The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-07
EPISODE OF THE TELL,TALE
THUMB
CHAPTER II. CONTINUED.

CHAPTER II. CONTINUED.
@. 7 understand you to say you used
snl1' hydr0eyani0 or eyanhydrio
A. Yes, sir.
Q. DO you sufficiently understand
chemistry to use these terms with &C
curaoy3 Might you not have used po-
tassium cyanide or prussiate Of pat
ash9
A. + am a tolerably good chemist, and
have spoken undsrstandingly. Potag-
SUM cyanide, ken, is q white crystal
used in a hypodermic syringe. save in
solution, In which condition it would
not have been sufficiently poisonous to
have served my purpose.
At this reply many Of the audience
ieyed NJ: Latour lad shown himself
quite q match for Maitland in not fall
neat little trap which had been set
to prove his lack Of chemical knowl-
edge. They attributed Maitland's fail
ure to further interrogate Latour upon
. his understanding Of chemistry as EVIL
dence that he had met an equal. To be
be as such pains to carefully examine
q man who had. already confessed, but
they believed they knew when 9 law
yer had met his match. and felt sure
that this was one such instance.
the front seats seemed to- find a deal
more to amuse him in this incident than
was apparent to me. Some men have
such 2 wonderful sense OF humor.
Maitland continued:
Q. When Mr.. Darrow. was murdered
! he sat in the center Of his parlor, sur:
rounded by his daughter and invited
guests. viii you tell the court how you
entered and loft this room without de-
Again the witness hesitated and
looked irresolutely, almost tremblingly
about him, but seemed finally to steady
himself as It were, upon Godin,s glance
It's strange thing how the directness
and intense earnestness Of a strong man
will pull the vaeillation Of weak one
into line with it, even as great ships
draw lesser ones into their wakes. The
excited audience hung breathlessly upor
Latour's utterances. At last they were
to know how this miracle Of crime hati
forward in his seat, and those who were
trife dull Of hearing placed theil
hands to their ears, fearful lest some
syllable Of the riddles solution should
escape them. NJ. I.atour remained dumb
The judge regarded him sternly ane
''Answeg tho question; How did yoo
A. II did, did not enter 1t.
Again q half-supp1ressed exclamation
of surprise traXsrsed the s+d roo m: mann
how did you plunge the hypodermic sy
ringe into your victim IS neck9
It seemed for moment as If thu
witness would utterly collapse, but III
pulled himself t e ii; "a as with iao
away with his astounding answer:
A. IL did not strike Mr.. Darrow
The audience literally gasped in open
moutheda Amusement, while the eour
EEWhat do you mean by. first tellin,
US you killed Mr.: barrow by injecting
poison into his circulation from a spe
cially-prepared hypodermic syringe, an
then telling Us that you d Wha not 81 str1R TX
m mem "e sirs 'n Answer Sye1nn mel" ' w "
tour. All his timidity seemed to, wants
in moment, as he drew himsel
up to his full height and faced the Judge
cherished a hope that he might nc
be forced to give tho details Of hi
awful crime, but that he had at las
concluded he would be obliged to dis
close all the PARTICULARS, and had de
cided to manfully face, the issue.
every ear strained to its utmost as h
turned slowly toward the Judge an
said, with a calm dignity which SUI
prised us all: ..
A. Your honor is In error. I sal
that I made use Of q specially col
not ssid TIT Struck H. Barrow Wit
it. There is, therefore, nothing contr'
dictory in my statements:
/ again sai the al audience exchanged aPpzo,
I ing chances which plainly said; "He
Z Then the court continued tho exam
\ Q. Were you upon the Darrow. estat
A when Mr.. Darrow met his deaths
Y A. Yes, your honor.
/ <. Just outside the eastern parl
4 Q. Did You strike tho blow whit
caused Mr.. Darrow's deathf
{ A. No, your honor.
I O.. What Have you not said "
Il are responsible for his murderS
4 A, Yes, your honor.
/ @. All, I see! You had some 9th
\ person for an accomplish
Il A., No, your honor.
i ~ o. Look here, sir! Do you propo
4 to tell us anything Of your own acco1
4 or must we drag 1t out OF you plec
! meals
i A. No power can make me speak
i 7 DO not elect to-, and I only elect
\ answer questions. Commission for co
l tempt will hardly discipline man
Il my position, and may lead me to he
1 nv peace entirely.
The court turned away with an {
Il preston Of disgust and engaged Jenkl
! and Maitland in whispered convert
ton. The prisoner had again score
There is enough of the bully in ma
Judges to cause the public to secret
, rejoice when they are worsted. 1t
| plain to be- seen that the audience "
pleased with Latour's defiance. :
Maitland now resumed the exami1
ton with his accustomed ease. 9
would have thought he was addressi
church sociable-if he judged by J
manner. {
O.. You have testified to being Z
sponsible for the death Of John D
row. The instrument with which
was killed was directly or indirec
; your handiwork, yet you did not STIR
the blow, and you have said you
II no other person for an accomplish. /
I substantially correct in all .this7
A. You are quite correct. -
O.. Very good. Did j ohm Darroy
death result from a poisoned won
made by the instrument you have
seribed.
A. It did.
This reply seemed to nonplus US
with the exception of Maitland {