She never
regains consciousness, but dies the following morning.
"The coroner is called in, and, as his physician, I must advise
him. The family physician has pronounced it due to natural
causes, the uremic coma of latent kidney trouble. Some of the
newspapers, I think the Star among them, have hinted at suicide.
And then there are others, who have flatly asserted it was
murder."
The coroner's physician paused to see if we were following him.
Needless to say Kennedy was ahead of him.
"Have you any facts in your possession which have not been given
to the public yet?" asked Craig.
"I'm coming to that in a moment," replied Dr. Hanson. "Let me
sketch the case first. Henry Vandam had become--well, very
eccentric in his old age, we will say. Among his eccentricities
none seems to have impressed the newspapers more than his
devotion to a medium and her manager, Mrs. May Popper and Mr.
Howard Farrington. Now, of course, the case does not go into the
truth or falsity of spiritualism, you understand. You have your
opinion, and I have mine. What this aspect of the case involves
is merely the character of the medium and her manager. You know,
of course, that Henry Vandam is completely under their control."
He paused again, to emphasise the point.
"You asked me if I was in possession of any facts which have not
been given to the press.
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