The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-30

conferred around young fellow in whose
company Weber had BEEN seen.
Inc day before the murder the suspected
man mad, II was developed. visited a shop
20 purchase a sheet Of note paper. He had
theh asked Tor q pen and an envelope, and
Iequested permission TO sit at the counter
and write a brief letter. When he had
gone the shopman found a half sheet OF
/ paper lott on the counter in the blotting
| PAD az which the prisoner had been writ
ing This half sheet the man nut back into
lhe ooH with the other paper. The last
n nov iound In the dead girls box, making
me tatai appointment, was written on a
nan sheet OF paper This and the piece left
by me accused man In the shop we're put
togetner: Microscopic examination re-
vealed the fact that the two halves made
one sheet. The man was executed.
part In the trial Of a Wiltshire farmer at
the Salisbury Asslzcs. The prisoner was
charged with having sent an anonymous
threatening letter to a neighbor. Witnesses
acquainted with the prisoners writing were
called to prove that the letter was In his
hand. Others, equally as well able to Judge,
declared that the writing was not his. But
the prosecution had what appeared TO he
most conclusive evidence Of the prisoners
guilt.
Three Of these anonymous letters
had been written on three pieces Of paper,
single sheet. In a writing desk In the
prisoners house the detectives found a
scrap OF paper. which, when fitted with the
three pieces on which the letters were
written, exactly formed one sheet. The
ragged edges Of the different portions eV-
actly fitted each other, and the water
mark and name Of the maker, which was
divided into three parts, were perfect when
the pieces OF PAPER we're placed together
The evidence appeared overwhelming. and
the prisoner protesting his innocence. was
sentenced to penal servitude The prisoner
was removed, when suddenly a person
stood up in court and denounced himself
as the real criminal. He was the son Of
the prisoner-a youth Of H.
He wrote upon a piece q paper from
memory the contents Of the three threat
eninR letters. His handwriting was ex-
actly that in the criminal eplstles; mista kes
in spelling which appeared in them were
reproduced In the sons writings. He had
he explained, had access 10 the writing
desk in his fathers room, and had abstra cted
the paper ON il. There could be no doubt
OF his guilt, and the father was pa rdoned
while the son went to prison for sevtn
year..
A piece of stamp sticking paper was the
means OF assisting Justice % secure no
tonous burglar named Berre It, who mace
a specially Of jewel safe breaking. He
one night entered a wealthy gentlemsn's
country mansion in Surrey, end working
with his usual skill, he succeeded in effect
ing an entry into the safe and abstracting
jewels worth several hundred pounds.
In his opera tons on the safe, However, one
of his tools inflicted a slight injury TO one Of
his fingers, and Berrett tearing on piece
of stamp paper from some he carried in
his pocket, applied II to the wound. The
remainder Of the Paper he accidentally
dro pped on the floor. where Il was disco vered
by a detective. The next day Berrett was
a rrested The piece Of stamp paper he had
put on his finger was still there and proved
useful in obtaining him seven yeaH penal
servitude.
A piece Of newspaper which had been
used AZ a book marlIer was one Of the strong
links in a chain of ciTcumstantial evidence
which brought Pontin, a train assassin,
to his deser IT'S. Pontin murdered a gentle
man Traveller In a French express and, hav-
ing hid his victim Bs we'll as he could under
a seat, ahghted at a station and ooolly
walked away reading ne wspaper.
NJ. CanleT, the bead Of the French deteo-
tive system, was quickly on the track OF
down. The accused man had still In his
possession the COPY of a newspa pc Of the
date on which the murder was committed,
and there was a piece torn out OF one cor
ner. The missing piece was found In the
pa ges Of novel in the victims pocket He
had torn Il on 10 make a marker Of III Pom
tin expressed much disgust at the folly
he had been guilty OF in appropriating
The murde red man = newspaper, and IN pre-
serving IT, He explained TO NJ. Caner,
however, that he had become interested
in the serial story that was TUnning In the
paper and had resolved TO continue Il.