The daily Alaskan., 1914-04-16
A Perslstent POisOner
By LOUISE B. CUMMINGS

The use 0. the poisoned ueadIeis not
 new. In ,Hn early Par. of tHo seven
 tecuth century a man named Tc0aIdo
 in Venice invented au instrument in
 the form of a key from which he shot
 a tiny needle into the flesh of one he
 wished to EII.
 In Rome during the period when the
 use of nrlsons was am urJ ig Italy there
 occurred 30 slmunr ease to that ot this
 Venetian. One Lorenzo Luchesc went
 from Florence to Nomo taking with
 him more minute Knowledge of poi.
 sons and poison methods than existed anywhere except in the city ou the
 Aruo There was something uucunuy
 about him ,hat soon turned the Ro-
 mwus a.I.u~t hua. A certain young lady. Eau.a Uaua.uo attracted the at-
 trnC.. .r tnoa.ru-.r. and ha was ob. served 10 ,.-g .au-.ug eyes upon her. Bu- she u.- heun,lrG J'a noble Nene- Hm rH.wD. '.auoL @"3 ,. VAS as- ~umrI r..y lueo.u.s love was hope less Ia. .n a.s Si-uowLn Eauztnc's lover ... uyl.- wi.2'.& with a
 cra"u u.g.es~.a- a ...a un t-o Norso
 wa- sr.-.G wI,u u sharp r..u and died
 within a few lruns. 1t WIS supposed
 La H.uI ar u..r G.un.n.
 Euti..- a..r .a.s L~.h.sa proposed
 ta >t4,r g.92iuy for .ao laud of his
 dam-H.". The application w.S dcclju-
 ea u.. ... ..."uI .hat ta. l,.,- heart
 u.rs ..mI.. vii. ra. lower she had lost
 and -... E-... ua..r w.Tr-. LuehesC
 s.tG .r.. ... would ru. -.E. Up hope
 a.I ... ,... .a.s {. iu-ruttatr
 hEu-.If r.r >."....w Hwamc. Eut
 sn, f... G...r .a ..H a.d would hureu.'..- to Go w5n him.
 Afu. ...tr jn. rnw- lady met a
 man ....a E.m.y~.o unm.rio. 80
 n-uI.... r.I .m other ways d charm
 ing u.a. .'r r.I desperately in love . wHn n.. a.H w.u h.r from Lar in
 ..rr.. r....v. Ttay honwr eu-
 gagged. .aE Ero#a ..Hu+ r..oirnd
 thar .n. r..m uG ua. .r young would
 u., .....I .. n".sH hswa".o had heard .n... ...-. EH. I.."r... about
 Lv.n.., ..I .t Inf. un his guard . n-afr~r n, .uu.
 Every ... Nu-w t." ar..... had cast rsrg-r.. ... .- uu r.|..a I.....re before tra l... .r m.. H..."..5 and that
 he had uu..-ad .r a.r hand soon
 after h.- q .... N.aE.. poisoning
 heinz mr. . vn-"n rt that ttWo
 rn.rs w... u... wn. mI...gi that
 HirorG. E...-.. '.H -r. died o0 heart
 dispasr. Iu. u.5 n..a .rn.y poisoned.
 DpmrrHo -...r n..u". ,.u reports from E..... aHml, I.u.a.-c strongly
 suspected a.. oa.r raH. l"a,ni had
 been r..-..M nw tra. L@.hrsa had
 been t1. I.'....-
 Uow,v,r. .o N.ar his own counsel and at .a. -sur .1..a strict watch on i Lu.nr-c. # TuHewi1 WAS iu any room l where Lu.le-n was present he would 1 immediately .vnye ou several o.ca- { sious h. uo.... Jlaj J3n TIorcnt.uc
 tried ta -. unr him.. nnr ha h1d al- I ways prevented his Gai.- so ny nov ing away Gua d.v ugwouio ~as tal5- fng with rr.-. uu g S..gaI ou a let" :. day when a procession n. thu church wa- pas~.u- and -raiuE felt sharp pain Hs his aw Turning. la ~lw Lu- l chasn w.,r- his way from him among t.a ..n.G
 ! "Sr.an ,a.t Hm.' um..mio sid to 1 his r.f.u. ".-u a.- uw"nret my arm ami G.r.D-- ar.-.u.a l.
 T.e n.wa Ive ...-a and caught I....... A- -.o. a- h, ali hands on hnfm He .a. d sa#. a.ta m Ias haud ! There G...n.G .a In. doctor in the crowd E.. .a.m.- what had oc- rrru: ...o .e...".n .o show him wa.r. u. Lad .-.u nr....d. &o small r.-.- ... wound oar it could scarcely n- 2... uur.G. a.g ..- doctor whipped au. a .rr.o, u.d .rt away piece of rn. r.-.. r.r.G.a.a .s...1 having wrna Lr .asa over Jo "a officer [ .am. n-.ng Jack. and the dg.tor l fa. ...... .... . .... lad h.. prick. 1 rd. -e...l his haut s h" had treated l D.-r.r..s .w.
 The a.-,.r ...E oagr r.e..~ of flesh |. his E.s... aaG uu editing them into . bis u-.r .u each a small needle not i.r..r ..r f.-a .~- Whether there had , boon rr..s ta .|H.r oG them he could ] moi .... .ar .ay evidence was strong 1 nrar-. --atn-r Luouese to insure his ] conviction. He ,,as searched as soon as .u.sa.L na uarhmg discriminating ! WAS Er.uH an nu. His house was ! <r~~.l.I. a.I iujt were found d variety ] of rr.-... m. a Iute box containing : n.a-r. similar to thnz, that had been ] rH. t.. la~merro and his friend. 1 I'll. Ia.. .war with which he had S6n- rar u,.-.o m,o lue r,.sb was pick ! cd 1ru ua l.e street i.. where the at
 tack I.G n.su u1de. 1t was simply a smau a~s.~ tuna with a spring in it, which .rfr Dn ,u,~aurd hy a pressure [ of .no rGumn
 IrrEn-a wU. tried and executed. ! Dr,nrtr.o r~r.arod but little from the er,~.fs of Gra puwture but his friend wgsHIf a lnnr while
 The fact that Naur, hol doubtless been poisoned by the mm who wish ad Blanca for himself WAS kept from her. I-d..E. she WAS not informed ! that Iurnase.aad tried to poison her
 sn.or1 forn.. After LU"nnse's eyecu-