The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-06
A BRITT Ell VERDICT.

Wero TWO VWIUH aCtOrb VINO, huA-
TO earn ~ nnno for ourselves I'm sol
had come I y Norway on purpose To
that str1 Vrs disease the goback,
70 bs induce f.amopg Norwegian fish
"A during th anciScgy sonson by OK
10 consumptl sn OF Essv salt fish. IL IL
)id diseasc, setting from the .Outsot
extraordinai giolsrDe. 30 satisfac-
sure, no mod s0f trcntment epon, has
een devised H ii.
Dok up the mpors sand cad. This
curious case Yotsat firsts my inter
ms but langu ldly aroused. The incl
seemed all o. a storeotyp',d sd pattern.
~ "varicty n 0. 7"1N the frame pas
el, according 90 Lombro SOS lumi-
Youremem ,or tine CIR
tances: Old 7 fr. Pargiter Vas rich
ranky mcrcbn mt at Greyba mpton en-
I'm tho Norw ~ trade. IL Is wife, 90
his junior, I. ii desperatel y. In love
n curate name d GillTight, ard while
two were col ductinB O andostine
spondenco Mr.. ParG.ter led, with
suspicious of poisoning.
vas alleged bJ the crown thaf Gil
{ had given hi n arsenic, M "a indeed
nee was broul hit forward to show
Gilbright had ought that poison In
derable quantiti sata.lecalc g hemlst's,
,h his counsel ecntended b . used 1t
for preserving b inis' skins, q b nc was
thusiastic and ! sarnedsornit biologist.
,yer. IL was clear that both nlbriaht
Irs. Pargiter we. &c anxicusly waiting
be rich old husba nj was safoI y ont OF
'ay, when they pr oIsosedSto mi ,rry and
,appiIy and virtu ouslytsyer a! Ter.
n will observe a onoe that In the
80 far there was nothing mo 20 than
)roso's familiar Use NO. z: "Wiie
lover and a ricl , husband. Lover
Ms husband. VII srenaiAs In igno.
of the circumstaI ce'"
as / read on an onIIeame 'tothe
to which Tom had sO'nrgtntly called
1t was tn sinedioal evi dence
the dead mans 81 mptoms, top ether
the ANALYSIS of thu eontants his
ach.
EN- my interest dGcpened. .Totl
led mo narrowly. "Well, wha (. d.
make of it ALP" he inquired at las
ly.
,oked up from tho pa pcr. '"Why, IN
ok, /" l answered, witt m'ca.1nome nt
,tion.
o l think" he assente d "And as fol
ic--fudoe, How con ID "a man like
ss-Ellerby put down udhssymptt n'
Dse to an irritant" :,
'ead to the end Of the fnenical vi.
!. "Oh, it's as clear rs mud!
"Here are the small hiack spo IS,
the temperature below normal, al I'd
'igidity of the hands, md 1.-THE I'M a
Of total happiness.
'esides which," Tom put ~, Inc pa
had been over at Lofod m gust ten
hat did the jury dor" med. ;.
'ound the parson guilty @ course
answered.
jumped up in horror. az Vhsn. IA the
to be hangedS" exclaimt O..
lot decided when the pa. pers ieit,
replied. "But, then, that WAS more
a week ago."
nado up my mind at once. nom' !
Uwe must cave this moo rffellow's 8
Tho case "a clear There WA, ,,no .mur-
4 all We know eyery sympt mi. The
died of go back"
1hat can we dor" Tom inquir ~.
'ake the first chance Of coast snaewn
srgen," answered, land teleG HAph at
to tho homo secretary"
!, the long, dreary delays Of tn, Veeha- :
,ail in q small fishing smack do' 1h tho
d to Bergenl How we tacke' '"and
d! Would we ever reach our port is'nd'.
d,d wonld Il be in time TO say stthe
cent victim?
,e moment we landed I telegraph U!in
aste: "We have been studying an nod
. disease in Norway and can lay be Wre
evidence which will clearly show E'o,
der at all took place at Greyhampt x'
exculpating Gilbright. We impl' ~e
to delay execution till we can produ es
proofs. The disease was at Lofod' o.
n Pargiter called there. We signed
, our names and medical credentials.
few hours later a reply came back:
me secretary regrets execution OF Con-
'Gilbright took place at Newgate yes
ay morning. Cholmondely Jevons, pri'
secretary"
was beside myself with indignation. l
the first steamer and laid the case ut
before the homo office.
r. Cholmondely Jevons received me-
chief was too busy. HD listened polite
at incredulously to my narrative. 1
we'd him beyond . doubt that Pargiter
died Of the Norwegian disease ac-
ec at Lofoden, but never till our inme
stigated with care by any medical man,
or Morse or English. He gazed at ano
ugh his eyeglass, smiled and shrugged
'houlders. "Most regretful, II true,"
Mt last, with Official callons-
II only could have been present at the
:" exclaimed, 81 might nave saved
mans life. 1 might have convinced
jurys''
no private secretary smiled again, an
rutable smile. my dear sir" he said,
I misunderstood the British jEryman,
you forget Mrs. Maybrick. Twelve
men and true found Gilbright guilty
murder, not because IL was pyoved he
poisoned tho man, but because IL was
ed no had intrigued with the lacy, -
1t Allen In Sketch.
Duty First.
10 lato General Francis A. Walker
into the army year after no gradu-
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