New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
BY SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS

"Do believe in my own eyes, do not:' cried the
old lady.
you do not, unless you wish to be very badly de
celVed, returned the other. Have you never seen
magician; He makes living by foolng the eye here
is nothing easier to trick than the human eye unless 1t be
the human mind Yet we poor creatures 60 laundering
on through the world, believing what we see
NEVERTHELESS when the Coroners jury sat sol
emny that afternoon over the patch OF gray hair,
Miss Wayland swoe to it as being that OF Dennis Boyle
She also detailed the difficulty she had had with the
gardener eliminating in his discharge Following ncr
the police Inspector testified to the condition OF Miss
Waylands sleeping room after the explosion. The prin
cpal damage had been done he said Just back OF Miss
WaylandS bed
"You have seen dynamite explosions before, In
spector?" asked the Coroner.
"One, Sir"
an your opinion was this present one caused by a
large or small CHARGE
Rather small"
Large enough to blow into indiscernibe trag
mentS?"
%Well-cr-I don't know" hesitated the officer. "If
he was carrying it in his hand
"You made thorough search OF the scene;
"YeS, Sir"
"ere YOU able to find any part Of the body other than
the one under our view;
"No, Sir
"Werc the walls bcspattcrcd with blood
"No, Sir except few small spots. .
"Nay ask a question as representing the la''iy'
Mr.. Coroner put in Robert Swart
at is somewhat unusual" said DR.. Shurtetf, smiling;
"but see no objection.
"Thank vou Now Inspector, is it not true that the
heat and force generated by the dconaon OF high cX
posve are capable of consuming in whole or in part
substance like the human body:
81 understand so, Sir.
With this the Inspector gave up the stand to ig2t
ened maid who testified Historically but crcdlbly to the
finding of the "Blacl Hand" letter the side porch
She was followed bv Robert Swart who produced Spcc
mems of Dennis Bovc'S handwriting taken from among
Miss Wavland'S accounts The Jury commented upon
obvious simaritcs in the writing. The witness then
identified the gucSOmc object around which the inquiry
rcvolved as being Dennis Bovlc'S hair.
"Your identification is positive, asked the Coroner.
"Withn the limits of human error, 1t IS. Boyle was
quite bald on top Of his head; but his temples were
fringed with very fine, thick gray hair quite Unusual
and unmistakablc. | say with all confidence that
the patch have here was torn from one OF his TEN
pies"
Are YOU familiar with dynamite, Mr.. Swart,"
"Not L." returned the witness, with his ready smile
81 know too much about it. The who thought they
could get familiar with that stuff are mostly dead.
ripple Of amusement passed along the Jury seats.
The Coroncr'S grave face relaxed.
"But YOU are conycrSant with the properties OF dyna-
mite" he amended
"Ycs, Sir; I've had some experience with it in the
NIOntfOrt OuarricS.
"Would YOU consider it possible for the man from
whose head that strip was blown to be alive"
"Anvhng is possible to dynamite, answered the
witness. 1t is incredibly frcakish as lightning But
| should say that there ism one chance IN million OF
that man having escaped.
"Then an attempt made subsequent to the explosion
to rifle Miss WayandS desk must have been the work
of someone other than the owner Of this hmr' go,
"Unquestionably. Even if Boyle weren't killed.