The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-31
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL

MlNINNEAFSJ .JOUKl
A. owed him $1,235 which / bor-
rowed Of him, hoping my luck would
change. He won it ali back from me by
false play, and when Icould not meet it
he pressed me over hard.
@. You say this occurred on Decatur
street. What was the date9
A. I do not remember.
@. What month was it's
A. 1t was in March. EARLY in March.
G. Are you sure it was in Marchf
q. 6hould.you say it was between tho
1st and 18th Of March7
A. Yes. I am positive It was before
the 18th Of March.
%. Have you long known that M.
Godin was at work upon this caseq
Q. When did you first become aware
A. Not until my arrest.
@. When did you first see NJ. Godinf
A. When l was arrested.
G. Did he ever call at your roomsq
A. Never-.not. to my Knowledge
never saw him till the day of my ar
rest. 4 aAts5
@. With what weapon did you kill
A. I made use Of specially con-
structed hypodermic syringe.
Half -smo thered ordinations Of sur
prise were heard from every part of the
room. Even the Judge gave a start at
this astonishing bit of testimony. Every
person present knew perfectly well that
no human being could have entered or
certain discovery, yet here was asa a
man, apparently ii hist right mind,
who soberly asserted that he had
used a hypodermic, syringe. Matt
land and Godin alone seemed cool and
collected Thruout all Latour's testi-
mony, M. Godin watched the witness
with burning concentration. It seemed
as if the great detective meant to bore
cret depths Of his soul. Not for an in.
stant did he take his eyes from Latour
I said to myself at the time that this
power Of concentration explained, in a
great measure, this. detective IS remark:
able success. Nothing was permit go
escape him, and little movements which
tice, had, for NJ. dodin, 7 Felt Hesui sure, no 3
world Of suggestive significance.
Maitland's calm demeanor, 80 re-
sourceful in its serenity, caused all eyes
to turn at length to him as if for ex
R}1banati0n; F}ba4ati0n He continued with slow de-
Q. In what particulars was this by
podermic syringe Of special construc
tion7
M. Latour seemed nervous and Ill a1
ease. He shifted from side to side az
# M. Godin's glance had pierced him
to wriggle off Of it. y. He seemed m I'm I'm
able to disengage himself and at length
replied in a wearied and spiritless tone
A. In two particulars only. In the
nrst place, 1T was very small, having q
capacity Of but FIVE or six drops, and
In the second place, it was provided with
an internal spring. which, when released
worked the plunger and! elected the con
tents with extreme rapidity.
f. Xround d1Pfe'1a the needleE9e 5hes peint o.
the. syringe, less than a quarter Of ar
inch from it's end, was a tiny annuIa1
bit Of metal. This little metallic collai
was forced upward by the pressure OF
and this movement released e e'iy% the sprine ne
and Instantly and forcibly elected ths M
contents Of the cylinder. ::
O.. Did you use poison In this syr
inge9
| A. Yes, SIR
! g: What did you uses
1.essly about as if he e dreaded to o. e Z
farther into these particulars, and fond
ly hoped someone might come to his
rescue, His gaze seemed to shift about
the room. without in the least being
able to disentangle itself from that O..
M. Godin. He remained silent and til,
question was repeated.
=. What did you uses
Again the witness hesitated while
everyone, save only Maitland and Go
din, leaned eagerly forward to catcl
his reply. At length it came in voic,
scarcely above a whisper.
i A.;Anhydrous hydrocyanic acid,
4 A long-drawn "Humo escaped from
Maitland, while NJ. Godin gave not tn,
slightest indication Of SURPRISE. It wa
i quite evident to us all that the astut,
Ere lehman had acquired complete con
q troll of the case before he had arrested
the assassin. At this iuncture the cour
Il said, addressing Maitland:
"This substance is extremely poison
Gus, take it, - \
.Your honor,v Maitland replied, 81
IS the most. fatal of all poisons known
to chemists. It is also called cyanhy
i dr1c, and, more commonly ,prussic acid
or brought into. contact with the skin
causes immediate death. If drop b
4 placed upon the end Of glass rod an
brought toward the nose Of live rab
bit he will be dead before it reache
A profound silence-the death.lik
quiet which accompanies an almos
breaking tension-reigned in the court
room as Maitland turned again to La
(To Be Continued Next Saturday,