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That is a question which has puzzled many an expert, and why? Because there was no reliable test. Now we have the Sherlock Holmes' test, and there will no longer be any difficulty." His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his heart and bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up by his imagination. THAT IS A QUESTION WHICH HAS PUZZLED MANY AN EXPERT AND WHY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RELIABLE TEST NOW WE HAVE THE SHERLOCK HOLMES TEST AND THERE WILL NO LONGER BE ANY DIFFICULTY HIS EYES FAIRLY GLITTERED AS HE SPOKE AND HE PUT HIS HAND OVER HIS HEART AND BOWED AS IF TO SOME APPLAUDING CROWD CONJURED UP BY HIS IMAGINATION
the contents assumed a dull mahogany colour, and a brownish dust was precipitated to the bottom of the glass jar. “Ha! ha!” he cried, clapping his hands, and looking as delighted as a child with a new toy. “What do you think of that?” “It seems to be a very delicate test,” I remarked. “Beautiful! beautiful! The old Guiacum test was very clumsy and uncertain. So is the microscopic examination for blood corpuscles. The latter is valueless if the stains are a few hours old. Now, this appears to act as well whether the blood is old or new. Had this test been invented, there are hundreds of men now walking the earth who would long ago have paid the penalty of their crimes.” “Indeed!” I murmured. “Criminal cases are continually hinging upon that one point. A man is suspected of a crime months perhaps after it has been committed. His linen or clothes are examined, and brownish stains discovered upon them. Are they blood stains, or mud stains, or rust stains, or fruit stains, or what are they?  DROPS OF A TRANSPARENT FLUID IN AN INSTANT THE CONTENTS ASSUMED A DULL MAHOGANY COLOR AND A BROWNISH DUST WAS PRECIPITATED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GLASS JAR HA HA HE CRIED CLAPPING HIS HANDS AND LOOKING AS DELIGHTED AS A CHILD WITH A NEW TOY WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY DELICATE TEST I REMARKED BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL THE UGUIACUM TEST WAS VERY CLUMSY AND UNCERTAIN SO IS THE MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION FOR BLOOD CORPUSCULES THE LATTER IS VALUELESS IF THE STAINS ARE A FEW HOURS OLD NOW THIS APPEARS TO ACT AS WELL WHETHER THE BLOOD IS OLD OR NEW HAD THIS TEST BEEN INVENTED THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MEN NOW WALKING THE EARTH WHO WOULD LONG AGO HAVE PAID THE PENALTY OF THEIR CRIMES INDEED I MURMURED CRIMINAL CASES ARE CONTINUALLY HINGING UPON THAT ONE POINT A MAN IS SUSPECTED OF A CRIME MONTHS PERHAPS AFTER IT HAS BEEN COMMITTED HIS LINEN OR CLOTHES ARE EXAMINED AND BROWNISH STAINS DISCOVERED UPON THEM ARE THEY BLOOD STAINS OR MUD STAINS OR RUST STAINS OR FRUIT STAINS OR WHAT ARE THEY
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