HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THIS PECULIAR FACT ABOUT MURDER CASES?
“Not a soul in sight. I shall never be detected.”
(✠ Represents scene of prospective crime.)
But at the trial it develops that the murderer dropped his handkerchief, also two cards with name and address; also that a man going for a doctor saw and recognized him; also that the janitor and his wife saw him from the basement window; also that a couple on the steps saw him distinctly; also that a man who couldn’t sleep looked from the window and saw him; also that a tramp sleeping on a bench awoke and saw him; also that a belated cab driver saw him plainly; and also that the driver of a milk wagon saw him approaching the scene of the crime.
THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION
Tommy Atkins—“So this is the bloomink sacred city. My word, what jolly fine walls for pill advertisements.”