The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1916-04-13
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fumes7p demanded Mr.. Thomas Gown
Mcintyre.
by the dead dies. the effect upon
tho bellboy. and the fact that no
wound was found on the BODY men
too. there was the illuminate OF her-
curry shell. think the shell was
blown through the blowpipe to clear
the deadly fumes from the room oy
its explosion, before any one else
should suffer. Mr.. Smith is. a. least
not a wanton slaughterer'
You are right, sir. and thank
YOU" said the foreigner He are"
himself up weakly but with prlue.
Gentlemen, | am not murderer. l
am an avenger. II would have gone
hard with my conscience had any In
nocent person met death through me.
AS for that Turkish dog, you shall
Judge for yourself whether he did not
die too easily"
From among the papers in uroir
arainst the all he took a French
journal. and read, translating huentiy'
The article was bald account OF the
torture, outrage and massacre OF AT
menian women and girls, at Adana'
by the Turks. The most hideous por-
ton of it was briefly descriptive OF the
atrocities perpetrated by order OF a
high Turkish official upon mother
and two young daughters. AN Ar
menian prisoner, being dragged by in
chains, went mad at the sight the
correspondent stated.
IT was that prisoner" said the read
er. 1.-The official was Telfik Bey. l
saw my naked daughter break from
the soldiers and run to him. pleading
for pity, as he sat on his horse; and !
sew him strike his spur into her bare
breast. My wife, the mother OF my
| children"
DON'T" The protest came from the
fifth assistant secretary of state.
But what was the poison?' asked
Bertram.
81 think Mr.. Jones has more than a
suspicion" replied the doomed man,
with a smile. You will find useful
references on yonder shelf, Mr..
Jones'"
Moving across the shelf, Average
Jones took down heavy volume and
ran quickly over the leaves.
All" he said presently, and not
noticing. in his absorption, that the
host had crossed again to the tiroir
and was quietly searching in a com
partment, he read aloud:
Little is known of cyanide OF oacodyl.
in its action the swiftest and most deadly
OF existing poisons. In the '40s, Bunsen.
| the German chemist, combined oxide OF
! OF prussic acid, producing cyanide OF
| cacodyl, or dimethyl arsine cyanide. As
| both of it's components are of the dead
Hest description. Il is extremely dangerous
to make. 1t can be made only In the open
air. and not without the most extreme
| precaution Known to science. Mr.. La
| life experimenting with IL in 1904 small
| fraction OF a grain gives of Vapor sut-
ficient to kin a human being Instantly
This is all very we'll" broke in Mr.
Assistant Secretary Thomas Colvir
Mcintyre, but l want this man ar
rested. How can we know that he
isn't shamming and may not escape
us, after all?"
by this" retorted their host He
held aloft a small glass vial, lead
sealed, and staggered weakly to the
door.
stop him." said Average Jones
sharply.
The door closed ON the words
There was a heavy fall without, fol
lowed by the light tinkle of glass.
Average Jones. who had hal
crossed the room in a leap, turned tC
his friends. warning them back.
TOO late. We can't go out yet
Wait for the fumes to dissipate."
They stood. the four men. rigid
Presently Average Jones, opening {
rear window, leaped to the ground
followed by the others. and came
around the corner of the porch. The
dead man lay with a peaceful face
Average Jones uncovered.
God forgive him." he sad 'Whc
! shall say that no was not right
| Returning to the porch again, he
cleared away the fragments of glass
aided by Bertram. To one OF these
chung a shred of paper. For all his
languid self-control the cluL dilettante
shivered a little as he thrust at il
with a stick
Look, Average; it's the Mercy
sign again. What a hideous travesty!'
Average Jones shook hts cad
1T isn't Merry d TT. It's the label
that he attached, for precaution. Il
everything that had to do with his
deadly stun. The formula for cyanide
of cacodyl is 'Me-2cy' II was the
scrawly handwriting that mlsled
| that's all"
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