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Some were labelled, "Characteristic crystals of white man's
blood"; others "Crystallisation of negro blood"; still others,
"Blood-crystals of the cat."
"I have here," he resumed, after we had all examined the
photographs and had seen that there was indeed a vast amount of
difference, "three characteristic kinds of crystals, all of which
I found in the various spots in the kitchen of Mr. Pitts. There
were three kinds of blood, by the infallible Reichert test."
I had been prepared for his discovery of two kinds, but three
heightened the mystery still more.
"There was only a very little of the blood which was that of the
poor, faithful, unfortunate Sam, the negro chef," Kennedy went on.
"A little more, found far from his body, is that of a white
person. But most of it is not human blood at all. It was the blood
of a cat."
The revelation was startling. Before any of us could ask, he
hastened to explain.
"It was placed there by some one who wished to exaggerate the
struggle in order to divert suspicion.


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