Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-25
CRIMES SOLVED BY TRIPLES
Little Mistakes Made By Criminals
Give Clues to Sharp De-
tectIvea.

The eye Of the law is remarkably keen
nowadays. A few weeks back a man was
brought up at the central criminal court
who found himself in the dock mainly
through a cobweb. A detective had been
attracted to pay him peculiar attention by
the fact that, fashionably attired, he was
walking down the street with a mass OF
cobwebs on the elbow OF his frock coat
The news received later that q robbery
had been effected at wine merchants
ONCE in the neighborhood suggested the
question whether there were In the cellars
where the thief might have concealed him
self. cobwebs of the same description.
There were. and the Immediately dressed
man will In future probably take a clothes
brush with him when engaged in like pur-
suits. He will not need one. however, for
over two years. r....
1T is the little thing that catches tho
criminal" declared NJ. Mace, the great
head of the Paris police. He caught a
criminal named Avinet by a scent the of
fender used. The crime was a terrible one
the murder Of woman for her Jewels and
certain bonds In her possession. The
woman was discovered lying upon the floor
of her room dead. She had been strangied.
No one had been seen going in or depart
ing from her rooms. There appeared to be
no clue.
The unfortunate woman had evidently
been suddenly attacked while engaged in
friendly conversation with a visitor for
bottle OF wine and two partly filled
glasses stood upon the table. A handker-
chief, a womans, was on the floor beside
her. II was at once assumed that the
handkerchief was madame's and that It
had fallen from her hand. But It was
scented, and no one had ever known
madame to use that peculiar scent.
Mace came TO the conclusion that II be-
longed to the murderer and that the assRs-
sin was a man of effeminste and dandyish
habits. What man was there likely TO COM
nit that crime who used such a scent and
preferred not TO bulge his pocket out with
handkerchief which was larger than
womans? Within four days Mace had
found his man. II was the scent that led
to his head falling into NJ. Deiblers basket.
In the Black museum at Scotland Yard Is
the plaster cast OF bitten apple. which
was the only clue the police had 10 the
identity OF the perpetrator OF a most sensa-
tionaI crime. The murderer's victim was
woman who was found dead in a room IN a
house in Great Coram street. London. The
assassin had eaten part OF the apple, and
in the fruit. Unfortunately the clue was
not SUFFICIENT and the guilty man was never
discovered,
In a case tried on the western circuit
some years ago a man suspected Of murder
was discovered 10 have on two fingers OF
his right hand marks which had clearly
been made by peculiarly shaped human
teeth. The teeth OF the dead man werO
shown TO exactly it into the marks, and tho
prisoner was convicted.
The mystery surrounding the death Of a
great Continental banker was cleared by
means OF a cigar holder found in the room
with the body. No one could Identify the
holder No one had ever seen the banker
using e. But in the holder was a small
niece OF unconsumed cigar end. Experts
pronounced IT a cigar OF the finest quality
one which only a person OF wealth could
AFFORD to purchase. This evidence appeared
10 confirm the notion that the cigar holder
had belonged to the dead plutocrat. He had
cigars in the house too OF the same brand.
One OF the detectives. however enga ged
In the case was not satisfied The cigar
holder was peculiarly worn in two places
Its owner had evidently been accustomed
TO bite IL hard. Two teeth had almost BIT
ten Il through. The detectives inserted he
holder IN the mouth Of the dead man. but
his teeth would not AZ these holiows. The
holder had evidently belonged 20 the muir
derer. He was discovered at last in the
person OF the bankers cook. whose teeth
corresponded 10 the worn places. He had
been accustomed 20 helping himself 10 his
rnaster's choice oisars.-Iondan Answers.