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Warrant Charging Him With the Murder by Poison of Engineer Charles R. Strange ia Raleigh Served on Him and He is Taken Back There for Preliminary Hearing as Soon as the Chemist Who is Making the Analysis in this Case is Ready to Report. in order to pet uu intellint un 'leistuiulin: of tlie following it must he rociillcd t li.it tiiis irt icli was ia temltid for public. ttiou i;i st we!c th lieirinr lein lie!l on JuneTtli. Tli (!(. uititist Dr. I). .S. Jlow latid cli.trd with the tuurdnr (jf hi iittlf hoii by )uiso!i, p.irticulitrs of which h;ivi bivn puV)li.hed in this j;por, caiiu; to an abrupt termina tion Friday afternoon when upon the facts adduced the accused was adjudged not guilty and was acquit ted of the awful charge against him. Everything hinged upon the report of the chemist who made a chemical analysis of the viscera or stomach, ntestines and other vital organs for the purpose of detecting the presence f poison, if any, by which David Austin Rowland came to his death. The hearing' had been in progress leany tnree nours, me case uemg ieard in the court house which was crowded, when Prof. W. A. Withers, the expert chemist who made the chemical anaylis, was called to the witness stand. l'he hearing was held before Justice of the Peace W. E. Gary, who had Justices Joe T. Jones and Frank Wortham to sit with him. Justice T. L. Jones who had issued the war rant for Dr. Rowland s arrest was sick and could not hear the case. DR. K. M. CLARK. The first witness introduced was Dr. K. M. Clark who was called to 1 A T I 1 l. t 1. . see uaviu Austin nowianu ueiore ne died. After being asked by Mr. ZoI Iicoffer, who represented Solicitor Daniels and as at torney for the pros- scution conducted the examination for the State, as to his residence,pro fessian, the time and place of his graduation, his experience as a prac ticing phj'sician, etc., Dr. Clark said he knew David Austin Rowland and had known him most of his life. He lived about 2 miles from Mr. Lew Rowland's where the boy resided and died, and he saw him just before his death. He was called to see him pro fessionally, being sent for by his father, Dr. Rowland. He (the boy) was sick in bed. This was on May 4th, 1907. When he was called to him he seemed to be very restless and was vomiting a good deal and was suffering from depression. He was not able to sit up and was lying down on the bed. From the expres sion cf his face he seemed to be suf fering a good deal. There were no evidences of suffering that he noticed especially. He didn't complain of any pain, simply said he was sick. He was conscious but did not call wit ness' name. He was very restless but did not complain of any special suffering nothing except nausea and sick stomach. In answer to a ques tion as to what was done to relieve the child's sufferings, Dr. Clark said "we have given water to quiet a sick stomach, and we thought best to give him some also." In reply to a miest ion from Mr. ZoIIicoffer as to what he meant by saying "we," wit ness answered "Dr. Rowland and mv8elf." Being asked what else he did, the reply was elicited that morphine was administered, in an swer to a question as to who sug gested administering morphine, Dr. Clark answered that Dr. Rowland did. This was done about ten min utes after he arrived. After waiting awhile to see what effect the mor phine had Dr. Clark suggested to Dr. Rowland to give him a small quan titv of cocaine to produce a quieting effect on the stomach. Dr. Rowland said he thought this was the best thing to do and it was done, Dr. Clack himself administering it, hypo dermically. Dr. Rowland got the cocaine. 'Witness told Dr. Rowland how much to fix not less than th of a grajn, but he did not notice the package or bottle from which Dr. Rowland got this cocaine. Being asked about administering a hypo dermic of morphine (as already tes tified to) Dr. Clark said he did not -ive it, nor did he know how much morphine was given. The child uvea abou 15 or 20 minutes after witness administered the cocaine. It was about half or three-quarters of au hour as near as witness could re member after the morphine was ad ministered before the cocaine was -. i i . ii ... i. .-. given, uemg asKeu lunuerus iu coudition of the child, his symptoms and sufferings after Dr. Clark got there he said he suffered agooa aeai. He was much nauseated. He vomit ed a green and white and watery sub- stance, caused oyaruiKius iw the witness thought. Ttie wnue, wfttprv lookimr Dart, he meant. Dr. Clark could not say positively how long the child lived after he was tanen sick, but from the time that he heard of it, it was about an hour or an hour and a half. Hethouint it was fullv 15 or 20 minutes after the last hvnodermic was eriven before he died Dr. Rowland told witness he had given a hypodermic of digitalis and strychnine. Asked if he saw the child Immediately after death, Dr. Clark Vmrl onrl Hid helned rn nrpnare the bodv for burial. The EvervthiiKr Hnd; a. ' ' r 6 condition of the body immediately after death was in a relaxed condi-. tion. He noticed the body a short ! time afterward and the condition of it then was ordinary rigormortis the condition of a body after death. ' Iking asked to