"3. On the membrane of the brain there were two discoloured

spots about four inches long, the membrane itself being of a dull

white." And so on for 13 paragraphs more. Then followed the names

and signatures of the assistants, and the doctor's conclusion

showing that the changes observed in the stomach, and to a lesser

degree in the bowels and kidneys, at the postmortem examination,

and described in the official report, gave great probability to

the conclusion that Smelkoff's death was caused by poison which