Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-04-17
CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER VIII.
DIR. Mason, In his agitation dropped
the penknife and the magnifying glass
and rushed to the bedside.
Where is the wound2'' he calculated.
M. Cassagne, cool, calm and collected,
still held one tell-tale finger, which, like
living eye, had detected slight I'M
equality in the surface Of the flesh, frm-
ly pressed down upon a spot no larger
than pins head.
Take it easy, DOCTOR" he said, miI.
ing at the agitation of the physician,
"and If the magnifying glass is still un-
broken, win trouble you for It. The
penknife also, If you please, doctor.
Now" after he had gently pushed back
the flesh with the point Of the knife, look
through the glass, and tell me what you
see.n
II see rough, glistening surface"
TRY it with the point Of the penknife."
The doctor took the knife, and scraped
upon the hard surface thus exposed to
view.
ut is glass; he exclaimed. II haven't
a doubt of it,
ut is the wound which caused death.
You see 1t has penetrated the lumbar re-
gion. Death has been caused by two
things. Shock and Internal bleeding.
Have you small pair Of pincers here2
No? Well, then ! must use my fingers.
M. Cassagne having enlarged the OPEN
Ing OF the wound by Utilization, plunged
his finger and thumb into the orihce and
drew out though not without much diff
Guilty and after repeated failures, the
-. - utta .aI olu
stiletto. Its withdrawal from the wound
was followed by few drops Of blood,
which the doctor, who Notwithstanding
his professional experiences was greatly
affected by the spectacle, was about to
wipe reverently away when he was stop
ped by the detective.
Don't do that. That blood has tale
of its own to tell. wish to examine
1t through the glass"
He took up some on the point Of the
knife, and the two men as before went to
the window. Notwithstanding that 1t
had not been exposed to the outer air,
the blood was strongly crystallized.
Zone thing Is proved and almost con-
clusively," exclaimed Cassagne. 1T Is
the wound which caused her death. See
how the blood is crystallized. Now to
discover the assassin. The projects the
DRY is that Madame Roupell was sitting
at her desk writing, when the crime was
committed. In support of that, he points
to the scattered papers and the overture
ed chair. Now notice which way the
chair has fallen"
ut has fallen toward the daslk," said
DIR. Mason.
Precisely; and Il at PROVES to me that
Il was the murderer not Madame Rou-
pell, who was engaged in the examina-
tion Of the papers"
"Why2'
Because, had Madame RoupelI been
surprised from behind and stabbed, as we
now believe to be the case, she would
have fallen forward, and the chair would
have been thrown backward or away
from the desk, not toward it. Madame
Roupell surprised this unknown person.
perhaps while he was riding the contents
Of her desk; springing to his feet be
overthrow the chair, drew his stiletto.
and advanced toward her. She doubt
less turned to fee, too frightened to
scream, and he then stabbed her in the
back"
81 see; and having no other weapon
than the stiletto, and that having been
broken off short In the body, he fred at
her to make sure Of his work"
Ito be continued.)