Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-22

smile drawing of what has been described
in one portion of the testimony as dark
bruises and deep indentations Of finger
nails upon the throat of MademoiSelle
L Espanaye and in another (by Messrs. Du-
mas and Etienne) as series of livid spots,
evidently the impression of fingers
You will perceive" continued my friend,
spreading out the paper upon the table
before US, that this drawing gives the idea
Of a firm and fixed hold. There Is no slip
ping apparent Each finger has retained
possibly until the death of the victim
the fearful grasp by which it originally i'm
bedded itself Attempt, now, to place all
your fingers, at the same time, in the re-
spective impressions as you see Them
l made the attempt in vain.
I'VE are possibly not giving this matter
fair trial." he said. THE paper is spread
out upon a plane surface, but the human
throat is cylindrical. Here is billet OF
wood, the circumference of which IS about
that of the throat. Wrap the drawing
around it, and try the experiment again"
I did 50; but the difficulty was even more
obvious than before.
hand"
READ now" replied Dupin, this passage
from Cuvier."
1t was a minute anatomical and generally
orang- outang of the East Indian Islands.
The gigantic stature, the prodigious
strength and activity, the wild ferocity ana
the initiative propensities OF these NAM
I understood the full horrors Of the muir
der at once.
: THE description Of the digits," said I, as
I made an end Of reading, lis In exact ac-
coriance with this drawing. l see that no
animal but an orang- outang. OF the spe-
cies here mentioned, could have impressed
the indentations as you have traced them
This tuft Of tawny hair, too, Is identical IN
character with that Of the beast of Cuvier
But cannot. possibly comprehend the par
ticulars of this frightful mystery. Besides,
there were two voices heard IN contention,
and one Of them was unquest1onapiy the
voice of Frenchman."
sarrue. and YOU will remember an express
sion attributed almost unanimously by the
evidence to this voice--the expression mon
Dieur This, under the circumstances, mas
been Justly characterized by one of the wit
nesses (Montani, the confectionery as an ex-
preston of remonStrance or expostuiatlon
Upon these two words, therefore, l have
mainly built my hopes of fun solution OF
the riddle. A Frenchman was cognizaIst OF
the murder 1t is possible-indeed it is far
more than probable-that he was innocent
Of all participation in the bloody transac-
lions which took place. The orang-ontang
may have escaped from him. He may have
traced it to the chamber; but, under the
agitating circumstances which snsued. he
could never have recaptured 1t. 1t is still
at large. / will not pursue these guesses-
for l have no right to CAL them more
since the shades OF reflection upon which
they are based are scarcely of sufficient
depth to be apprecfabIe by my own intellect
and since could not pretend to make them
ineligible to the understanding Of another.
We viii call them guesses, then, and speak
OF them as such. If the Frenchman in dues-
ton Is indeed, as / suppose, innocent OF
this atrocity, this advertisement, which
left last night. upon our reurn home. at the
office Of LIE Monde "a paper devoted to the
shipping interest. and much sought by
Sailors will bring him to our residence"
He handed me paper, and read thus:
Caught-In the Bots de Bouiogne early in