Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-03
4 TraCeIess POiso:l

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 Having brcn summoned as an cX1,e.: fn chemistry in the Nolan case. I eoal cluicd my testimony with t,n rclllr;. "A person desiring to klii ail,r |, :. would be more likely to uSt, II puiStif Tat would leave H0 traer. Wl.can= Gpoa the prosecuting attorney :.=!,:.e < me if there was such Il rpiSon N.fl ing replied that there was. he asked me 10 name it. The .iutca forbade i.a' to do so. The prosccutor insisted. b,!t the judge was iinmoNabIe He v.o,3' i not permit .le to name publicly a poi son that would leave no trace
 Immediately after my testimony was published ] was 1cluSed with letters lnquiring the natiic nf the poison tlai left no trace. Most of them doubtless came from idle curiosity, but was as tonished at the number nf those which showed plainly. from the pains the writers took to conrca their i,lonti;.T that they were written for an evil j,;ir- pose.
 One day received call from wo, AAuA "uv aSHtN AVi ttC ScSICl. tStD said she had made a bet with her brother, who was a scientist. of SI .O,'n that there was such a poison, and si;e desired to prove it to him hy trying i. on dog. If l would give her the name or the poison and she won she would give me half the amount
 I questioned her, then, going into an other room, returned with d tiny pill, Kaich l gave her, saying that if it !ljcd the dog and left no trace she might refer her brother to ne for evi dence that she had won the bot When she left sent q housemaid to follow her, who brought me her address Sending for q detective, I directed him 10 establish some sort of q watch on the house where she lived, 10 shadow her when she went out and report to me any case of illness that might occur 10 any one with whom she might bt' connected
 In ;t few days niy man reported that the ladN'S husband had died suddenly. u .i'a'i been given oni hat he had sui Tered an a!"p. ."rtie stroke aud had not livcsl 3n het:i ;,e,.f
 l wAS lh.4eders; rj., :, l alone knew the h2ttlrc "i the i'i!I I hsi sir":l i,.,' wonlan, ard of eUf,rsG S3!c would kec, the secret Nevertheless l was very much troubled :t t',>f '=H!t fi:cric1, the detective }o Er,.s, her under strict sul'vriii,'nce Later Er reported to me that she had vi>i1ci the o:sicc of l life insurance company. ti.on inquiry he had learned that hcr husband had kkSyl insured for S5o'nW hurried to ~inSlrancc office, called on the pres S idcnr l..rav;s"d. hin. before paying j the claim to make surtllat there was
 no trickery connected tn it. But
 would answer no ques1s
 The next l heard oihe ease was
 that upon examinationf the body
 exhumed for the purpt-it was dis
 covered that it was the mains of the
 brother of the man insed The n- sured himself had disaeared Pay
 ment was refused and woman was arrested on charge of fnd, to which was added charge of 2rdcr.
 The body of the dece:l was given
 over to physicians with view to dis covering ii the man had Rd a natural death. One reported a)@lexy as the cause, another heart trgAle and an other kidney disease. 1Me different
 experts reported three ddsnnt poisons
 found in the body. The,v vas opium,
 alsenic and one other, the name of
 which 1 have forgotten. vas sum. ,noned as witness for tleWosecuton .and produced q sensation by refusing to testify on the ground of self merlin. inatioN
 Aficrwalu l consented to give my evidence. 1 informed the ourt of the Wonan's visit to me, of her request for a poison that would leave no trace and the use she proposed to make of it. Then told them that l had given her the pill. ~ this point Il technical ob, lection Was intcrposed hy the delend ants counsel. and the judge sustained him. l was forbidden to tell what WAS III he pill the reason being that il had IF, .I. n21t beal psoyed tlat the pill had been used This left me in Il Ycry miortn- I nate position.
 { .Nlter q long tri5 He woman Was at' { ,uittcd of the charge of murder. anl ] the charge of fraud was never pressed The prosecution had talcd to prove
 she knew that the man Who was buried
 was her husbands brother or that she Ia 'ad poisoned hiu. Her counsel con
 sixsa ,to throw all the blame on her
 4pand, who had disappeared. M C Eter her acquittal the woman cam
 tksee me She was curious to know il Nj Gad been deceived by her story about
 ke bet and if | had really given her q hnnnlnss niIl Eefore replEinG l ashrd