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Show COLLINS TOOK CHLOROrOHM. Said Old Man" Was, Under Influence of Drug When He Died. That old man Collins was under the influence of chloroform at tho time of ms death was confessed by Cljde after ho ra,i5r.11.'I.P',i's' of omnn had left tno caie jesterdaj. His dcserlntlnn Ar M? HTa,1s ea,m "nner of neeung PhlalC?nVonUn, "J"".1" of " M j'limi in mo cao, had arnnitil mtai S ""'I ,l,it,rn,c "T "ww SI be press(n int0 Fcrx Chief Itiimn called the boy to one side to que" oS if rin?y.e; n!,d a8kpd """ Point blank if Collins had not used chloroform. OUU, HOW DID YOU KNOW?" mThi.n.ues",on' cmlng without a mo- i?eSy".5ff3inpf' ,ook the boy com"'a- e(?i-Ii0W..d.111 50U know lha"" he exclaimed. "It seems like I can't keen an j thing from you fellows. You're nil 0lugth,'.'. J0U aro- B" how did sou find . "Why. ou just told me." tho olllcer thfn,r'i,!di h'?' Th.e boy then realized "M1,',.1','; had been led Into a trap. v .1"' '"V0" I might as well tell ri,Vne?iwh,!v,nlne 1mv" h" added m" KSemy- ;u see, It was this way. Mr. Collins had been In the habit of taking chloroform When ho lnilted a" mT VC.'' "V"9 h0UEe h" ould take a little chloroform when he got undressed un-dressed and cut up those crazy capers which aren't nice to tnlk about. TOOK CHLOnOFOrtM IN CAVU. .JW? "''fJ" he got Into the caie !.!' ?i,t0ith. druir' Cldc contln- J. Ho dldn ' Ket " bottle out till aner ho had made me promise to kill h in, and then ho poured some of It on his handkerchief and began bre-ithlng L In 'i0l.nBJ.h'a '" dropped a little of the stuff In his eje. nnd that accounts for the swelling of his eye after he was dead. SAID IT WOUDN'T HURT. "Ho tqld mo that when I cut his throat It wouldn't hurt him tho least bit, as he would be sound asleep, nnd In order to tell when the chloroform was tnklng effect I kept talking to him. It was about flio minutes beforo his olce giew faint, and I thought ho was asleep. 'TIIHN I RbASHUD HIM." "I picked up the rizor. put my left arm under his head nnd lifted It up nnd then I slished him, holding the lazor In my right hand. Oh, floe; he Just thrashed nnd pitched nil around there, nnd I saw that I had cut too Boon," the boy as scrted. "I got out of there and kept out till ho quieted down, or I would haio got blood all oier me." As lo tho truth of the boy's state, ment that chloioform was used tho ofllcers boenmo thoroughly conilnced nfter Clyde had described with accuracy accu-racy to Dr. Wltcher tho appearanco and effect of tho drug. |