Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

has no monopoly the matches vary, ano
are usually of many different KINDS, ana
even colors.
Dresden found on the scene of an lmpor-
tant robbery a large number or red wood-
en- matches called the Jupiter brano;
The Jupiter matches came in DOCKS anu
were not cut down to the END. you SIM
plv tore them off as you needed them.
The suspected man was searched, ana IN
his pockets were found the stubs OF some
Jupiter matches. The burnt stumps PICK
ed up on the scene OF the crime were
fitted into the stubs and they matcheo
perfectly. which. OF course, heipeo 10 ia
the crime upon the man.
Quite often small objects are lost on
the scene of a robbery, or, at least, IN
climbing in through WINDOW some
thread of the coat Is pulled out On one
occasion NJ Reiss was able to determine
that the burglar wore dark-blue waist
coat. and when the criminal was founo
this proved to be quite true
The Sherlock Holmes method OF look
ing for mud and dust and otner tninss
that might have been brought in by the
criminal and might show whence ne
came is taught by Prof. Reiss.
One of the most important points fof
the detective is to take note of the IN
struments used in marking upon doors
and articles of furniture, as well as 10
note the force used by the burglar ana
the manner in which he went to work
On this subject NJ. Reiss goes into mucn
detail, but he warns that there is the
greatest danger in this line OF approach
when it is taken up by an amateur IN
less specialist solves these propiems'
great Injustice may be done
He points this with a story Of trial in
a little Swiss town. y dangerous GRIM,
inal had been arrested VINO was charseu
with burglary The prosecutor. instead
Of submitting to an expert the question
of determining the kind OF implement
that he had used. decided 1t for himself
The lawyer for the accused. had been
cabipetmaker in his younger days ano
was easily able to see that this impie'
ment could not have made the marks az
found. The jury was SO impressed VIZ
the failure of the prosecutors attempt
at detective subtleties that they acqui,,
ted the man. although he was In al
probability guilty and would have peer
SO found on the rest Of the evidence.
In the month Of June. 1905. banker
of Paris was assassinated Two sersanls
were arrested One Of them, Courtois
confessed to the crime and SAID ne nac
been brought to do 1t by the other, whose
name was Renard. Renard denied every
thing Nj. Bertillon was called In 10 de
eide the matter. a..
After the murder a little roll-top desk
had been broken open and rihed OF VAIN,
ables. NJ. Bertillon at once photographeo
the impressions made by the lmpleHiehls
that had pried open this desk In ORDER u
compare them with those that mao peer.
seized, and also to look for other
scratches, II any there were, by nipple
ments not yet in the hands OF the poiiso.
Four tools had been found, scre"
driver, q locksmith's chisel. q caoinet
makers chisel and a pair OF dressmak-
er'S shears.
M RertiIlon found that the first three
;mnlements fitted the scratches made on
tho left part of the desk when the top
u,as nried omen. but that the dressmaker's
shears had not been used. He next pro-
ceeded to reconstitute the crime. Sour-
tots said that he had begun by inserting
tne fiat end of the screwdrlver AFTER
ward he used the locksmith's chisel. while
his accomplish helped him with the CAD
inetmaker's chisel.
NJ. Bertillon arrived at the conclusion
that only the use of the accompnce wouii
have justified the introducanon u .ne
cabinetmaker's implement. This had I'M
douhtedly been used on the left-nand sioe
and only there. On the right-hand side
M Bertillon found that the breaking open
had been begun with the screWdrlver' De-
cause the locksmith's chisel mad In sew
eral instances hall oDn.era1su .he mar. .,as
of the larger instrument. Ihen, 100, the
marks of the screwdriver showed that II
had evidently been used with a pressure
from above downward, the only way IN
which the rolling desk top could be at
tackled first. 1t was seen that the lock-
smiths chisel had been USED later on In
another direction.
since the cabinetmakers chisel had