The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-23
PROMISE SENSATION
 IN POISONING CASE
Detectives Feel Sure Woman
 Sent the Whisky
MANY WORKING ON CASE
Chief Bodeker Himself Takes the Field and Is Doing Everything in His Power to Unravel the
 Mystery

Sensational developments are prom isod by the police in the case of the poisoning of Guy R. Coleman and stephen H. Strickland last Tuesday afternoon within the next 24 hours or within AS hours at the outside.
 The police state that they have a good clue and are confident of un- raveling the mystery and of having the guilty person under arrest in very short time. genuine sensation is promised when the denouement comes
 While the officers refused to state just what line they were working on they admitted that suspicion pointed very strongly to a woman and that they had practically eliminated man from the case.
 Considerable progress was made In the case yesterday and the detectives feel elated over the outlook. It Is stated at police headquarters that trace has been found of where the whisky which caused the death of the two men came from. This is regarded as one of the most important discoveries that has been made.
 Every effort is being made to ap- prehend the criminal and mighty fn- fuences are at work to bring him to justice Chief of Police George H. Bod eker has taken the case into his own hands and spent yesterday doing per sonal work toward ferreting out the criminal. He did this at the special request of Coleman's friends.
 Coroner B. L. Brasher has six men working on the case not including the deputies and detectives. They report ed to him last night that they had sub stantiated clews and expected sensa- tional developments at any moment. They also stated that suspicion point ed strongly toward a woman.
 Coburn c. Coleman. brother of Guy R. Coleman, Is expected to return to Birmingham in few days and 1t is expected that some information as to where his brother got the bottle of whisky can be obtained from him. He -oomed with Guy Coleman until a week previous to the latter's death. Coburn Coleman has been in Lowndes county at the family home, where his mother is critically Ill.
 Probate Judge s. E. Greene has is-  sued formal order that chemical analysis be- made of the contents of the stomach of Guy R. Coleman, who died Tuesday as result of poisoning, now believed to be oxalic acid. The analysis is to be made by Chemist J. c. Long at the expense of Jefferson county, and the cost is not to exceed S100.
 Following is Judge Greene's order; "State of Alabama, Jefferson County"
 'I, S. F. Greene, judge of probate In and for said county and in said state, hereby certify that I have reason to believe that the death of Guy R. Cole man, who died in this county on the goth day of December, 1910, was caused by poison.
 q therefore order that a chemical analysis of the stomach and it's con- tents of the said Guy R. Coleman, de- ceased, be made and to that end hereby appoint J. c. Long, competent chemist of Birmingham, Ala to make said analysis and report the same 10 tfe probate judge of this county, to- gether with the costs and expenses fn- cured therein, not to exceed $100.
 IS. E. GREENE,
 Judge of Probate
 December 29 1910"