Shakespeare.
[34. Midnight Murder]
Day said he got the blood on his muffler when he bent over Quale’s body. As blood coagulates and dries in a short time, it would have been impossible for him to have stained his muffler unless it had touched the blood of Quale shortly after his death. Therefore, Fordney knew he must have been with Quale soon after he was stabbed.
Murder, though it have no tongue,
Will speak with most miraculous organ.
Shakespeare.
[35. Speakeasy Stick-Up]
Sullivan, the bartender, said that, as he worked the combination to open the wall safe, he heard the hold-up man behind him. As he was not permitted to move, he could not have known the gunman was a big, tough-looking mug, as he described him.
As there would be no other motive in telling this impossible story, the hold-up was faked.
Inspiring, bold John Barleycorn,