Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

| very outside twenty -six or eight shiilinas
week According to his wife, there
was no one TO leave him legacy. She
from any soSsee. Buseltheres i er !s the Gay faei
what explains e? My theory--that the
much ale in him, had hinted that he
Gea Ss sSose sSSstfSs had rsasss ssSS, srs RrsSsns
nssnilant; that he had made Il his husi-
nese 20 see Collishaw and had paid him
| ,hnt NIFTY pounds as hush money---and,
iIshaw altogether. as he undoubtedly
| did, BY poison"
once more Bryce paused---and once
more the two listeners showed their at
'ention by complete silence.
"Nog we come to the question--.-how
was Collishaw poisonedY" continued
\ bryee. For poisoned he was, without
doubt. Here we go back to theory and
superstition once more. haven't the least
doubt that the hydrocyanio acid which
caused h!s death was taken by him.
box which they found on him, Mitch
ington, and showed me. But that
particular pill, though precisely similar
m appearances, could not be made up OF
tne same ingredients which were In tho
other pills. II was probably thieltiy
coated pin which contained the poison
IN solution, OF course. The coating would
.wni,ownS ,ucal sI1Sst as soon & as the nan had
inata nta ns,,s,,, n"u SaIin uSain Wouic result
say, was condemneS 20 Issth tyh.p mSs
put that box OF pills In his waistcoat
pooket. 1t was mcrc chance, mere luck.
as 10 when the exact moment OF death
came to him. There mad been sfx Mile
| In that box---there were i've left. 80
Sollishaw picked out the poisoned pill
nrst! IL might have been delayed till
sne SStn dose you see-but he was
Mitchington showed a desire to sneak
"Whnf about ,.ha. po,.,o.a ,.,, =,
fore the coroner" aaEc1 Mitcnira,on or-
"IIe demanded certain Information aSout
the post-mortcm, you know, which H.
said. ought to have shown that therS
was nothing poisonous In those pills"
Pooh exclaimed Bryce contemp-
tuously. Mere bluff or such a pill as
that rye described thereTd be no trace
but the sugar coating-and the poison.
was how the poison was administered. Ii
was easy. And-who Is there that would
| know now easily It could be administered
ou,ma v,,as, meaieai man
| Mitchington and Jett'son exchanged
glances' Then Jettison leaned nearer to
eryee'
so your theory ia that psnsford got
s,a Q, potn bradsn and Collishaw-mur-
dered both Of them. in fact?" he sug-
Eested; ss,, DO I understand that's what
|
Not quite" replied Bryce, Il don't
say that Ransford meant to kill Braden
my notion Is that they met, had an
alteration, probably a struggle. and
that Braden lost his life in II. But az
regards Collishaw-"
Don't forget % interr,,nted Nt,,chi,s-
| ton. Warmer swore ibot ho SO
Braden funp tbrongh that anorwa,,,
Flung out Hs ue' .au, . nHs. ,m uoor""!
For everything ~ that ta"v, Warner oo,,a
prove 10 the contrary. answered Bryce
tne hand might have been stretched
out TO pull Brsden back. No--I think
there may have been accident in that
murder, without doubt-dellbernte! !"
He lighted another cigarette. with the
| air of n man who had nnolyen his mind
\ and MitchinRton. reaiizinp tbot ho had
said Mi he paS % co.,. go, ,m"t ~, , ne nua s'a
seat "'' "e ""o " say so' up from h's
WAL ,,,, all ~ ,.,,-
| "eh-Ns al very interesting and
Jettison. And we shall keep It all In
mind. or course. you've talked all this
over with Harker? I should like to know
what he has to say Now that you've
told us who he is, I suppose we can
talk to him?"
You'll have to wait a few davs
then" said Bryce. Hes uone 20 tnS,n
by the last train tonisSt ,O 'VSn ~,
business I;ys .ant =, ~ TINS
inyormat,o, t.Se', nt." ,, nau some
,',hornaha,,. y souay aoout ansfords
appearance. and I've oommtastoned
Harker to examine into 1t. When
near what he's found out. I'll let you
Know
You're taking some trouble" re-
marked Mitchington.
i've told you the reason" answered
MitchInRton bssi,st.d q u,,,o. ,,.,