedy came in cheerily, supported by Mr. Biggerstaff, and it was noticed that she glanced hastily at the space outside the railing and looked surprised that there were not more curious people present to listen to the details and discussions of her great misfortune. When she had been shown to her seat facing the judge's stand and the witness chair, those who have watched her appearance and deportment from day to day could detect indisputable evidences of the mental sufferings that must oppress her during the few hours daily in which she is permitted to commune with her own troublesome thoughts. Her otherwise attractive face was absolutely colorless, and its whiteness was heightened by her modest garb of mourning. Her eyes moved listlessly from one object to another as if she found no special interest in the contemplation of any of them and if required no stretch of the imagination to recognize in their fixed moments an expression of fear for the consequences of the solemn proceedings of which she is the central figure. When the taking of testimony began she seemed to lose consciousness of her surroundings and kept her intense gaze bent upon the witness, as if weighing every utterance and calculating its effect. There were moments during the long discussion as to the admissability of Monday McFarland's confession when it appeared as it some of the revolting details of the darkey's alleged relations with her were bound to come out, and at these moments Mrs. Sheedy's eyes sought the floor. Especially was this noticeable when Court Reporter Wheeler was asked, in his examination, what the one question was which he could identify as having been asked Monday by Officer Malone while the darkey was making his confession. The witness was not permitted to reply, but Mrs. Sheedy's gaze was toward her gloved hands which were clasped in front of her. The answer, had it been permitted, would have revealed one of Monday's most revolting revelations.

Monday McFarland wore a troubled look all day and at times looked as if he was crying without shedding a tear, his features being so distorted as the counsel dwelt upon the competency of his thrice told tale of guilt. It was noticed that during the afternoon Monday's seat was changed from the east end of the long table occupied by counsel and he sat up toward the court, a few feet in front of Mrs. Sheedy and her row of relatives, and just behind Attorney Strode, who was next to the witness' chair.

There was an apparent break in the surprising harmony which has heretofore been deemed so remarkable among the attorneys for the two defendants. Apparently the testimony of Dr. Hart, while apparently greatly in the woman's favor, was anything but satisfactory to the darkey, as it fixed the responsibility for Sheedy's death upon that crushing blow in the dark with the cane. It then became evident that the interests of the defendants were not identical, and the hitherto harmonious counsel for the defense were noticed frequently conferring with the utmost apparent caution. Once, just before adjournment, they differed materially and the adjournment was [timely?] to permit them to reach an agreement.

The crowd of spectators increased during the morning. While each witness is being examined the doors are kept closed and at intervals there was a noisy rush upon the part of those upon the outside to get in and those upon the inside to get out.

The jury was not removed from the [?] while the discussion as to the competence of the confession for admission as testimony was going on, so that it has ere this been pretty thoroughly stamped upon their minds that there was a confession and the strong fight being made by the defense to keep it out cannot fail to impress them with its import.

Upon the opening of the court Mr. Sterns asked for a rule requiring that the witnesses all be separated; that none be allowed to be present while others were testifying. The court ordered all witnesses to remain outside of the court room until they had testified.

Dr. C. S. Bart was the first witness called, but ere a question was put to him the defense interposed objections to the third and fourth counts in the information, claiming that they did not state facts sufficient to constitute an offense. The objections were overruled.

Dr. Hart on the Stand.
Dr. Hart was sworn and examined by Mr. Hall. He said he was a graduate of a Columbus, O., medical school, and was from Marietta, O. He knew John Sheedy and attended him once about four years before his death; was a large man, and would weigh over 200; was at his house about [7:30?] on the evening he was assaulted; was at Eleventh and P streets when the first shot was fired and went down; five shots were fired; went in when he got there; Dr. Everett was there in attendance; there were a number of other people there; Sheedy was sitting in a chair just inside of the bed room; Mrs. Sheedy was there; witnesses spoke to Sheedy and asked if they had been trying to do him up again, and the reply was, "Yes. I don't know what I have done to merit such treatment." Officer Kinney brought in the cane; Sheedy was very nervous. The witness described in detail the wounds, over the left eye and the bruise across his wrist, which had been made by a blunt instrument. The wound was bleeding quite freely and his clothing was quite bloody. Sheedy sat up in the chair while the wounds were dressed, some fifteen or twenty minutes. Found no fractures of the skull, but the cheek bone was subsequently found to be broken loose. Sheedy went to bed after his wounds were dressed, assisted by witness and Dr. Everett; Dr. Everett suggested giving him morphine to quiet him, but witness objected, as he had found once before that morphine acted unpleasantly upon him; witness remained some fifteen minutes after Dr. Everett left; Sheedy appeared to be getting a little more uneasy; left about 8:30 and returned about 9:10, and Mrs. Sheedy had asked him to come back; found that Sheedy was very nervous; had been vomitting some, and some of those present were excited because there were traces of blood in the discharge; witness was convinced that the blood came from the nose; the bones of the nose were not broken; witness was not surprised at finding Sheedy very nervous and vomitting when he returned; had not thought this wound serious. When witness had returned Sheedy had complained of some pain in the head, but not severe. Witness had come back because Mrs. Sheedy had said that John wanted him to come back. Mrs. Sheedy had been left in charge. Sheedy made some remarks during the first visit to the effect that he didn't think the wound serious. Sheedy did not express himself as to whether he was struck or shot. On the second visit he went to the drug store and obtained thirty grains of sulfonal, a sleep producing remedy, with the use of which witness was familiar. Sulfonal has no after effects similar to morphine, except as a sleep producer; gave witness one powder, ten grains, a medium dose in the estimation of witness.