explain more fully what he meant by this term witness ' said he meant that the body was not very rigid. It was about an hour after the child's death when he saw him for the last time, and it was in ' an ordinary relaxed condition then. J Being asked as to what Dr. Rowland ' said he thought was the cause of the child's death, he stated that Dr.Row- j land said he thought it had gastritis. Witness said that after examining the child he could not be positive as to what caused its death. Dr. Clark testified to the fact that Dr. Rowland is a practicing physician and the time he has known him as such. He did not know anything about the boy's life being insured. Dr. Rowland ' had never asked him anyting about insurance, and he had talked with him a')out insurance only once since ' the child's death, when Dr. Rowland was to see him to fill out certificate ' of proof of death. This certificate called for cause of death, etc. When . he asked him to fill out certificate Dr. Rowland said that he had some : insurance on the child's life and wish- j ed witness to fill out the blank. Ask- j ed if Dr. Rowland told him anything! about there being a report about i that he caused the child's death, wit-1 ness answered yes. He said Dr. Row laud told him that he had heard that ' some had said he had caused the ; death of the child, and if he would ! fill out the certificate he thought it would be stopped at once. Witness j filled out the blank, in his own hand- J writing, giving ptomaine poison as j the cause of death. Upon being asked : things that would cause ptomaine to explain what ptomaine poison is, i poison. If the stomach was weak it it was defined as a chemical change 1 might be caused by excessive eating of the food which produces poison in of fruits, confectioneries, etc. In re the stomach. It was about two ; ply to question as to whether Dr. weeks after the child's death when Rowland told witness if he had Dr. Rowland went to his home and given strychnine and digitatis at asked him to fill out the certificate of death. Witness did not know anyting about the boy's life being insured or when he was examined, nor did he know when the boy was taken to Raleigh for this purpose. Being asked further by Mr. ZoIIi coffer as to what Dr. Rowland had given the child, witness said he told him he had administered strychnine and digitalis before he arrived, but he did not tell the proportions he had administered. Witness knew nothing about Dr. Rowland's trying to sell some land belonging to the child. Severe convulsions with a good deal of depression about body, were given as some of the symptoms of strychnine poison, the brain also being affected to a certain extent. Vomiting.diarrhoea and severe pains in the abdomen were given as symp toms of ptomaine poison. The child did not complain of pains in the abdomen or diarrnoea, uuc nis Dow els acted very freely once. Dr. Clark saw the child at the school entertain ment the night before he was taken sick and his condition then was nor mal from all appearances. Witness could not say positively what was the cause of death.but the symptoms were ptomaine poison. 1 CROSS EXAMINATION. Witness was then cross examined by Mr. T. T. Hicks, for the detense. Dr. Clark in answer to question said he was at home when Mr. Lew Row land cams' for him and that he went at once but did not take any medi cine with him. He thought it took about 10 or 15 minutes for him to so from his house to Mr. Lew Row- land s. Me had a goou norse unu could make the trip quickly, it would be in the very shortest time from the time Mr. Lew Rowland left his home and went for witness, and returned, about 25 to 30 minutes. In answer to question as to how far it is from Mr. Lew Rowland's to Mrs. Pardue's, where Dr. Rowland went that morining with the child.witness stated that it is about 400 yards one way, around the road, and about 200 yards the other way, through the field. Gastritis some times causes death ouickly, and the under- Ktandincr of witness as to what this trouble is was given as acute inflam mation of the stomach. As to how gastritis would affect a person so as to cause death in an hour or two.Dr. Clark answered by poisoning the blood. The outward symptoms were civen as vomiting and nausea. Ask ed as to whether this excitement in the stomach, which witness said gas tritis was, would cause the heart to cease to beat or not, the answer was that sometimes a severe case might As to what palpitation or fluttering of the heart is, ana wnac causes it, witness said it is caused by the stom ach Dressinir against the heart Ptomaine poison ia understood hv the nrofession to be a chemi cal change in the food, and was not much known about when witness was at college. Sausage, oyster8,ice cream, etc., were given as some of the FOR 100 COUPONS FROM THE CIGARETTE OF QUALITY eons to Each P OS! D Coupons also Redeemable for Valuable Presents Premium Department AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. JERSEY CITY, N. J. ST. LOUIS, MO. Fire Frotecttiomi Cheap When once your buildings are painted with GIBRALTAR. 