The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-07-25

Don't you see that 10 gives us an snkAf'
lible test for blood stainsf Come over
here nowi" 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 long bodkin
into his finger and drawing off the re-
sulting drop of blood in chemical
pipette. "Now / add this small guam
tity of blood to litre Of water. You
see that the resulting mixture has the
appearance OF true water. The pro-
portion Of blood cannot be more than
one in million. / have no doubt,
however, that we shall be able to OBJ
tain the characteristic raection."
As he spoke he threw into the vessel
few white crystals and then added
some drops of a transparent fluid. In
an instant the contents assumed dull
mahogany color. and brownish dust
was precipitated to tho bottom OF the
glass jar.
"Iial Hal" he cried, clapping his
hands and looking as delighted as a
child with a new toy. "What do you
think Of that"
''It seems to be very delicate test, |"
| remarked.
Beautiful Beautiful The old
guaiacum test was very clumsy and un-
certain. So lie the microscopic examin-
alton for blood corpuscles. The latter
is valueless if the stains are 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 hum
dIeds OF men now walking the earth
who would long ago have paid the PEN
atty OF their crimes
Indeed" / murmured.
Criminal cases are continually hing
ing on that one point. A man is sus-
pected Of a crime months perhaps after
it is committed. His linen or clothes
are examined, and brownish stains dis
covered upon them. Are they blood
stains, or mudstains, or ruststains, or
iruitstains, or what are they2 There is
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 glittered as he spoke,
and he put his hand over his heart and
bowed as II to some applauding crowd
conjured up in his imagination.
"You are to be congratulated, l
remarked, considerably surprised at
his enthusiasm.
"There was the case of Won 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 the notorious
Muller, and Lefevre, Of Montpelier,
and Samson, OF New Orleans. l could
name a score of cases in which it would
have been decisive" I"
"You seen to be walking calendar
OF crime" said Stamford, with laugh.
"You might start paper on those
lines. Call it the Police News of the
Past
"yery interesting reading it might
make. too, remarked Sherlock Holmes,
sticking a small piece of plaster over
the prick on his finger. ~ have to be
careful" he continued, turning to me
with smile, for | dabble with poi
sons a good deal"
He held out his hand as he spoke,
and noticed that it was all mottled
over with similar pieces Of plaster and
discolored with strong acids.
"We came here on business" said
Stamford, sitting down on a three
legged stool and pushing another one
in my direction with his foot. "My
friend here wants to take diggings, and
as you we're complaining that you could
get no one to go halves with you, l
thought that had better bring you
together"