Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-03-15

"Iic is Shrewd, Mr. Barnes. very
slroWd This is point Of which
haV" often thought. The prosecution
says. Prisoner, there is blood upon
your farmcnts.' Prisoner fooliehly re-
plies, THAT is not blood, but rust. or, il
blood, it is chicken blood Then the
expert stalks in and testincs. 1T is
blood, human blood But this young
man disarms the prosecution at the
outset. He says. Yes it is blood. the
blood Of my father Then he explains
plausibly how it happens to be upon
him
"Ah, yes. very good. Mr.. Mitchell.
Hut il he were really innocent why
should hc wash or attempt to wash the
stain OFT, and why should he stop to rc-
place his cuffs If ne were really in n
hurry to report 10 the policcT"
$50 He had attempted to- wash
away the blood That was an error,
fear. BUT they all make mistakes.
How did he answer those questions
that is. if yen asked Them
Yes; asked them. and he replied"
Mr. Barnes spoke rather reluctantly.
"IIc said that lr had noticed the blood
upon his wriSthHnd and washed it of
because he thought some fool of a de-
tCctivc might conceive the idea that he
had Killed his fnthcr; that he had put
on his cuffs because he was in too
great hurry TO stop to change the
shirt, and me had hoped that the cuff
Woutl hide the fact that the wristband
had been washed"
by heavens, Mr.. Barnes Il brilliant
answer. very brilliant answer" Mr..
Mitchell laughed heartily.
1T may be brilliant" rctortcd Mr..
Barnes. "but II is false. and l will
provo it so if ii be 50"
"If'it be so. Nh. wisely added, Mi.
Barnes IL it be sou
"Iou of course agree that the crucial
point in this affair is the conflicting
statements of the Waterman and young
Nora. The Waterman asserts positive
~ that ht saw t'lt son enter tie house
anu leave il again. lie has been in the
employ OF the deceased for several
years aud was acquainted. therefore.
with his SON. Yet the youuG man
stpVtly denies that he was at homo be-
fore ) o'clock ia the morning. Evi-
dcutlY one of these men is lying
Pardon me. Mr.. Barnes, but you
say That one of the men lies because
you think that Young Mora is telling IA
falsehooi. You do not mean that by
any possibility the Watchman is ~
Ing. yc, ii may be mat Mora tells the
truth AMI also that the Waterman be-
licycs that his own statement is ac-
curate."
You moan that the watchu 81 was
perhaps mi. aiken and that it wa, some
otaor person who entered the house
"T.2ciscly So. It is possible"
Possible, yes. hut far from proba-
Die. 1t seems that Mora has been
wearing "a peculiar brown plaid sUit Of
late The material he procured in
Scotland. and it is not likely that an
other bin Of cloth like it could be found
In this city. The watchmau was famil-
lar with this suit of clothing and
sWcars tba, jh" nam who entered the
house that night wore that suit of
scotch plaid. Yet in the face Of this
positive assertion younG Mora denies
Tint no worn ,I,,t e,,it NJ all tl,,t nic,,,
ana sncocs,s ,hat the nrrdoro,, ark,
.,,ur,itti,., Tho c,,nc NAV r,,.o d,n..
ol himself an this SUI. wearing il over
lis u,yn clotbiry lie claim. ,h,t tho
Waterman may have been mistaken
about what was worn by the man go
ing I'm. though he seems to have been
quito accurate about what was worn
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