Prussic Acid and Eli Bence

Pharmacist Eli Bence made the cut in the Ricci film but why Lizzie told Bence she needed prussic acid to kill rats in the attic is hard to explain. The real reason is every bit as interesting. Lizzie wanted the poison to clean a set of sealskin sacques (loose fitting coat) of moths and moth eggs. Furs were generally put into cold storage in summer. Lizzie hung hers up in muslin bags on the third floor of the house. Lizzie denied going to the pharmacy at the corner of Columbia and South Main, or even acknowledging she knew where it was. Two men in the pharmacy at the time, Kilroy and Hart, backed Bence up. For more on Bence .