The door was locked on the inside.  It was decided without hesitation to burst it open.  This being done, the spectators were horrified to find the senseless form of Mrs. Booth stretched on the floor, and in the bed itself the lifeless corpse of p. 3Mr. Booth.  Further examination showed the death of this gentleman to be no natural event.  The body was resting on the chest and arms, and between the shoulder-blades was buried what appears to be a thin knife or dagger.  The doctor and police were immediately sent for, and Mrs. Booth removed to another room.  Here after a time she recovered from what proved to be a swoon, but it was only to return again very quickly to the same state.  At the time of writing she is somewhat recovered.

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