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No symptoms were given b' Dr. Rowland or any one present that indicated there had been a change in the symptoms of the child since he was first taken sick. Strychnine and digitalis are given to stimulate, be ing administered in small quantities. Dhritalis is given to strengthen the heart aud make it beat full and strong. Morphine is a form of opium and is quieting and soothing in ef fect. Hot water, not hot enough to burn, but to be swallowed safely ,was given to make the child vomit, co caine being given to sooth the stom ach. This was administered by hypo dermic because the child was vomit ing and could not retain it (on the stomach if taken through the mouth) As to the relative quickness of the effects by hypodermic and taken by mouth, if put in the arm it gets into the veins more quickly than if taken in the mouth. A mustard poultice to quiet vomiting and relieve nausea was also applied. In answer to question as to whether the child said anything while witness was there and before he died as to what made him sick, the answer was that he did not. -He did not say anything about his suffering except that he com plained of being sick at the stomach, expressed himself enough to let it be inown that he was in possession ot lis mental faculties. Mrs. Lew Row and was in the room most of the time. The child had been living at the home of Mr. Lew Rowland about 5 or 6 years witness thought. Asked as to the insurance on the child's life and the request of Dr. Row land to fill out certificate of proof of death, witness answered m effect as testified in direct examination. Gas tritis and ptomaine poison was in serted in the certificate as the cause of the child's death. On May 18th, 1907, witness went to a notary and made oath that this was the cause of the child's death, and he has not seen or read anything to cause to him chancre from this opinion and he still thinks that gastritis and Dtomaine Doison is the only thing that he can attribute the death of the child to. Witness was told that the ehild had eaten coufectioneries.but nothing was said about its eating cherries. He was told by Mr. Lew Rowland that he had eaten confection eries. and also that he had eaten cake and drank some milk when he returned home the night of theschoo entertainment, about 12 o'clock. This was the school entertainment at Bobbitt, which closed at a late hour, about midnight. REDIRECT EXAMINATION. On redirect examination Mr. Zolli coffer asked witness if the child de murred to the treat ment that he and Dr. Rowland administered. Answer mm i acKagei was that only once, when he said it hurt him. Dr. Rowland, his fath er and Mrs. Lew Rowland told him to let witness (Dr. Clark) administer the hypodermic of cocaine and that he would not hurt him. His father had administered hypodermic before The child allowed w-itness to admins ter itand heputitin his arm. Witness was not told that the child had eaten any cherries and that they were bit ter. Asked if he was told that the child had eaten any confectioneries that were bitter, the answer was he had been told nothing of the kind. Questioned further as to whether or not he said the child objected to to the treatment, (hypodermic) wit ness answered that he only said he did not want any more of it put in his arm, that it hurt him, but that when his father and Mrs. Lew Row land told him to let him put it in his arm, that he would not hurt him, he consented for him to do so. Dr. Clark was then excused. DR. JOHN HILL TUCKER. Dr. John Hill Tucker who exhumed the body of David Austin Rowland, was next called to the witness stand. After being questioned by Mr. ZoIIi coffer as to his business and the length of t ime he has been practicing medicine, Dr. Tucker stated that he holds the official position of health officer of the county. Did not know David Austin Rowland but had the body exhumed. This on account of a written order from the Solicitor. (Order was produced and read to the court.) This order was received on Sunday afternoon (May 19th) and on Monday morning witness went to Plank Chapel and had the body ex humed. Maj. P. T. Jones, (notary public) Dr. R. J. Gill, Dr. F. R. Har- ns, ii. tv. loung and others were present. The organs of the body were removed and witness took them in charge and carried them to Raleigh and delivered them to Prof. W. A. Withers, professor of chemistry in the Agricultural and Mechanical Col- ege. Did not know where the child was buried at Plank Chapel but per sons who attended the funeral point ed out the grave. Asked if he made any examination orTanalvsis of the organs, witness stated that he did not. He took the orerans out and put them in a half gallon fruit jar in alcohol and took them to Prof. Y itn- ers and delivered them in person This was on May 21, 190T. (Tues day). itness was excused without cross examination by the defease. T. I. JONES. T. I. Jones of Raleigh, agent of the Virginia Life Insurance Company, took the witness stand next and tes tified as follows: Saw David Austin Rowland once in Raleigh, April 1, 1907. when his father, Dr. Rowland took out insurance on his life. The minimum amount is for $360.00 which would increase to $400.00 (after being ia force a certain length of time.) hen application was made Dr. Rowland did not ask fo any particular amount, just said he wanted a policy on the boy's life aa he considered that one of the