“They finally found the man. He had moved to another city but had not changed his name. They brought him back and accused him of murdering his wife, for that was who the woman was.
“The man told a curious story. He said his wife had been a student of the occult and had been getting potions of various sorts from a mail order occult school that were supposed to put her in a trance. She had become so fascinated with the work that she barely remained conscious long enough each day to take care of bodily needs.
“He had not believed in all that, but had let her go her way because he didn’t know what else he could do. He had remonstrated with her several times without any success. One day she did not wake up from her nightly, drug induced trance. He tried everything he could think of short of c
