The Irish standard., 1890-02-08

SClSaor. I0elr WlOl6 cOnVoTSaClO on
about the matter only occupied q few
SECONDS, and had 1t not been for the
events which happened after. neither
Father Relley nor Mary Stisser would
have recalled the circumstance of the
white powder on the stand or the fact
of having noticed it. At the proper
time in the celebration of the mass the
consecrated contents of the chalice
were drunk by the priest, and the aDlu
tions of wine and water were also par
taken OF. Immediately he experienced
a burning sensation, which was almost
unbearable. As ne said himself, II
knew at once
HAD BEEN POISONED.
The burning seemed to extend all
through the inside of my body and up
and down my esophagus. The pain
grew more intense each instant, but |
perseYered in saying the mass through
before ! left the altar" The mumvnt
he got into the sacrlsty he summoned
help. He told his terroriZed parlshon-
ers that he had been pOisoned; that
somebody had put a deadly poison into
the sacramental wine. A druggist and
a doctor were summoned at once, and
proper measures having been taken
promptly, the suffering clergyman was
relieved of the poison and mis- life saYed
He was confined to his house for two
weeks, but lie finally recovered. Mr..
Lawrence Kenna, a member oe che con-
gregati0n and very substantial citi
zen, took possession Of the bottle con
tanning the wine, sealed it UP and fo:-
warded it to Professor Euglehardt in
Syracuse. A chemist of repute and
ability, Professor Enxlehardt was at
one time state chemist, and has made
an especial STUDY of poisons. lie care
fully analysed the bottle Of wine. At
the very start. he found TWENTY-FIVE
grains of arsenic und,ssolved in the
bottle. He found enough more in So
luton in the bottle to kill two dozen
men. No doubt remains that a. .das
tardly attempt at murder had been com.
mitted. There could be little question
of that. the powders noticed in the
sacristy had been spilled while inject
ing the deadly drug into the bottle.
The poisoner's hand trembled.
r.xr crrOnn Anvrrnvprr no MupnEp
FATHER KELLEY
was made nearly two months later,
The pastor had some visitors who had
been singing for the benefit of a tair
then holding in the rink. The concert
over, they did not get home until after
l O'Clock a. m. They sat up chatting
until 2 and then retired. Father Kel
ley had bed fitted up for. himself in
the library. He read awhile after re-
firing, as he was not sleepy. He was
just beginning to feel like closing his
book and Blowing out the lamp when
there came prolonged pull at the door.
bell. There was someone at the front
uUUl. K dVuC1 AC4iOy dlOSC. EHAlCN Vu
his trousers, and just after he got this
operation flushed there Was another
pull at the bell. It awakened the gen.
tlemen from Utica in the rear bedroom,
and they heard Father Kelley patter to
the door in his sllppered feet. What
bad best be described in
Father Kelleys own words.
IL supposed that the reason of the
I.nil lrss, cir all o1fh,.,7uh
sick Call at that time of night was lit.
tie unusual. l dressed myself PARTIALLY.
turned down the light of the lamp by
which had been reading, aud went
out thrOu .h the sitting rOom and hall
way to the front door. { had che lamp
in my left hand aud opened the door
was there, but immediately opened the
trout door, opening in the middle.
When I opened the door that side of
the blinds opposite to where stood
was closed. The other side of the
blinds had been opened, aud there stood
a man Of whom | got only the faintest
glance possible, who stretched out a
letter to me in mis- hand the instant I
let down the bar aud pulled the door
open. /, OF course, looked at the letter
irst-in a dazed kind OF a way, dare
say, for l had no idea what the letter
was intended for. The man at tue
door did not say a word. I put out nv
right hand inyuluutarilY to take the
etter. and as l did so
THE MAN RAISED AN IRON BAR
which he had concealed, and brought
It down upon me with great force and