The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-08-21
THE LEFT HAND.

The murder of DIR. Funston, of Wis
beach, England, in 1928, presented some
very unusual points of circumstantial
evidence. Dr.. Hunston WAS physician
and naturalist, and was wealthy. He
lived alone, and was of somewhat miser
ly habits. He had an illegitimate son,
whom he had brought up with care, who
was apparently worthy youth. DR..
Hunston's house stood in the suburbs Of
the rural town, with trees around 1t.
Very near to it was the residence of a
lawyer named Terwhit. DR.. Hunston
was originally very successful surgeon
in London, but during an autopsy he
cut his right hand with an operating
knife, and to prevent fatal consequences
Immediately submitted to the amputa
ton of the arm. The dwelling occupied
by the doctor had been purchased many
years before the date of the crime to be
narrated. From time to time he added
to it, until it was q peculiar structure.
In wing, reached by five steps from
the parlor, was the doctors bed room;
beyond that was his workshop, and be-
yond that again, III an old anglo, was his
study. damned into what appeared @
passage just begun and left unfinished,
was the desk in which the doctor always
kept quantity of loose cash and some
old jewels of great value, heirlooms of
the Hunston family, from which he was
descended A coachman gardener,
and groom lived in the yard right be-
low the windows of the doctors apart
ments, and he was in the habit of saying
that they gave ample protection to the
dwelling in that direction. La his work
shop large blood mastiff always slept
and the windows of the parlor were sup
piled with strong shutters, carefully
closed every night. When Lawyer Ter
whit ioked with Dr. Hunston about his
chances of being robbed, he was won't to
laugh and say that it would require very
expert thieves to get an entrance, or,
| having got an entrance, to get out again
| safe and sound. It was the 10Th of An
| gust, 1928. Young Hunston had return
ed from college and gone to London for
a visit to friends. Lawyer Ter0hit had
| sat with the doctor until 8 o'clock.
| Then the latter saw that his servant
| closed up the house, and soon after re-
| tired. DIR. funston was an early riser,
| and when lie failed to be stirring at
| o'clock next morning, surprise was ex-
cited among the domestics. by 8 o'clock
they were alarmed, and by 10 resolved
/ to send for Lawyer Terwhit and ask his
/ edvice. The lawyer suggested the fore
/ ing of the door leading from the parlor
/ to the bedroom of the doctor. This was
done, and the lawyer and the domestics
entered.
A dreadful spectacle was disclosed. DIR.
/ Hunston lay on his bed in his night
/ clothes. His arm was thrown out SO as
TO hang ont over the side Of the bed.
/ Ills HtaAt ONGA lilG A1ISNSiy ftiAh ii-'
/ throat was cut from ear to ear. An Or
dinary kitchen knife, sharpened like q
razor, lay on the left side of the bed,
and in the bolster on the same side was
a cash. The doors through the work
room into the doctors room were open.
The desk in the study had been ransack-
ed of everything of any value The dog
lay peacefully sleeping. There had
been difficulty in opening If, and the
person forcing the lock had worked K
the right side of desk as it stood, fol
there were marks on the wall showing
where he had rubbed off the whitewash
The windows OF all the rooms were ex
amined. All were fastened except ort
in the workshop. OF this the cords hat
been broken, for when the broken sasI
was raised it fell with crash.
Right below this window was q aowe
bed. In the soft mold there were print
of a mans knees and OF his left hand
There were also MARKS as though Iii