The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

His Investigations revealed the startling
TACT that a most negligent system pre-
walls iii many drugstores.
The law is openly violated in Sacra-
mento stores as well as in other places, "
registers covered with dust in many
places, and there were evidences that no
attention is paid to the law"
District Attorney Devlin and Captain
Curtin have gone TO San Francisco TO con-
suit with Professor Wenzell and Chief
Lees. A thorough investigation of all the
drug stores of San Francisco will be made
tomorrow and Monday, with the hope OF
finding some trace of the sale of The fatal
dose OF arsenic. Captain Curtin's detec-
tives. aided by others in eresJed in The
case, will make the search. The fact that
arsenic is sometimes bought by people at
wholesale houses, where there is nc
pharmacists register, Is one of the factors
in favor OF he criminal. The law of the
sate requires record of the sale OF
k2oisons at ali drug stores.
Ry the act of March, 1891, druggist
is required 10 keep a record of the sale of
al poisons This record must conta n the
statement of the purposes for which IL is
required, the name and quantity of the
poison bought and the name Of the dis
penser at the pharmacy.
The most thorough search has not re-
vealed any sale of arsenic to any one liv-
ing in tnis part Of the country. The
reason the search will be carried on In San
Francisco is that Frank Belew, as well as
other persons whose names have been
mentioned N connection with the crime,
has often visited the city. If any of the
suspects is he guilty man there Is pos
sioility that he may have purchased the
arsenic in the city.
Arthur Belew has just returned from a
visit down the roac"-he does not say
wbere-whlch was made ior The purpose
of investigating story concerning a
mysterious woman who is said TO have
been seen lowering about the Be!ew resi-
denc5 on the night preceding the fatal
breakfast He says he has not been able
TO account for the presence OF the WON an
or 10 learn Just who she was. he thinks
il my have been the r.minal, and so
greai is the faith Of the Beew in the in
noCence of their brother that they are
spending money to ruu down all plausible e
clews.
altiin Curtin will make his report 10
the District Attorney ate tie inquest
II is his opinion that the arrest oil any
person now suspected would b" nonsensl-
CAL unless new evidence is scovered
The m ssing ink Is proof OF the Iact that
some one purchased arsenic If 1t could
be shown that ither Frank Belew or
Parry Allen pure hased any arsenic at any
1me within the past year, Tor any pur-
Sc or under any pretext whatever, 1t
"$uld b. difficult for the purchaser to
escape.
The public here is looking forward
eag' ~ TO the inquest There will be a
meeilng between Harry Allen and Frank
Belew on that day. Tney nave met be-
fort, ana each ha. accused the other of
The crime. 1t will be interesting TO hear
Frank Belew tell of his sisters death.
Thirty witnesses for inquest were
summoned to-day and notified & be pres
ent al 1880 A. NJ. Tuesday. TIE Jurors
are: W. }. McElivane. Jacob Schneider.
George Stelnmi!ler, Claus Frahm, ]. NJ.
Bell, Louis Hanke, Charles Donoho. John
McDermott and Charles Newman.