Evening star., 1921-12-04
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this way and that. He looked and he
thought. AS he studied the skull he
fingered the skin on his own forehead
and temples and chin. noticing how
thin 1t seemed to be. An idea came
to him.
I'm going TO get some putty and
put face on that man"
He went home and slept we'll that
night
Next morning he took his putty and
started working 1T over the bone. 1t
was the stickiest job Imaginable. He
decided to call up a friend of his,
doctor, and tell him what he was do
ing. The doctor laughed boisterous-
ly and eupeptically. thought il
great joke. told Williams it couldn't
be done. this putting a face on
skull. However. his father had once
made some death masks. Somewhere
around the house was some plasto-
lene used for the masks, that ought
TO prove more useful than the sticky
putty. He said his father would come
over that evening with the plastolene.
They did. Over the forehead, cheek
bones. nose and chin they placed
layer of plastolene. The doctor stood
back and looked at the head.
Williams, he's a Wop." the doctor
exclaimed.
The features of an Italian were
recognizable now.
Capt williams obtained some brown
set of false teeth like those of the
skeleton and some dark brown hair
from a barber. He did not know
whether the man had smooth face
or a mustache or beard, so he left
the face hirsutely unadorned. He
was about to put a complete head of
hair on his head when something
stopped him. The man might have
been bald.
He placed little dark hair near the
l r. u. n,
A collar and tie on the neck and a
black cloth arranged for shoulders.
He was now ready for inspection.
Near the skeleton of this man had
been found another skeleton. A neigh
Dor woman had wondered IL the two
could be her brother and a friend
with whom he used to get drunk be-
fore he disappeared. The last time
she had seen her brother he had re-
spOnded to this mans whistle, had
gone out and had not come back. She
had heard they had both been seen
drunk in nearby saloon that day.
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CAPT. WILLIAMS had this woman
~ and other people living in the
vicinity of the apartment house where
| the skeletons had been found brought
to the station. They did not know
A slide in a case was suddenly pushed
aside before one of them He caught
| glimpse of Capt Williams recon-
/ structed man.
Dominic" he yelled, and fell in
faint
Before noon six people had recog-
nized Dominic, including his sister.
That's Dominic, all right, but he-a
look-a seeck-a through here" one Of
them explained. pointing to the hollow
| cheeks.
Capt Williams had only aimed to
obtain the lines Of the face sufficiently
| to be recognized by covering the
| bone with a layer about as thick as
| the layer Of skin he had felt on his
own face. Now he added some more
plastolene to the cheeks as a friend
| Of Dominic directed.
That's Dominic all right" they
agreed. Dominic, they told him had
really been bald.
Have they solved the killing OF
| Dominic, you may ask? Capt. Will
| liams say no. but they have enough
| evidence to convict the Italian who
whistled for Dominic that morning so
| long ago and with whom he was
drunk a few hours later.
| 1t was Black Hand affair. The
| Italian suspected has a record and
| has been followed and traced from
place to place in Italy. where he now
| is Some day he may come back and
Copyright. 1921