THE BORGIA POISON.

Mataura Ensign, 19 October 1909, Page 2

THE BORGIA POISON.

a Tiunmo.v ok history. According to tradition, tli- Bonjia a»nly (says tt>e Hosfntal') |,«.J k Icdt,;' 111 II M-elct poison, Kail! to Ik' of It specially tyjK., which th<*v eiu- ; ployed to remove from tli.ir path unv ■ i J'° tln-m. Many stories ar« related ot thiw celebrated venom, ami kohiNrjy n n turn go wo | ur iU( ..t () rccind tj.„ • <i| Hs ill..]),ration. Aooordinii to <iin- j. ir<nn<-|.-r, it u» *aid to havo Wii |H'< l>ari (l by < iittni« open u pig, powd<-r----ah ,!Ti 'TT 1 , y wit " »™<-iiir-, alt.-, wh„-1, it was left to decompose. I lie liquid Iron, tli<- imti i-fyin K iuhkh was tn< it collrcUHl, mid tho mjlj-Sta'iw-iMiMI. Another »tut.w that « boar was killed and then cut <n>en and treated in a similar maimer, Ul ,d the liquid r .is tir ,i '".N"™' th " !*"«'»>• I Ins thod oi preparing a venom was '!>' J'liiliulily used hy w,nu- Italian |)()!i;oiicr,s and w,,s known at th," IM-riod. I lie combination ot the animal l-oison contained i„ ,h<- product" <t jiiitielactioii, toj/ether with nr«enin would, „o doijl.t, iu Jii-oii „vi nojn «,i « \iZrrr ~ut whetlmr w tlien- is l"i" V 1 ? V '' "I'M 1.-1 110 evidence to prove. In connection with the IWia , K)ilion the e M a curio,i.; story that the*"*, ?fi>!! , , l i'r P Pr" r " t "T lhll " <l witl ' the Due KiaiiKSioruu. who died in Paris about hl ty years |fc.f„ r( . his t wiiiiiir Ht tin- opora, th<» tluko toilful,.,! 11,111 i,,k *•« altiiouL'h ior" ' .'■mo«* |xu«ou, uihioukii lor ci nmiK-s it i lu ,i u„. ..* Oorvo "hi I'*.!/!i llto Baron - J'.- 111 ' lls Chronicles of the BorrhnMl : v , IV m,( l 1 : "" 1 denies liability i, thaT'ifX nir^ 8 u t0 1 l>0i ? 0n for "'fo'-iou., ii'i Y <''»l>l<>yed anionic, which • Used in Itul > tlia. |ior,od. - The'fact that l>ur<> Uoritkli «WJCt ruiK, Which „ «lii| Tn exSV TZTLV'r 1 *Wch may easily havo W it u«ch| to carry arww ; a ar +i to this foiijectuivl that L .°t "f'T'* 1 V vili4,ncc W hivo tnat ho at lpa*t u«>d aomn poitonoui Bubatancc to further liia evil