The Life of Fred Archer 283 
went up, and on entering the room I saw the deceased lying 
on the hearthrug. I saw the nurse turn him over and then 
saw the revolver produced fall from his hand. I gave it to 
the nurse. I could not tell from which hand it came. 
" About a month ago deceased had a revolver repaired, 
because, as he told me, Mr. Hewitt's house had been broken 
into by burglars. He loaded it himself, and gave me direc- 
tions to put it in the pedestal in his room when he was at home. 
When he was away I was to move it into my room, as I was 
directed to sleep in the house and have the revolver with me. 
" There was no other man in the house. When my master 
returned last Thursday I put the revolver back in the 
pedestal. Before my master returned home on Thursdaj^ I 
heard that he had telegraphed that he was coming home that 
day. That led me to put the revolver where he had always 
ordered me. There is no lock to the pedestal." 
Mr. J. R. Wright, of Newmarket, said : 
" I have been Mr. Archer's medical man for 14 years. I 
have never attended him for any serious illness, with the ex- 
ception of the injury to his arm. He had pretty good health, 
but was not a very strong man. I was called in to see him last 
Friday morning. I found him in a high state of fever. He 
was extremely restless. I prescribed for him and saw him 
again at 2 p.m. The feverish symptoms had increased. 
" The temperature was so high that I suggested having a 
second opinion. He declined ; but I took it upon myself to 
send for Dr. Latham from Cambridge. He sent his carriage 
for me the next morning at half -past seven. The tempera- 
ture of the patient was the same. He was no better. He had 
a delusion that the dinner he had eaten three days before was 
still in his stomach. He said he did not want any other 
medicine but his wasting mixture. 
" Dr. Latham came again on Saturday. We told Mr, 
Archer he had typhoid fever, and he then became quiet. On 
Sunday morning he was very depressed and continually told 
