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HAND WITH A
MISSING THUMB
It Was Important Evidence, but
Came In Late.
By WILLARD BLAKEMAN.
fOapyri^hi, !**#. by Amrilcan Prca* A*?o
William Btuvb waa ^raduaU-d at the
? uuiltx- ?o boot of I he university
and becaui* an assistant in an insti
tution fur original scientific i^mrIl
Having a r?< b uncle, mmSRted aud
chi!d.t-*s. who was intending to make
him lib heir. be b ?d laid out a career
fur binnMif by which be l ight devote
his time to study ,.ud isiv^igatiou.
Thi> uncle, a Mr Trevor, was cashier
On, mor us youi. g iturcb received
a ttiMv from IjU uuci1 asking him to
call that afternoon at 3 o'clock, 1 lurch
red in the face and m muring to tilui
?elf The only person living in the
mau who to, k care of it. She heard
?"That'* the best i cap ?] > for vou "
Having dvtst-d OS. to follow a . ;;reer
?er-u?yu:Uj at iib club at >; o'clock.
lie dkt uor *1*. >k . .r soii.e time, be
SXAlttXKt> iHfc ' UKTt.N l>> CimKiuLIf
nr
Bur* li |>ut Ui* luoutb nearer (tie
holder and breathed ou it. 'fheu, talc
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the blurred wrtu*
ttiely
"Where can 1 Iwt up this bottle
"In any of the closets. There's one
>o each fti? r "
bou?e wiU be searched"
The dead body lay on the bed. Final
ly Burrh. rising. Mid
"Bvt- r* rrj-'ruujj my uncle's death
1 u,u.-i re juve the b-'ttle holder.
I Prouii?e nx that you will say uuthlng
l au at it"
Fur the ir?t time Mrs. Morton casta
las^-n ui glance at Mr. Bureh
"If I'm questi >ued a b"Ut it I shall be
obliged to tell
"If you are quest toned, yes."
Mrs. Morton gave a reluctant con
sent
"Uet uie a pasteboard bos that will
held It"
. Uhe ?eBi out or t:. room and i>res
i.. Mi mm
tntly returned with n bos. Burch cut
? bole to it large enough to let through
the staud of the bottle holder, by
which he grasped It. using the box an
a protector, so that uothlut could
touch the silver surface.
"Call a cab."
Mr* Morton did as directed, and
I'uix-h, carrying the bottle holder by
its staud part, left the house, promis
ing to return soon. Withiu twenty
tuiuutes he was back. Thou be went
to the telephone, called up the police
and reported that his uncle had died
suddenly under very suspicious clr
cunwtau e?. The coroner was not long
In coming and. after carefully Inspect
ing everything in the room, went out.
locking the door behind him and pot
ting a policeman ou guard.
While this was in progress William
Burch was locked In his own room
with a detective.
"My uncle has been poisoned," he
said, "by some one whose left thumb
Is i..i iiau 1 wish you to find that
person. If you don t I shall either be
??tented for murder or Imprisoned for
life or go forth a iu?:i with a blighted
refutation. I w s the last person
kuown to lie with tiy i::>c!e before his
death. In a few d: y.? or at most a
few Weeks 1 shall be ur rested.
"These are my d:xadv;:n: sges. On
the other side. I am hc!r to my uncle's
estate aud can pay my lawyers ami
you well. | care nothing for litem
provided you succeed. t!o. Kiud [tie
man with the missing thumb."
In Just two days from that day Wil
liam llurch was arreted for the mtir- :
der of his uucle, John Trevor. After
the usual delay the case came to trial. '
Mrs Mortou was the first witness for
the prosecution, aud oue of the tirst
? ie? ions asked her was If there had
i '-en a bolder for the soda bottle found
in the de -eased's room. She replied
that there had been and when ques
t >ui 1 further testified that the ac- j
cu tl had takeu it away.
i . is without any other evidence was j
i _h t>> convict Burch. Another fea- 1
I re iue was also sutttclent to that!
? d Iturcb was his uncle's heir. A
third feature admitted by Burch him- !
? If clinched the other two. Being :
1 t on the staud by his counsel and j
1 what had passed between him
I Lis uncle ut their last Interview.
Burch said:
M > unclu sent for me to tell me
t t he was luteudlug to marry. This i
? aid turn his property away from
t He proposed to make my inter- |
? i:. it det>eudeut upon the will of
t ia ly he was to marry. To t tils I
All wondered at this admission.
\. h li lcated plainly that in order
t.i -..?e an estate which wa| to pass
i at. th the prisoner had murdered
A -s for the dofeuse had been '
id iu the person of Edgar
Whipple, a bookkeeper at the bank
At this point B arch's counsel called
VV1 le to the stand. He was a pale,
nervous uian, who seeuied to be dread
ing tUe ordeal before liiui.
The examination of the witness de
\ eloped that he had beeu carrying on
his books a deficit of some $50,000
? h he had lost In speculation. The
i \t ve of the defense was an at
t to prove that he had visited Mr.
frev< r on the afternoou of the mur
der, that Mr Trevor was the only per
who knew of his defalcation and j
tl; t the two held a conversation on
tl t subject. All this the wltuess de
: 1, ai d us there was uo proof of It 1
tl ? nioa of those lu the courtroom
s that a wlstakg had l>een made In
ait' ptiug to establish It.
With' t dismissing the witness coun
?1 : : the defense gave an order to
in attendant. who disappeared and re
tu : d carrying a pasteboard bos,
i he placed on a table before the
w r TUe cover was removed, and
he lifted by Its base from the box a
diver bottle holder.
Every person In the courtroom bent
; i :td ?lth eager attention. Natu
it w:is inferred that this was the
?u -; artt. le that Miss Morten had
>J the prisoner had removed. A
lion was ex|>ected, and a seusa- '
i. realised. Counsel for the de- j
-till h >ldlng the bottle holder by
!?* b.ise, earned it to the jury box,
breathed ou it, handed a microscope to
jurj mm nearest him and Invited
k in to examine the surface. This
i : e>- was repeated with every jury- ,
*n i'heu, carrying the holder back
t" the ? Me, the lawyer set It down
"Gentlemen of the jury, this stand
id t e t I tie u setl when the murder
ed e .n took his last dVink. The soda
\w i>oured into the glass of whisky
I sohie oue who held it iu his left
I. ..ml, the thumb of which was tnlss
Ti .s person then dropped lu the
. . < a dose of prussic acid, which has
sluce been found there by experts.
Y.>u have examlued the sliver surface
: l.sve found the imprint of a hand
with the tiiumb missing. That imprint
c i> fr-'in the moisture of the hand
i! t grasped the silver. It dried out.
but I revived it with my moist breath,
tLat you could all see it, that you
i ;'l ' all have proof that the person
wt. ? committed the murder was a man
with a inissiug thumb."
Then, turning to the witness, the
lawyer said:
"Hold up your left hand."
1 1. stead of obeying the order the wlt
p.e.- fell over In a faint, lie was pick- i
?d up and placed on a chair, and as
soon as be came to himself an officer |
lifted the witness' hand, the thumb of
which was uilsalng.
William Burcli was acquitted, the
jury not leaving their seats. lie In- :
het:;ed a fortune from his uncle and
setikd a handsome annuity on the j
lad' whom Mr. TreTor was to have
married.
The man with the missing thumb
died before being brought to trial.
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