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That was the question which confronted me. I was inclined from the first to the latter supposition. Political assassins are only too glad to do their work and to fly. This murder had, on the contrary, been done most deliberately, and the perpetrator had left his tracks all over the room, showing that he had been there all the time. It must have been a private wrong, and not a political one, which called for such a methodical revenge. When the inscription was discovered upon the wall I was more inclined than ever to my opinion. The thing was too evidently a blind. THAT WAS THE QUESTION WHICH CONFRONTED ME I WAS INCLINED FROM THE FIRST TO THE LATTER SUPPOSITION POLITICAL ASSASSINS ARE ONLY TOO GLAD TO DO THEIR WORK AND TO FLY THIS MURDER HAD ON THE CONTRARY BEEN DONE MOST DELIBERATELY AND THE PERPETRATOR HAD LEFT HIS TRACKS ALL OVER THE ROOM SHOWING THAT HE HAD BEEN THERE ALL THE TIME IT MUST HAVE BEEN A PRIVATE WRONG AND NOT A POLITICAL ONE WHICH CALLED FOR SUCH A METHODICAL REVENGE WHEN THE INSCRIPTION WAS DISCOVERED UPON THE WALL I WAS MORE INCLINED THAN EVER TO MY OPINION THE THING WAS TOO EVIDENTLY A BLIND
on the dead man’s person, but the agitated expression upon his face assured me that he had foreseen his fate before it came upon him. Men who die from heart disease, or any sudden natural cause, never by any chance exhibit agitation upon their features. Having sniffed the dead man’s lips I detected a slightly sour smell, and I came to the conclusion that he had had poison forced upon him. Again, I argued that it had been forced upon him from the hatred and fear expressed upon his face. By the method of exclusion, I had arrived at this result, for no other hypothesis would meet the facts. Do not imagine that it was a very unheard of idea. The forcible administration of poison is by no means a new thing in criminal annals. The cases of Dolsky in Odessa, and of Leturier in Montpellier, will occur at once to any toxicologist. “And now came the great question as to the reason why. Robbery had not been the object of the murder, for nothing was taken. Was it politics, then, or was it a woman? WAS THERE WAS NO WOUND UPON THE DEAD MAN'S PERSON BUT THE AGITATED EXPRESSION UPON HIS FACE ASSURED ME THAT HE HAD FORESEEN HIS FATE BEFORE IT CAME UPON HIM MEN WHO DIE FROM HEART DISEASE OR ANY SUDDEN NATURAL CAUSE NEVER BY ANY CHANCE EXHIBIT AGITATION UPON THEIR FEATURES HAVING SNIFFED THE DEAD MAN'S LIPS I DETECTED A SLIGHTLY SOUR SMELL AND I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE HAD HAD POISON FORCED UPON HIM AGAIN I ARGUED THAT IT HAD BEEN FORCED UPON HIM FROM THE HATRED AND FEAR EXPRESSED UPON HIS FACE BY THE METHOD OF EXCLUSION I HAD ARRIED AT THIS RESULT FOR NO OTHER HYPOTHESIS WOULD MEET THE FACTS DO NOT IMAGINE THAT IT WAS A VERY UNHEARD OF IDEA THE FORCIBLE ADMINISTRATION OF POISON IS BY NO MEANS A NEW THING IN CRIMINAL ANNALS THE CASES OF DOLSKEY AND EDESSA AND OF LITERA IN MONTPELLIER WILL OCCUR AT ONCE TO ANY TAXICOLOGIST AND NOW CAME THE GREAT QUESTION AS TO THE REASON WHY ROBBERY HAD NOT BEEN THE OBJECT OF THE MURDER FOR NOTHING WAS TAKEN WAS IT POLITICS THEN OR WAS IT A WOMAN
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