Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-24
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Ru CLARENCE BoUTELLE.
CHAPTER XII.
Once More.
By CLARENCE BOUTELLE.

hints to help you in your pursuit Oh llie
murderer" asked the prosecuting at-
torney.
only one article: the cake of wax
replied Prier.
The cake of wax furnished clew?
Will you state in what way?'
Il will. There was an impression
upon the cake of wax, an impression
made by a seal ring, an impression OF
an anchor and a woman's head and
letter s."
You say the impression was made
bv a ring Are you certain Of that?"
Il am"
In what way are you so sure?
What leads you to be so positive"
THE depth of the impression. The
hand which wore the ring undoubtedly
struck the wax a very heavy blow, or
was pressed downward upon it with
great force"
Can you say whether the person
who wore the ring produced the deep
impression upon the wax by blow or
by leaning upon the table,"
Il am sure it was produced in one or
the other of those two ways; l cannot
say IN which Of the two
And how does the depth of the i'm
preston prove the article to have been
seal ring?"
The impression not only shows the
engraving upon the stone, but the bor-
dering gold-work in which the stone is
set and secured"
Exactly; 1 see. And have you re-
tained the waX?"
II have. under lock and key from
that day to this. 1t is here"
We offer the wax in evidence said
the prosecuting attorney, quietly; have
YOU the garment on which Constance
Craig had been at work before her
DEATH"
Yes
rs this it,
1T is
we offer it in evidence. too. Have
YOU found anything which fits the i'm
preston upon the cake Of wax"
Il have"
What is ito"
A seal ring-a gold ring set with
white stone"
This ring which hold in my hand?"
Yes, sir; the same"
rs this the other ring mentioned in
the paper signed and acknowledged by
Gilbert Semi
1T is
You are sure of that
Certainly
You remember YOU are testifying
under Oath?"
Il do. l swear to that"
Very we'll Now, when was the i'm
preston made upon the wax? Was it
recent, or was it not?"
You mean recent from the stand
point of the time of the death Of Con
stance Craig?"
Il do. Was it made shortly before
her death, or some time before%
1t was made shortly before. 1t was
made after she had laid aside the work
upon which she had been employed?"
How do you know"
Because the impression falls upon
every mark which her thread had made
upon the wax, and obliterates them for
the space covered by the impression
The wax was a new cake; it had been
used but a short time; the impression
of the stone setting was made after
that use"
But how can you be certain that the
thread was not drawn across the wax
after the impression was made instead
of before? The mark left by the ring
is very deep. as you have already SAID
and would not allow the threadmarkS
to show at the bottom Of the cavity
made even had the wax been used with
the thread later than the time when
the impression was made How are
YOU sure Of the impression having been
made last?"
The delicate edges of the impression
made by the ring prove that They are
clear-cut and unbroken. 1t needs no
expert to determine the fact that the
impression of the ring fell upon the
wax last A cake Of wax, stout
thread, and seal ring, in the
hands of the jury. will enable them to
make experiments which will verify
nv statement most Enthusiastically. Ev-
ery mark which the thread ever made
upon the wax crosses the impression
made by the ring; the edge of the ring
impression would be impaired by SIN
gle stroke of a thread-even If held
in the hand Of a man earnestly anxious
to disprOve my assertion-I say with
certainty that no woman ever drew a
thread across the impression after II
had been made"
The jury will have the ring and the
wax in their possession during their
deliberations. You may, however. de-
scribe the way in which the stone is
held in its place in this ring
"A series of thin gold hooks, shap-
ed like leaves. are bent over upon the
border of the stone"
Are these gold leaves thick or
thin"
They are quite thick
Were they pressed deep into the
wax. or only slightly"
The impression is deep.
what is the erect upon 'He V"Se
Of the impression?"
1t leaves a series of exceedingly
narrow pieces of wax, not one-siXtieth
of an inch wide in some places, stand
ing up between the places where the
gold hooks or leaves have left the
proofs of their presence.
How high do these narrow pieces
rise above the impressions made by the
gold hooks"
A height equal to the thickness OF
the leaves of gold; about eighth OF
an inch, l think
is the surface of any of these mar
row bits of wax depressed below the
surface Of the cake Of wax as a whole?'
The surfaces of these pieces are
slightly depressed. The stone was