The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-03-20
CHAPTER xIv.-(continued.)

aopsy showed . fatal dose Of
saconitine. Aconitine, as you of
course lsnow, is the herb-wolfs-
abane-of the Hellebore tribe, all
the species of which r poison
GUS. Aeonitine is an intensely
poisonous alkaloid obtained from
-aconite. Taken in a moderate
quantity, it acts as a powerful
ssedative, but the dose absorbed
by Miss Darlington vas undoubt-
~edly fatal within half Or three
quarters Of an hour"
"And she died at what timef'
"About 2 o'clock"
"Proving she took the poison
at about LIS or 1:30."
eyes; thereabouts. 1t is not
possible to fix these hours pre-
rise5y, but the poison was admin
htsrcd positively between ] and
& O'clock"
@sAdministered9 You do not
think, chen, that she took it her
Se1f2"
"Most certainly not! Miss Car
rington has been in my care, pro
fessionally, for many years. [
knew her very well, and | know
nobody more opposed to medicine
In any form or drugs Of any sort.
1t was a most difficult task to per-
ssuade her to take even the sim
pIest remedy, and then she had
Is be- assured over and over again
that it was harmless. No, Mr..
Stone, nothing could have made
her take that dose Of her own ac-
cord, nor could any N have per-
4zuaded her to take it, consciously.
It was, without doubt, given to her
secretly, by the clever ruse Of the
murderer. OF curse it could not
have been an accident. The mar
Vicious part is, to my mind, how
any one secured the poison. 1t
lis not an easy matter to buy aconi-
tine
T4len that ought to make it
easier to trace. If the public could
easily procure it at will, there
would be greater difficulty in
running down the purchaser"
aThat is SO; and yet, / think
yaur search will be a hard one
How shall you go about itY"
By canvassing the drug shops
aof the city and of the small towns
sas well.'
atIt may be you can trace tho
sale. But if 1t wss bought under
promise Of secrecy, and if that
secrecy we're we'll paid for---2''
True, there is tho difficulty.
But what's Il detective for If not
te find out secretsf"
quite right. May your quest
asnccced.o
@And now, a little more about
the action Of this poison. What
are the immediate effects Of q
Fatal dosef"
In q few moments there oc-
mrs tingiing numbness Of lip
and tongue and pharynx. The
mumbness increases and affects
Ill the muscles, and death ensues
inside of an hour. This paralyz-
dng effect renders it impossible
Cor che victim to cry out, and
there are no commissions. The
hNdy remains calm and undis-
&arbed, and the eyes open. A di-
latation of the pupil takes place,
hutsthe expression on the face re
maiinss 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
4nd smiling, and therefore in nc
way terrorized or frightened into
Exactly So. And that indi
entea that she didn't know shs
W1Staking it,
sOr, that it was administered
6g Sone one she knew and loved
md had all confidence I'M
would seem so, and Dr.
Sf1ntonss fine old face showed
MISREPRESENTATION.
sHow was it taken-in wha
msdiuma',
skAsEEhat We cant tell to = Ger
GnSiInII There were traces Of til,
III riches discovered ct the an
but, though the poisol
hy6been given her, con
- sandwich filling, It i