Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
Sherlock Holmes in Real Life
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

There are stin one or two singular
points which invite comment one of
these. which I have incidentally men
toned, is that neither the matchbox. nor
the box opened in the bed room, showed
any marks of blood. Yet the crime had
been an extraordinarily bloody one This
IS certainly very singular
AN EXPLANATION.
An explanation given by Or Adams,
who was the first medical man to view
the body. is worthy of attention. He
considered that the wounds might have
been inflicted by prods downward from
the leg Of chair, in which case the
seat OF the chair would preserve the
clothes and to some extent, the hands OF
the murderer from bloodstalns. The con-
dition Of one OF the chairs seemed to
him to favor this supposition,
Tho explanation is ingenious, but
must confess that / can not understand
how such wounds could be inflicted by
such an instrument. There were in par
ticular a number of spindle shaped cuts,
with a bridge OF skin between them. which
are very suggestive. My first choice as
TO the weapon which inflicted these
would be burglars Jimmy. which is BIZ
furcated at one end, while the blow which
pushed tho poor woman's eye into her
brain would represent a thrust from the
other end.
Failing Jimmy, should choose a ham
mer. but a very different one from the
toy thing from half crown card Of tools
which was exhibited in court Surely,
common sense would say that such an in
strument could burst an eyeball. but could
not possibly drive II deep into the brain,
since the short head could not penetrate
nearly so far
The hammer which l would reconstruct
from the injuries would be what they
call, I believe, a plasterer's hammer. short
in the handle, long and strong in the
head, with a broad fork behind. But how
such a weapon could be used without the
user bearing marks OF 1t is more than
can say
II has never been explained why
rug WAS laid over the murdered woman.
The murderer, as his conduct before Lam
bic and Adams showed, was a perfectly
cool person. 1t is at least possible that
he used the rug as a shield between him
and his victim while he battered her with
his weapon. His clothes. il not his hands.
would in this way be preserved.
have said that it is OF the FIRST i'm
portanCe 70 trace who knew 70 the exist
ence OF the jewels. since this might great
ly help the solution Of the problem.
In connection with this there is a pas-
sage in Lsmbie's evidence in New York
which is OF some Importance / give IL
from the stenographer's report. condens-
ing in places
Q. "po you know IN Glasgow a man
named aa--- --H''
A. YES sir"
.. "What is his business
A. "A boolmaker"
z. When did you first meet hime'.
4. AT a dance
.. what sort OF a dancer"
a. "a New Years dance That
would DE New Year OF 1sOS.l
Q. When did You meet him after
thstG"
A. In the beginning Of June
z. Where"
a. in Glasgow"
Q. AT a street corner"
A. NO; he came up TO the house at
Princes street"
q. Miss Gnchrists house"
A. eyes, sir"
| q THAT was the first time since the
dance"
/ S. Eyes. sir"
Q. "Bo YOU deny that you had a meet
/ ing with him 10y ID letter received from
/ bin at Il corner of g street I'm Glasgow OF"
A. Il got letter"
%. TO NEE; him AT q street corner"
A. eyes
/ @ THE first meeting after he dance
I 49, .Nes"
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