Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-08
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cut-monsieur has himself observed
the ~indicatory evidences of this
assassination. The late visitor
he looked up sharply-"monsieur
admits that he was a Frenchman ?"
"Ah, yes" replied the Project of
Police, the man was a French
man."
The Envoy went on with his sum-
mary of the evidence.
1.-The late visitor. a Frenchman;
the quarrel; the dead man remain
ing In the library; the spots of blood
| on this floor that dripped from the
weapon in the asSassin's hand as he
went out-he escaped from the door
! yonder into the garden and thence
into the street; it is all certain.
monsieur?"
1T is all very certain" replied
| the Project. He paused-then:
But while the events are certain,
am not precisely certain that we
have the same conception of them.
For example, monsieur, will you tell
me how, in your opinion, the
assassin escaped from the garden
into the street? This garden was
not used; the gate leading into the
street is nailed up. l should be glad
of your opinion on this point"
with pleasure" replied the ORR
entail.
"The man escaped from the gar
den in the simplest fashion. He
climbed over the wall, monsieur.
The wall is of no great height. 1t
is entirely possible"
Monsieur Jonquelle lifted his eye
brows like one relieved from a e
plexity.
quite possible" he said. San
assassin could have climbed over
tie wall without the slightest G.ffi-
Guilty. I am obliged for your opinion
on this name Of escape, mon
sieur."
For a moment he seemed to re-
fleet; then he addressed another
question to the Envoy.
Monsieur" he said. there are
tlood-drops dripped from the point
looked down at the marble extend
ing to the closed door of the library
yond them. "I should be glad to
know how you think they came
here"
1.-THE explanation is entirely
clear" replied the Turkish Envoy.
THE assassin went out in haste
with the knife in his hand, and
these blood-drops dripped from the
point of it."
THAT would be possible, mon
sieur," replied Jonquelle. THAT
might happen!'
The Oriental stopped over a little
and glanced along the floor.
you have observed these blood
drops. monsieur? They are quite
clear
81 have observed them closely"
replied the Project of Police. There
are seven OF these b~lood-drops. They
are about the length of a mans step
apart, and they are each clearly Wis |
ible on a white square Of the floor.
Your explanation seems admirable,
monsieur"
He turned suddenly from a con-
temptation of these evidences into a
vague casuistry.
thought a great deal about chance
evidences of crime. Do you suppose
there are any laws of chance"
The Oriental seemed to reflect.
1.-THE very word chance mon
sieur," he said, "precludes the run
ming of any law. Events which re-
suit from the operation Of law are
naturally outside of the definition
of the word chance"
The Project of Police did not
pause 10 discuss LNlS COMMENT ne
went on, as though the reply were
merely an interruption of his dis
course.
Events" he said, "all ~indicatory
in criminal investigation,
we divide into two classes; those
happen by design and those
which happen by chance. By de-
sign we mean by the will and inten-
ton of some individual, and by
chance we mean all those events
which happen outside of such an in
t -ntion. Would you think, monsieur,
that there would be any distinguish
ing features, by virtue of which
one might put indicatory evidences
of a crime under one or the other Of
t--ese heads?"
He continued as though he had
entered upon a subject which close
ly engaged his attention.
at is an immense and fascinating
field for speculation. It seems to be
the persistent belief of every human
intelligence that it can, by design,
create a sequence of ~indicatory evil
dences, which win have all the ap-
pearance Of a happening by chance.
But after long reflection and the