Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-23

night when he escaped from the An
sonia. and he has II now. Seev'
The judge observed the prisoner
carefully and nodded in agreement.
There was no doubt about Il. AS he
walked Groener was limping notice
ably on his left foot!
DIR. Duprat was waiting for them I'm
his laboratory. absorbed In recording
the results Of his latest experiments.
kind eyed. grave faced man was
this. who. FOR all his modesty. was
famous over Europe as a brilliant
worker in psychological criminology.
Entering the laboratory. they found
themselves a a large room. quite dark.
save for an electric lantern at one
end that threw a brilliant circle on a
sheet stretched at the other end. The
light reflected from this sheet showed
the dim outlines OF TERED amphithe-
alter before which was a long table
spread with strange looking instru-
ments.
Everything is ready" said Dr. Du-
pratt Us this the-er-the subject?'
He glanced at the prisoner.
Hauteville nodded.
''Please bring him over here. That's
right-in front OF the lantern" Then
he spoke gently 10 Groener. Now. nv
friend. we are not going TO do any
thing that will cause you the slightest
pain or Inconvenience"
For some moments he studied the
prisoner in silence
Interesting. very interesting" muir
INJURED the doctor. Especially the
lobe OF this ear. will leave a note
about 1t for Bertillon himself Please
turn little for the back Of the head
Thanks! must study this head when
we have time. Very remarkable. We
must have these or" be pointed TO
the handouts. Also the coat Don't
be alarmed. There. Now, | want the
left arm bare above the elbow" When
these directions had been carried out
DR.. Duprat pointed 10 a heavy wooden
chair.
please sit here" be went on. and
slip your left arm into this leather
sleeve"
why must I sit in this chair?' ask
ed GrOener. why do you want nv
arm In that leather thingg"
Some pictures OF persons and places
will be thrown on that sheet. and IS
each one appears 1 want you To say
what il is. Most OF the pictures are
familiar 60 evesy one"
But the leather sleeveT"
The leather sleeve is like the stop
watch; ii records your emotions. Sit
down.
Groener hcsitated. Il want TO know
how IL records my emotions"
The magistrate ans wered. There
is "a pneumatic arrangement" ne ex-
planned. by which the pulsatlons Of
your heart and the blood pressure I'm
your arteries are registered automat-
ically. Now. then. I warn you II you
don't sit down willingly well you had
better sit down" Then Groener sat
down
Quickly the assistant adjusted the
leather sleeve over the barred arm.
Immediately familiar ~ .rue ap-
peared upon the sheet cuiur,.d pho
tograph Ok the Place de Ia Concorle.
What is itF' asked the doctor pleas
anuy
The prisoner was silent
You surely recognize this picture.
Look. The obelisk and the fountain.
the Tuileries gardens"
The Place dc la Concordc.' an
swered Groener suilenly.
The picture changed 10 a view OF the
Grand Opera House. aud at the same
moment "a point ~ light appeared in
the headpiece back OF the chair IL
was shaded so that the prisoner could
not see q, and IL Illuminated grad
uated white dial on which was a glass
mu, abouj ;.Ir,. utches long. the
whole re~euiuu- barometer Inside
the tubr "a red column moved regularly
up and down. up aud down. In steady
beats and Couuenu understood that
this column was registering the beating
OF Groener's heart Standing behind
the chair. the doctor. the magistrate
and the detective could at the same
time watch the pulSating column ard
the pictures on The sheet. but the priS-
oner could not see the column.
What is thatr' asked the doctor
Groener answered at once. The
Grand Opera House"
Good, Now. another"
The Bastille column"
And this<"
'Notre Dame church"
So far the beats had come uniform
ly about one IN second, for the mans
pulse was slow. AT each beat the
liquid IN the tube shot up six inches
and then dropped six inches. but at
the view OF Notre Dame the column
rose only three inches. then dropped
back and shot up seven inches.
The doctor nodded gravely, while
COquenn. with GREATNESS interest,
with a morbid fascination. watched
the beating of this red column. 1t was
like the beating OF red blood.
And thiS:"
As the picture changed there was a
culver in the pulsating column. a hes
itatiOn with a quick tuttering Mt the
bottom OF the stroke; then the red
liue shot up fun nine inches Nj. Paul
glanced nj the sheet and saw a perfect
| reproduction of private room No. I'm
the AnsOnia And slowly as they look