The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-20
The Silent Bullet
H. AL.-,...,.. NEIV IT,. .r
By Arthur B. Reeve
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'asscd Il around. Il was dry. but TIE
sponge itself had not been singed.
Then. Prof. Kennedy, you maintain
that my brother die not meet his dsaeh
by such an accadsntr' asked Janso
Langley
Exactly that. SIR rssHsA Gratis.
Then how do You evpla.n Mr.. Lang.
ley's deathr" demanded Harrington.
My theory Of spark from . cigar nag
Be true. after ALL
II am coming 10 that N . moment"
answered Kennedy quietly. MY mrs:
suspicion was aroused by what not even
Dr. Putnam seems to have not.ced. The
skuil OF Mr.. Langley. chsrrcd and Gun
surned az II was seemed to show marks
OF violence. II fright havs been from
q fracture Of the skull or u 'night havA
been an accident 20 his remains a. they
were being removed 20 the anteroum.
was protrudng. That might have been
natural suffocat,cn or II might have
been from fOrcibie stranguiation.
so Tar had nothing but conjecture .
work On. but IN looking ovsr the living
room l found near the table. ON the
hardwood floor. = spot-just one littls
round spot. Now. dsduoeioas from
spots. even II ws know than to b bioed.
must be made very carefully. ! did not
know this TO he . b,ood-spok and -
was very careful At first.
Let Us assume Il was Q Mood opot.
however. what did Il shoWf II 49,
just a little regular round spot quite
thick. Nov. drops Of blood falling only
few inches usually make . round SPOT
with q smooth border. stu the surface
on which the drop falls II quite -
much fsotor ~ tho height from which
Il falls II the surface u rough the
border may be irregular. But this WAS
. smooth surface and not absorbent.
The thickness Of Q drtsd blood SPOT an
. non-ab.orbent surface n less. the
greater the height from which Il has
fallen. This was n thick spot.
Nov if had fallen. say. six feet. the
height OF Mr. Langley. the spot would
have been thin-soms secondary spat-
tiers might have tsen seen. or at least
an irregular edge around the spot.
Therefore. II II was . blood spot. u
had fallen only ons or two feet.
ascertaired next thar the lower part Of
the body showed no wounds or bruisss
whatever.
Tracks II Nicca sue, a. are iefy ~
dragging n bleeding body differ very
greatly from tracks Of artsriai blood
which are left when the victim has
strength To move himself CootinulAg
my spcculations. supposing Il 20 be .
blood spot. what did II indicatef Clearly
that Mr.. Langley was struck By some
BODY on The head with . heavy instru-
ment perhaps IN another part Of the
room, that he was chohed. mat ~ H.
drops Of blood oe0sh frOm tho vomnd On
his head. he was dragesd aeroaa the
moor. IN ths direction OF the Ayspaaos-"
But. Prof. Kennedy" intsrruptsA
Or. Putnam. nave you proved that the
spot was blood spot? lelgAt 4 ut
h.v. been 2 paint spot ~ senseAhs
Of that sortf"
Kennedy hsa apparsntiy Sssa Vs.
ting for Just such . question.
10. ,ora'nar'ly. water n b. no effect "a
SPOT osslA - wasksA - nth vussr.
That Is not all have . test for blood
that Is 30 deiicatcly sensitive that the
blood ~ m Fvvct'an mummy thousands
of years old win respona % T. II was
discovered By . German scientist DR..
Chlenhuth. ana was no longer ago thAa
last winter applied N ENGLAND IN 60.
merton WIN fhe rianhsm ynsrAer. me
suspected murderer declared that stasns
on his clothes were only spatters Of
spatters OF blood. Walter. bring b ~
cage with the rabbits"
7 opened the door and TOOK the eags
from the Groon. Who hal or00ght n up
from the stable asA stood waiting v1eA
II some distance away.
This test Il rary s,aHlA Dr.. ~.
nam" continued Craig. - I placed the
cNgs on the tatAs ana Kennedy -
wrn rped The .t.r'l,sei test 'ub~s ~
rabbit 10 iassxsasea wan hsa.an hssei.
ana AFTER . time IT, serum that y
taken from the rabbit supplies the ma.
terial Tor the test
~ WI insert TINS ns~dis IN one ef
these rabbits which has been 20 inocu.
lated and will draw OF some OF the
serum, watch I p,aes n this tsss-esbs
10 the right. The other rabbit has not
been iaocuisteA. drew o6 Se0s e ~
serum aad place that tubs hsrs - the
ieft-ws win call that our control tube
II win check the results AZ our tsstA
wrapped M IN this paper I have the
scrsptngs Of the spot which found On
tho fioor-Sasa . fev OraAos q AasA.
drssd powder. n shSw hsV sasltivs
the test is. I will take only one of the
smallest u thsss minute oasAolaA I
dissolve II In this third tuhs With dis.
titled water. win svsa divios u In
har. and place the other halt IN this
fourth tuba
',Naxt I ada ssas Of TIE sssun e he
un!noouisted rabbit 70 the half IN tAis
tshN Yoa shsssvA Aothtas haepsWA I
add little OF the ssrum OF the inocu.
lated rabbit 70 the ether halt n shls
other tube. Observe wv 1saiosts IL
test L.
Kennedy was leaning forward. alSun0n
obiivious Of the Pest q - N the "a
talking almost - II 10 himsslf. We
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