Show I 1100 TRUE DETECTIVE STORIES I THE FINAL TEST Many are the tricks to which detectives detectives detec detec- tives of at various countries resort j in order to secure confessions of crime from suspected prisoners Some of and the these like the third degree water cure oure are brutal in the ex ex- ex Others like Inspector Bryno's Brynos fourth degree arc are merely clever utilIzations utilizations utilizations util util- of applied psychology founded found found- ed upon the fact that the police of official official official of- of is usually of ot a higher order of ot Intelligence than the man who is under under under un un- un- un der arrest Such for example was the ruse used by Mace chief of the Parisian police 10 foroe too who cleared up the Duclos murder murder murder mur mur- der when everyone else had failed Then mangled remains of M. M Duclos had been found in the well of a house housein in the Rue Princesse All the evidence evidence evi evi- evi- evi dence which Mace could gather pointed point point- ed directly to a man named a close friend of Duclos who was known recently to have quarreled with him But strive as he could Mace could secure nothing but the most circumstantial circumstantial circumstantial cir cir- cir cir- proofs of guilt I and and even the majority of these were as evidence under the French law either ignorant of the fact that he was suspected or of matching matchin wits with a man who was waa later to be recognized as one of 01 the greatest of ot detectives appeared perfectly perfectly perfectly per per- willing to assist in the search for Duclos' Duclos murderer He lie placed himself himself him him- I self at Maces Mace's disposal and spoke freely free free- freely ly of his relations with the dead man even up to the point of admitting that he had hau been one of the last persons to tose see se him alive But he added Inasmuch as I did not kill him I was certainly not the thelast thelast lit last st At this Maco would smile and wonder won- won dor der how he was going to force farce a confession confession confession con con- from this callous criminal for he realized that only by a confession could a conviction be secured beau had covered his tracks too well to p permit of t 10 discovery of any in incriminating incriminating tn- tn criminating information Examination of the Duclos house convinced Mace that the murder had taken place in the dead mans man's bedroom which a as in the majority of Parisian houses was tiled The detective felt felti i certain that it was 3 here that Duclos had been c killed and the body dismembered I II ben afterward to be thrown Into the I well which opened directly under the window At the request of ot Mace came to the Duclos house one afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon about a month after atter tho the discovery of the murder and was Informed that the detective merely wished him to be present at a little Investigation pertaining per per- taming to the crime an crime an Investigation tion which was a a. duplicate of Duclos Ducios even to the color of the eyes and the peculiar style of shoes which the deadman dead deadman deadman man had affected My Ity Idea explained Mace is js to the crime as far as possible so that reasoning from the tho effect we may gain an Insight Into the identity I of the cause If we wo can deduce anything anything any any- thing which might have followed the murder we may stumble across a valuable valuable val val- clue to the subsequent movements movements move move- ments meats of the criminal It was at his direction that the fl figure figure fig fig- ure representing Duclos was taken to tho the bedroom and then for the first time Interrupted the proceedings proceedings proceedings pro pro- by asking the reason for this when the body had been discovered l Inthe in tho the well That replied Mace you shall presently presently presently pres pres- see Something which had re recently recently recently re- re come to light has has has- and here he halted leaving his sentence in midair mid mid- air but it seemed to him that Voir- Voir beaus beau's interest which up to that time had been Jeen superficial suddenly became strained and active Upon reaching the tho bedroom one of the other detectives acted the part of the murderer striking Duclos from behind and then placIng the body upon a large table which iCh stood in the center center cen cen- fea go ter of the room This table continued Mace race was up against the far window low when we first entered the room but there thero are marks on the floor which clearly In Indicate Indicate indicate In- In Its as it is now Am I l Quite agreed bly bl Without a a. word the detective who wh was playing the role rolo of murderer se secured secured secured se- se cured a a. knife knife one point well we'll have to guess at at interpolated Mace forwe dont don't know where tho the weapon cam cams from and from and commenced lo to dismember dismember dis dis- dismember member the figure upon the table As Ashe Ashe Ashe he did so Mace race stepped forward and started to pour water from a a. pitcher over the body Here Hero is something that I wish you to note particularly he be said to Voir Voir- beau The tiling of this room has as you will observe a slight slope to towards towards to- to towards wards the center center really really not enough to be perceptible but sufficient to permit permit permit per per- mit any liquid dropping upon it to gather In a a. pool in the middle of at the room and he pointed to the puddle of or water at his feet teet Overwrought by the scene enacted before r rh h his eyes was beginning beginning begin begin- ning r to o succumb c b under re the e strain a Si Silently Si- Si but tensely he watched the steady drip drip drip of or the liquid which represented the tho blood of ot his dear i friend As he watched him Mace race thought he could read what was goIng goIng going go- go Ing through his mind the mind the feeling that he ho had overlooked one shred of evi evi- evi- evi dence Well now see sea the result of this exclaimed the detective dramatically as he motioned to one of ot his men to mop up the place Motioning to his side Mace commenced to dig at the holes In the center enter of the room Finally one of at them came up up-to up to disclose a brown brown- red ish-red mass of coagulated blood which had settled in the shape of or a distinct letter V Stop it It for tor Gods God's sake cried Voir Voir- beau Even his hs blood convicts me nie I Yes Yes I did It but Jt-but but let me get out of ot hero here It wasn't his blood retorted the detective but your conscience Heres Here's where the blood came from I placed It there myself last night and he held up the body of a rabbit with Its its' throat slit from ear to ear I |