The evening world., 1913-04-22

- In. II was svidsn< thas they
had little liking for the visit. but the
coroner had sent out the '1nvitatioas."
and they had nothing to DO but aooept
Each one Wa politely welcomed ~ ne
professor and assigned . eeat much -
he would have done with . group Of
students. The inspector ana the
coroner Eat back little. Mrs. rarksr.
Mr.. D0wnsy. Mr.. Bruce. myself. ana
Misc La Nsiss sat In that erdsr - ne
vsry narrow and uncomfortable itue
.rmehairs used By the stSdsass Sn''"s
lectures.
A. last xsnnsdy Was ready 70 Seg1n.
He took his position behind the iong.
Aat.toppSl table which he used for his
dNmonstrstions before his classsA
II realise. ladies and gsntlemsa." he
began formally, that am aoout . %
Q very unusual thing; but, - yeu al
know. ths police end the coroner have
been completely Sa6iAA ~ the teseSels
mystery And have requested ne TO at.
tempt 10 clear Up II least oeeAaja
points IN Il will tegin Whist ] have
TO say By rsmestein9 that the trssing
out OF 4 crime lixs this differs In aeth.
ms except - regards the subject mat.
ter. from the search for . scientiste
truth. The forcing Of mans ssoests y
Both are pieces Of detective work.
'Ths methods smpIoyod IN ~ a.
tsetion Of crime srs. a. rather shoujd
be like the mSthods employed in the
process ut discovering scientific truth.
In q crime At this sort two kinds Of
evidence need 10 b secured. Cheum.
stantial evidence must hrst BE- mar.
shaded. and then Q motive mast b.
found. have bssn Sathertns facts. But
to omit motives and rest oontsntsd. With
mere facts would be inoonclueiva Il
would never convince anybody ~ con.
Wet anybody
"In other words. eieumstaatsai svi-
dence must hrst lead to . suspeot, snS
then tnis suspect must rove sauea to
accounting for the facts. II - my AepS
that each Of you may eontstbuts sonsS.
thing that win b At ssfvtcs In AMY.
cident."
The tsnsion was not re1isvsd even
when Ksnnsdy steepsd speaking ana
began 70 fuss Win . iktls upvight tar
Got which be Ut " q ons ed o. his
table. We seemed to be seated ever Q
powder maeasins weldon thrsatsnsA to
explode at any moment ]. at least
eei the Tension . gTsa1y mat Il was
only sst:. ne re started speasing
eSe" VIZ : "coo 10y w terget
putty.liEs matsriai.
Holding . thiFty.tws esissss pistei IN
hs right band ana aiming Il ss he
target. Kennedy picked ~ e>iasgs pises
Of ooarss homsspun from The table end
held II loosely over ne music q the
FUN. TMsn No Ara. TIE bullet tore
through the Goth. 90 through the air
ana buried itssh in ne tsrsst. win .
knife he PRED Il cut.
II doubt II even the iaspeoeor htmseif
could have told ~ that wAsn an ord.
nary leadsn bullet % shot through .
10 IN the majority q cases fnpreseed on
the bullet, sometimes elaariy. somstimss
family"
Here Kennedy took UP . piscs a hns
batlste and nred another bullet through
II.
Every ,ssAen bullet. 40 Z have said.
which mas struck such q fabric bsars
an impression Of the threads which 10
rscognlxabis sven when the bullet has
penetrated deeply into the body. II IL
only obliteratsd partially or entirely
when the bullet has been hattsned by
striking o bone or other hard object.
Even then, az IN this case, y only q
part uf tho bullet n hattened the re-
msinder may stili show the msrks OF
the fabric. A heavy warp. say of cotton
! velvet or, a. have here. homsspun.
will bs imprinted wen on the bullet. but
! even Q fine batists. containing one hun
drsd threads to the inch. Will show
! marks.
''Evens layers of goods such a. . coat.
| shirt and undershirt may each leave
| their marks. nut that does not concern
us in this eaSs. Now I have hare q
piece Of ponges elk. cut from q
woman's automobile coat. dischargs
| the bullet through tt--so. compare
| the bullet now with the others and with
the one probsd from tho neck OF Mr
Parker. ! and that the marks on thai
fatal bullct correspond precisely with
those on the bullet ffrsd throush the
ponges coat"
startling ~ was this revelation. Ken
needy paused only an irstant before The
next.
| Now I have another demonstrate on
A certain note figures In this CASE Mr.
Parker was reading II. or psrhsps r.
' ssAAlA0 II q he t,ns 10 was sAst