first stens that should be taken. Witness told hiji what his company had to offer a child of that age. Dr. Row land Mid he had applied for in?or ance in the Metropolitan for $500.00 or $1,000.00. Witness saw theother policy and it was for $500.00, this with the $360,000 in the Virginia Life, making $860.00 in all. Asked as to the apparent physical condi tion oi the child when witness saw him in Raleigh the answer was that ie looked like he was all right to tim. CROSS EXAMINATION. On cross examination witness said the policy was issued in March. Dr. Rowland did not seem to be very anxious tor the insurance on the child's life. Witness told him what he had to offer u child " of that nge, and when he decided to take the policy, witness considered it quite a compliment to him and his company. Asked whether or not at any time Dr. Rowland told him not to issue the policy, witness said he had sent the application to Hen derson, thinking the child was there or near there, and Mr. Moss, who is agent for the Virginia Life at that point, said let it go by that it did not amount to anything. In reply to this witness said he would keep on until he got it. Dr. Rowland had been witness' regular physician and ie owed mm a medical account. The policy was paid for by Dr. Row land receipting the bill, there being a small difference which Dr. Rowland gave him. The premiums on this policy could have been collected by the week or month. It is the general custom in Raleigh for parents to insure the lives of their children. Witness had been in Dr. Rowland's office and he thought he had a fine practice. L. P. KIDD. L. P. Kidd of Raleigh, mauager of the Metropolitanlnsurance Company, was the next witness examined, lie knew Dr. Rowland; had never seen David Austin Rowland, but his com pany holds a policy on his life. Wit ness was out of the city when Dr. Rowland applied for the policy, and it was issued while he was away. The amount of the policy was $4G0. 00,at that age. The laws of the State of New York limit the amount to a child. He informed Dr. Rowland on his return that if there was any insurance previous to theirs that it would only be pro rata for the amount Dr. ! Rowland then hesitated about taking'the policy with a rider attached to it. The policy was issued in March on the 17th, as well as witness could remember. Did not think Dr. Row land paid for this policy until April. He said he did not want the rider on the policy and that he wanted to pav for it at once. Witness then wrote to the company and asked them to relieve the policy oi the rider, and they replied that they would not do so He then told Dr. Rowland that he had better take the policy if he wanted one as it was the best he could do for him, as far as risk was concerned. Tie said in reply that he had applied to the v lrginia Life In surance Company, but had not heard from them. Witness then told him that he had better take it as a bird iu the hand was worth two in the bush. Further told Dr. Rowland that no company would submit a greater responsibility than his; the policy was all endorsed and he then agreed to take it. CROSS EXAMINATION. Asked if he returned the check Dr. Rowland gave him, witness replied that he did not. The check was given him on March 20th. To the question if he had authority to cash thecheck, witness said he gave Dr. Rowland his word that he would not cash the check until he heard from the com pany in regard to relieving the clause about the rider. He was anx ious to sell the policy always wanted to sell insurance and had been after Dr. Rowland for several 3'ears to take out a policy as he was making good money and he was anxious to see him eave some of it. It is a usual custom for people to insure their children's lives in Raleigh. Question ed as to the limit of industrial in surance on a child 10 or 11 years old, the answer was that one-half of the amount would be paid if the child died at once, and after six months he would be entitled to the full amount of the policy. Redirect examinatian by Mr. aoiI- coffer was brief and brought out no new or material fact. WALTER FINCH. Walter Finch of Kittrell, was called to the witness stand and examined as to the sale of the house and lot in Kittrell bv Dr. Rowland, the nron erty of his son, David Austin Row- and, by inheritance from his mother On Monday after the chUd was bu ried bunday lie went to the depot and was talking with Dr. Rowland and he said that he would sell witness lis house aud lot for $1,200.00. This was between 8 and-9 o'clock in the morning. CROSS EXAMINATION. On cross examination witness said conversation took place at the depot in Kittrell while waiting for the train Dr. Rowland fixing to return to Ral eigh, where he has lived for several years, xie huu u r;UM;nv;e "1 xvii.