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Show COUNT IS SUM AS CLEMIILER Murder Trial on Sunday Enlivened Enliv-ened by Testimony Telling Financial Coups. ST. rETJSP.SBURG, Feb. B. The trial of Dr. Pantchonlco and Count Patrick O'Brien de Lassy for tho murder of Count Vassllll Bouturlln was continued today. Pantchcnko spent considerable tlmo trying to explain away the meaning of a letter written In French which ho had previously confessed, referred lo the poisoning poi-soning of Count Vassllll and his father, General Bouturlln. Further details of tho conclusions of the medical experts which were unfavorable unfavor-able to Pantchonko show that Iho count died from hypoltrophv and degeneration of the heart muscles," which wore overfilled over-filled with blood. A second distinctive symptom, they testified, wns a sangul-fluous sangul-fluous condition of the body, which was covered with violet colored marks from ruptured blood vessels, both symptoms being characteristic, of diphtheria. The experts held that the poisoning un-doubtedlywas un-doubtedlywas duo to a toxin, most probably prob-ably diphtherial In character. A witness for the crown narrated episodes epi-sodes In De J-assy's life. Do Lassy. he said, once Invited two provincial land owncrs-to meet the members of the cabinet. cab-inet. He hired men to Impersonate them and they played' their parts to perfection. perfec-tion. As the result of the masquerade, De Lassy pocketed $35,000. |