Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-02

! " RtAN SSAhR0AlyB uASoN4Nus AN seems to me. Stamford, I added, look ing hard at my companion, "that you have some reason for washing your hands of the matter. Is this fellows temper so formidable, or what is it? Don't be mealy mouthed about it. '
 Ut is not easy to express the inex- pressible, v he answered, with n laugh Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastes. It approaches to cold blooded. ness. lcould imagine his giving friend n little pinch of the latest vegetable al | kaloid, not out of malevolence you un- derstand, but simply out of spirit of inquiry in order to have an accurate idea of tho effects, To do him justice think that he would take it himself with the same readiness. He appears to have a l passion for definite and exact knowl- edge.
 Very right too. ''
 Yes, but it may be pushed to excess | When it comes to beating the subjects in the disSecting rooms with a stick. it is certainly taking rather bizarre shape -
 Beating the subjects!'
 Yes, to verify how far bruises may be produced after death. saw him at it with my own eyes, And yet yOu say he is not n medical student:''
 | No. Heaven knows what the objects of his studies are. But here We are, and you must form your own impressions about him As he spoke we turned down a narrow lane and passed through a small side d"or, which opened into n wing of tkc great hospital. It was fa mlliar ground to me, and 1 needed no guiding as We ascended the bleak stone staircase and made our way down the long corridor with its vista of white l washed wall and dun colored doors Near the farther end low arched pas sage hyUnched away from it and led to the chemical laboratory. This Was lofty chamber, lined and filtered with countless bottles Broad, low table: Were scattered about, which brlStled with rttGrtS. test tubes and lit. tic Bun>cn lamps. with their blue flick Grlng tiHmo>. There was only one stu dent III the room, who was bending over distant table absorbed in his work. Al the sound of our steps he glanced round and sprang to his feet | I've found lt!'' he shouted 10 my com, panion, running toward Us with a test tube in his hand. II have found re- agent which Is pr"cipitated by hemoglo- bin. and by nothing else " Had he dis covered gold nnrr greater delight could moi have >hunc upon his features
 'Dr WatS,m- Mir. Sherlock Holmes, ' said Stamford, introducing us
 How arc you:' he said cordially, gripping my hand with n strength for which should hardly have given him credit, ''lou have been in Afghanistan, l perCrlvc.
 How on earth did you know that:'' l asked ln aSt"ni>hmcnt,
 Never mnd. said he. chuckling to himself The question now is about henugl"bln. N" duuht you ste the sig niticance of thI> discovery of mine?''
 'lt Is interesting, chemically, no doubt. answered, but practically
 Why, uan. II k the most practical medlCu-lrgal discovery for y,ar> Don't you S"" that 1t gives u> an infalliblu test for blood rtain>: Come over here uuwr' He seized mv ivy the coat sleeve m his eagemcss and drew me over to the table at which he had heen working. Let us have some rr.-h blood. he said, dig ging long hudkln into his finger and drawing of the resulting drop of blood III ! chemical pipetIe. Now, add this small QCAl;!tv ot blood 10 ] liter of wa. Ter luu ptrceIvc that the resulting mixture has the appearance of true wa. ter The proportion of blood cannot be nor" than one i'll a million. have no doubt. however, that we shall be able to obtain the characteristic reaction. As De spoke he threw into the vessel a few white crystals, and then added some drops of transparent fluid. In an in Stant the contents assumed a dull ma. hogany color, and hrownish dust was preCipitated to the bottom of tho glass jar.
 Ha, hal" he cried, clapping his hands and looking as delighted as a child with a new toy, What do you think of thar
 l remarked
 Beautiful. beautiful! The old guaia- cum test was very clumsy and uncer- tain. So Is the microscopic examination for blood corpusclc>, The latter IS value less If the sains are few hours old. Now, this appears to act aS we'll whether the blood is old CT new Had this test been invented, there are hundreds of men now walking the earth who would long ago have paid the penalty of their crimes.
 "mdCed!' l murmured.
 Criminal cases are continually hing that A ;s pected of crime months perhaps after 1t has been committed. His linen or clothes aru examined and hrownish stains discovered upon them Are they blood stains or mud stains or rust stains CT fruit stains. or what are they: That is n question which has puzzled many an expert and why? Because therc was no reliable test. Now we have the Sher- lock Holmes test. and there will no lon. ger be any difficulty
 His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his heart and - bowed as if to somo applauding crowd conjured up by his imagination.
 You are to be congratulated, ." re- marked, considerably surprised at his enthusiaSm.
 There was tine case of Son Bischoff at Frankfort last year. He would Ger. tainly have been hung had this test been in existence. Then there was Mason of Bradford, and tho notorious Muller and Lefevre of Montpellier. and Samson of New Orleans. could name a score of cases in which 1t would have been deci- sive"
 fou seem to be a walking calendar of crime, said Stamford. with a laugh You might start a paper on those lines Call it The Police News of the Past ''
 Very interesting reading it might bo made, too, remarked Sherlock Holmes, sticking a small piece of plaster over