The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-12
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TRUTH ABOUT THE CASE
The Experiences of M. F. Goron, Ex-Chief
Of the Paris Detective Police
Edited by Albert Keyssr
AN UGLY CASE
Copyright by J. b. Lippincott Coz

ance. Goron. l am being slowly pois
oned."
! was speechless with amazement
He continued:
II want you to find out the culprit
and ] know you will. But you will
give me your word Of honor that nc
harm shall befall the murderer"
"My dear Armand" began.
wait till ! have flnished--until
have told you the names Of two per.
sons, one of whom is poisoning me
Yes, there are only two"
He gave a sob, and. after an uncan.
ny silence, suddenly screamed out:
"Goron, either my wife, or Marceline
my cousin. Is the murderess! You may
well shudder. And now you will un.
derstand why the chief OF police may
not know OF the affair. and why Meth.
er Of these women may be harmed.
They are sacred to me. For one bears
my name; and the other. the other
I have loved all my life!"
! battled long: but as my friends
life was at stake, I reluctantly yield.
ed, and promised TO help solve the
mystery without injuring the women.
"Thank you." he whispered, IL shall
now die happy"
NO., l interrupted him. "you will
not die. Heaven knows what Is lurk-
Ing behind all this. and what startling
discovery may make. But you will
have to place yourself unreservedly In
my hands. and obey my instructions
without questioning my motives"
IL will"
"Then tell me more about your sus.
picions."
"You call them 'suspicions?' Look
here. Goron, two months ago I was q
strong man. And now! About six
weeks ago. my health suddenly began
to fail. I experienced burning pains
in the digestive organs. and a disa.
grceable taste in my mouth after
meals. ! consulted my medical man,
who told me 1t was form of indiges.
tion. ana prescribed treatment
which followed. But my condition
grew slowly worse. and for the last
self on three eggs day and a little
milk.
Il consulted DR.. l. and Professor
G., renowned specialists. They
took big fec, and Informed me that
my medical mans diagnosis was right.
Until that moment the idea of poison.
Ing had never entered my mind until
by a singular coincidence, I happened
to read the report OF poisoning case
In Milan. where man had been sys.
tematically administering arsenic to
his victims. was struck by the sim.
ilarity of the symptoms described with
what ! myself experienced. except
that one of the victims had dark spots
on his body.
"GorOn, the next night when | un.
dressed l discovered dark spots on
my thighs! 1t flashed upon me that I,
too, was being poisoned. and, under
an assumed name. went to the Hotel
Dieu hospital. where I told the con.
sulting physician that I feared I had
inadvertently swallowed n dose Of ar.
senic. He did not seem to believe my
story. but as l accused no one he
made the necessary examination. and
after a few days informed me that I
had really taken poison. and pre-
scribed the proper remedy"
"And then?" I asked.
And then-I knew that only Jeanne
or Marcellne could have been guilty
OF this horrible crime. Jeanne and !.
as you know. are not happy: and am
only too glad to spend a few hours
with Marceline. Sometimes I lunch
with her, at others I invite myself to
dinner--she Is always glad to see me-
And, during the last week. I have ia.
ken all my meals at homo or at my
Cousins"
"And these pains. and the nasty
taste. did you notice them after you
lunched or dined at your house, or at
Marceline's"
Il knew you would ask me that.
And It Is there that the mystery
comes In. for those very same symp.
toms show themselves when l return
from my cousins and when I stay at
home"
so that you are inclined to suspect
the two women?"
II don't know. II Is too terrible"
"Ts Jeanne on good terms with Mar
celine?"
NO"
Does your wife expect you back to-
night?"
"Yes."
"Then send her a telegram that you
are detained In town. Tonight you
stay with me, and tomorrow will
take you somewhere where you will
be safe. But have few more ques.
tions to ask What do your wife and
Marceline say about your altered ap.
pearance?"
"They seem very concerned about
me, and are anxious to do all they
can"
"Frankly--whom do you suspect?"
Sometimes think It Is Marceline; !;
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