The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-12

Inspector o Conner, Kennedy and myself. At7U/,
the sound of wheels heard and Mrs Pon,sr a lB/
up in a hanson, accompanied by Farrinc cton. n Njj
both inspected the room narrowly and seemed 3Ql(
fled. 1lJI
The lights were switched OFF, e1ccps ons ~
candlepower lamp in the farthest corner, shaded IL
very large, print with difficulty.
:, Mrs; Pepper began Immediately with the ~
in the circle and held her hands and feet
to real thrill when / felt the light table riss III
on two legs, then one, and finally remain snsnsN
in the air whence it dropped with thud as ~
had suddenly withdrawn his support
the cabinet and several times could 90 5nG bsTa epfaia
that hand reached out and passed close to Ell
head. At least it seemed So The curtain bra.A
times, and breeze seemed to sweep out from Tia Il
After some time Of this sort Of work C-,,uX
gradually up to request for NATURALIZATION a
control of Vandam, but Mrs. Popper rofnsad
said she did not feel strong enough and Fa;
put in hasty word that be- too could fss s@p st barn
was something working against them'' But KernSN
importunate and at last she consented To sesb
John would do some rapping even if no could ts5
materialize, Us
Kennedy asked to be permitted to put tho a.
care you the John who appears to Mr.. vaudff
every night at 12:30?'
cabinet Or rather it seemed to me to como from
floor the cabinet, and perhaps to be a trfe m{
fled by the black carpet. H.
Are you in communication with Mrs Vandamtq
:aRt l:dan 'sP, she be bbeP made to rap for us'o f
Rap, rap
''Will You ask her question and spell out H
answer2''
Rap! rap rap! II
Craig paused moment to frame the question, III
shot it out blank: Does Mrs Yandam know 81
in the other world whether anyone IN this room sui
stituted morphine capsule for OF those ordcr4
by her three days before she died? Does shs kno
whether the Same person has done the same thid
with those later ordered by Mr.. Vandaml'' III
'John - seemed considerably perturbed at the nd
tion of capsules. It was long timo before any q
swer Forthcoming. Kennedy about TO rcpat
the question when faint sound was heard
nd vvi1d II
! had heard before in my lifa
though dagger had been thrust into the hcd
turned the switch
was lying flat the floor-t Inspect
O'Connor. lie had succeeded in slipping noisclessl
like snake, below the curtain into the cabinet Cra|
had told him to look out for wires threads sretc
tho cabinet Imagine his purprse when be saw ~
she had simply freed her foot from the shoe, viii
was carefully holding down, and with a backwa
movement of the leg reaching out into tho 4
met behind her chair and was doing the rapping VI
her toes. 4
Lying on the floor be had grasped her foot 4
caught her heel with firm hand. She had respond
with a wild yell that showed she knew she \
Hystercallv Mrs Pepper began TO upbrsid tbe
spector he to his feet but harrington quick
''Somcthing was working against us tonight. I'd
tlemen. Yet yon demanded results. And when q
herself in her trance she produces herself, the thin
that you al! could see supcrnaturalIy it you were
The mere sound OF harrington S voice seemed
rouse in all the animosity of my nature. | ie
that who could trump up excuse like thi
when person was caught with the goods was capao
E'Enough of this fake seaucc,' exclaimed crai
'I have let IL go merely for the purpose Of ope
ing the eyes of certain deluded gentleman in th
room. Now, if you will all be seated shall hay
something to say that viii finally establish wheth
Mary Vandam was the victim of an accident Suicit
or murder
shelf behind the curtain and placed them on q
little deal table that had been so merrly dancing aoo
the room, :,
contents of the stomach of the unfortunate woma
The coroner's physician has found that they, sho
titles as TO he fatalq Without doubt But equal
without doubt analysis could not discover and pro-
il in the face of one Inconsistency. The usual te
which shows morphine poisoning failed in this cas-
The pupils of her eyes not symmetrlcay contraS
ed. In fact they were norm normal al , 80 ri, q.
This clever criminal also knew that to be successi
in the OF this drug where others had failed, =
drug must be skillfullY mixed with something ell
In that first box Of capsules there six The dru
gist compounded them correctly according to the pl
into the house from the druggists and the time VIII
she took the first capsule that night someone % W
harmless contents and refiled it with deadly do
of morphne-a white powder which looks Just III
aeady fEo IN BS p5RS Of The eye
ply because the criminal put little atrophne or o
adonna with the morphine Ny tests show j a9sSsi Ssi
y the presence of atrophine, Dr. danson' sald Vis'
'.Tbe best evidence, however is yet to come.
second box of six capsules all intact, was discover
Yesterday in the possession of Henry Vandam. %, "a,
anayzed the capsules One contains no qulnilniss
ALT is all morphine and atrophine 1t Is WHY WHY
doubt precisely similar to tho capsule whlch k5, ~.
Mrs, vandam. Another night or SO, and Henry ''
dam would have died the same death :.
The old man groaned Two such exposures asotS, i,
shaken him. He looked from one OF us to anon ~
as If not knowing in whom he could trust. But DO
uedy hurried on to his next point ",
"Who was it that gave the prescription IL TO TT ~
others won tell for the person who gave her tbas p
scription the person who later substitute; ;ir
fatal capsule in place Of the harmless Ihe r olls
prescription is here / have been able 10 ;r asSG,
from it nothing at all by examining the handMi, ha,sir
Nor does the texture of the paper indicate auy'"e
me. But the ink-ah, the ink. hrt
ssNIost inks seem very similar, suppose put :,
a person who has made study OF the chemica 00'
position of ink they very different. .h,t
It is owing to these chemical ,rTtten vi
different kinds of ink ] was able easily 70 w.. og po