Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-21

| There was littIe that prvoo oo,,,d m a,
| or could be asked to say AT the ina,iest
| on the mason's iaborar next r,nrnins
| Public interest and eSeitament w.s as
keen about Coilishaws rnvsterious deatS
| as about Braden's, for il was a,readv
rumored through the town that il
he came to Wrychester, CoIlishaw ~ womia
| still be alive, rhe coroner'a no,,rt ,ya
once more packed once more Tiers VAS
| the same atmosphere Of mystery. But
the proceedings were OF a vary different
nature to those which had attended ths
| inquest on Braden. The foreman under
whose orders Collishaw had been yorx.
Ing gave particulars Of the dead mans
had been instructed to clear away an &C.
cumulation Of rubbish which had gath
cred at the foot of the south wall Of the
| nave in consequence of some recent rs.
pairs to the masonry-there was a full
| days work before him. Ali day he
would be in and out Of Paradise with his
barrow, wheeling away. the rubbish he
gathered up The foreman had looked
| IN on him once or twice he had seef,
him just before noon, when he appeared
| to be In his usual health-he had made
\ no complaint. at any rate. Asked n h.
had happened to notice where Coilishaw
| had set down his dinner basket and his
| tin bottle while he worked. he rep,ied
that It SO happened that he had-he rs.
membered seeing both bottle and basket
and the mans Jacket deposited on one
OF the box-tombs under certain yew-
tree-which he could point out, II neces-
| Bryce's account of his finding of Col
lishaw amounted to no more than a bare
recital of facts. Nor was much Tins
spent IN questioning the two doctors
animation. Their evidence, terse and
particular, referred solely TO the cause
or death. The man had been poisoned
BY a dose of hydrooyanic acid, which. In
I ntNt 4. a -
minutes before his body was discovered
by Doctor Bryce. II had probably been
a dose which would cause instantaneous
| death. There were no traces OF the
poison In the remains Of his dinner, nor
cold tea. But of the cause Of his sud-
den death there was no more doubt
than Of tho effects.
Ransford had been in the court from
the outset Of the proceedings, and when
the medical evidence had been given he
rowly, saw that he was suffering from
citement was as much due to anger as
to anything else. His face was set ano
stern, and he looked at the coroner with
thing not precisely clear at that moment d
| Bryce, trying to analyze It. said to him
| self that he shouldn't be surprised ~ n
scene folowed-Ransford looked like A
man who Is bursting to say something
In no unmIstakable fashion. But at first
| he answered the questions put to him
When this mans clothing was
searched" observed the coroner, "a box
| or pills was found Doctor Ransford, on
S which your writing appears. Had you
Yes" replied Ransford. Both Colli-
shaw and his wife, Or, rather, to be
wife, for some weeks. A day or two
hAfN \ ta ga T-nl 49, \
to me Of indigestion, following on his
meals. I gave him some digestive pills
the pills you speak, OF no doubt"
'These?' asked the coroner, passing
found.
Precisely" agreed Ransford. THAT,
at any rate. Is the box, and l suppose
those to be the pills"
qulred the coroner.
II did dispense all my own medi-
cines"
rs It possible that the poison we
one Of those pills-by accident? 2"
Utterly impossible! - under my
hands. at any rate. answered Rams
| ford.
administered in pill?" suggested the
coroner.
1T might" agreed Ransford. But"
| he added, with a significant glance at
the medical men who had lust given
evidence, at was not SO administered
| In this case. as the preyious witnesses
very we'll know 20
The coroner looked round him. and
waited a moment.
! last remark, ," he said at last '"That is
If YOU wish TO do so
"Certainlv,' answered Ransford,
with alacrity Those pills are, as YOU
swallow them wbole%immedia after
| his food Now. II would rake some little
| time for a Mill to dissolve. TO disinte-
CRATE TO be dieested II Collishsw took
one or nv pills as soon as he had eaten
his dinner. according 10 INSTRUCTIONS
and II poison had been in that nil, he
would not have died at once~as he evil
IDENTIFY did. Death would probably have
nil had dissolved Rut according to the
eyidence Won have had before You. Inc
| died quite suddenly while eating his din
ner-or Immediately after il, I am moi
legally represented here-I don't con.
slider II at ali necessary--but / ask you
TO recall Doctor Coates and to nut th,.
question to him: Did he find one of those
digestive mills in this mans stomach p
The coroner turned, somewhat dub.
ously- to the two doctors VIII" had per.
formed the autopsy, but before h,
could speak. the superintendent of DO
lice rose and began to whisper to him
and after a conversation between them
he looked round at the Jury every mem
her OF which had evidently been much
struck by Rapsford's suggestion.
"At this stage" he said, ut will b,
necessary to adjourn, i shall adjourn
the inquiry for n week. gentlemen. 70,
will"
Ransford, still standing in the witness
| box suddenly lost control of himself II,
uttered a sharp exclamation and smott
the ledge before him smartly with hi!
omen hand.
| ~ protest against that" he said We
hementIv, ''Emphatically. Drotest