The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25

Mexico. Where arc the gold and sll-
Yer of tho cunuuiStadores' Gone 10 the
melting pot. centuries ago. But Is there
none left? The Indians believe so:
nnthing-evcn ut murder Of American
professors. murder Of. their own conf
rades. 10 get at the secret.
He laid his hand almost lovingly on
his powerful little microscope AS he re-
sumed on another line of evidence.
And while we are on the subject OF
murders. two very similar deaths haNs
occurred" ne went on. 1t Is OF no use
l.. try 10 gloss them over. Frankly. !
suspected that they might hay" been
caused hr aconlte poisoning. fui' IN
tn, case nf such poisoning. not only Is
tn" lsthal dose very small but our chem
zeal methods "f detcrtinn Ar" nil. The
dose If tn" active principal acnnliin
nitrate. is about ono siX-hundrcdth OF a
grain There are no color tests. no re-
organic poisons."
I'raig laid down on tn" tahl" tho recd
stick with the little darkcncd cylinder
on tho end.
which picked up hcneath Northrop's
nnnoki. or hushI." I fancicd | saw just
a CLINT Of satisfaction in Otaka's eyes.
Like many barbarians. continued
Craig. the Anus from time immcmorial
har" prepared virulent pois"ns with
which they charged their weapons Of
he chase and warfare. TIL" farmulAs
for the preparations. AS in III" case OF
other arrow pniSnnS of other tribes. are
known only to certain members. and tho
secret Ia passed down from generation
IN generation as an heirloom. as il were.
Rut in this "as" II ia no longer Il secret.
1t has now been proved that tn" active
principal OF this poison is aconit".
IF thai is III" case" broke in rlncr or
Leslie. ut IL hopeless To connect any
one directly in that way with these muir
dcrs. Thor" IS no t"St for acnnitin.'
I thought Satn's face was moro COM
posed and impHssivr than ever. Doctor
Bernardo. however, was plainly excited
"Whnt--no t"st-nonc?" asked Ken
nedy. leaning forward eagerly. Then. as
if he could restrain tho answer To his
own question No longer. hn shot out:
discovered by Professor Reirhcrt. Of the
University of Pennsylvania
In This casc..it not only proves Ia he
acnnitin. but the starch EranulcS them
selves can he recognized. They came
from this piece Of arrow poison.
Every eye was fixed on him now.
Besides" he raped nut. in tho soft
soil beneath tho window OF Professor
Northrop's room. ] found fotprints
have only to compare the impressions !
took there and those Of the pconI" IN this
room. to provo that. while the rcaI muir
d"rcr stood guard below the window. he
sent some on" moro nimhln UP the rain
pipe TO shoot tho poisoned dart at Pro-
lessor Nnrthrnr. and. later. To let down
4 rope by which he. tho insiigatnr. could
gain the room. remove the dart and OH
tain thn key 10 tho treasure h" sought"
Kennedy WAS looking straight AT Fro
fessnr Bernardo
"A friend nf mine in Mexico has writ :
ten m" about an inscription" h. burst
out. II received the letter only today.
As nearly as ! can gather. there was
an impression that some Of Nnrthrop's
stuff would be valuabl" in proving TN"
alleged kinShir between M"xir" and
Japan. perhaps to arouse haired Of tn"
United States"
Kennedy. But how about tn" treas
ure?"
"Trcasurn?" repeated Errnardn. look.
ing from ono of us u another.
Yes. pursued Craig r"l"ntI"ssly. "th"
treasure. You ara an expert in rcadin Z
the hiaroEIyphirs. Ry your "wn state
ment. you and Northrop had boon going
over the. stuff he had sent ur. You
know IT,"
Bernardo CAV" quick Elnn'". from
Kennedy to nc Evidently ne saw that
the secret was OFT.
yes" he said huskiiv. in = low tone
''Northrnp and | wcr. Ia follow tho Iii
rectlons after he had plotted them "u.
and were n shar" il together on h" next
expedition which | could direct rs n
MeXiran without 80 much suspicion.
should still hay" shared l. with his
widow if tho unfortunate affair had not
exposed tho secret"
Bernardo hal risen earnestly.
"knnnedv," he cried. ''hoiOrr Cod, IF
you will got back that sr"n. and keep