The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-01


dining which upon occasion could
DO opened intotho parlUr couyWiur tho
two into one There was ouGwindov
upon an ailshaft, ana III an angle wa,
handsome carved oak mautcl, with fire.
place below Mr. Barnes raised the cur
tain over the window, letting in more
light Looking around, honoticcd almost
Immediately two things--hrst, that a
basin stood on a wushstahd half filled
with water, the color Of which plainly
indicated that the murderer had washed
off tclltalo marks before taking his de
parturo; second, that in tho fireplace
was a pilo Of ashes.
Tho scoundrcl has burned evidence
against him aud deliberately washed
the blood from his person before gong
away Let me see, what was it that
Mitchell said / should have stopped to
wash tic stain from tho carpet while
fresh, and also from tho dog i MOUTH
That is what he told his friend he would
do if bitten while committing a crime
In This instance the stain on thocarpet
was too much for hilu,but he washed it
from himself Can II be that a man
lives who, contemplating a deed Of this
character, would makea wager that ne
would net be dctcctedgf Bah 1t is i'm
possible Thus Thought Mr. Barnes as
no studied tho evidence before him. lie
next turned to the woman's clothing
which lay on a chaic He rummaged
through the pocket, but found nothing.
In handling the potticoat NE noticed that
piece had been cut from tho band
Examining the other garments, he soon
saw that the same had been done to them
all Like a flash, an idea struck him
Going over to the bed, he searched for
some mark on the garments which were
on the corpse He could'fnd nmo until
he lifted tho body up and Turned il over,
when he found that piece had been cut
from the nightdress.
That accounts for the blood by the
door, thought Mr.. Barnes He took
her out Of tho bed to get her nearer TO
the light, SO that he could find tho in
itials marked on the clothing. While she
lay by the door the blood flowed and ar-
cumulated. Then he put her back in
bed, SO that he would not need to stop
over her in walking about the room
What a calculating villain There is one
significant fact here Her namo cannot
have been Rose Mitchell or there would
have been no reason for destroying these
marks, since she had given that name
TO several
Mr. Barnes next brushed tho charrCd
ashes from the grato upon Il newspaper
and carried them to tho window IN the
front room His examination satisfied
him Of two thiugS-tho murderer had
burned tho bits Of cloth cut from tho
various garments and also ~ number of
letters That the fellow was sludi1usly
careful was plain from the fact that tho
burning had been thoroughly done
Nothing had escaped the fame save two
buttons with a bit Of cloth attached and
various corners Of envelopes With dis
gust Mr. Barnes threw tho ashes back
where he had found them.
Next hn paid his attention to tho cab
met desk, which stood open Ilo puliud
ont all the drawers and pccrcd into cv.
cry nook and Granny, hut his search was
fruitloss lie found nothing but blank
paper and envelopes, aud these Of com
mon kind
Once more returning to tho room
whore the corpse lay he noticed a trunk
from which protruded Il part Of a gar
ment Raising the lid he found every
thing Within inapromiscuous pile E1i
IDENTIFY it had been hastily searched ANA
carclessly ropaclied Mr. Barnes took
each article ont and examined it closely.
Everything upon which "a uamo might
have been written showed a place where
piece had been cut out "Thcro must
be some good reason for hiding this wo.
mans identity or the scoundrcl would
not have been so thorough in his work. "
thought Mr. Barnes Just thcn, in re
placing the clothing, he heard crink-
ling sound which indicated that a bit III
paper was in the pocket Of the garment
Hastily he Withdrew it, and was DO
lighted to observe writing "A clew at
last" be murmurcd, hurrying to tho
front room window to read it, This was
what he found;
LIST OF JEWELS
One diamond ITl. t-,.,tt4 efr op