sentences:  Not long after he left, the family dog died after being poisoned and Thomas suspected the boarder and reported him to the Police.Around this time Elizabeth was seeking medication, mainly morphine, for her ailments but the chemist refused to prescribe any and she resorted to sending her stepson to pharmacies with notes.She visited a chemist, claiming she needed morphine to "get ink stains out of a skirt" then claimed it was for scurf in her hair.