The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-14

under the microscope or telling him any
him TO look and state the result OF ms
inspection.
DR.. Morrison adjusted the instru-a eat
and peered through It's lenses Tor fire
minutes when he said: BLOOD corpus
cles and dried blood;
DR.. Lille asked DR.. Morrison to look
again and be certain. rs It was matter
of great consequence
DR.. Morrison had the lense Of the MI
.croscope thoroughly cleaned and again
examined the. scrapings from Hisginbo-
tham's finger nails.
Dried blood corpuscles.'' he said
arain: i would stake my. reputation on
it,
Thus the evidence against Higgtnbo-
than has been accumulated. de has fur
ther been positively identified by Miss
Mildred Catoell. who claims to have seen
hill fleeing from the W"ebber home.
HIGGINBoTHAN BOLD.
It is stated OF Higginbotham that when
DR. Lille was engaged sewing up the
wound in Mrs. Uebbcr's throat. the Ted
on which the sufferer lay being near the
window. Joe Higginbotham stood outside
the front yard fence watching every
also standing close enough to hear a
friend say to Mr.. webber: "I promise
you, Weber, that when the fiend is
caught he will never be tried" Still he
stayed on and listened to all that was
being said. doubtless thinking in this way
to foil suspicion.
THE BLooDHoUNDs.
The bloodhounds used to trail Mrs.
Webbers assailant were. at, no time
within a mile of Higginbotham' home.
Twice they followed a trail leading to
the street-car track. almost at the oppo-
site end of tfe city, from where the negro
resides. Their work led to no conclu-
sfons, and will have no bearing on the
case.
The story of the hounds is az follows:
Tie arrival of Detective Hurricane
Branch from Suffolk with his two blooG-
hounds. Tiger and "John" provoked
a good deal of interest and excitement,
but was not conducive to any remarka bic
consequence. The hounds were. s,,eedlly
put on the trail of the culprit aud. fol-
lowing it with 7apparent int 'iss nee,
tracked him over the back fence OF tne
Weber premises, along TAYLOR street
and other rear streets to Fishing Creek
where the mans footprints were clearly
discerned III the EARTH, From this poinf
the hounds took a, back trail. northeast
in the direction of the Presbyterian Gene
tcry, and up the lane north of the ceme-
terry, where the trail was lost
TRACKED HIM 20 The GREER.
The hunt of the Gogs. thus appeared to
indicate that the criminal had not board
ed a. freight train out Of the city, as at
first conjectured, but it seemed that the
rascal had 1e to the creek in ordef 10
wash the blood-stains from his hands
and clothing and had Lien come BACK 70
town. across the hills to the cemetery,
where he could have boarded q. street
car or lost his trail from the pursuit OF
the dogs by walking on the stone pave
mcnt it being extremely difficult, II NOT
impossible, for the hounds to scent the
game on rock.
The dogs were put on another trail be-
yond Fishing Creek TO test the theory
o. the criminals escape TO liners, Oh
the Southern Railroad and thence p9
freight train TO parts unknown; but TINS
enterprise led to no helpful result.
The hounds took to the mountains pe-
von4iEWilnier' and went al RANDOM y 1or
tn1es beyond; so that the only bearing on
the case of these sleuths was invoVea
in their first trail of the fleeing. criminal
10 tho creek and back TO the car line