Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-15

and thence back to the spot of first as.
sault. the evidence could not have beer
more chastity. Bits of her clothing
torn off by a ruthless hand, lay scat
tered over all these floors In her bed.
room. where she finally breathed hel
last. there could be seen mingled with
these number of large but worthless
glass beads; and close against one OF
the baseboards. the string which had
held them. as shown by few remain
ing beads still clingtng to 1t. If in pull
ing the string from her neck he had
hoped to light upon some valuable
booty. his fury at his disappointment is
evident. You can almost see the fren-
zy with which he flung the would be
necklace at the wall, and kicked about
and stamped upon Its rapidly rolling
"BootyI That was what he WINS after.
TO ma and carry away the poor needle
woman's supposed hoardinRs, II the
scene battles description-if, as some
peneve. he dragged her yet living from
SPOT to spot, demanding Information az
threat Of repeated blows, and, finally
banned. dealt the finishing stroke and
proceeded on the search alone. no
greater devastation could have taken
place In this poor woman's house or eff
fects. Yet such was his precaution and
care for himself that he left no f1neer-
print behind him nor any other token
which could lead to personal identffica-
tion: Even though his footsteps could
be traced in much the order I have
mentioned. they were of SO fndetern,inS
ate and shapeless a character as 70
convey little to the intelligence Of the
Investigator. s''e
That these smears (they could not
De called footprints) not only crossed
the hall. but appeared in more than
one place on the staircase, proves that
ne did not confine his search to the
lo"er story; and perhaps one of the
most interesting features Of the case
lies In the indications given by these
marks OF the raging course he took
through these upper rooms. AS the ac-
companylng diagram will show 1--WE
omit the diagram) he went first into
the large front chamb er thence to the
rear where We find two rooms. one
unfinished and filled with accumulated
SUN. most OF which he left lying loose
upon the floor. and the other plastered.
and containing window opening upon
an alleyway at the side, but empty of
all furniture and without even a car
pet on the bare boards.
why he should have entered the
latter place. and why, having entered.
he should have crossed to the window.
will be plain to those who have studied
the conditions The front chamber
windows were tightly shattered, the
attic ones numbered with boxes and
shielded from approach by old bureaus
was free. and. although darkened by
the proximity Of the house neighboring
1t across the alley. was the only SPOT
on the story where sufficient light
could be had at this late hour for the
examination Of any object of whose
value he was doubtful. That he had
come across such an object and had
brought 1t to this window for some
such purpose Is very satisfactorily DEM
onstrated by the discovery of a worn
out wallet of ancient make lying on
the floor directly in front of this win
dow-a proof of his cupidity, but also
proof of his ill-luck. For this wallet.
when lifted and opened. was found to
contain two hundred or more dollars
in old bills. which. II not the full hoard
of their Industrious owner. was Ger
tainly worth the taking by one who
had risked his neck for the sole pur-
pose Of theft.
This wallet and the fight of the
without it give to this affair.
otherwise simply brutal, q dramatic in
terest which will be appreciated not
only BY tho very able detectives already