The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-15
The Silent
Bullet
By ARTHUR B. REEVE.

TT has always seemed strange to me that no one
has ever endowed professorsbip in criminal sci
ence in any of our large universities
Craig Kennedy laid down his evening paper
In college we had roomed together had shared every
thing. even poverty and now that Craig was pro
fessor Of chemistry and I was the staff of the
Star. we had continued the arrangement 49,
why should there he chair in criminal sciences, =,
remarked argumentaiyoN - I've We done my ~ lnrn oa al
Craig, 5 no place for college professor Crlme is
jcetiyc is born and bred to it. College professors for
The sociology Of the thing, yes; for the detection OF
Ton the contrary - replied Kennedy, "there is a
distinct place for science in the detection of crime
pure culture, They have got down to solving the
hard facts of eprety nearly all except one They
and pore over its causes aud the theories of how it
be prevented Rg, As for .DPns the s5mps a
haven -, made au inch OF progress since the hammer
and tongs method Of your Bytpes, am am serious n
the Of methods by which you trace out the
& of baye Tf n rome an aq avn ong to
enlist Walter jameson as an aide.
''Detcetivcs in fiction nearly always make great
mistake, said Kennedy one evening after our hrst
conversation on crime aud science They almost in,
vsriably auagonize the regular detective force Now
III real life that 5 jjmPossible-it's s fatal,
count Of the failure Of large wall street brokerage
b9uSe Kerr parker Cos and the peculiar suicide
NfyF dea Of The thing os Continued Ken
nedy sis that the professor of criminal science ought
go far toward clearing up that Wall street see
] expressed Some doubt as to whether the regular
police were enlightened enough 10 take that view
''somc Of them are, be replied. yesterday the
chief OF police in western city sent man cast to
Indeed / did wealthy banker of the town had
been murdered the road to the golf club, no ore
''He sent me piece of torn handkerchief With
IN a m on m a
it indicated that the murderer had himself been wound
ed IN the tu5sc but as yet 1t mad proved utterly value
of,it; -. @ 4 ,,1 49,, I'a.s 's,~ s,D,
ing that the murder was committed by either sciian
laborer the links negro waiter at the club.
Well to make short story shorter decided to test
"Probaby you didn't know it,. bat the Carnegie
institution has just published minute, careful. and
dry study Of the blood of human beings aud of ami
mails In fact they have been able to recassfy the
whole animal kingdom on this basis, and have made
most surprising additions TO our knowledge Of
evolution, Now dou't propose to bore you with
showed was that the blood Of certain brauch Of
the human race gives reaction much like the blood
Of certain group of monkeys, the chmpanzees, while
the blood OF another branch gives reaction like
that OF the gorilla OF course there's lots to it,
but this is all that need concern
- tried the tests The blood on the handkerchief
gonior~ed stTety N to The & latter test Now the gorilla
Morgue murder Therefore il was the negro waiter
lions. Confronted Jackson your evidence as wired
police building grid tho soualor of Center street In,
spcccr Barney Connor carefully shifted cigar from
corner 10 corner OF his mouth AS poured forth my
Well Jamesgp. = he said at lcugth, 'do you think
this professor fellow is the goods3,
l didn't guince matters in my opinion of Kennedy.
tod him Of the t Price case ard showed him cory
Can you brlng hlm down here tonightG be asked
reached for the telephone found Craig in bis lab
oraory finally aud iu less than hour he in the
office.
''This is most battling case, Professor Kennedy,
this hros Of ksr said IT. the
looks like good thingplantations right in tho same
territory those of the rubber Now in addi-
tion that be is branching coastwse steam
ship lines another associated with him is heav.
ily engaged IL railway scheme from the United
Altogether the steamship and raroads are tap.
ping rubber oil, copper and don't know what other
ing stocks, borrowing money from two trust companies
which they control rs lovely scheme-you We read
about i, euppose. Also YOU We rcad that it comes
into competition with certain group Of capitalists
Veil To M E is sfS y Ro market comes along
At once are spread about the weakness Of the
system-you know tbem:-make great show of sup
porting the market. Yet the runs continue God
psnes stand up under tomorrow after what ban
pened today. II was good thing the market wa.
Kerr Pa s-ker was surrounded by group of people
who were in his schemes with him They are holding
Parker rises, staggers toward the window falls and
is desd 4n. before ore doctor can get to him.
is given out that he committed suicide The paper,
don TO accept the suicide theory howeYer Nei
ther do The coroner, who is working with us
has kept his mouth shut far. and will cav NOTHING
till the inquest For Professor Kennedy, my first maj
tho spot found tbat-Kerr-Ps Psrker--ws s-nur
dered-
Now here comes the amazing part of the story
: The doors to the Offices both sides were open a
ne time. There were lots Of people in each Office
There was tie usual click of ypewriters and the buzz
Of the ticker and the hum Of conversation. We have
any number of witnesses Of the whole affair but al
. far as any Of them knows shot was fred. smob
WAS seen. morse was beard, any weapon
found. Yet here my desk is thirty.two cabc