The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-03-30

the stomachs Of the dead" said the de-
tective. with the consequent eonyic-
ton Of some one who Is charged with
murder. have resulted in the hanging
OF many an innocent person. The
prosecuting attorney whose business
Il Il 10 convict those brought up for
trial BY the state has only 70 prove
A motive for wishing the deceased out
Of the way and presence Of poison In
the stomach 70 win his case. Another
matter strengthens Il: that Is. proving
that the accused bought the poison;
though there are instances In which
this IL not considered absolutely neces-
sary 70 swing the accused
Il work largely for attorneys. Bates,
Wakeley & scrimser have given me
q LOT Of work 20 do. and have fur
nished them with facts that have
enabled them 70 win a number Of
cases. They are criminal lawyers. and
most Of the evidence have given
them has been used. am happy 70
say. 70 secure the acquittal Of persons
accused Of crime. don't know any
thing that gives me more satisfaction
than saving an innocent person from
punishment
zone day Mr.. scrimseg sent for me
and said:
"'we have been retained 70 defend
AIRS. Edith Townsend. charged with
poisoning her husband a man she was
induced By Der parents 70 marry when
she was eighteen years old. Townsend
was very rich and . miser. His Wife
who d only twenty-four yeas old. Is
q beautiful woman. AZ the time o.
her marriage she had been engaged 10
q young man not able 20 support her.
and she loved him instead Of her hus-
band Her husbands relatives. who
would Ike 10 secure bis property. have
worked up the caae against Der. A
note she wrote the man she had been
engaged 20. Horace Truesdaie. telling
him she would not see him 20 long a.
her husband lived. b all the evidence
prove her intimacy with him during
her married life. But they have
proved that on one occasion q month
previous 10 her husbands death she
bought a drug that was found upon
analysis IA her husbands stomach.
She said that when she bought this
drug her husband sent her for q
prescription The nature Of which she
knew nothing believe that be
was taking q drug for q stimuiant and
that 4 eventually killed him. Here Il
the technical name for e. He gave
me a alp Of paper. 4 wish you 10 dis
cover n be was not ~ the habit Of
buying r. Remember that a woman's |
good name. perhaps her life. depends /
upon your effortn'
Il went az the matter systematically. /
nrsl procuring q list Of the drug stores /
within reach Of Mr. Townsend's resi-
dence. He had lived IN bis country |
place surrounded By villages IN which |
there were drug stores. n be wished |
20 conceal the fact Of bis purchases he
had only 70 drive 70 one Of these towns
sufficiently distant that be should not i
b. known there. buy his drug and car
~ e home himself. Though Il was .
poison when taken IN large quantities.
u was prescribed BY physicians. and
an order for 4 was not IN all cases e.
soatiai
4 visited every drug store within q
radius Of twenty miles from bis home
and talked with every proprietor and
clerk IN all Of them Not one Of them
could remember any person answering
70 my description Of AR. Townsend.
and all declared that no such person
had ever 20 their knowledge visited
their store. hit upon the place where
bis wife had bought the poison she
was charged with having procured.
but this had all been worked up by
another detective.
Il went to Mr.. scrimser and re-
ported my failure.
"Try the wholesale druggists. hs
said.
"'why should the man have bought
the drug az wholesaler asked.
"'He was mean enough to buy his
table salt az Wholesale he replied.
TO make a search Of the wholesale
drug stores was quite another PROPOSE
ton. Il was equivalent 20 a hunt In
every wholesale drug house IN the
United States. and Mr.. Townsend
might have bought the drug IN Can
ada. Indeed. II he wished 70 conceal
bis purchases Canada would be the
better field I frst looked into the ex-
press ofices in the places where pack
lges might have been delivered to him.
Nothing SAINT him that could have been
! drug appeared on the books Of the
Express companies. nor was any such
receipt on Ole.
The only hope left for Mrs Town
lend was that her husband had or
Tered the drug sent by mail. / pro-
,ured a list OF all the wholesale drug
houses IN the United States and Can
ida and sent letter to each asking n
hey had ever filled orders for the drug
'ound IN his stomach. giving also the
'eason why wished to know. Il was
IN enormous work FOR them to hunt
nc matter up, but since life might