The Story of William Palmer's Death

john parson's cook fell ill a week after winning money at the shrewsbury track. He was seen by a doctor, but he did not improve. The next day, palmer had an abysmal outing and lost a great deal of money. As Cook continued to decline, william palmer started to collect the winnings that were due to his sick friend from the successful bets that he had placed before falling ill. And then he bought three grains of stryct nine from a chemist named salt,. He made those into two pills that he made up in his own office, and he administered these to cook on november twentieth.