A REVIEW OF "PROF. REESE'S REVIEW" OF THE WHARTON TRIAL, WITH A BRIEF NOTICE OF THE SCHOEPPE TRIAL. BY PROF. WILLIAM E. A. AIKIN, M. D., LL. D., PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, ETC., IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Aikin, William E. A.
Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1873
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Original printed front wrapper [loose]. 20pp. Stitched, lacks rear wrap. Good plus. Mrs. Wharton was acquitted, after a 42-day trial, of poisoning General W.S. Ketchum, to whom she owed $2600. The jury "heard nothing of the sudden death of Mrs. Wharton's son the year before during a visit to her and her collection of the policies on his life. Nor did they hear that another financial adviser to this estimable lady, a Mr. Van Ness, had nearly perished in her household shortly before the arrival of the General. It is not surprising that the New York Sun dubbed her 'the Baltimore Borgia.' There was a spate of pamphlets after the trial by the 'expert' witnesses belittling each others' judgments and qualifications and generally expressing that contrariety of opinion so bewildering to laymen" [McDade 1076]. The "Schoeppe trial" involved the death of a wealthy woman by poison. Her physician, Dr. Schoeppe, was alleged to have killed her with prussic acid. There was, as in Wharton's case, contested medical testimony. After an initial conviction, a second trial acquitted him. McDade 1079. As of April 2026 OCLC records only facsimiles. See McDade 1078 for Williams's pamphlet on Dr. Wood's review of the Wharton medical testimony. Seller Inventory # 41927
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Title: A REVIEW OF "PROF. REESE'S REVIEW" OF THE ...
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company, New York
Publication Date: 1873
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