Evening star., 1933-11-12

In a big business mouse, IOr WHICH the
purchase money was to be provided by
Mrs Carew.
Their doctor, a physician named
Wheeler, made light of the illness,
though the wife appeared anxious, and
when, day or two later, Carew had
relapse she asked that there might be
a consultation. The two physicians
after a careful examination, felt puzzled
at the patients odd symptoms of which
the most marked was frightful thirst
and severe internal pains. But when
Dr. Wheeler reached his home that day
there was waiting for him an envelope
which contained piece of paper on
which were written seven words: Three
bottles of arsenic in one week"
That curious communication provided
an answer to the enigma which had so
puzzled him and his fellow physician.
Arsenic, and arsenic alone, could account
for Carews condition! AS to who had
administered the poison DR.. Wheeler as
yet gave no thought; but without losing
a moment he arranged to have his
patient moved to the>British Naval Hos
pital The unfortunate man arrived
there at o'clock, and by o'clock he
was dead; and no one, excepting his
own doctor, had any suspicion as to the
cause of his death.
The British consul in Yokohama, who
was also British coroner, regarded the
inquest about to be held as purely for
NAL To his amazement the poSt-mor-
tenn established that Carew had died
as a result of having taken large doses
of arsenic. Inquiries were set on foot,
and a native chemist came forward and
asserted on oath that he had provided
three bottles of arsenic in liquid form
within the space of 10 days to the
written order of Mrs. Carew.
ON being called at the inquest the
~ dead mans widow reminded the
coroner that in Yokohama arsenic is
used for many household purposes. Fur
ther, and more to the point, she revealed
that before his marriage her husband
had been intimate with a woman called
Annie Luke, who had lately come
secretly there to see her one-time lover.
Mrs. Carew then produced letter she
said she had just found among his
papers. The letter, signed Annie i'm
plored Carew to help her for the sake
of old times, and letter in Carews
handwriting, addressed to Miss Annie
Luke, care of post office, Yokohama,
was put in, in which he proposed-a a
private meeting near his club.
Then came great sensation. letter
from Annie Luke to the coroner was
read out. 1t contained the words:
Woman is at the bottom of everything.
Between us we have bamboozled the lot
of you-frst, the chemist; second, the
DOCTOR and last, but not least, that fool,
his WIFE"
A young Englishman we will call
Warren, employed in local bank, who
had been friend of both husband and
wife, testified that he had seen a veiled
woman hanging about outside Carew's
club
The coroner duly returned -an open
verdict, and Immediately following the
inquest large money reward was
offered by the widow for any informa-
ton about Annie Luke or her present
whereabouts.
But within a week Mrs. Carew was
arrested and charged with the murder
of her husband. 1t Is on record that
not single man or woman who knew
her believed she could be guilty Of such
crime, and the new evidence, of which
there were rumors, was awaited with
painting eagerness.
In fact, men and women of British
birth travelled immense distances to be
present at Edith Carews trial. Not only
was the prisoner a beautiful woman,