Show Will DAMAGE ENG NE I That's U V S Contention In Trial of Railroad Strikers 1 EL PASO Tex Jan Expert 20 20 O chemists I witnesses for the govern 6 v l ment testified In the quicksilver case fied fled before United d States DIstrict JUdge W R n R Smith Friday that iner- iner mer mercury I cury would de hoy copper and brass For the he purpose of ot demonstrating to the jury the effect of ot mercury on ort COpS cop toI I I Iper per a small amount o of mercury was heated on a It burner A thin piece of Copper sheet was wall placed above the At the close chose o of the afternoon I session it was as shown that the mer mer- mercury mercury iner- iner I cury had caused holes In the copper I strip DESCRIBE EXPERIMENTS C A Wilson chief chemist of ot the Southern Pacific Houston l W W Cut Cut- CUItis Cui Houston chemist were called caned as witnesses Chemists under direct and cross examination ex examination told of experiments per per- formed performed with quicksilver to show its effect upon copper in boilers When mercury was waa used in a boiler model In which water WJ was heated to a point that would lse C the thEl mercury to vaporize a valve S ale alve was is as the result of ot the experiment et erl- erl ment meat according to the witnesses Attorneys for Cor the tho defense launched Il a strong attack the testimony of Mr MI Wilson on the defense defenso chiming that he was waa a not expert and there there- therefore therefore fore Core not qualified to testify In cross examination they succeeded In show show- showing showing ing that Mr Wilsons Wilson's knowledge of 10 construction a was as question questIon- questIonable questionable questionable able SCORNFUL LAUGHTER Mr Wilson son declared that he h hid 1 found carbon in a steam cylinder There was WM chortle of ol amusement from froma a gt of o milt oad men when hen the chemIst said that he thought the mud J i ling lag Ing of an engine was a 1 that ran up to the tho Mr Jr Curtis however howe cr committed him himself self definitely to Intricate points In Involved in- in involved Involved In locomotive e When court took recess the defense had not gained any marked head ay ayIn In Its efforts to show that the ment with a boiler and quicksilver had failed ruled to prove prose the contention that quicksilver In a locomotive will cripple Its parts Closs examination c also tailed failed to break down Mr Curtis contention that he lie was an expert elpert and qualified Tho state will close today in the case involving Ing nine men charged with placing quicksilver er In engines at III El ElPaso ElPaso Paso and San Antonio H II P Gamble special assistant to the United States attorney general said RECALLS MANY SALES E H Beall Deall druggist of o Houston Texas testified that he sold 75 pounds of quicksilver to J B be between be- be bet between tween teen t een August 27 and September Il G last Is Iq a deC In the tilO case and is y of ot the m in chin 1st iste union of ot Houston I sold soIl td t him hint as ac a I would a package of or pills Beau Deall said I 1 never ne nes er carried Ih er or until I sold it to because thel e vias 15 not enough demand for tor It in the neigh neigh- first asked me it lC I could get him three one and one quarter quarter ter ounce bottles I this amount paying 7 25 and selling it for 9 I wrapped ne new around the bottles to protect them from breaking under the weight asked me meto meto meto to keep a little on hand I 90 pounds altogether and sold 33 35 or 40 bottles containing one and quarter one one one- Quarter ounces each to When hen Mr White e talked to me I returned 15 pounds to the drug company I bought It horn flom The Mr White he referred to was identified as Tom White head of ot the of ot justice office In Hous Hous- Houston Houston Houston ton on no |