The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-28
Edited by Albert Keyser


"Then tell me more about your sus-
picions."
"You call them 'susplcions7' Look here,
Goron, two months ago was a strong
man, And now! About six weeks ago
my health suddenly began to fall. ! ex-
perlenced burning pains In the digestive
organs, and a disagreeable taste In my
mouth after meals. ! consulted my med :
ical man, who told ME II was a form OF
indigestion, and prescribed treatment,
which I followed. But my condition grew
slowly worse. and for the last fortnight
have been sustaining myself on three
eggs a day and a little milk,
= II consulted Dr. In and Professor
big fee, and informed me that my med
cal mans diagnosis was right Until
that moment the Idea Of poisoning had
never ne .; entered n,s my mind until by singu.
report of a poisoning case In Milan.
where a man had been systematically ad-
ministering arsenic TO his victims. was
described with what J myself experienced.
except that one OF the victims had dark
spots on his body.
"Goron. the next night when un-
thighs 1t flashed upon me that I. too,
was being poisoned and. under an as
sumed name. I went to the Hotel Deu
hospital, where I told the consulting ply
swallowed a dose Of arsenic. He did not
seem to believe my story, but as I ac-
cused no one. he made the necessary ex-
amlna tion. and after few days Informed
me that had really taken poison, and
prescribed the proper remedy
And them" I asked,
And then-I knew that only Jeanne or
Marcelne could have been guilty of this
horrible crime. Jeanne and I, as you
know, are not happy; and I am only too
glad to spend few hours with Marce-
line. Sometimes I lunch with her, at
others invite myself to dinner-ste Is
always GLAD to see me. And. during the
last week. have taken all my meals at
nome or al my Cousins"
And these pains, and the nasty taste
did you. notice them after you iunched
lines7'
'I knew you would ask me that. And it
those very same symptoms show them
selves when I return from my cousins
and when | stay at home"
-, SO that you are inclined to suspect
II don't know. 1t is too terrible"
celine? " '' WIZ" MAI
night" 'O 'Ou 0a'N TO-
Yes
Then send her a telegram that you
are are, detained In town. Tonight you stay
somewhere where you will be safe. But
have few more questions to ask What
do your wife and Marceline say about
your altered appearance?"
They seem very concerned about rne
ana anxious to do all they can.'
Frankly-whom do you suspect7'
sometimes l think It is MarcelIne /,
sometimes think 1t is my wife II is
horrible"
been any real trouble between you and
either OF ,tthem?"
.'Is your life insured?"
"In anyone's manner"
Yes, In Marcelines"
He colored slightly. and then said:
You see. old chap, Marcelne is not
Tlch' and. strictly between ourselves, she
Is DIT OF gambler She bets on horses,
has already cost me rather big amount
So, one day. insured my life for thirty
thousand dollars in her name. in case
J could not help starting slightly.
when was that?"
about a year ago"
Have you told Marceline of this?"
And your wIfe?"
"she knows ] insured my life. but be-
lieves it was done In her name"
Pardon me; my dear fellow. for ask
ton Can you assign any reason-even
a. monetary one-why either your wife
or Marcel'ne should want you 10 dis
He shook his head nournfully
mo, I cannot. Jeanne has all she
wants, and more, And, as to MarceIine
she only has, TO ask. 1 never refused
1t was nearly II o'clock. took Ar
mand home with me, and the next morn
ing conducted him to a sanatorIum near
Chinon. where ! had taken a little villa
for my family. telling the director Of the
establishment that my friend was suffer
ing from nervous prostration, and wanted
absolute rest. then sent him a valet
one OF my own nen-who every morning
had to fetch him bottle Of fresh milk.
also gave him instructions respecting
the bread. and even the eggs. for Ar
boiled In my friends sitting room.
Having taken these precautions. I made
Armand write TO his wife and 10 Marco
line, that by his doctors orders he was
And then reviewed the situation. IL
seemed an extraordinary and inexplica bic
business. Was there only one mystery,
or should have to find my way through
had prompted one Of these women to at
tempt the life OF this mann was 1t greed ?
Was II yengeance7 To these questions I
had to find an answer II wanted to get
at the truth
began by making a searching investi-
gatio,n,. cation, which brought to light such a
stdTtIHE iHCL NUdt 1 went DOWN to my
friend, whom found I'm bed, but looking
less detected The burning pains were
less Intense and the dark spots were
| slowly disappearing,
Armand" I said, 'before touching
upon the business that brings mo here
| ] must refer to the statement you made
the other night that you experienced
| these ugly symptoms no matter where
you took your meals. For minute had
| the Idea that possibly both women might
be implicated In the crime: but in The
absence OF direct proof. abandoned this
hypothesis. especially as I have II on the
highest medical authority that the effects
Of systematic arsenical poisoning do not
show thenselves TIL several hours later
And since every day you dincd and
| lunched either at home or at Marceline's,
we cannot draw any Inference as to
where the poison was administered.
| And now" | continued. 'let us talk
OF Marceline. Did you know that her
brother Gaston--the young scnmp-is back
in ParIs?'
Yes, did
! Have you ever met f1im?''
| a few months ago I raw him at his
sisters, and the next morning he bor-
rowed one hundred dollars from me- Since
that day have never come across him"
! And his sistsr?"
she has nothing more to do with