The sun., 1905-09-10
CRIMINALS CAUGHT BY TRIFLEs.
Little Mistakes They Made Gave Clues 70
the Detectives.
From the London Anseers.


The eye OF the law is remarkably keen
nowadays A few weeks back 9 man was
brought up at the Central Criminal Court
who found himself in the dock mainly
through q cobweb. A detective had been
attracted to pay him peculiar attention oy
tho fact that. fashionably attlred, be was
walking down the street with mass OF c0o-
webs on the elbow Of his frockcoat. The
news received later that 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 himself cobwebs OF
the same description. There were ana the
Immediately dressed man will In future
probably take a clothes brush with him When
engaged In like pursuits. He Will not neod
one however, for over two years.
criminal" declared NJ, Mace, the great head
of the Paris police. He caught criminal
named Ayinet by a scent the offender used.
The crime was a terrible one-the nnusoer
of lady for her jewels and certain bonds
in her possession. The lady was discovered
lying upon the floor of her room dead. She
had been straneled. No one had been soon
going in or departing from her roons' lhefe
appeared to be no clue.
The unfortunate lady 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. handkerchief. ladye. WAS
on the floor beside her. 1t was at once as
sumed that the handkerchief was madame ..
and that it had fallen from her hand. But
it WAS scented. and no one had ever Known
madam to use that peculiar scent
Mace came to the conclusion that It be-
Ion ged TO the murderer and that the as
sassin was a man OF effeminate and dandy
ish habits. What man was there likely to
commit that crime who used such scent
and preferred not TO bulge his pocket out
with a handkerchief which was larger than
a lady's? Within foar days Mace had found
his man. 1t was the scent that led to his
head falling into NJ. Deibler's basket.
In the Black Museum at Scotland Yard 10
the plaster cast OF bitten apple. which was
the only clue the police had to the identity
OF the pc rpetrator OF most sensational
crime The mu rderers victim was woman
who was found dead in a room In house
in Great Coram street. London. The as
eassin had eaten part Of the apple, and very
fair impression OF his teeth remained In the
fruit. Unfortunately the clue was not suf-
flcient, and the guilty man was never dis
covered.
In case tried on the Western Circuit some
years ago, a man suspected OF murder was
discovered to have on two fingers Of his
right hand marks which had clearly been
The teeth of the dead man were shown to
exactly At into the marks. and the prisoner
was convicted.
The mystery surrounding the death Of .
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 It. But in the holder was a small piece
of unconsumcd cigar end. Experts pro-
nounced Il cigar of the finest aual1ty.ons
to purchase. This evidence appeared, to
confirm the notion that the cigar holder bad
cigars in the house too Of the same brand
in the case was not satisfied The cigar hol-
der was peculiarly worn in two places. lts
bite it hard Two teeth had almost bitten
il through The detectives inserted the hold
or in the mouth of the dead man, but his
teeth would not f,t these hollows; ik Jhs holder
was discovered at last In the person Of the
bankers cook, whose, teeth corresponded 70
the worn placcs He had been accustomed to
helping himself to his mnster's choice cisars.