The evening world., 1913-05-21
The Silent Bullet
An Absolutely NEW Type Of Detecti


soned Craig. Hear mo out and y0u
will see that the facts are more In har. \
mony With my less fAnclfui expianatlss.
No. some one struck Lewis LAnolsv
down either In passion Or In cold blood. I,
and tasn. seeing what he had deaa.
made . Desperate effort TO destroy the
evidence VI violence. Consider my nsxs
discovery
Kennedy placed the Ave glasses wiiieh
had carefully sealed and labelled ~ i,
the table before US.
The next STEP he said. was 70 nnd
out whether any articles Of clothing II
the bos,ss showed marks that maght -
suspected OF being blood -spots. And hws
! must beg the pardon OF 81 IN Wel'
room for intsudan9 N their privats War1-
robos. But IN this crisis U was shosauts.
" ascsssary. and under such clreum-S
stascss never let osrsmeay sloaA =,
fore justice.
In these ave slassss on the taAjo Z
have the wsshings Of spots fro0 -
clothing worn BY TON. M. Jsmss LAas-
10y jr. Harrington Brown and DR.. Pat.
nam. ! am not going 70 tell you whish
which-andsed ! merely have them
marked. and I % not know then NJ.
self. But Mr.. Jameson Aas the marils
with the nance opposite on Q plscs o.
papsr In his pocket. I Am slmeiy eeiae
. procesd with the tests 70 ~ u aoy
o. the stain. on the essts 1s.s q
blood
Just then Or. Putnam tnsrpossA.
"One question. Prof. Kennedy. Il y
. cempAratively easy thing 70 seoog-
nixe q bloe1 sssin. but Il 10 li0cuit.
usually tmpoesibls. to tell whslher the
blood 10 that Of man or Of an cal.
nal. I recall that We we're ell n ous
hunting jscksts that day. haA bssa all
day. Nov. In the morning thees 40
bsen an operation on one Of the hoeoas
at the stable. and ! asaistsA The ~.
Urinary from town. I may have ~ 4
spot or two Of blood o. my seat fpoo
that opsration. DO I undssstsnd ~
this test would show thaty'
No." replied Craig. "this test vevln
not show that. Other tests weuIA. ~
not this. But II the spet Of hunsn
blood we're less than the siss ee . -
head. u would show-it would shew u
the spot e0ntainsd even - little . eaa-
twsnsyfhousandth OF gram e ~
bumin.
BLOOD from . horse. Q deer. Q shsso.
. pig. . dog. could bs obtaiasl. Aat
whom he test was applied the iiQuil
In which they were diluted weuh ~
main clear. No white prscipitin, - Il
is called, would form. But let hu1on
blood. ever % dilute. b. added q ~
sesum o. the inoeuistsd rsbbat. aal ~
test II absolute"
4 dsath-liks siloacs seemed = -.
vaae the room. Kennedy slowly aal
detesratsly tsgan TO tsst the eeneGols
o. the gassses. Dr0prlng into eaeh -
ne broke the seal some Of the sos,sm
OF the rabbit. he waited . momens %
see u any change occurred.
IL wss thrilling. I think no one could
have gone through that AftDen minutss
without having II indalibiy impreaDoA
on bis memory. I recall thinklag e
kennedy took each glass:
Which 10 II to bsf Quilt or ian-
csncsf Life or DEATH"
Could II w possible that Q mae Me
might hang on such . slender thrNoAy
knew Kennedy was too accursts and
serious TO deceive us. II was not an0v
possible. II was actually . fact
The hrst glasa showed no resctisa.
Some one had been vindicatsd.
The second was neutral liksWiss-Aa-
other psrson In the room hal booa
proved innocent.
The third-no change. Science had. ~
leased . third.
The fourth
Almost Il seemed ~ II the record n
my pocket burned-spontansou ously-so n
tsnss was my feeling. rhsse In the esass
was that fatal, tslitais white precipltats.
MY God. IT'S the milk rIng!" Wh1s-
pered Tom close to my ssr.
Hastily Kennedy dropped the serum
into the hfth. II remained ~ clear
~ crystal,
Ny hand trembied A. Il touched TIE
envsiops containing my record of tAs
names.
The person who wore the coat With
that bioodstAln on IT," declared Ken
nsdy soiemniy. was the person VIE
struck Lewis Langley down. Whe
choksd him and then dragyed ~
scarcely dead body across the heor aAA
oblitsratsd the marks Of violence In the
blazing log nre. Jameson. whose nsas
ls opposite the sign on this Slsssr'
I could scarcely tear the seal 70 looA
at the paper In the envelope. AZ lAst
unfolded Il. and my eye fell on the
name opposite the fatal slgn. But my
mouth was dry. and my teague reeassd
to move. II was too much uks rsa1-
Ing y death sentences. With my Anoes
on the name ! fsltsrsd an Instant
Tvu. .s~sl.I oysy ass ..Ssss6cys sa4
read It TO himself:
For Heavens sake. Jamsson." -
cried. 'ist the ladiss retire hsssss -
t1s y cossiassAs !,