Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-09-03

his shoulder against It, MANAGE.
force it in, but too late to saw vsu !,
woman's life. as
She lay across footstool, iao..,
wound in her neck where she ssw
opened a jugular vein with an ir. uaa
thrust Of her sharp-pointed sau,u
shears.
Poe shuddered and turned AWAY
slipped out through the bedroom "a ~
as Miss Riggs was entering. Cow
quietly downstairs he entered the ~,
phone cabinet, and got Doctor RoSs
son on the wire.
Doctor" he said slowly, 'T c.,A
come to dinner. You'd best coma ~.
to Riggs and make out second do.s
certificate. Mrs. Groves has comm4
ted suicide in frenzy at being fonns
out"
Found out! What do you mean~
"It was she who bought the uru.,,.
acid you found in Boudinot's blood ANY
on the tip of one of the orange WOW
sticks l sent YOU
"But explain, what was the motives.
Sufficient" said Poe. Last ni..,
Miss Riggs worked on Boudinot With
stories about Miss Moquin, doubtls..
true, from my own observation. y.
made a new will, changing his s,sto.
to position of chief legatee. Mr.
Groves trembled for her half-milBoD
knowing that Miss Riggs hated har
probably with more or less good rs.
son. To make sure Miss Riggs wouldu,
have her cut off with a thousand. ths
old lady carried out a shrewd schema
she'd evidently figured out some Tina
before when Boudinot disguised he,
with his profanity and abuse"
what was it? How'd she do it%
insisted Doctor Robinson breathIessv
"Have you proofs?"
Eyes, plenty. The boy 1 sent to yop
with the orange wood sticks saw Mrs
Groves through the manicure sbon
window this morning deity substitut
ing an ongoline bottle filled with prus
sic acid for the real bottle of stain re-
mover on the manicurist's table. YOu
see, Boudinot had bad hang-nail on
the forednger of his left hand"
Eyes, 1 noticed it, but didn't think Il
important enough to mention to you"
said Doctor Robinson anxiously.
Naturally not. But that was the
bruise through which the drop Of prus.
sic was introduced to Boudinot's blood
You see, Mrs. Groves often wheeled
Boudinot to Miss Moquin's, and had
watched her clean with ongoline and
an orange stick beneath the cuticle o.
his nails"
Good Lord, mani" cried Doctor Rob
inson. you don't mean that she fig
ured out the fendish scheme of having
the manicurist actually introduce the
poison by dipping her orange wood
stick into the substituted bottle and
showing the poison deep into the cracks
and pores around the finger nails
thinking it was ongoline?"
That's it exactly; 1t would throw
the blame on the manicure if anything
were discovered, you see," said Poe
enthusiastically. Mrs. Groves replaced
the genuine bottle of ongoline befors
leaving, SO nobody else would DO
killed, then she threw the bottle Of
prussic into the gutter on the way
home with Boudinot, gasping for
breath and already dying, as graphical
ly described by the manicurist and the
newsboy. 1 found the pieces of glass,
recognized bits of the ongoline label
and identified the poison by smell and
taste. Not a bad scheme for an old
lady; only slip she made was in thrift
lily saving in plain bottle the ongoline
she had to pour out to get the prusSic
acid into the right container so the
manicurist wouldn't suspect"