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DR. LANCASSAGN MUCH F Foot Prints in Sand From *?/l Fotat AI CU1U A VTT Ik/VA vuno V, Led to Butch On the first of December, 1911,'a k the Paris police found Jules Decasse, j a retired shopkeeper, dead in the n kitchen of his home at No. 22 Rue I ii Montmartre. Decasse had been kill- g ed with a heavy butcher knife, al-; u most a cleaver in size. A charwoman b was upstairs at the time, but she had j h heard no one with Decasse, nor had : she knowledge of any one having h entered the house. She identified the e Knue as one ueionging to me uiui- ^ aered man. i n i The police found nothing in their | w ^ first examination to point to the as- j h sassin. Dr. Lancassagne, the famous j criminologist, was sent for by M. Le-; ^ pine, the Paris chief of police. j b "All that we have as evidence is : tl this knife," said Lepine. "Unfortunately, it is one of Decasse's, and so ; gives no clue towards his murderer." | i B > Dr. Lacassagne went through the I usual procedure of photography and ^ then began his examination of the I . floor. A flower pot had been over-; turned in the kitchen, and upon the I earth which had fallen from it was a sharply defined footprint. Comparison showed that 'it was not that of j ^ tho victim * ! 0) | " Next the criminologist began a mi- j ^ nute analysis of the' cuts which had ! ^ caused death. From them he turned ; tc to a microscopic examination of the | knife. ! Ct I "M. Lepine," he said, "let your ; tl men seek for a butcher who wears a ir pair of heavy shoes made by Ober- T heimer, of Berlin. A butcher committed this murder. His arm is ex- b: k 4 actly 31 inches from shoulder to se palm, and he is five feet ten inches 0 in height!" j tl M. Lepine gave his orders and the I w hunt for the butcher began. j \\ "Now," said Dr. Lacassagne, "let s ei us begin with this knife. It is cer- hi ? tainly M. Decasse's. You will see ci I . here where the man had it upon his H wall. The murderer reached for it, j g] ' and in doing so overturned this pi flower pot. Here he left his first bit aj of evidence in the footprint. | cc "Now you will see that the blade h of the knife was used not to stab or i si to cut, but in the same way that a! ri cleaver is used?to chop. The blood j se marks come within three inches of di tne top. isow iook ai me upper part i of the blade where it joins the i tc handle. You will observe curious; parallel streaks there. D "Looking at these streaks under m the microscope you will see that they ^ have been made by fingers being run 1 S1 * along the edge. "This is a butcher's trick. Every j ti ' butcher invariably does this to test tt v the sharpness of his instrument be- d fore he begins to cut or chop me?.t. : w "My first deduction points to a! je butcher, then! I begin to reconstruct, j y( I see the murderer reaching down; m the knife. He is bent upon killing : n( and every thought is directed toward I 0i that end. The moment the knife is j sc I in his hand it suggests to him his! occupation; in fact it is, as you see, j Tl a butcher's tool. Unconsciously he j performs the occupational habit ac-1 ^ tion. He runs thumb and forefinger I down the blade to see whether it is i sharp. He could no more stop this i t I ' habit action under the force of the iD double suggestion of using the knife 0j * and handling it than he could, when j q( talking about something else, tie up packages in any other way than he cc is used to tying them. fr "Very well. I conclude that there p. is valid evidence that he is a butcher. cc I go further. You will see that there are blood stains on the handle 0i * of the knife. Look at them again tt [ under the microscope. You will see m l plainly that this mark was made by gj a right hand and this by a left hand. w > The knife could not be effectively g( held in both hands at once. We must aj I admit, then, that some blows were hi dealt when it was being held by a > right hand and some when it was being held by a left hand. This is unusual. It either means that there tt were two men who killed Decasse? a 1 one a right-handed man, one' a left- a< handed?or else it means that the et 9b murderer could change hands and i deal effective blows with either hand j tc j/Jr indiscriminately. j ki i "Very well. Let us look at the h; wounds. The first is across the in shoulder. It must have been dealt st ! by some one standing in front