The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-17

i Knew what was passing Nv ouslt Ei.Sh Il
terrible possibilities thereof. from which ! e J
Maitland was seeking to,rescue her: Sno
debt OF gratitude, he viewer great " nile !
he, on his part, took what ! fanoicd, 70 "a
then and afterward, were aunneGessaEy,
his finding the assassin she need have no !
fear of his making any, claim whatsoever
gupon hor.5 And so the whole aftair wa as Is
Of tRe evening 1S1l devoted e listening e
Maitlands account Of his Il experiences
while abroad. Il M 4. B q Il 81 s5g
a, Tho next morning I called upon our
detective at his Laboratory and asked HIN, !
what Tho intended to do next. lie replledi
that he had no plans rs yet, hut t. that ne
wished to- review Wit, mo al TIC nc cyl
i gu see, no said, "thc thing that rem
ders tho solution OF this mystery 50 dhn-s
cult Isl the fact tina oil our clues. while
the conviction Of the assassin had we !
va1ue until es.has been located. AID q
motive for the crime, and you can see e, !!
low slight arc our h opes 3of success ~
ever We chance to find 7 e 1nAn-,iso N
suit more from chance 8thansf from any
thing else--I think we can con Wet MIN:
Here for y he sa asl tak h,S
3the Da ROW house, .'is sometflng II have
never shown either you or Miss Darro ". Z
Bltis utterly worthless, SO lar as assls ' ,i
/ II ever We suspect the riG NJ man. tho cyl
3dence on that glass would probably con;
Met him. though there were ten thousand
3 took tbs glass from him, and, exam n;
lining 8itgwlth the utmost care, l detected
a s7nutch OF yeHowish paint upon 20 ~. IL
land ~ i said In establishment, of what
possible use can that formless daub OF
Taint be, or Is there something els, else On o.
laughed at MY excitement. as he replied: 4
5'-There is nothing there but the pa Mt
spot. Regarding that. however you have
eoncluslon.Sit is not fornlsss." ana ne
passed me jewelers. eye: glass to assist
mo IN a closer examination. He was
Ts a'nt ry saaa
themselves 3concentrically about a central
oval so,meWhat imperfssct n
do you4makc of At? II you hadn't nj I
ready attached SO much importance to, the
athing.".I said ~ should pronounce It n
BY somebody's thumb, hut, as such Y
thing would be clearl L. useless I am at!
a loss TO know what t is, {,
the nall on the head; that's just ,what5t
g Isl, hut you arc entirely wrong In your
assumption that the thulllb-nlark can have
yale as evidence 20 not kgw
w ss5ii WIFI Which are capable Of making In
sdistlngulshnblo ma rks ~ was not aware
X DO om the asNs
sin? IT. Seems to me there can hardly be
IN doubt that one of the painters while
pE!Rg The s Pfsssaha hds
would naturally have been panty, ana
this Impression n '' would as naturally nave
.3iWhat you say replied Maitland, /" lsf
very good. so far as 1t goes N 81 reason
for helleying this thunfb-mark was maze
by the assassin are easily understood::
a thumb in the moist paint OF tho slll
4 directly under that upon the glass, l3oth
marks were made by the same tlumD,
veal minute traces Of gravel dust, not
elsewhere dlscernble upon the SILL The
thumb carried the dust thsre n4a Ems Was ts
the hand Of which have a east; You
see how this shows how. the thumb came
T. haye paint upon y when pressed up ,on
pEFi aSs afsoha imn e cosa ma
The assassin ass SSH known "a have been upon
nror iere .ne h aou sad earafuy
m9yqS e tM1 sbSs1ns sas oEa aGd M
VIII The same PAINT KEY 5qs IMa.
sibiity have made the mark ppon5 the
glass, So there you are. But we g, gre r
missing the question before us't " nat
line q procedure can you suggest pocf
Il I'VE must lind some one i said, 'who
could have had q motive This someone
!. for concealing Ills footprints, and ls cyl
IDENTIFY lame BESIDES, I can't for tho life
4 OF me see anything else we have to go
by, unless II be no long nail Of the llttle
finger. md Il dom see how, that Is going
to help us ind the assassin. uE less we
can find out why It was worn Ion q. !. &
We knew that It might assist !, Ms 1, as
have already. suggested, Chinaman
might 1layo assloIg nail on the little hll-
ser, but he would also have the other
might 1ia,; use tic boards 70 conceal the
Prints Of his 5tellrtale footge9r, but Why
should he not have put on shoes OF me
+ ordinary tSpe2 II he had time to- pre-
4 pare the boards--the whole ~ air Sll oWs
ilpremeditnt ion-clearlyg he 4 had $ time & to
change his hoots The Chinese are usur
ally small, and this might easily account
for the slnallness O { the hand, as shown
by Your cast. These are the pros anl
/. 10 me, BY the way, Nal tland. Il y g
Il shame VIC did not try, before .lt was Is too
4 late. To- track this fellow down With
\ dog, b, ~ II 81 Il i ls