"How was the first dose of sulfonal administered?"
"It was given to him in a little water."
"Who gave it to him?"
"Mrs. Sheedy I think."
"Who put the sulfonal in the water?"
"I couldn't say, I think she took the powder and gave it to him."

The first dose produced no effect whatever, and he threw it up in about twenty minutes. The second dose was given an hour later, or about 10:50. He had then vomited several times, from the shock to the nervous system. He complained of a pain in his head. He threw up the second dose in about fifteen minutes. From 10 to 11 o'clock he was in a more agitated condition than at the visit between 8 and 9 o'clock. No effect was noticed from the second dose, and he threw it up in about fifteen minutes.

"Where was you when you gave him the first powder?"
"I don't remember whether I handed her the box or set the box on the dresser when I first came in."
"What did you tell her it was, if you told her?"
"I don't think I ever told her anything about what it was."
"State whether or not you told her what you were giving him?"
"I don't remember whether I did at that time or not, I think I did tell her what I was giving and what I expected from it but I don't know whether it was just at that time or not."
"How was this sulfonal put up?"
"In powders."
"And in a little box?"
"Yes sir, there were three powders in a little small paper box."
"Three powders of ten grains each?"
"Yes, sir."
"You said you stood by the bed when she gave the first dose?"
"Yes sir."
"What time was the first dose of sulfonal given?"
"About ten minutes to ten."
"Where was you and Mrs. Sheedy when you gave her this first dose of sulfonal?"
"I said that when I came in I don't recollect now whether I handed the package to her or whether I set the package on the dresser which was right by the side of the bed."
"After you handed it to her what did you say to her about it?"
"Told her to give him one of the powders."
"Did you tell her how to give it?"
"Yes, sir."
"And do you know what she done, then: what she did?"
"Got a glass of water and a spoon."
"Do you know where she got the water?"
"No, sir. I think if I remember rightly there was a glass of water standing on the dresser, I wouldn't say as to that."
"Did you see her put the sulfonal in the water?"
"I think I did."
"That was prepared in your presence!"
"Yes, sir."
"That was the first dose?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did you leave the house between the giving of that dose and the second dose?"
"No, sir."
"What effect, if any, did you see from the first dose of medicine that you gave?"
"None at all."
"Now the second dose of sulfonal, how was that given?"
"Given in the same way."
"Did you hand that to Mrs. Sheedy out of the box or did she go and get it?"
"No, sir, the second dose I remember she took out of the box by my instructions and gave it to him."
"At that time you told her how to give him the second dose?"
"Yes, sir."
"Do you know how that was given?"
"Yes, sir."
"How?"
"In water, the same as the first dose?"
"That was given ten minutes to eleven?"
"Yes, sir."
"What effect, if any, did you notice from the second dose?"
"None, whatever."
"When was the next dose given?"
"About one o'clock."
"Where had you been between ten minutes to eleven and one o'clock? Had you been at the house all the time?"
"No, sir; I had been away from there; I had been to the drug store and had been home."
"How long were you probably away from there between those two intervals?"
"Well, I would say twenty or twenty five minutes probably."
"What did you go to the drug store for this second time?"
"To get some hypodermic tablets of morphin."
"What did you go home for?"
"To get my hypodermic syringe; my office was at home at that time."
"What is a hypodermic syringe?"
"A syringe for introducing medicine under the skin to be taken up by absorption instead of giving it by the stomach."
"Did you go to the drug store or home first?"
"I went to the drug store first."
"What medicine if any did you get there?"
"I got two quarter grain powders of morphin."
"Was that what you went there to get?"
"No sir; I went there to get the hypodermic tablets that you get already prepared for use."
"How did it happen you did not get those?"
"He didn't have them, and I told him what I wanted, and I would like to have a quarter gram of morphine mixed with 150 parts of atrophine, and he told me he didn't have the tablets, he said he would send out and get them for me, and I told him to send out and I would get them when I came back, and he sent out and couldn't find them, so I told him to give me two quarter grain powders."
"What did you do with them?
"Put them in my hypodermic case."
"Then where did you go?"
"Back to the Sheedy residence."
"What did you get the morphine for?"
"In case I wanted to use them I would have it along."
"Had you anticipated that you would have to use it?"
"My idea was that if I couldn't keep the sulfonal down I would have to give him an injection under the skin so he couldn't throw it up."
"How much of a dose of sulfonal could be administered to an adult in your opinion and not be considered dangerous?"
"The largest dose I have ever given is forty grains; I think sixty grains have been given."
"What would you call a maximum dose?"
"Sixty grains."
"What would you call a minimum dose?"
"I would say from three to five grains to get any effect, that is, in an adult."

Thhe third dose was given by Mrs. Sheedy in coffee at about 1 o'clock; she made the coffee in the kitchen on a gas stove. Witness stood just inside the bedroom, but went out into the kitchen and told her to put in no cream or sugar; she brought it in in a cup; witness asked her if it was not too hot; didn't remember whether or not he had tasted it; if he had he would have tasted morphine if it had been there; Mrs. Sheedy put the sulfonal in the cup; witness having handed it to her; young Dennis Sheedy, nephew of John Sheedy, was present.