Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-09
The Case Of Oscar Slater .
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
,,,ock Holmes in Real Life
.rODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

roDAY'S INSTALLMENT.
~.,oarkable that both these fe-
1ambie and Barrowman, swore
though they were thrown together
=. This Journey out to New York. and
r. shared the same cabin, they
.,-,a talked of the object of their
.r mr. compared notes as to the man
M ~, about to identify. For girls
H., rasoective ages of Is and q this
-,. furnishes a unique example of
ii -resraiut
| hen are the three Identified
iii hy the only people who saw the
al urorer Had the diamond brooch clew
,uthentic and these identifications
r,on the top of it, they would I'M
,,,a1,v have been strongly corrobora-
prt when the brooch has been
NON to be a complete mistake. i really
rot understand how any one could
On. suah half-hearted recognitions as
~ enough to establish the loehtlty ana
I'm of the prisoner.
fsrhere remains the so-called identified
M. |, IN, twelve witnesses who had seen
- lettering in the street during the
=. aks before the crime had ben COM
No. have said a 'so-called identif-
lion. for the proceedings wer farcical as
real test Of recognition,
ETbs witnesses had seen portraits of the
secused They were all aware that ne
foreigner, and then they were
- 10 nick out his swarthy Jewish
a vsiognOmy from among nine Glasgow
,D,icsnan and two railway officials Nat
". guv they did It without hesitation. since
~ man was more like the dark indi-
+a5pa1 whom they had seen and described
Mar the others could be.
RI Read their own descriptions, however,
IA the man they had seen, with the details
~ his clothing, and they will be found in
- respects to differ from each other
"a one hand, and in many from Slater
"A the other Here is a synopsis of
heir Impressions:
THEIR IMPRESSIONS.
Mrs. McHaffie: Dark mustached. light
Mercoat. not waterproof; check trousers,
mas black bowler hat; nose normal"
Miss NJ McHaffie: Seen at same time
nd same description. Was only pre-
nared at first to say there was some re-
semblauce, but had been thinking it
oser, and concluded that he was the
nan
Miss A. NJ. NIcHaffie: Same as before.
Aad heard the man speak and noticed
aothlng IN his accent" prisoner has
u strong German accent)
Madge McHaffie belongs to the same
hmfy): Dark, mustached, nose nor
bel Check trousers, fawn overcoat and
pats Black bowler hat. The prisoner
Sss fairly like the man
In connection with the identification
~ these four witnesses it is to be OBJ
seved that neither check trousers nor
pats we're found in the prisoners lug
ssge AS the murderer was described as
Being dressed in dark trousers, there was
no possible reason why these clothes, if
Mater owned them, should have been de-
ktroyed
Constable Brien: Claimed to know the
prisoner by sight. Says he was the man
De saw lettering. Light coat and a hat.
Il was week before the crime, and he
pas lettering Yards from the scene of
II He picked " p.' among five con-
gtables as the MAJ ia ! seem
ID Constable Walker; "i-Da -ran the loi-
serer across the street, q.CN, nearer,
and after dark in December. Thought at
hrst he was some one else whom he
knew. Had heard that the man he had
"a identity was of foreign appearance.
Picked him out from a number of de-
tectives. The man seen had a mustache,"
Euphemia Cunningham: VERY dark,
oh
Nose normal. Dark tweed coat. Green
eap with peak"
s. W. Campbell: HAD been with the pre-
Rlous witness. Corroborated There was
q general resemblance between the pris-
PEE and the man, but he could not posi-
srvely identify him -
Alex Gillies: "Sallow, dark haired and
|eean shaven Fawn coat. Cap. The
prisoner resembled him, but witness could
~ say he was the same man
q Il. b. Bryson: Black coat and vest.
sblack bowler hat. No overcoat. Black
41uS'aehe, with droop. Sallow; foreign"
q ms witness had seen the man the night
Peiore the murder. He appeared to be
RooKlng up at Miss Gilchrist's windows)
a. Nairn: Broad shoulders, long neck.
- hair. Motor cap. Light overcoat
Ro knees, Never saw the mans face.
O"' VIII not swear in fact, but | am
@eIlalh he is the man I saw-but l will
Pot swear"
MRS. Liddell; Peculiar nose Clear
complexion, not sallow. Dark, clean
8Ha'en. Brown tweed cap. Brown tweed
va, win hemmed edge. Delicate man,
0'uer Drawn together. She believed
- prisoner was the man. Saw him in
Be-" pelore the muir
'"eSe are the twelve Witnesses as to
~ IDENTITY of the mysterious stranger.
"e "fst place, there is no evidence
az. ,p,s'er that this lounger in the street
w. 'g7J} anything to do with the muir
Ill Us Just as probable that he had
u'sar amour, and was waiting
~, "'N slrl to run out to him.
could man who was planning
hue, .u.IeF hope to gain by standing nights
V"'nd 80 and 100 yards away from
place in the darkness
~. 9'p2osing that we waive this point.
HLa. examine the plain question as to
,"eF slater was the same man as the
-, we find ourselves faced by
sru.. olfticulties and contradictions.
h me most precise witnesses were
bna,," ana Bryson, who saw the stranger
murder. i'e"' preceding ''e
sF epon that night Slater had an un-
|girI I'm ,'io'' Vouched for not only by the