The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-13
TRACING A CRIME.
Clever Detective Work by a Uni
yersity Professor.
THE KEEN EYES OF SCIENCE.

THE KEEN EYES OF SCIENCE.
fhsy Detected Blood Whers There
y Wsrs No Apparent Traces Of lt and
Found Tslltais Finger Marks That
Pointed Direct to the Criminal.
4 Mime. Guian was the wealthy widow
Of Jean Howard Guian. former presi-
dent OF the Bank of France. Nine.
,Guian was seventy years old. One
might she took a train at Fontaine-
bleau for Paris. She had to herself q
first class compartment. When the.
train arrived in Paris the porters found
her compartment unoccupied. The door
had been half torn from its hinges.
there was a great pool Of blood on
the door, and the police picked up from
door handful Of woman's hair. a torn
piece Of skirt and a first class railroad
ticket from Fontainebleau to Paris
"A search along the railroad tracks re-
suited in the finding Of Nine. Guian's
body beside the rails just outside Fon-
tainebleau. 1t was greatly mangled. A
little farther on was found the satchel
she had carried. There were no rings
on her fingers and no money in her
pockets.
Nine. Guian's relatives took the
ground that she had been seized with
q hemorrhage. to which she was sub
ject, had tried to open the door Of her
compartment to summon aid or to get
air; that she had In her paroxysm
wrenched the door open and had fallen
on the train. killing herself. The po-
lice were not satisfied with this ex-
PLANTATION. particularly after Professor
Reiss. the famous Lausanne university
criminologist, had pointed out that the
cut on the woman's satchel had been
made by knife and not by sharp
stone, as had been thought. This. how.
ever. was very little evidence, and Pro-
fessor Reiss turned his attention to the
compartment which Nine. Guian had
occupied After he had finished his In
vestigation he went to M. Lepine, pre-
4SSt Va 8 0AASs anu 604ugJO AkAs
4, ~ am sure that Nine. Guian was
murdered, and am equally sure that
her murderer was d soldier. In the train
compartment there were a towel and
stationary washstand There were
no stains upon the towel visible to the
naked eye. Nevertheless we subjected
every square inch to one Of the most
delicate tests for blood. We at last
discovered an area which gave us the
positive reaction for human blood.
upon this towel the murderer Of
Nine. Guian wiped his bloody hands
He knew that this would be evidence
that the old woman did not meet her
death by accident as he wished it be-
lieved. and 50 he washed the towel
thoroughly, as he thought. and hung
It up to dry.
1.-THE detection then Of this micro
scopic quantity of blood, which can be
removed from fabric only by acids,
revealed to us that Nine Guian met
death by the hands Of murderer.
But found another piece of evi-
dence. There was, If you remember,
railroad ticket picked up on the
floor. On its back was the imprint of
thumb. compared it with that of
Nine. Guian; it was not hers. threw
Its image up enormously on a lantern
screen. was then struck by the pc
culiar indentation of the little ridges
on the inner side Of the mark. Care.
full analysis Of these marked ridges
showed me that this was the thumb
Of a man who was actually serving as
soldier. The frequent drills with
guns result In the pressure upon the
ridges OF the inner side Of the thumb.
This causes peculiar fattening, which
is visible under microscope when en-
larged and is true Of no other occupa-
ton except that of a soldier.
"As reconstruct this crime this SOL
der managed to get into Nine. Guian's
compartment after the train had left
Fontainebleau. He knew that she usu-
ally carried number OF, jewels and
large sum Of. money. He tried to
rob the old woman, and. meeting with
unexpected resistance. fought with her
In the compartment. killing her by
beating her head against the register
and then stripped the body Of its jew.
els. he thoughtlessly wiped his hand
upon the towel. He knew that this
would be evidence Of the presence of
some one else in the compartment, so
he washes the towel with, soap and
water. but does not know that we can
discover blood even when It is only to
the amount OF one one-thousandth mil.
limeterss s5a
He then wrenches the compartment
door open and throws out. the body
He is pressed for time. rips open the
satchel with his knife. Then. taking
advantage Of the slowing down Of the
train between Fontainebleau and Paris.
he jumps from It and makes his es-
cape : NJ ,g3.
As a result Of Professor Reiss' analy-
sis 1t was found that two soldiers, Ora
W and Michel; had followed Nine.
Guian to the train on the night OF her