New-York tribune., 1912-03-17

bleeding so proflsely that he must have LETT traces
Exactly. Keep the stand, please, Mr.. SWart.
wish TO interrupt your testimony briefly and informally
Professor Kent will YOU kindly tell the Jury OF the con-
diton in which you found Miss Wayland'S desk,
"The desk stands in Miss WaylandS library, cx-
planned Kent. Half an hour after the explosion when
Miss Wavand sat at it, it was intact. Sometime Wthin
the next hour and half the drawer IN which she kept
certain belongings locked was entered. IhlS drawer is
large fiat one above the open part OF the desk beneath
which the knees Of one writing pass. The bottom was
hastily and roughly cut and most OF the contents OF the
drawer were removed. Letters and papers were found
lust outside one OF the windows OF the room lhere
money in the drawer, according to the owner
best recollection But certain papers and accounts are
now missing; also box containing headache powders
"Thank you, said the Coroner. "Now, gentlemen
of the Jury YOU will note the popularity OF the powders
being kept while some Of the papers were abandoned
This may have been accident; it may have been design
If the latter call your notice to the possibility oil Suc
powders being retained for suicidal uSe IN case OF dis
Coverv."
Had the Jury and the witness on the stand been less
absorbed by the new turn of interest thus abruptly
given they might have perceived telcgraphlc glance
from the Coroner TO Kent followed by nod OF APPROX
ing satisfaction from the professor The smile broad
ened almost into a grin when a uryman, rSng, asked:
"Werc these powders poisonous;
"That is a matter that we will inquire into, replied
the Coroner promptly. "Alr Swart, you have been
phySiCan:' m
aYes Sir. TO a limited extent, I still am. Those
powders are of my prescribing.
did they contain poison:
"N Nhy, yes IN sense. lhcy contained d very potent
drug, accanilid"
"That is a coal tar product, which relieves certain
forms of headache by depressing influence on the heart
action thus decreasing the flow OF blood to the head
"Ycs Dr. Shurtcif.
"Pcase tell the jury whether it is dangerous to life"
"Not in the ordinary dosage that these powders con-
tancd two and a half grains each"
How much would be a certainly fatal dose:
"Oh ten times that with reasonable certainty, for
normal person.
the box to make up, in total that amount OF accanl-
~IIarCllv if my aunts rccocctons are correct"
"That is al. think" said the Coroner, and the wit
ness left the stand, patiently puzzled by the strange
diversion OF the line of inquiry.
There followed an interim, during which DR.. Shurtcii
convcrScd with Chester Kent in low tones and the Jury
got their heads together in consultation Presently the
foreman rose.
"AIr Coroner said hc without reference to the cX-
istcncc or noncxstcncc Of an accomplcc We have
reached decision III this case
"If the decision began the Coroner, concerns one
Dennis Boyle
Then Professor Kent requests that it be postponed
for the arrival OF a bclatcd witness.
THE chug Of a motorcar was heard outside. Kent,
L stepping to the window, bcskoncd. There entered
Il small wirv plainly dressed man. with his head and
face swathcd in handagcs that only the mouth chm
""mcrcould speak Mis- Celia Wayland was on her feet
and had him by the shoulder, which She proceeded to
shake vigorously.
penn Boyle" she cried and from that moment the
examination became a most informal and irregular
process. "is this YOU;
"Ycs'm" said the swathcd figure.
"Whcrc have YOU been
81 dunno, Mum. Lcast"ays not till come to in
Baltimore, Num-
How came YOU in such q ,ondition;'
"WcL Mum. tuck drop or two Of somcthn
Beast said Miss Wayland.
"Yc,'m." mcckv a,scn,cl the swathcl figure. IN
then got into a fight, an got the worst Of 1t
"Ruitian'
"Ycs'm SO when come 20 myself. an seen IN the
,a,ars that there was a ,ynamtin, an that they was