Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-08

death. That man." and he glanced at the
,rostrate body, was the only one who could
give us the clue to unravel the mystery"
But the dead mans lips had closed and
his secret was held forever. Only those
letters remained TO connect him with the
river tragedy. or rather to show that he had
communicated with the unfortunate Mrs.
Courtenay.
In company we walked to Leman Street
police station. one OF the chief centers of
the metropolitan police in the East End,
and there, in an upper office, Amber had a
long consultation with the sergeant Of the
criminal investigation department on duty.
l described the appearance Of the body,
and stated my suspicious of poisoning, all
of which the detective carefully noted be-
fore going forth to make his own examlna-
tion. My address was taken so that ! might
assist at the post-mortem. and then shortly
after midnight l drove back westward
through the city with Amber at my side.
He spoke little and when in oxford street,
Just at the corner OF Newman street, he
descended. wished me a hurried goodnight
and disappeared in the darkness. He was
often given to strange vagaries OF erratic
movement. II was as though some thought
had suddenly occurred to him, and he acted
at once upon It.
That night | scarcely closed my eyes. My
brain was awhlrl with thoughts Of all the
curious events Of the past few months. the
inexplicable presence OF old Mr.. Courtenay
and the subsequent death Of Mary and tho
only mar who. according to Amber, knew
the secret.
Ethelwynn's strange words worried me,
What could she mean? What did she
know? Surely hers could not be a guilty
conscience. Yet, In her words and actions
had detected that cowardice which a
heavy conscience always engenders. One
by one l dissected and analysed the Seven
Secrets. but not in one single instance
could l obtain a CLEAN Of truth.
While at the hospital next day l was
served with a notice TO assist at the post
norton OF the unfortunate Lane, whose
body was lying in the Shadwell mortuary,
and that same afternoon l met by appoint
ment Dr. latham Of the London hospital,
who, as is well known, is an expert toxi-
cologist.
To describe IN technical detail the eX-
animation We made would not interest the
general reader OF this strange narrative.
The average man or woman knows nothing
OF cares less for the duodenum or the pylo-
rus; therefore II is not my intention to 60
into long and wearyins detail, suhoe 1t 10
say that we preserved certain portions OF
the body for subsequent examination, and
together we're engaged the whole evening
IN the laboratory Of the hospital. latham
was well skilled in the minutiae of the
tests. The exact determination OF the cause
Of death IN cases OF poisoning always de.
ponds partly on the symptoms noted before
death and partly on the appearances found
after death. Regarding the former neither
OF US knew anything; hence our dimeultie'
were greatly Increased. The object Of the
analyst Is TO obtain the substances which
he has to examine chemically in as pure
condition as possible, so that thore may b
no doubt about the results OF his testing
also. OF course. 10 separate active sub.
stances from those that are Inert. all beinl
mixed together In the stomach and ali.
mentary canal. Again. In dealing with suel
fluids rs the blood. or the tissues Of tn
body, their natural constituents must b
got rid Of before the foreign and poisonous
body can be reached. There Is this din
Guilty further TO contend With-that sOme o