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"There was the case of Von Bischoff at Frankfort last year. He would certainly have been hung had this test been in existence. Then there was Mason of Bradford, and the notorious Muller, and Lefevre of Montpellier, and Samson of New Orleans. I could name a score of cases in which it would have been decisive." THERE WAS THE CASE OF VAN BISHOFF AT FRANKFORT LAST YEAR HE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN HUNG HAD THIS TEST BEEN IN EXISTENCE THEN THERE WAS MASON OF BRADFORD AND THE NOTORIOUS MULLER AND LE FEVROE OF MONTPELLIER AND SAMSON OF NEW ORLEANS I COULD NAME A SCORE OF CASES IN WHICH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DECISIVE
s. 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? 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. “You are to be congratulated,” I remarked, considerably surprised at his enthusiasm. IC 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 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 YOU ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED I REMARKED CONSIDERABLY SURPRISED AT HIS ENTHUSIASM
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