The reader will doubtless have observed the consummate art with which the poisoner had hitherto advanced upon her prey.
He breathed hard, formed his resolves, and stealing on tiptoe, followed the shadowy form of the poisonerthrough the half-opened doorway.
During the Roman period, poisoning was reduced to a fine art, and the skilled or professional poisoner obtained large amounts of money for his services.
Locusta, who is said to have supplied the poison by which Agrippina got rid of Claudius, and who also prepared the dose for Britannicus, according to the order of his brother Nero, is the first professional poisoner of whom we have record.
The poisoner generally sets to work on a preconceived and carefully thought-out plan, which he proceeds to carry out with all the cunning he possesses.
The poisoner uses finely chopped horse-hair as a medium for getting rid of her niece.
From these facts it seemed evident that an attempt had been made to poison both Barnett and Cornish by some one who knew them, and the poisoner had concealed his identity by employing the names of his intended victims.
In "Armadale," the same novelist introduces us to a poisoner of the deepest dye in the person of Miss Gwilt.
According to some historians, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Prime Minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth, was a poisoner of the most diabolical description.
The professional poisoner in India--for there are many such--is rarely caught or even suspected.
In a large number of cases, crimes of this kind are taken little notice of by the community; and sometimes the poisoner apparently thinks nothing of poisoning a whole family in order to make sure of his victim.
Conscience had smitten her in the form of this terrific vision, and retribution came to the poisoner in the halls which she had made infamous by her crimes.
Yet under this public demonstration secret influences seem to have been at work within the palace walls, for the imperial poisoner retained her power at court and her influence over her son.
Do you dare to call that man a poisoner who has found a remedy against your own poisoning tricks?
And to effect the release of this poisoner from blockade.
Death lurks in many unsuspected forms, and but for the parallel march of the science of detection, the poisoner would more often escape.
In this case the reputed poisoner was tried at the Lent Assizes, Monaghan, and the medico-legal investigation was conducted by the late Dr.
A poisoner in this way practises the dreadful art successfully, and could not be very apprehensive of even himself or any one else taking the food accidentally, as it would only make them sick.
Beyond this, why should it be more criminal to sell a dangerous substance to a poisoner than to give it to him, or by culpable negligence to allow him to take possession of it?
The arch-poisoner Exili was also tried, and condemned to be burnt.
The poisoner knew she was dead, but something still woke her suspicions, as with a new thought she drew back and looked again at the beauteous form before her.
Most often the witch was a midwife too; but just as in that strange world the poisoner lurked behind the druggist, and the alchemist and the coiner were one, so the midwife played the part of baby-farmer.
Full many a woman hateful to the House of Borgia became envenomed by dainty comfits handed to her by my lady's lisping child the Duke Roderico, who was thus a poisoner at two years old, but of whose sweetemeats the ladies were unsuspecting.
To those excuses thepoisoner listened angrily; he discovered some valuable jewels which Sainte-Croix wore.
By eavesdropping in somewhat improbable places--notably at a grand fete at the Hotel de Cluny, given by the Marquis de Lauzan, the Italian poisoner Exili becomes master of the guilty pair's secrets.
How admirable is the fiendish expression of the poisoner as he gloats over the body of his victim, which is drawn with a power and truthfulness altogether perfect!
Your grandfather knows, then, that a poisoner lives here; perhaps he even suspects the person.
The dim light, the profound silence, and the gloomy thoughts inspired by the hour, and still more by her own conscience, all combined to produce a sensation of fear; the poisoner was terrified at the contemplation of her own work.
Overpowered with agitation, thepoisoner succeeded in groping her way to the door, and reached her room in an agony of fear.
The spectre of Valentine rising before the poisoner would have alarmed her less.
Since the death of Madame de Saint-Meran, I have known that a poisoner lived in my house.
The poisoner is here, hid in some corner," cried the quarryman.
You know that poisoner," cried the quarryman, seizing the Jesuit by the collar; "then perhaps you are a poisoner too.
If he does not drink it, death to the poisoner of the poor!
The Poisonerwith some three or four Mutes, comes in again, seeming to lament with her.
The Poisoner wooes the Queen with gifts; she seems loth and unwilling awhile, but in the end accepts his love.
Poisoner or not, there could be no doubt as to the man's boldness.
So we laid siege to the burg until Count Barnard came with the eastern host, and the poisoner sought to slay the king.
Is it true the poisoner rode over the king's camp?
Yet I am pledged to the king to hold the poisoner in peace.
No word have I heard since the host fared south,--only, the poisoner mocked me with evil tales.
Another female poisoner in a lower sphere of life, whose lethal propensities were more strongly developed and more widespread, belongs to this period and the neighbouring kingdom of Bavaria.
To get rid of so presumptuous and dangerous a person was enough to move this truculent poisoner to seek to compass his death.
But the arch-poisoner was the prevailing theme; and eager discussions on the incidents of his trial and execution showed how widespread was the excitement he had occasioned.
Charles, starting back and looking at the poisoner with haggard eyes.
The mother grew remorseful; the queen was afraid; the poisoner felt a return of hatred.
Thus darkly, through the darkness, went the Poisoner to her prey.
Tophania, La, a famous poisoner in Italy, her crimes and execution; the nature of her potions, ii.
