Inquest before US. Commissioner The inquest on the body of Mrs. Josephine Sacs, who died at the house of her sister at 26 Tracy Terrace, Route Des Soeurs, at 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning, was held before U.S, Commissioner, Lurton and a jury on Thursday afternoon.
Dr. O'Driscoll gave evidence to the effect that he was called by a Mr. Norris to 15 Quinsan just before 8 p.m. on Tuesday even. ing and found Mrs, Sacs suffering from what he diagnosed as_strychnine poisoning, the muscular constriction and white grains of powder on the table leading him to believe that. The deceased also had told him that she had taken strych. nine. He treated the patient with antidotes and administered a stomach wash, potassium perman-garate, leaving about 10 o'clock, after the woman appeared normal again.
Mr. A. Barnes, gave evidence, saying that the deceased had telephoned him just after visiting Dr. Panek, about six in the evening, saying that she wanted to see him. While he was eating his dinner, he left to get a water bottle, and when he returned he noticed that something was-wrong with Mrs. Sacs, and was told that she had taken poison, whereupon Dr. O'Driscoll was called. After the physitan left, witness escorted the sick woman to the home of the sister. In response tv a question by a juryman wit-j mess admitted that there had been a slight row between him and deceased, several days previously.
Further evidence by Mr. Barnes and Mrs. Tosei Tops, sister to Mrs. Sacs, was to the effect, that they undressed the latter and put her to bed about 11 o'clock, where she remained fairly quiet' until two hours later. The patient said that she had wanted to do it, and had taken_all she had. Later she became noisy and a Russian physican
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