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


H. the visitor he added, fTake chair, doctor y
The phvsician thanked him and sat down. PRO
fessor Kennedy" he began, 81 have been referred
10 YOU by Inspector O'Connor OF the detectlVe pu-
reau II may impertinence Tor city OH
cia 10 call on YOU for assistance, but-we, you see
I'm completely floored / think, too that the case
will interest you. It's the Vandam case.'
The vandam the sensation of tho mo-
ment a triple puzzle, both Kennedy and mysen
mad agreed Was it suicide. murder, sudden DEATH
Every theory so far had proved unsatisfactory.
II have read only what the newspapers have pub
lished replied Craig to the doctors look Of In
quiry ''You my friend Jameson here Is On the
staff of the Star and we are in the habit OF discuss
ing these cases
.'very glad to meet yOu, Mr.. jameson exclaimed
DIR Hanson at the implied introduction "Now, as
20 the case continued the doctor slowly mere mere
Of a very wealthy retired banker considerably older
than herself-perhaps nearly seyenty-of very fine
family This woman, apparently in good health with
every luxury money buy, is certain within very
Jew years from her dover rights, to be numbered
among the richest women in America Yet she IS
discovered in the middle of the night by her maid
seated at the table in the library of her home IN
conscious She regains consciousness, but dies
.'The coroner is called in. and, his physician,
1 must advise him. The family physician has pro
nounced it due TO natural causes, the uremic coma
Of kidney 50n h Rsvs of bated he %
Aud then there others, who have tiaty asserted
The eonorer's physician paused to see If we were
following him Needless to say, keuendy was ahead
9iHave YOU any facts in your possession which
have not been given the public yetf' asked
Il m coming to that in moment replied Dr.
Hanson. Let mo sketch the case first. Henry Van
we will say Among his eccentricities none seems to
have impressed the newspapers more than his devo,
and Mr. Howard Harrington. You know, Of course,
that Henry Nandsm is completely under tnear con
He paused again to emphasize the point.
You asked me if was in possession OF any facH
And nd" iast there lies the trouble They are 50 very
conflicting as to be almost worse than useless, az
lar as I We found near the unfortunate
small pill box with three capsules still IN H.
II labeled One before retiring and bore the name
Now | am convinced that the initials are merely
blind and do give any clue; The, druggist says
prescription which Of course he filled 1t IS harmless
enough escription--containS among other things,
four and half grains of qulnine and one-slxth OF
grain of morphine. Six capsules were prepared alto
eetherr. .,u,.
might have taken several capsules at and that
IL case of accidental morphine poisoning, or it
my mind, for only three of the six capsules gone
No doubt also you acquainted with the fact that
the nvarIable symptom OF morphine poisoning
j. tho contraction of the pupils OF the eyes TO pin
point--ofteu so that they are unrecognlzaele More
symptom is the invariably present in coma from
morphine poisoning and distinguishes II from all other
''on the other hand, in the of kidney disease
pupil is dilated and the other contracted-they
arc normal or only very little dilated, and they
symmetrical So lar have been able TO find
other poison than the slight of morphine re
manning in the stomach after so many hours.
no doctor would dare 60 on the stand and swear to
death from morphine Poisoning in the face Of snch
toxicoIogist could too easily coufute him
Kennedy nodded ''Hnve you the pill box and the
psfT prescription, ,, ..,;,s n. u. n,..;u .,
the table.
these, he said SIS there anything else of i'm
Really, don t know said the physician du-
biously. 'Its rather ont of my province but per-
haps You would think it important It's mighty ,un-
snow was much more deeply interested in the work
Of this medium than was his wife Perhaps Mrs Van
rad interest in spiritualism, though he was much
ay a rSHse BY N Of f. T5e SR o as
ieyes thoroughly in TappingS and materiaizations
ne he ali hf' s
and tho rapPins he hears along with the time
Mrs Vandam was taken M Ra had
in another part of the house where he has regular
from a profound sleep by a series of rappings As
WAS his eGst0% he noted the the time at Which they
his coutTOi@at least this is his Story y;' ''-' -
90 John, is it about Mary''
What 's IS the S1sMtte matter, IS she 'f l '' '0o
The three answering raPs were 80 vigorous that
The maid replied that Mrs Vandam had not gone
TO bed yet, but that there was light in the library
and she would TO her mistress Immediately, The
next moment the house awakened by the
Of the maid calling for help, that Mrs. Van
dam dying
THAT was three nights ago. On each Of the two
succeeding nights Henry Vandam says he has beer
awakened at precisely the same hour by rappng
and each night his control has given him a mes
sage from his dead wife. As OF science, 7 at
tribute the whole thing to overweight imagna
ton
Craig said nothing but as was his habit, shaded
bis eyes with the tips of his fingers resting hi
elbows on the of his chair. ''I suppose h'
said. ''you give the necessary authority Il
enter the Vadam house and look at the of hes
bappeuings9''
"Certsinly, assented the physician ''but you vii
find it a queer place.
'And also 7 suppose you have performed an au
topsy on the body and win allow me TO drop int