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Then, again, if not poison, what had caused the man's death, since there was neither wound nor marks of strangulation? But, on the other hand, whose blood was that which lay so thickly upon the floor? There were no signs of a struggle, nor had the victim any weapon with which he might have wounded an antagonist. THEN AGAIN IF NOT POISON WHAT HAD CAUSED THE MAN'S DEATH SINCE THERE WAS NEITHER WOUND NOR MARKS OF STRANGULATION BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WHOSE BLOOD WAS THAT WHICH LAY SO THICKLY UPON THE FLOOR THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE NOR HAD THE VICTIM ANY WEAPON WITH WHICH HE MIGHT HAVE WOUNDED AN ANTAGONIST
oncert, I lay down upon the sofa and endeavoured to get a couple of hours’ sleep. It was a useless attempt. My mind had been too much excited by all that had occurred, and the strangest fancies and surmises crowded into it. Every time that I closed my eyes I saw before me the distorted baboon-like countenance of the murdered man. So sinister was the impression which that face had produced upon me that I found it difficult to feel anything but gratitude for him who had removed its owner from the world. If ever human features bespoke vice of the most malignant type, they were certainly those of Enoch J. Drebber, of Cleveland. Still I recognized that justice must be done, and that the depravity of the victim was no condonement in the eyes of the law. The more I thought of it the more extraordinary did my companion’s hypothesis, that the man had been poisoned, appear. I remembered how he had sniffed his lips, and had no doubt that he had detected something which had given rise to the idea. S DEPARTURE FOR THE CONCERT I LAY DOWN UPON THE SOFA AND ENDEAVOURED TO GET A COUPLE OF HOURS SLEEP IT WAS A USELESS ATTEMPT MY MIND HAD BEEN TOO MUCH EXCITED BY ALL THAT HAD OCCURRED AND THE STRANGEST FANCIES AND SURMISES CROWDED INTO IT EVERY TIME THAT CLOSED MY EYES I SAW BEFORE ME THE DISTORTED BABOON LIKE COUNTENANCE OF THE MURDERED MAN SO SINISTER WAS THE IMPRESSION WHICH THAT FACE HAD PRODUCED UPON ME THAT I FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FEEL ANYTHING BUT GRATITUDE FOR HIM WHO HAD REMOVED ITS OWNER FROM THE WORLD IF EVER HUMAN FEATURES BESPOKE VICE OF THE MOST MALIGNANT TYPE THEY WERE CERTAINLY THOSE OF ENOCH J DREBBER OF CLEVELAND STILL I RECOGNIZED THAT JUSTICE MUST BE DONE AND THAT THE DEPRAVITY OF THE VICTIM WAS NO CONDONEMENT IN THE EYES OF THE LAW THE MORE I THOUGHT OF IT THE MORE EXTRAORDINARY DID MY COMPANION'S HYPOTHESIS THAT THE MAN HAD BEEN POISONED APPEAR I REMEMBERED HOW HE HAD SNIFFED HIS LIPS AND HAD NO DOUBT THAT HE HAD DETECTED SOMETHING WHICH HAD GIVEN RISE TO THE IDEA
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