Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16

rious memoranda which were of value
in thoir way. Near what remained of
the man we discovered upon the floor
Il dark stain. which at first sight had
thought to be blood. A closer examin-
alton, however, revealed the fact that
1t was either claret or some other deep
red wine. In one of the yellow heads
was gripped small vial about which
a scrap of paper was wrapped. Written
in English upon it were the following
words: an two gills of claret, one
In champagne, two. For action in the
first case, five minutes. In the second,
SEVEN"
The vial contained three or four small
white pellets. We determined to try
an experiment. A man was sent for a
bottle of Piper-Heidseck OF this he
poured small quantity into an empty
bottle and, dropping in enc Of the white
pellets, placed the whole upon the win
dow ledge. Closing the sash ! stood,
watch in hand, and waited. Whether
simply poison, or some stronger and
stranger thong, did not stop to wonder,
but, as the number of minutes recon-
nended in the note crawled slowly by,
I'm uneasy sensation came over me which
made me draw back and motion the
others to do the same. The next mo-
ment the stiffness was broken by a dull
report and the falling of shattered
glass. We started forward. The glass
lay broken in small bits; portion of
the stone coping had beeu torn away;
ho hf,4t 1.,, .hpi 4 isl
knew little of chemistry. Whether
the man jackson had made great dis
cove.y, in producing material upon
which the action of certain kinds of
liquids was necessary to bring about II
conclusion, by absorbing with the vari-
GUS degrees of strength contained in the
fluid the hard outer coating of his pre-
paration and bringing the delicate in
terror into contact with some foreign
substance; or whether such methods
are generally known and practiced by
the profession, l cannot tell. | only
thought, at the time, that the last link
in the chain of proceedings was now
without doubt in my hand.
At nine o'clock that night Ray, an
other man and myself. were stationed
in the hall of MIR. IS great house at
Tuxedo. We had been substituted for
three detectives who were to have been
sent down in the usual way. L had
placed Ray at the entrance to the ball
room. myself near the vestbule of the
house, the other man lowered anywhere
about. We had not long TO wait. The
guests of the evening were early to an
rive - the great man short-breathed,
ponderous, but genial; his young wife
handsome and gracious. Behind them
came small sprinkling of more or less
famous politicians, members of the for
cgn legation and handsome young at
tuches in the full uniforms of their
countries. Among these last were two
men who at once attracted my attcn-
ton; the first, by slight popularity
in his figure, his quick nervous move
ments, the chances full of suspicion and
of wutchfulness which he constantly
threw about-all these signs identified
him strongly with the man who had
kept silence the night before at the
House with Green Blinds. The other
was us CuSllN ulStcNtl'h, tiiC ttii, N'il
set up figure, ornamcntcd by snowy
uniform which he now wore, the firm
lips curving into a smile that was al
most insoent; the large, well-shaped
head; the delicate aroma of Turkish
ciraret ties which foated with him
more, he lighted one as he reached the
smolling-room, into which | could see
from my station, and sent ring after
before had seen him do it, but never
another man so prettily.