The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-11-28
PoIS0NS IN MURDER.
4,,E USE or THE susTLER spRuns
SELDOM BROUGHT TO LIGHT.

nemasn In the Victim Indeanitely.
reasons In Novels and Psays.
z "A recent newspaper article" said a
.nvsi<tan, called attention to two
.urdous facts. or rather, alleged facts,
.borrt poison. First. that It Ia SO sell
Ar, resorted to by murderers, and,
.ocond that its use is almost invaria-
s,v followed by detection. One might
snsver both statements with the ques-
son. How do we know? How do we
trow that the few clumsy cases that
.ome 20 light represent the sum Of that
hind of crime!
aIt Is undeniably true that there are
..rtain drugs which, IL administered
.,,,h skill. would be almost impossible
~ detect. Their symptoms are practi-
..uv identical with those Of familiar
diseases, and little while after death
.hey decompose, change form and dis
appear.
aIt would be possible. too, to innocu-
,ste victim with the germs of some
asadly malady. He would then go to
NJ grave with q real case of consump-
Nan or pneumonia or lockjaw, and
tbere would be nothing to arouse the
shadow of suspicion. / believe firmly
that such crimes are committed and
never discovered. but l believe also
that they are very rare. The real safe
ouard of a community lies in the fact
that so few murderers possess the req
nisite skill
aEducated people seldom commit de-
Nherate MURDER" continued the doctor,
4and the uneducated mind instructive
ly associates poison with two sub
stapces-arsenic and strychnine. They
are the deadly drugs most familiar to
the public, and fortunately they are
aasily detected. Murder by arsenic Is
infinitely clumsy. To begin with, the
symptoms are marked and peculiar;
being a metallic product. it's traces re-
main in the body an indefinite time.
LAST summer woman in BARGE
iona. Spain, confessed that she had
noisoped her sister with arsenic 15
rears before. The grave was opened
and the coffin found to contain nothing
but dust and ashes. but chemical test
showed Enthusiastically the presence OF
the drug.
"Mrs Maybrick was accused Of kill
ing her husband with arsenic. and the
test revealed it plainly not only In the
remains but in certain medicines. The
demonstration was so conclusive that
abe finally arose in court and admitted
giving him a white POWDER but insist
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directions.
aOne Of the most ingenious cases of
poisoning ever heard of occurred
some years ago i'm another state. A
young physician plotted to kill a
wealthy farmer. He knew the latter
was taking Quinine for a cold and.
meeting him one day. asked to see
what size capsules he used. While
pretending to examine them, he Slip
ped in one containing strychnine. The
farner happened on it nearly a week
later and died in commissions. An au-
topsy revealed the poison, but the af-
fair was deep mystery until the doc
tor committed suicide, leaving n writ
ten confession.
'The poisonings that occur in novels
and on the stage are usually very
amusing to a student of toxicology,"
said the physician in conclusion. II
remember in 'Sam'l of Posen.' which
was produced with such success by NJ.
B Curtis. the drummer hero was tenn
porarily knocked out by q poisoned ci-
gar. He took two or three whiffs, and
over he rolled. l would like very much
70 know the name of the drug that
would produce that sort of effect.
Nearly all the poisoning in fiction is
equally surprising. There is a well
known English romance in which the
heroine inhales the fragrance of q
bunch of roses and instantly falls dead.
Needless to say. the poisoned perfume
wholly unknown to science.
Another story But / could keep
On citing instances all night. History
Isn't much better Most of the yarns
OF the Borgias and Medicis are pure
moonshne. especially those about poi
soned gloves, poisoned tapers and 9th
Or applications of drugs or things that
are touched or handled
VI The tale of the book which was
snointed on the margins with some
deadly substance that killed the per-
son who moistened his fingers to turn
me leaves has possibly foundation in
ruth. but, | confess. | would be puZ-
led to know how to prepare such a
volume Almost anything that might
oe used would instantly betray itself
oy its taste
In the middle ages powdered glass
sad to have been favorite material
Nth which TO doctor food. and you'll
4ad Some interesting data on the sub
Ject In the autobiography of Cellini,
ele goldsmith. 1t is occasionally used
w negroes right here in the south. OF
eourse. powdered glass isn't a true
poson Il sometimes kills by setting
up internal Inflammation. Oftener it
aas no effect at all" - New Orleans
Hines Democrat
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