by Tina May Hall
originally published in 3rd Bed
A murder had been committed, the instrument used being an ax.
The victim was a sailor of Swedish extraction and had sailed the lakes for seven or eight years, making his home at Buffalo.
The defendant was a dancer, a singer, a woman once beautiful who, because of her tortuous course, became roughened and changed.
The victim was a sailor of Swedish extraction. He was in the habit of spending his nights when on shore at a notorious dance hall in the infected district.
I was engaged as a medical expert in an investigation under peculiar circumstances. With your kind permission, I will briefly narrate.
The poetic statement that drops of different bloods in drying on a glass plate would give different figures needs only to be mentioned to show that science is not always divorced from fancy.
The victim was a sailor of Swedish extraction. He was in the habit of spending his nights in the infected district. One night he met a singer, whose husband was "the strong man" doing certain tricks such as stone-breaking, tearing chains asunder, and the like. One night he met a singer, a woman, once beautiful, whose very appearance struck him a blow.
A murder had been committed, the instrument used being an ax. After the murder, the house, a wooden one, containing the body, was set on fire, burning to the ground.
I was engaged as a trained and thorough observer, called into action to help solve the seeming mystery. I was engaged for the testimony of a microscopist—one who sees, then feels—not with his fingers but with his intellectual grasp. With your kind permission, I will briefly narrate.
A murder had been committed, the instrument used being an ax. After the murder, the house, a wooden one, containing the body, was set on fire, burning to the ground. The ax had been thrown down about eight feet from the house, thus being subjected to a high heat.
I was engaged to determine the presence or absence of blood.
The defendant was a woman, a singer in a resort, whose husband was "the strong man" doing certain tricks. Her very appearance struck the sailor a blow. The sailor's was a stable body not readily affected. He was of Swedish extraction. He had sailed the lakes for seven or eight years.
The victim may have been the husband, "the strong man" noted for his strength which in fact consisted only in stage tricks. One man was missing, one dead.
A trauma, be it ever so slight, is only safe as long as the pressure is low. A glance from her struck the sailor a blow. The action of the heart alone is almost never responsible. She was a singer in the infected district which caused her to become roughened and changed.
I was engaged as a medical expert, a trained and thorough observer, called into action to help solve a seeming mystery.
One man was missing, one dead. They offer a point of least resistance, and upon the degree of resistance does their own life and safety depend.
To determine the presence or absence of blood one must perform the most delicate test. The action of the heart alone is almost never responsible.
A glance from her struck him a blow. One man was missing, one dead. Her husband was "the strong man" doing certain tricks, such as stone breaking, tearing chains asunder, and the like.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, or a bridge stronger than its weakest span, or a man stronger than his weakest artery.
He was a sailor of Swedish extraction who was in the habit of spending his nights in the infected district. There he met women who were usually functional and temporary. She was a singer, once beautiful. They proceeded upstairs to a private room. A glance from her struck him a blow.
A bridge is no stronger than its weakest span. There can be no question about the delicacy of this reaction. The main force of the heart is spent in distending the arteries. A man is no stronger than his weakest artery. They offer a point of least resistance, and upon the degree of resistance does their own life and safety depend.
Leaving the room and descending the stairs, they met the husband who struck the sailor on the jaw, felling him. One man was missing, one dead. The house, a wooden one, was set on fire, burning to the ground. A murder had been committed, the instrument used being an ax. On the ax were found charred and brittle hairs and some brownish black spots, which if blood, were too much altered to respond to any but the most delicate test.
I was engaged as a trained observer—one who sees, then feels—not with his fingers but with his intellectual grasp. As a stable body not readily affected. As a microscopist and a medical expert. With your kind permission, I will briefly narrate.
Practically everything can be accomplished with the small direct vision.
One man was missing, one dead. The woman was a singer, once beautiful, capable of striking a blow with a glance. The instrument used being an ax. Her husband was "the strong man," noted for his strength which in fact consisted only in stage tricks. He struck the sailor on the jaw, felling him. On the ax were brownish black spots. The test is certain and quite delicate. The sailor was of Swedish extraction and had sailed the lakes. A bridge is no stronger than its weakest span.
Only the use of the most exact and accurate appliances could lead to successful or trustworthy conclusions. They proceeded upstairs to a private room. The main force of the heart is spent. A murder had been committed. To withstand the force of the heart's action one becomes roughened and changed. Matters of the most vital concern may be at stake, with a single small fragment at hand for examination.
There is yet no accord. How to withstand the force of the heart's action? The test is certain and quite delicate. A bridge is no stronger than its weakest span. How to withstand the force of the heart's action? I was engaged as a trained and thorough observer. The main force of the heart is spent. The vessel walls will yield to the strain. The instrument used being an ax. How to withstand the force of the heart's action? Only the use of the most exact and accurate appliances. Practically everything can be accomplished with the small direct vision. How to withstand the force of the heart's action? A murder, an ax, drops of different bloods, a blow, stage tricks, the tearing asunder of chains, the house, a wooden one, burned to the ground, the heart, the infected district.