Bargoed Journal. — 1905-07-22 (Gelligaer, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SCIENTIFIC CRIME.  IN this age of invention the criminal is likely to be confronted with evidence against him of which he never dreamed when committing the deed-. It is true that this rule works both ways, the clever criminal being able to bring seienceto his aid, sad in many cases, bafi'e his pursuers. The undiscovered ".lack the Ripper,' the mysterious murderer of Miss Camp, and many other miscreants who, during the past few years, have evaded justice, are casts in point. Sumo years ago a daring burglary was cninruittUd in a Canadian teen The safe of a owelier's shop was blown epen and a large quantity of gold watches and other articles, besides considerable money, was got away with. On examination of the safe a moat ingenious device was discovered. The burglars, who required time for drilling the steel door, had isAisally painted a screen to represent the safe, which they placed in front of the safe door. ?tibial this screen they worked with perfect security; for, although the shop ha no shett,re, and was kept lighted all night, the passers by and the night policeman saw nothing wrong ; the screen, viewed from the street, looked e..actly like the sate  Though the hardy rascals got away, the tell-tale screen they left behind finally be trsyed them, an the an who had paintod it was traced, and the oulprits, by lals description, ideatified. Shortly afterwards an audacious murder was committed, and to this day the criminal remains undiscovered, a though a large reward was offered by the Goverment for his or her detection  One day a small paakage of sweets arrived by post for the young daughter of the pro- ' prietor of the principal hotel in the town. The child ate some of the sweets, and became so ill that a doctor, close by, was summoned. A strong emetic was administered, and then she recovered but, on testa being plied, poison WAS found to be present in the sweets. In a small town news travels swiftly. Two similar packages had been received, one by the rector, and another by a relative of the hotel roprietur. The reztora little girl had not •t n Awy the sweeta, and on learning of th...r dangcrous composition, he at once handed them over to the police. The other child, however—a line healthy boy, hardly out of long clothes—had eaten some, and in a short time fell into c‘mvillsions. The physician was called, but it was too lute, the child's life uoiild not be saved.  %everal parties were arrested on anspicion, End experts were celled in to examine the addressee on the paeltages • but, though it -vas evident that oae person had addressed all Wire., as ease could be made oat against may of the sosperted parties, and the erimissi, ss has been said, rem/ism to be cbscovered. !So motive could be imagined fire sash a dastardly act, and it seas timought the perpetrator had somaindge against one of the three families, sant the sweets to the other two as a , i lyiliitt It is not no ,sqtlissentury closes science will have oprecia.weapoos late hands of r , and women. bat it is aloe just e same weapons operate on law and order, es that aline will decrease no account of the little change it willt have of remaining law detected.