Show BLOOD BLOODHOUNDS AS TRACKERS Conviction In a Kansas Murder Case Is Affirmed on Circumstantial Evidence i 1 Topeka Kan Is Is Jh the evidence obtained ob from the action of bloodhounds bloodhounds bloodhounds blood blood- hounds and the tracks of shoes clent to hold where a man Is Is con can convicted of murder The Kansas supreme supreme su su- su preme court has decided that it Is is where the dogs have bave been proved to tobe tobe tobe be accurate and reliable In following the trail of human footsteps In November 1910 Joseph Anderson Anderson Ander Ander- son was was shot and killed at his home bome In Graham county count Glen Adams lived I six miles away but he was as known to have left his home early on the evening eve eve- ning of the murder returning early the next m morning Tracks about the home of Anderson gave the bloodhounds bloodhounds blood blood- hounds a good trail and they followed it to the Adams house Shoe tracks at the Adams home bome and around Anderson's Andersons Andersons Anderson's Andersons Anderson's An An- dersons derson's body corresponded with the shoes shoe which Adams wore The shoes es and the bloodhounds afforded the only evidence adduced against Adams except except except ex ex- ex- ex some conflicting statements he be made at the time of his arrest As a possible motive for the crime It It was was' brought out at the trial that thai Anderson had accused Adams am and some other young men of breaking into a sch schoolhouse 50 some me time before The boys bad had damaged the furniture and building considerably and wore were Pros prosecuted by Anderson I |