, 1880-07-16

A Horrible Infection Intended, mr..
Co1natuck TIltnkA. for IfinsaclI, Fnl1cn
upON His Clerk.

NfIo royk 1tor'f JalvR
About two nnnthB ug0 MI envelope bcnrlng a
New York postninrk and lIrGatcu t} Anthony
Cnnstock WIS ttcltverpl at Ills 1ftlco, TO Nassnu
street. lie WIS absent ut tho Time, md tho OIL
rcloo being partly torn opoH, by rough handling
IN tho mil. perhns, MIR. Ducrct. his secretary.
orencd It III tho presence Of several corks In tho
ulIlcc. 1t contained whit nppearrtl u be II pnrus
plaster covered with fDul matter. Its cNlpr WIS
worry Offensive. and thusa tn tho Otlieo ut tho
ii,no were ut once affected by an Itching u,d
prlcklluE sGnsNtlon ntp,llt tho fanc. DHrrrt.
who opened tho olirrtopc, minded tho snutcr nhl
slnctIc1 OF 1t, When Mr.. Co1nstock arrived Two
hnurs lntor ho suspected TINT tho 1ni.slvu had
been sent to him by sor1u cnu1ny to do hni botl-
ily hnrm. 1io caused tho package to he do
s1roycd, and, scnhng to II tlr,ts.htnre. he nrt-
cured II wAEh for himself and his clerks, rs well
As dislnfcctant for his oluo. The aul,Icct wAs
ti,cn dismissed and Thought ito further Of. Two
weeks Inter- wi,llu Duerct was walking with bis
brotAer. he noticed return Of tho itchiug scn-
AAtion Nbuut hta neck. 1t WIS accompanied l'y
NJ, unusual purple deterioration OF tho skin. fl1
returned to Ills ho,1so ut las Clifpn p'acp BROOK
Ign. III. Beginning ut the lnwor uxtrelsties, tho
dtseasc Erndunly extended UP eyer r. big M Whole !,
a,,ccoelesi by a reddish rash aecn'nrali:Ga ~
htgI, fever: and I'r: Inhn II, Qnui. 1t - Kent
nsht that the pati"nf apps4.rcd u iirst sr,,t 10
De suffering frt,m KtarlGt fever. Tho symptoms.
however, suui, assumed 1uoro tho appearance ot
eryEiFulas. nucrut has Nnw l,eeIl cnntl1Ied u
his led for seven weeks. During thAt tim tho
lscase hus l,een accompanied by ca!lstant tlnk,
nx e s 's ri, s HI ~ laf M 'ssr ~ s
wRun to SWELL first OIL tho left s!do, until It WIS
foun't necessary 10 nt,t tho swnl!inK Mt THO !cst
t|lu elbow. Al present tho right kneo Ia greatly
swollen, a!,d slinIlar operation WI l'.yo e 10
performed. Tho pat!ctit is he!ricss, and u itl
To II ako!eton. and his p,ysclnns fcnr hut hu viii
@ have 70 %!tas,a.a e ss4s pr
1osts nf tho case. 1t IL. they Say. m uIqHes-
tlonanlc casc If pyEn,a, THO I'.la ac!lg Of = vcry
m,lgnnnt typp. md Dr. Qnlni' thinks tl,ut % %tl!ny
isit they arv completely 1T loss as to tho mi
Mre Ut tho 1ntsnn,. and cAnnt d0 nlhor%lan
than net upon tho hypothesis thnt tne opyol.,ln
addressed to Sir, CNnRtDek, which ~ Dttcrut
I,eret. WIS tho euliso Of tho fnnlAy. Dr. Quli.n
sail lust oyonllE TINT nucrut WIS fur iru btl;g
put q dngrr hut they ha aopn t'at a. wo''ld ;
III. Ca1nsiocs, who WIS found IT nts residence.
lint ho hall bcen anxious 10 keen tho fncis of
bIr. Ducret's sickness frD'n the pIb9 Tor several
tcus1ts one Ut which va. TINT he tsla Hnt .esIe
p,ltcs without question to Y yiritnls in,eGt1ti,a
satIataction u knowng TINT tits mlsslyo @ had - T.,
TssshG ;s r. T% ~ F at ss 10
urr,d ha Gould not command urllcHea enough
oi. which TO make my arrest. lio *!lspects Il \
arrcsteu for n orIn0, und tn whom hp afterwards
trgtcBl nn tnferIAl lIlarhtne Witch Ic htl r.,
c0ivua by mill Int tron wlltch h0 lind ea;.trca
uuInJrItl. TIln nurcsA Ut tlla prHs.st p!tkaEt',
hu sllya, VIA Ut tho sAmo handwriting: nicrri,
who 10 but q, h1 says xns ,tst faithflll young
1or y 3 s ss'ax sesasass St 1 II e socy lie
Aupllresslt'n of Vico has cArcd for h'u1 "'ir1l's
III iast a.sH nixht Mr. Dcrct VIVA resting n,cre com
f,rtAbly bis lrohUr sMId, but tay could not seu
| any material Improvement In lita co1'iil19u.