- j trell. Asked n ne went to tne uepoi . to see Dr. Rowland, witness said he ' cruessed so ne went to tut? utrpuu iust to speak to him aa much aa any- m XT a. 1 i turns ei82. v unesa uia not. remem ber if the train was an hour late or that it was the day of a particular trial there and everybody had to wait for it. He told Dr. Rowland that he had bought Mrs. Persons' place and asked him if he would sell his and he said no, that it was pay ins 10 per cent, on 1,200.00. But be added after awliile that as the child was dead he would sell the place and have the money nearer him as he could look after it and make it pay him better. "Witness was not certain that Dr. Rowland said he would sell his place before he aiked him. lie attended the funeral of the child but did not speak to Dr. Rowland. Asked if he remembered that Guy Barnes and Mr. firissom tried to buy the place, said he did but ha'd not tried to buy it himself. Witness could not be positive whether he brought up the selling of the place or not, but thought the first of it was that he asked him about selling it. Witness said he told.it about Kittrell that the Elace could be bought. He did not now that three persons wrote to buy the place and had not heard that two people wrote to buy it and that Mr. Kittrell cut them off by phoning. REDIRECT EXAMINATION. On redirect examination witness said he had heard that Mr. Kittrell bought the place for $1,200.00. He had also heard that Guy Banres tried to buy it but did not kuow why he did not buy it. Had never heard Dr. Rowland say why he did not sell it before the child died. PROF. W. A. WITHERS. Prof. W. A. Withers the most impor tant witness to be examined was at this juncture aked to take the w if ness stand. All was expetanov and a deatuc like silence pervaded the crowded court room. It was understood that the charge against Dr. Rowland would stand or fall by what the report of the chemist showed whether analysis ofthe stomach and viscera of the dead child revealed the presence of poison or not. Prof. Withers gave hia age as 43 and his business as professor of chemistry in the Agricultural and Mechanical Collece. He graduated in chemistry in 1883 and has been a professor of chemistry ever since 2d years graduating at Davidson, N C, and at Cornell. A student of chem istry from 1881 until 1883 aud a prac t icing chemist since 1881, his experience has covered a wide range oi 6tudy and research. Asked what experience be had had in toxicology witness said he had separated poison from three.arsenic from one, strychnine from one, morphine from one, ana located poison which was claimed to have been administered and where it was found not necessary to have analysis; examined one and found no poison, and the one in question. Did not know David Austin Rowland and had never seen him. On May 21st he re ceived from Dr. John Hill Tucker what was said to be the stomach and other organs of David Austin Rowland, the said articles being referred to him for chemical analysis, lie made the analy sis, the instruments used being of the latest type.tnesame as those used by the most efficient chemists. Witness said he tested for all known poisons except those which Dr. Tucker said it was not neces sary to test for. Asked by Mr. ZoIIicoffer what the result of this analysis was. Prof. Withers stated that he found no poison present. ''None whatever?" was the question propounded. "None what ever," was the reply. "You found noth ing in the stomach of a poisonous char acter that would produce death?" "No poison." As if to emphasize the matter farther Mr. ZollicoHer asked "Did you find any article of poison that might produce death?" "None," was the an swer given. "Then I understand that you, having had 20 odd years experience and having used the very latest methods for observing and detecting the presence and character of poison, and having stated that there was none to be found, that the analysis is completed, and no poison of any kind was found in the stomach or other ortrans?" "None. sir. Prof. Withers again declared, and this conrluded the examination. DEFENDANT IS DISCHARGED. Mr. ZoIIicoffer then arose and stated the case very briefly why an investiga- tiou had beenmade. The symptoms of the child's death and the suspicious cir cumstances surrounding it were such as to require this hearing. He said the ex amination had been conducted with the idea that Dr. Rowland should not be prosecuted but that the murder of the child, if it had been murdered, should be vindicated. No one was gladder for Dr. Rowland's innocence to be established than he and in behalf of the Solicitor of the State, and as the representative of the relatives of the child, who had em ployed him to prosecute the case, he asked that the prisoner be released from custody. Mr. 1 licks, on behalf of the defense. thanked Mr. ZoIIicoffer for the liberality and fairness with which the hearing had been conducted. He said that there were some relations of the child and of Dr. Rowland who had believed in his charac ter and integrity, and had not thought that the hearing was the proper course. It was ruled and held that there was not sufficient evidence upon which the defendant should be held or placed upon trial for the charge against mm, and he was discharged from custody under the warrant against him, Justice bary de livering the opinion of the court. As stated last week Dr. Rowland was placed under arrest again immediately after being released, and taken to Raleigh on a warrant charging him with the murder of Eengineer Charles II. Strange, whose widow he married a few weeks after the sudden and mysterious death of her husband. The hearing was held Monday. 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