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Robbery had not been the object of the murder, for nothing was taken. Was it politics, then, or was it a woman? ROBBERY HAD NOT BEEN THE OBJECT OF THE MURDER FOR NOTHING WAS TAKEN WAS IT POLITICS THEN OR WAS IT A WOMAN
ll-booted man lay before me. The tall one, then, had done the murder, if murder there 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 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. RENCE WAS CONFIRMED MY WELL BOOTED MAN LAY BEFORE ME THE TALL ONE THEN HAD DONE THE MURDER IF MURDER THERE 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
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