The Red Cloud chief., 1893-12-01

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THERE WAS ONLY ONE STUDENT IN THR
over here, now!" He seized me by the
coat-sleeve in his eAgerness, and drew
me over to the table at which he had
been working. LET us have some
fresh blood" he said, digging n long
bodkin into his finger, and drawing of
the resulting drop of blood in a chem.
ical pipette. "Now, I add this small
quantity Of blood to q litre Of water.
You perceive that the resulting mix.
ture has the appearance of true water.
The proportion OF blood cannot be
more than one in a million. I have no
doubt, however, that we shall be able
to obtain the characteristic reaction"
AS he spoke. he threw into the vessel a
few white crystals, and then added
some drops Of a transparent fluid. In
an instant the contents assumed O dull
mahogany color, and a brownish dust
was precipitsted to the bottom Of the
glass jar.
''IIa! hal" he cried, clapping his
hands, and looking as delighted as q
child with a new toy. "What do you
think of that?"
at seems to be q very delicate test"
I remarked.
"Beautiful! beautiful! The old
guaiacum lest was very clumsy and un-
certain. So is the microscopic exami-
nation for blood-corpuscles. The lat.
ter is valueless il the stains are q few
hours old. Now, this appears to act
as we'll whether the blood is old or
new. Had this test been invented,
there are hundreds of men now walk
ing the earth who would long ago have
paid the penalty Of their crimes"
''Indeed!" murmured.
Criminal cases are continually
Ringing upon that one point. A man
Is suspected OF a crime months per-
haps after it has been committed. His
linen or clothes are examined, and
brownish stains discovered upon them.
Are they blood-stains, or mud-stains,
or r~ust-stains, or fruit-stains, OF what
are they? That is n question which
has puzzled many an expert, and why?
Because there was no reliable test.
Now we have the Sherlock Holmes
test, and there will no longer be any
difficulty"
His eyes fairly glittercd as he spoke,
and he put his hand over his heart and
bowed as II to some a~pplauding crowd
conjured up by his imagination.
"Iou are to be congratulated" l re-
marked, considerably surprised at his
enthusiasm.
There was the case of Won Bischoff
ut Frankfort last year. lie would GER.
tainly have been hung had this test
been in existence. Then there was
Mason, of Bradford, and the notorious
Muller and Lcfcvrc, of Montpelier,
and Samson, Of New Orleans. could
namc score of cases in which il would
have been decisive"
"You seem to be "a walking calendar
of crime" said Stamford, with q laugh.
you might start n paper on those
lines. Call it the Police News of the
, Past"
Every interesting reading it might
be made, too" remarked Sherlock
Holmes, sticking a small piece Of plas
ter over the prick on his finger. "a
have to be careful" he continued, turn
I ing TO me with a smile, ''for dabble
with poisons a good deal" He held
! out his hand as he spoke, and noticed
that IL was all notified over with SINH
lar pieces of plaster and discolorcd will
strong acids.
I'VE came here on business" sale
Stamford, sitting down on a three
| legged stool and pushing another on,
a in my direction with his foot. IN,
friend here wants to take diggings
and rs you we're complaining that 20,
= could get no IN to 60 halves will
| You, | thought t'.at l had better brinl
r you together"
Sherlock Holmes seemed delighte,
r at the idea of sharing his rooms will
| me. II have my eye on a suite Il
Baker street." he said, which woul,
suit us down TO the ground. You don
mind the smell of strong tobacco,
hope?"
Il always smoke ships myself"
I answered.
That's good enough. general.
Q have chemicals about, and occasional
G ly do experiments. Would that ammo,
Is you?"
. by no means.