of De- j s< casse, and it could only have been j re > made by a right-hand blow. The ' depth of the cut, its position, its di- j tc rection all show that. But here is I n< another wound across the face. The ai knife has cut down the left side, over the mouth, severing with the flesh gi part of the mustache. From the m shape and direction of the cut we argue that this was probably a left-j w 1 hand blow. There is no possible po- "< sition in which a man could stand M E TOO OR MURDERER. M w; Overturned Flower Pot th f Blood on Knife ler's Arrest. hs or ?or nd deal it with the right hand. st; "Let us run over the classes of len who habitually use b*th hands ed i their work. The first that sug- jo ests itself again is the butcher. In m sing a cleaver to chop meat the wl utcher repeatedly changes from so and to hand to rest himself. se "To recapitulate: We have a knife on eavv enough to suggest in a butch- to r's mind the idea of a cleaver. We wl ave it used as a cleaver to kill a ca . n flaTinQ fhof 1 TV T1 j iO.ll. ?V ^ VI lugavv CUUV/ iu lg the blows the murderer changed in ands, just as a butcher using a lei leaver would. We have streaks on le blade showing it was given the so utcher's test for sharpness. We can th ow reject the idea of two men using, sti le knife as unlikely. The murderer Mi as a butcher. a "The footprint is easy. In the wl ertillion gallery are shoes from bo rery factory in the world. Ober- tal eimer's shoes have always six pegs th t the heels placed invariably in the nn >rm of a triangle. No other shoe rh taker uses these pegs in this way. gr ; was easy to recognize them. My dc teasurements of arm are derived of om exact calculations of the height ge I the knife from the floor and the vk tarks left on the floor which show sw lat the murderer stood on his toes ini > reach the weapon. My calcula- ha ons of height are based upon the ha ilculations of the length of arm plus in le measurement of the footprint thi t the earth of the overturned pot. Mj he formula is an exact one. kn Within an hour the detectives co rought. before Lepine and Lacas- pa igne a butcher wearing a pair of berheimer's shoes, who confessed lat he had killed Decasse. He lived ithin a few squares of his victim, fhen the police entered his shop to camine as they had the shops of alf a dozen other butchers, he had Ti ied in panic, "Who saw me do it?" ed e admitted that he had nursed a trs rudge against Decasse over a dis- re] ated bill, and that, having gone fr( ?ain to the house, had been over- ne >me with rage and had killed him. to e had struck him first over the op loulder with the knife held in the ght hand and had then dealt the he jcond stroke with the left. Why he be id so he did not know, except that Sir svhen cutting meat it was his habit sir > change hands." du "But in this case we were lucky, r. Lacassagne," said Lepine. "My en might have found half a dozen atchers wearing Oberheimer's ioes." Dr "Is it not an immense saving of me and energy at once to narrow te possibilities to a butcher?" said ^ r. Lacassagne. "Ana, oesiaes mere ^ ere twenty other bits of evidence pn ft behind to eliminate five out of c )ur possible half dozen. No two en can commit a crime alike, and a(j ) criminal can escape his own rec d when it is put to the test of exact mj :ience."?New York American. pe [LLMAN ON STATE CONVENTION p0 wc rom Information at Hand, Regards toi Outcome as "Satisfactory." Pa pu Washington, May 16.?Senator j ^ illman said to-day, in reply to an de quiry as to his opinion of the action r> [ the South Carolina Democratic ^ onvention: "I have not seen the ha ill report of the proceedings of the mvention in the State papers, but om what I see in the Washington ipers I regard the course of the ^ invention as satisfactory." gtSeveral members of the South Car- ^ ina delegation in the house express wc te belief that if a preferential priary had been held the voice of the :ate would have been for Underood for president, and they are conlent that the vote of the delegation of ; Baltimore will ultimately go to Ha im. ' . ed e&i Xot "Trade.1' kn One of the young men attached to le American embassy at Berlin tells stc story to illustrate that modern Ch ivertising can cope even with the pr< ;iquette of courts. to A young American woman wished sai be presented at the court of the sti ing of Saxony. The high officials, wi iving inquired into her social standLg at home, objected. They repre- sti mted to her that the king could mc :arcely receive the daughter of a an 'tail bootseller. sk The young woman cabled home and rv >ld her father the situation. The of ^xt morning she received his iswer: wt "Can't call it selling. Practically to iving them away. See advertise- He ient." an That solved the difficulty. She toi as presented as the daughter of an bu eminent philanthropist."