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But it is a fact, nevertheless.
"It is a very simple matter for the police to apprehend the common
murderer whose weapon is a knife or a gun, but it is a different
thing when they investigate the death of a person who has been the
victim of the modern murderer who slays, let us say, with some
kind of deadly bacilli. Authorities say, and I agree with them,
that hundreds of murders are committed in this country every year
and are not detected because the detectives are not scientists,
while the slayers have used the knowledge of the scientists both
to commit and to cover up the crimes. I tell you, Walter, a murder
science bureau not only would clear up nearly every poison
mystery, but also it would inspire such a wholesome fear among
would-be murderers that they would abandon many attempts to take
life."
He was as excited over the case as I had ever seen him. Indeed it
was one that evidently taxed his utmost powers.
"What have you found?" I asked, startled.
"You remember my use of the sphygmomanometer?" he asked.


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