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Kaspar’s falling to the floor, that the murderous deed was
successfully accomplished ; and as he was likely to be discovered
at any moment he dared not wait to give another blow.
As soon as Kaspar had recovered his senses and his strength
he gave a full account of the transaction. He could not describe
ais enemy exactly, as he had only a momentary glimpse of him
sefore being struck ; but he noticed that the man’s head and face
were covered with a black cloth, also that he wore a dark coat,
black pantaloons, leather gloves, and polished black boots.
This statement was corroborated by the testimony of several
neighbours. A woman living opposite saw two strange men
coming out of the Daumer house between eleven and twelve
yclock, which would imply that the assassin was accompanied by
a confederate, as would be likely in such an undertaking.
Another woman saw a stranger, dressed in a dark overcoat and
slack pantaloons, washing his hands in a fire-bucket full of water,
vhich stood in front of the neighbouring hospital. He was about
‘orty years old, broad -shouldered, full-faced, and dark - com-
dlexioned. She looked at him as she passed by, and he stopped
vashing his hands and pretended to be examining the fire-bucket.
she called the attention of another woman to the singular cir-
cumstances, and that woman testified to the incident. This
man was probably the assassin occupied in removing the
stains of Kaspar’'s blood. A still more striking testimony
was offered by a little girl who carried milk every day to
che Daumer house. As she came downstairs that morning
she saw a man with a black face standing near the privy door
with a shining hatchet in his hand. She was frightened, and ran
out of the house, and on reaching home told the story, which
was not much heeded until Kaspar’s misfortune became known.
The “black face” was, doubtless, a mask of black crape which
‘he man took off before leaving the house. He probably supposed
that the girl's footsteps were Kaspar’s, and stood ready to fall upon
1im when he should reach the foot of the stairs.
Four days after the attack a woman, going to her work early in
the morning, met, outside the city walls, a man about forty years