?Harper's an agazine. ev \ DOUBLE TRAGEDY. an Slays Woman and is Killed by Victim's Father. Dillon, May 15.?Coroner Gasque as called early Monday morning to e Fork section to hold an inquest er the bodies of Lula Mason, aged ! years, and Flegler McKinnis, who id both been killed the night before i the plantation of Alfred Owens, te mile and a half north of the ation, Fork. The testimony at the inquest show[ that Flegler McKinnis, holding a b in Marion as porter at "The Carichael," had called to see Lula, to tiom he had. previously been paying me attention. On this occasion, it ems, he began upbraiding her for couraging a supposed rival. A pis1 shot was heard from the porch lere they were sitting and the girl me around screaming that McKins had shot her and fell, expiring a few minutes, shot through the ft breast. The father of the girl, William Mali, seized a cha r and broke it over e head of McKinnis, who, it was ited, was trying to shoot him also, ison rushed into the house and in mnmpnt. came out with a shotgun, lich he discharged at once into the dy of McKinnis, the whole load king effect in the upper part of e thigh, alnffcst severing the fearal artery. Death from hemorage speedily followed. Several neoes were present and eye-witnesses lare that when Mason, the father the girl, went into the house to t his gun, McKinnis drew a small il from his pocket and apparently allowed its contents. Upon examation afterwards it was found to ve contained carbolic acid, which d been obtained from a druggist Marion. This evidently showed at a double tragedy was intended, ison gave himself up and was ought to jail, though the jury mpletely exonerated him. All rties in the affair were colored. TILLMAN FOR SMITH'S BILL. eless to Ask Him to Oppose AntiOption Measure. \ Washington, May 16.?Senator llman remarks that parties opposto Senator Smith's bill to regulate iding in cotton futures, favorably ported to the senate yesterday )m the committee on agriculture, ed not send letters and telegrams him asking his aid in delaying or posing passage of the measure. Senator Tillman explains that he is artiiy for the bill and that he has en in close touch with Senator lith with regard to its progress ever ice it was formulated and introced. Wants to Go Without Clothes. Boston, Mass., May 16.?"I would :e to go naked to my office," said . Charles E. Page, a prominent ;lrose and Boston physician, who lieves that clothes only encumber 2 body and should be discarded. He ded: "If I did so I would lose my actice and be ostracized by so>ty." Here are some of the reasons he vanced in support of his ideas: "As I was passing the city hall at j home in Melrose to-day, I stepd in and interviewed the chief of lice. I asked him if he thought I uld be permitted to come into Bosi with simply an umbrella and a ir of sandals. He looked a little zzled at first and said, 'Well?er? lardly know about that. It might pend somewhat upon how you carid the umbella.' This would be e ideal dress for Bostonians?a ppy smile and an umbrella to keep ! the scorching rays of Old Sol. it, of course, this can never be. "Some persons say, and doctors, ), 'stick to your flannels until they ck to you.' I say don't wear them all, winter or summer, and you in't catch cold at all." Lagged Behind the Procession. Aurora, 111., May 18.?The death ? *"" -i n - e ii.!. ? f U. W. StOCKWeii, UJ. tiilS) U1LJ, ai twarden, Canada, last night markthe passing of one of the quaint: characters in Illinois. He was own as "the man who stood still." As owner of one of the biggest >res in Northern Illinois outside of icago during the civil war, he aspered. After the war he failed keep abreast of the times and the me goods which he carried then 11 adorn the shelves and showndows of the store. Five years after the war he was 11 making a profit. In 10 years >re the place was a curiosity shop d has continued so. The hoop irt, barber-striped hose, jet jeweland like antiquities continued part his stock. In '.ater years he was the only one 10 entered the place except visitors the city. He did no advertising, i had about $10,000 worth of goods d settled down to wait for cusners who never came. He was at siness at 7 o'clock each morning d remained until 6 o'clock in the ening. He was 77 years of age. BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIAL. Accident Ends Army Career of Branson Young Man, Win. R. Brown. Brunson. May 15.?The mangled corpse of William R. Brown, a young soldier of the United States army, sent from Plattsburg. N. Y., arrived here yesterday and was met by the aged father and other members of the family and quite a number of friends of the deceased. The body had been embalmed and several wreaths of flowers had been placed in the metal casket by members of Company K, 5th regiment, United States infantry, to which command the dead soldier belonged. A telegram had been received several days ago notifying his father of the accidental killing by a locomotive. The young man buried to-day would doubtless have made theUnited States a fine soldier, as he was a fair prototype of his- aged father in physique and grit, who, with five brothers as soldiers in the Confederate army, helped make the history of that army in our war. Damage Suit Filed. Suit for damages in the amount of $50,000 has been entered by Mrs. M. G. Reed against H. S. Spires and W. N. Carter for the death of the husband of Mrs. Reed, who was killed in a shooting scrape with the two defendants. The suit has been brought by Dr. L. K. Sturkie and to-day the papers were served on H. S. Spires who was in the city. Spires is now residing in Aiken county while Carter is a resident of this county. It is stated that the papers will be served on the latter at an early date. The case is similar to that in Richland county some years back when one Sellers, was sued for damages in the amount of $25,000 for the death of one Farmer. The widow of Farmer, who was a constable, brought the suit after her husband had been killed by Sellers. Spires and Carter were placed on trial in this county in the criminal court and were found not guilty.? Orangeburg Evening News. \ WOMAN CONSTABLE CAN FIGHT. ? San Jc-se Deputy Administers Beating to Bad Husband. Mrs. William F. Curry, wife of a clerk of the justice court of San Jose township, has been sworn in as a deputy constable, says a San Jose, Cal., special. Interesting stories are told of Mrs. Curry's physical prowess, and although she has not yet made her first arrest, it is expected that she will give a good account of herself should J she have occasion. Every morning she boxes with her husband, and they | start the day with a lively three- | round go. I That she has a punch in either fist | was demonstrated recently when she f took a hand in a domestic quarrel in ! her neighborhood and administered i a beating to a husband who was ill treating his wife. Tar and Feather Reitman. San Diego, Cal., May 16.?Emma Goldman, anarchist lecturer, and Ben L. Reitman, her manager, are safe in Los Angeles. Reitman was taken from his apartments in a local > hotel on Tuesday night by armed vigilantes, it was reported-, was placed in an automobile and hurried nine miles from this city ana given, i it is said, a coat of tar and feathers, j The letters "I. W. W." (Industrial ' Workers of the World) were burned = on his back with a lighted cigar. He was left with his railroad ticket and money, but virtually no clothes. He reached Bernardo, 25 miles northeast of San Diego, after walking all night, bought clothes and finally landed in Los Angeles. Emma Goldman was escorted to the railroad station yesterday in an automobile after deciding to abandon an attempt to lecture in this city. MEETING OF TAXPAYERS. A meeting of the taxpayers, voters of Bamberg School District, No. 14, is hereby called to be held in the city hall in the town of Bamberg on Monday, June 3rd, 1912, at 4 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing one member of the board of trustees, and for the transaction of any other business that may legally come before the meeting. W. M. BRABHAM, = Chairman Board of Trustees. ^ May 8th, 1912. ^ : "LOMBARD" ^| j Improved Saw Mills, j (VARIABLE FRICTION FEED. S ?ndSRellmble.te| if Best material and workmanship, lighti * running, requires little power; simpleJ easy to handle. 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