It is to be hoped
that "Birdie" was found speedily and in an inexpensive manner.
When the case against Albert T. Patrick, later convicted of
the murder of the aged William M. Rice, was in course of
preparation, it was found desirable to show that Patrick had
called up his accomplice on the telephone upon the night of
the murder. Accordingly, the telephone company was compelled
to examine several hundred thousand telephone slips to
determine whether or not this had actually occurred. While
the fact was established in the affirmative, the company now
destroys its slips in order not to have to repeat the
performance a second time.
Likewise, in the preparation of the Molineux case it became
important to demonstrate that the accused had sent a letter
under an assumed name ordering certain remedies. As a result,
one of the employees of the patent-medicine company spent
several months going over their old mail orders and comparing
them with a certain sample, until at last the letter was
unearthed.
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