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"Do you mean to say that you think the murder of Turnbull was premeditated and not committed on the spur of the moment?" he asked. "The fact that aconitine was used convinces me of that," answered Kent. Ferguson thought a moment. "If that is the case," he said, grudgingly, "it sort of squashes the charge against Philip Rochester." "It would seem to," agreed Kent.
"In the first place, I must tell you that both Dr. Bannerman and myself were engaged at the time in an investigation upon the nature and properties of the vegetable alkaloids, and especially of aconitine. We hoped for the very greatest results from this drug, and we were both equally enthusiastic in our research.
But in the light of Dr. Stone's testimony, the poison "could not have been administered in the glass of water Rochester had given Jimmie in the police court." Four hours at least had to elapse before the fatal dose of aconitine could take effect four hours! Kent told them off on his fingers; it placed the crime in the McIntyre house.
Brewster," he said, when he had replaced the telephone. "Now, Kent, I have secured the information you wished; kindly tell me your reasons for desiring it." It was Kent's turn to hesitate. "Do you know many instances where aconitine was used by murderers?" he questioned. "N-no. I believe it was the drug used in the celebrated Lamson poison case," replied the physician slowly.
=Aconitine= varies much in activity according to its mode of preparation and the source from which it is derived. The most active kind is probably made from A. ferox. Contains the glucoside digitalin and other active principles. Symptoms. Nausea, vomiting, purging, and abdominal pains. Vomited matter grass-green in colour.
If the poison had been conveyed in the capsule, its operation would have been almost immediate, and so would the detection of the aconitine. As I have said, the contrivance would have been too clumsy for so crafty a mind.
"Colonel McIntyre contends that Turnbull forged the letter and stole the securities, then fearing his guilt would become known, committed still another crime that of suicide, he could have swallowed a dose of aconitine while at the police court." "Well, I'll be blessed!" ejaculated Ferguson. "But if he was the forger how does that square with Rochester's peculiar behavior?
With aconitine, diuresis was not always established, and when it failed the animal died in convulsions. Centralblatt fur die Medicinischen Wissenschaften, December 18, 1886. A catalogue, containing brief notices of many important scientific papers heretofore published in the SUPPLEMENT, may be had gratis at this office. Terms of Subscription, $5 a Year.
"Men who suffer from a mortal disease sometimes commit desperate acts, not at all in accord with their previous conduct," responded Stone gravely. "Come, Kent, you have not answered my question. Why did you wish information about this box of aconitine pills prescribed for Mrs. Brewster during her attack of neuralgia?"
Kent rubbed his chin in bewilderment. The box bearing the aconitine label and the pills had all rolled out of the china umbrella stand, and he had taken it for granted that the pills belonged in the box. "I found them loose in the same receptacle," he explained.
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