The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08

compounds or an oily nature with
mousey edor, fuming with hydro
chloric acid and in short, acting just
like conine. There is ample evidence
l have found. that CONNIE or a sub
stance possessing most. If not all. Of
| It's properties is at times actually
produced in animal tissues by decom-
position. And the fact is. I believe
that a number of cases have arisen.
In which the poisonous alkaloid was
at first supposed to have been dis
covered which were really mistakes
I There have been cases" Craig went
on solemnly. and believe this to
be one where death has been pro-
| nounced to have been caused by will
Z tul administration of vegetable al
kaloid. which toXicologists would now
/ put down as ptomaine-poisoni cases
Innocent people have possibly already
suffered and may in the future. But
medical experts" he laid especial
stress on the word-"are much more
, alive to the danger of mistake than
| formerly. This was a case where the
danger was not considered, either
! through carelessness. ignorance or
! prejudice.
What the experts asserted so posi-
! lively. l would not dare to assert
Was he killed by ordinary ptomaine
poisoning. and had conine. or rather
its double. developed first in his food
along with other ptomaines that were
not inert? Or did the cadaveric CO.
nine develop only in the body after
death? Chemistry alone cannot decide
! the question so glibiy as the experts
did. Further proof must be sought
| Other sciences must come to our aid"
/ was sitting next to Mrs. Goodwin.
AS Kennedy's words rang out. her
hand. trembling with emotion, press
| ed my arm. l turned quickly TO see II
she needed assistance Her face was
radiant.
Kennedy saw il. and in the quick
shifting of his eyes to my face,
read that he relied on me to take care
Of Mrs. Goodwin while he plunged again
into the clearing up of the mystery
L have here the will-the second
one" he snapped out. turning and fac
ing the others in the room.
Craig turned a switch in an appa-
ratus which his students had brought
from New York. From a tube on the
table came a peculiar blush light.
This" he explained. lis a source of
ultra violet rays. They are not the
blush light which you see. but rays
contained in IL which you cannot see
ultraviolet rays have recently
been found very valuable in the ex-
animation of questioned documents BY
the use Of lers made of quartz COW
cred With thin film of metallic sill
yer. there has been developed a prac-
teal means Of making photographs by
TIE invisible rays of light above the
spectrum--these ultra violet rays The
quartz lens is necessary. because these
rays VIII not Pass through ordinary
glass. while the silver Aim acts as
screen to cut Off the ordinary light
rays and those below the spectrum
By this means, most white objects
n nh 1haI
transparent objects like glass are
black
Il obtained the copy of this will
but under the condition from the sur
rogate that absolutely nothing must
be done to IL to change a fiber of the
paper or line or a letter. II was a
difficult condition. But ultra violet
Photography does not affect the docu-
ment tested in any way. and it has
lately been used practically in detect
ing forgeries. ! have photographed
the last page OF the will with its sig
natures. and here it is. What the eye
itself cannot see. the invisible light
reveals"
He was holding the document and
the copy. just an instant. as if con-
sidering how to announce with best
effect what he had discovered
In order to unravel this mystery"
he resumed. looking up and facing
the Elmores. Kilgore and Hollins
squarely. Il decided to find out wheth-
er any one had had access to that
closet where the will was hidden. Il
was long ago. and there seemed to
be little that I could do I knew IL
was useless to look for finger prints
so ! used what we detectives now
call the law of suggestion. I question
ed closely one who was in touch with
all those who might have had such
access. I limited broadly at seeking
finger prints which might lead to the
identity of one who had entered the
house unknown to the Godwins. ana
placed a document where private de-
tectives would subsequently find IL
under suspicious circumstances.
Naturally. it would seem to one
who guilty of such an act or
knew of it. that there might. after all.
he finger prints. ! tried ii. I found
out through this little tube. the de-
tectascope. that one really entered the
any supposed finger prints that might
still remain. That settled it The sec
ond will was a forgery. and the per-
son who entered that room so stealth
lily this afternoon knows that it is
forgery
AS Kennedy slapped down on the
ia BILE the film from his camera. which
ed her now large and unnaturally
bright eyes and met those of the
other woman in the room.
"Oh-oh-heaven help us-me.
mean" cried Miriam, unable to bear
the strain of the turn of events long
er. Il knew there would be retribu-
toni knew knew"
Mrs. Goodwin was on her feet in a
moment.
Once my intuition was not wrong.
though all science and law were
a gainst me-" she pleaded with Ken
nedy. There was a gentleness in her
tone that fell like soft rain on the
surging passions of those who had
wronged her so shamefully Prof
Kennedy. Miriam could not have
forced"
Kennedy smiled Science was not
against you. Mrs. Goodwin. Ignorance
was against you And your Intuition
does not go contrary to science this
time. either"
II was a splendid exhibition of fne
feeling which Kennedy waited TO have
impressed on the Elmores. as though
burning 1t into their minds.
Miriam Elmore knew that her
brothers had forged a will and hidden
it. To expose them was to convict
them of a crime. She kept their Sc
cret. which was the secret of all three
She even tried to hide the finger prints
which would have branded her broth
ers
For ptomaine poisoning had unex-
pectedly FASTENED the end of old Mr..
Goodwin. Then gossip and the 'scien-