Evening star., 1922-07-15

kharkofs wounds had proved
less severe than had at first
been suspected. and, having recovered
from the shock. he insisted on being
transferred from the hospital in pri-
vate ambulance SO that he could be
near his friends. Saratovsky in spite
of his high fever. ordered that the door
10 his room be left open and his bed
moved so that he could hear and see
what passed in the room down the hall.
Nevsky was there and kazanovitch.
and even brave Olga SamaroVa. her
pretty face burning with the fever.
would not be content until she was
carried upstairs, although DR.. kharkon
protested vigorously that 1t might nave
fatal consequences. Revaienko' "a, an
enigma of Il man, sat StoEdly- Inc
only thing | noticed about him was an
occasional look of malignity at NeVsky
and kaZanovitch when he thought he
was unobServed.
1t was indeed a strange gathering.
the like of which the old house had
never before harbored in all its varied
history. Every one was on the qui vive
as Kennedy placed on the table small
wire basket containing some test tuDes'
each tube corked with small waddiiis
OF cotton, There was also receptacle
holding a dozen glass-handled platinum
wires. d microscope and a number oil
slides. The boUlb. now rendered IN
nocuous by having been crushed IN Il
huge hydraulic press, lay in fragments
in the box.
First, / want you to consider the
evidence of the bomb" began Ken
nedy. ''No crime. | firmly believe, is
ever perpetrated without leaving some
clue The slightest trace. even drop
of blood no larger than a pinhead. may
suffice to convict a murderer. Inc IN IN
preston made on a cartridge by the
hammer of a pistol, or single halr
found on the clothing OF suspected
person, may serve as valid PROOF OF
crime.
Until lately. however. science was
powerless against the bomD-throWer.
A bomb explodes into thousand parts
and it's contents suddenly become gas
eous You can't collect and investigate
gases Still, the bomb-thrower is Sadly
deceived il he believes the bomb leaves
no trace for the scientific detective.
1t is difficult for the chemist to ma out
the secrets of the shattered oofiio- bus
II can be done.
"J examined the walls of DIR. khar-
koff's house, and fortunately was aole
10 pick out few small fragments OF
the contents of the bomb Whlcn ndu
been thrown out before the name "
nited them | have analyZed them'
and find them to be a peculiar Specles
of blasting gelatin. II is made oniy
at one factory in this country. anu
have a list of purchasers Tor Some
time back one name. or rather tne
description of an assumed name, III
the list agrees with other evidence L
have been able to collect. Moreover,
the explosive was placed IN leau
tube Lead tubes are common enough.
However. there is no heeu VI iui 'ii''
evidence.
He paused. and the revolutionists
stared fixedly at the fragments OF the
now harmless bomb before them.
THE exploded bomb" concluded
Craig was composed of the same
materials as this which ! found un-
exploded at the door of Miss Nevsky
room-the same sort OF LEAD tupe, the
same blasting gelatin me luse, q
merely a blind. The real method OF
explosion was by means of chemical
contained in a glass tube which was
inserted after the bomb was put IN
place. The least Jar, such as opening
a door. which would tip the bomb
ever so little out of the horlzohtai'
was all that was necessary to ex-
Mode it. The exploded bomb and the
unexploded were in all respects ideh-
tical-the same hand set~both
gasp of astonishment ran through
the circle Could it be that one OF
their own number was playing RAISE
In ar least this instance in the war
fare of the chemist and the dyhaHiter
"But," Kennedy hurried along, the
thing that interests me most about
this case is not the evidence OF the
bombs Bombs are common enough
ueanons after all. 1t is the evidence
of almost diabolical cunning that mas
been shown in the effort to get ria
of the father of the reVolutlon' as
you like to call him.
Craig cleared his throat and played
with our feelings as a cat does with
mouse. Strange to say, the most
deadiv the most insidious. the most
elusiye agency for committing MUIR
der Is one that can be obtained ana
distributed with practically no leSal
restrictions. Any doctor can purchase
disease germs In quantities suinclenI
TO cause thousands and thousands OF
deaths without giving any adequate
explapation for what purpose ne re-
ouires them. More than that, any
person claiming to be a sc1entist OF
having some acquaintance with SCI
ence and scientists can usually OBTAIN
germs without difficulty. Every path.
illogical laboratory contains stores OF
disease germs, neatly sealed up IN test
tubes, sufficient to depopuIate Wnole
cities and even nations with almost
no effort, l myself have actually cul-
tiyatetf enough germs to XIII every
nerson within a radius OF mile or
the washington Arch down the street.
They are here In these test Iupes.
We scarcely breathed. suppose
Kennedy should let loose this deadly
foe. these germs of death, whatever
they were? Yet that was precisely
what some fiend incarnate had done,
and that fiend was sitting In the room
with US.
ern dark-feld microscopes, he re-
sumed. ION this slide / have placed
a little pin-point of culture made
from the blood of Saratovsky. l will
stain the culture. Now-er-Walter,
look through the microscope under
this powerful light and tell us what
you see on the slide.
I bent over I'm the darkened field
points of colored light" ] said. They
are wriggIing about with a peculiar
twisting motion
Like corkscrew." interrupted
Kennedy, impatient to go on. They
are of the species known as pirilla.
Here is another slide. culture from
the blood of Samarova."
IT see them there. too" ex-
claimed.
EVERY one was now crowding for
a glimpse, as I raised my head.
what Is this germ?" asked a hol-
low voice from the doorway.
We looked, startled. There stood
Saratovsky, more like ghost than
a living being. Kennedy sprang for
ward and caught him as he swayed.
and I moved up an armchair for him:
said Kennedy, "the germ Of the re-
iasping fever, but of the most viru
lent Asiatic strain. Obermeyer. who
diacoyered II, caught the disease and
died of it, a martyr to science"
A shrek Of CONSERVATION rang