The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-01-27

be the handkerchief"
Again little shiver reh through
the crowd, and Goldberger's eyes were
| cleaning. ...
You notice that two corners of the
handkerchief are free from STAIN" he
said, land are crumpled - though
| they had been. tied in a knot. The
handkerchief Miss Vaughan used
would probably be in that condition,
| would ii not?"
Yes" Swain answered. his voice
still low.
You heard DIR. Human testify that
he found the handkerchief beside the
chair in which Mr.. Vaughan was muir
dered?"
Yes"
there sGe n you explain its presence
Il cannot, unless it dropped from my
wrist when 1 stopped to raise Miss
| Vaughan"
GOldberger looked at the witness for
a moment, then he glanced at Sylves-
ter, who nodded almost imperceptibly.
| That Is all for the present, Mr..
Swain" the coroner said, and Swain
sat down again beside me, pale, but
holding himself well in hand.
Then Simmonds took the stand. His
| story developed nothing new, but he
told Of the finding of the body and Of
|
a way that brough back the scene to
| me very wildly. / suspected that he
made his story deliberately impressive,
| in order to efface the good impression
made by the previous witness.
Finally, the coroner dipped once more
bundle and unrolled it. II proved to be
a white robe with red stains about the
| top. He handed 1t to Simmopds.
| Can you identify this?" he asked.
| Yes" said Simmonds; ut is the gar
ment worn by Mr.. Vaughan at the time
of his murder
How do you identify it?"
| BY my initials in indelible ink, on
the right sleeve, where / placed them"
There are stains on the collar of the
robe. What are they?"
| Bloodstains."
Human blood?"
! Yes sir"
How do you know"
II have had them tested"
Did any blood come from the
No, sir: the skin of the neck was
not broken"
Where, then. In YOUR opinion. did
this blood come from?
From the murderer" answered
Simmonds. quietly.
There was a sudden gasp from the
reporters, as they saw whittier this tes-
timony was tending. I glanced at
Swain He was little paler. but was
smiling confidently.
Goldberger. his face hawklike.
stopped again to the suitcase, produced
a third bundle. and, unrolling 1t, dis
closed another robe, also Of white silk.
This, too. he handed to Simmonds.
| Can you identify that?" he asked.
Yes" said Simmonds. 1T is the
robe worn by Miss Vaughan on the
night of the tragedy. My initials are
on the left sleeve"
That also has blood marks on 1t, l
believer"
Yes, sir" and, indeed, we could all
perceive the marks.
Human blood?"
Yes. sir. l had it tested, too"
That is ALL" said Goldberger, quick
Iy, and placed on the stand the head
Of the Identification bureau.
Mr. Sylvester" he began, you have
examined the marks on these gar
ments?"
Yes, sir"
What did you make CO them"
They are all unQuestJonably finger
marks, but most OF them are mere
smudges. However. the fabric of which
these robes are made is a very hard
and finely meShed silk, with an I'M
usually smooth surface, and l succeed
ed in discovering a few marks on
which the lines were sufficiently dis
| tlnCt Tor purposes OF lQentlTlCatlOn.
These l have photographed. The lines
are much palmer in the photographs
than on the cloth"
Have you the photographs with
YOU"
II have" and Sylvester produced
them from a pocket. These are the
prints on the robe belonging to the
murdered man." he added, passing four
cards to the coroner. You will notice
that two of them show the right thumb,
| though one is not very distinct; anoth-
err shows the right forefinger and the
fourth the right middle finger"
You consider these plain enough for
purposes Of identification"
Undoubtedly. Any of them would
be enough"
Goldberger passed the photographs
to the foreman of the jury. who looked
at them vacantly.
And the other photographer" asked
GoIdbergcr.
Il got only two prints from the 9TH
er rob-" said Sylvester. All these
we're %pelessly smudged as though
the hand Lad moved while touching the
garment"
You mean they were all made by
one hand?" asked Goldberger.
Eyes, sir; by the right hand. Again
have print Of the thumb and one
of the third finger"
lie passed the photographs over, and
again GOldberger handed them on to
the jury.
CONTINUED next week.)