Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-07

his fingers brushed the tiles under the
tub. He Strengthened up, his hand
held high above his head. The finger
and thumb apparently grasped some
thing; but they could see nothing from
where they stood.
Another clew your sharp eyes fail
ed to find" announced the blind man
quietly.
The district attorney was the first
to move. The police captain had to
jump to get ahead OF him.
"A hair" Cotton said. "A single
hair"
They could see it now, glinting in
the light from the one small window.
1t was long, of fineIy spun gold.
The girl who sat at the next
table," The exclamation came from
the mouth of the captain, and he bit
his lips because he had been surpris-
ed into open admission.
Right" Cotton dropped it care
it was utterly impossible to see the
hair, but my fingers, so sensitive that
they could have located unerringly
that same hair through several sheets
of note paper, found it instantly.
That's one of the feats of the blind
that the average person doesn't be-
lieve until he sees it."
But what does it mean" gasped
Carl. Was the girl here?"
THE evidence seems to indicate
that" Cotton rose and carefully
bushed his knees.
Trying to tell us the old man lived
in this suite and that the girl visited
him without the hotel people getting
wise?" asked the police captain.
LAS I said before, the old man
came here merely to be murdered. >"
Tho Hind OF
hand in his trouser pocket the fingers
of the other twirliug the thin cane.
Nice, quiet little time, clubbing an
old man half to death, and then cut
ting his wrists to finish it, observed
the police captain shortly
You mean the marks on the body
Plain enough, l guess" growled
McMann.
ITO a person with Imagination, yes.
That's your only fault, captain; the
one thing that keeps you in a rut
You haven't imagination, any more
than Doctor Brown had when he eX-
amined the body. The slashed wrists
caused death, and of course, there
was no need of an autopsy, which
would have proved that the man was
drugged to Inconsistencies before the
wrists were slashed. There could be
no sound because the murdered man
took the drug unsuspiciously, and it
acted at once"
But the blood! Where is the
blood?"
Colton's cane tapped the edge of
the tub lightly. "a porcelain tub, &"
he said. THAT mark under the left
arm, which your lack of Imagination
told you had been caused by the heavy
club, was made when the body was
Jammed tightly against the round
edge of this tub, as one hand on the
shoulder held it in position and the
other gripped the wrist to hold it over
the drain. A simple turning of the
hot-water tap, and there wasn't a bit
OF evidence. Simple, isn't it? - with
a little imagination and without the
handicap of eyes"
McMann swung around on the
square-jawed detective. Dust some
OF that finger-print powder on the
taps, Tom" he ordered
Tom, with the tip of his finger COW
cred with handkerchief, gingerly
touched the hot-water tap to raise IL
A paper packet yielded some fine,
white powder that busted the polished
tap, then was blown off. Every one
but the blind man stepped forwa rd
10 stare; he merely stood back with
his hands behind him.
NOT a sign!" .gruhred the detective.
Forgot that Brown testified the
murderer wore gloves so that he
could beat Bertillon, didn't 2" sug-
gested Cotton quietly.
Then the murdered man did, too. d"
asserted the captain. I'VE haven't
been asleep. We busted that finger
print powder round before"
Eyes! Eyes again." protested the
bind man wearily. "Of course, there