Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-15
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IL. for many years, I kNe@ her very
well, and I know nobody more cppos-
ed to medicine IN ANY form OF drugs
Of any sort. II WAS a most difticnlt
task TO persuade her to take even tho
simplest remedy. and then she a 70
be assured over and over aEain nat
II was harmless, NJ, Mr., stone, Moth
ing could have made he TAX that
dose Of her own accord. nor could any
| one have persuaded her TO take It.
consciously. IT was, without, doubt,
given to her secretly. by the clever
rusc Of the murderer. OF course II
could not have been an accident the
marvellous part is. 10 my mind, how
any one secured the poison. 1t is NOT
an easy matter to buy aconittne.%,
"Then that ought to make il easier
to trace. II the public could easily
procure it at will, there would be
; grcstcr dtHiculty in running down the
purchaScr." =
THAT is so; and yet, l think your
search will be a hard ono. How snail
you so about it,"
"By c~anvassing the drug shops OF
the city, and OF the small towns as
we'll"
1T may be you can trace the sale:
Eut II it was bought under promise OF
secrecy. and II that secrecy "ete WIZ
paid for-?'
..True. there is the difficulty. But
what's a detective for if not to II
out %secrets?"
quite right. May your quest sue
coed"
And now, a little more about the,
action of this poison. What are the
immediate effects OF a fatal dose?'
I'm a few moments there occurs a
tingling numbness OF lip and tongue
and pharynx. The numbness IN,
creases and affects all the muscles m
death ensues inside of an hour. This
iparalyzing effect renders it inpossi-
Bile for the victim to cry out. n
there are no commissions. The body
}remains calm and undiseurbed. and
the eyes open. 4 dilatation OF the
pupil takes place, but the expression
on the face remains as in life. This
is why Miss Darlington continued to
look happy and smiling
"And proves that when she. took
the poison she was happy and smiling.
frightened into it,
EXACTLY so. And that indicates
that she didn't know she was taking
it.
cor. that it was administered by
some one she knew and loved and had
all confidence in"
ut would seem so," and Doctor
Stanton's fine old face showed a sad
apprehension.
How, was it taken-in what medi-
um?"
THAT we can't tell to a certainty.
There were traces of the sandwiches
discovered at the autopsy, but, though
the poison could have been given her,
concealed in a sandwich filling, it is
improbable"
"Why?"
Because the white granuies or
powder, which are soluble in water,
would be more easily discerned in
solid food"
But, on the>other hand, it could be
unostentatiously placed in a sand
wich. with little fear Of detection; but
to prevail on her to swallow a solution
1T is bitter.A is it not?"
Yes, slightly SO. l admit, I cannot
imagine n n inducing Miss Car
rington to swallow such a .draught,
Therefore. it may we'll be, it was
placed in a sandwich. The filling
they tell me, was caviare. which
would.disguise the bitterness" :
"And does not all this, If true, point
all the details of Miss Carrington's af.
fairs? Some one who knew of her
nightly sandwich? And, also, does Il
not imply the presence of some ono
who could and did insure her con-
sumption of that sandwich"
"It would indeed seem so, Mr.
Stone; but when it comes to discuss.
ing such a question as that, I must
ask to be allowed to retire from the
field. 1t is my duty to tell all 1 know
from my medical experience, but fur.
ther than that I am not obliged to ex'
press n opinions or voice any sus:
%picions."
"You know. however: that Count
Charlier, is held pending investiga.
ton ?" = .
Eyes. ] know it. I have no opinion
to express"
Fleming Stone rather admired thi.