The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-15
TESTS TO
I. TELL Story TODAY
Captain Green Purchased Cyan
ide Of Sodium wednesday,
To XIII a Cat,s, Ne Said

Analysis Of the contents Of the stom-
ach Of the late Captain Francis J. Green
to discover whether or not they contain
cyanide Of sodium will be completed by
noon today; according to a statement
made. last night by Benjamin, M, Bal
ros, assistant territorial chemist, who
has the work in hand. ~, -
Suspicion that cyanide Of sodium
might have been the cause of Captain
Green g death was aroused by the dis
.eoyery yesterday Of the fact that on
January Q, the day before he wrote his
resignation as selectiye draft officer of
the Territory, he purchased n quantity
Of the poison at the store Of Benson,
Smith. fy..r
The draft officer entered the store on
that day and talked with Secretary w.
McGonagle, saying he wished to pur,
chase q poison to kill q cat. He ask
ed what poison would do this quickly
and effectively, and Mr.. McGonagle
told him that sodium cyanide would.
Captain Green said that he had q
pet cat which had grown old and that
he thought best to kin 1t, but he wish.
ed to do 1t in humane manner.
Signed For Poison Y,
Mr. MeGonagle took Captain Green
TO sales counter. The poison was put
up and Captain Green signed his name
in the. record book, as all drug stores
are, by law, required to keep such books
which are for the reference of the
public s5.'g
| Captain Green then asked MEG
how best he could use the drug on the
eat. Mr.. McGonagie said that IL could
be put in a cloth and placed in the
mouth, whereupon Captain Green ask.
ed IL IL could not be used in tablet form
Mr.. MeGonagle said IL could be SO used
and placed In meat and given to the
cat in that manner. Green thanked him
and walked away with his purchase;
| II is considered significant that Cap.
tain Green on the day he went to Hale
iva went by train instead of driving
his big auto. He said the auto would
call for him next morning. 1t was NOT
sent TO him, nor was any order 80 Civ
en-, as far as can be learned. The cat
in question was never killed nor, any
attempt TO do so.
Marked Passage W.
I Another significant thing is that the
book which was found ut Captain
Green's side in his bed, had, passage
marked. It was q book on Theosophy
and the passage read, t'May you rest
In peace" and underneath the under
scoring mark In ink was the word
Frank, = his own, name. 49,.
A On various occasions, particularly
during the past week Captain Green put
his hand Suddenly to his breat and said
THAT. was a hard wrench, adding
that he was suffering from heart failure
II was only during the past week tina,
4 he did this and although his physician
says he did not know he was sufferinS
| this way, 10 view Of the poison pur
chase and the days that elapsed be
fore the captain died, some surmise thai
the captain was completing a chain OF
circumstances Of peculiar reasoning foi
public effect, which reached their china,
in his going to Haleiwa on Friday even
ing, 49, ,la., =. .,. y: /.
On January o, II was known to hin
ana others that the charges from Wash
ington of falsifying accounts were here
He absented himself many times DUP
ing the week, first leaving ON Monday
to 20 into the country, ostensibly to in
speet the questionnaire work there.