THE CAIN MYSTERY.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2026, 2 December 1886, Page 3

THE CAIN MYSTERY.

HALL VISITS CAIN AT NIG ITT. Dr McINTYRE’S EVIDENCE. THE ANALYST’S EVIDENCE. (Per Press Association). Timarc, Dec. 1. The murder ease was resumed to-day. Mr W. A. Mason rep ated the evidence giveu at the inquest. .George Kaye deposed : I went to Woodlands to nurse Captain Cain in January last nnd remained until his death. Hall came to the house every day. He used to come at night, sometimes about fix o’clock, hut did not remain long on these occasions. I left the room whenever Hall came in. The Captain was often sick. I used to find him sick after I had given him his cough mixture. The mixture was kept on a side table with the grog and the wine. I sat up with the Captain the night before he died, and I saw no difference in him till about two o'clock. 1 saw a change in him then which I took for death. Mr Stubbs was sitting up with me that night and I do not, remember peeing Hal there. When the Captain vomiti d lie used to ray “ Botheration 1 Cannot the doctors give me something to stop this.” Francis Worcester Stubbs, agent: I wont to see Captain Cain on 13th Jan. which was my first visit during his sickness. Hall was at the house T asked hint how he thought the Captain was and he replied ct very had indeed.” lie also remarked that the doctor gave no hopes of him and that lie could not get over it. Patrick Meln'yre, deposed : —1 began to attend Captain Cain in Ju’y 18S5. I visited Captain Cain almost almost every day from the end of December till his death. He was suffering from kidney disease and dropsy, and also general debility of the system, continuing from his previous illness I first prescribed for the vomiting on the 24th December and I did not know of its existence before that date. In my prescriptions there was nothing to produce vomiting. None of my prescrip! ions contained colchicum or antimony or any preparation of these things. Captain Cain once complained i to mo of his whiskey making him sick. This was a few weeks before his death. I last saw Captain Cain the day hi fore his death. He was then much worse than lie had been for some wetks before. The administration of colchicum or antimony to anyone in Cain’s position would certainly accelerate death. Cross-examined by Mr Berry—Cain’s legs and body, particularly the left hand, were much swollen during the latter part of the illness. I only remember one sore on the body, a small u'cer, and th re was a small, deep hole in the sole of one of his fort but his legs had not gangred. I considered his recovery hopeless throughout the last, illness, and I told members of the family that he might die at any moment or live for weeks or months. I never told Hall that dropsy would soon reach Cain’s heart nnd that death would immediately follow. Richard Bowen Hogg deposed : I remember holding a post-mortem examination with Dr Oirston at the Timaru Hospital on Sept. 27. We removed the stomach, a portion of the small and large intestines, the bladder, a portion of the liver, the spleen and the kidneys. There was also some liquid put into the bottles taken from the chests and from the bladder. The analysis was commenced on the night of our arrival in Dunedin bv myself, Professor Black and Dr 0 ston,at, the University laboratory. We discovered antimony in all the organs. I should not expect to find traces of colchicurn or atropia in a body nine mouths buried if such poison had been administered during life. In one suffering from hrart disease and dropsy it would certainly have the (fleet of accelerating death. Cross-examined l y Mr Perry : We did not try for atrophia or colchicum. A separate analysis was made of part of the contents of each bottle. There was no difficulty in getting results although the analysis took a considerable time. The Court, adjourned till to-morrow morning.