TEETH-MARKS AS CLUE.

Cromwell Argus, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3482, 16 August 1937, Page 7

TEETH-MARKS AS CLUE.

A policman's teeth marks have led to the arrest of a dangerous criminal in Singapore.

Suspecting that the man had in his possession some illicit "samsu" (a fierce liquor distilled trom rice) a Malay lance-corporal cnased a Chinese laborer at a tin mine in the Batu Gejah district for halt a mile. When the constable caught him the Chinese drew a knife and inflicted several severe stab wounds. As the Malay was losing consciousness, he sprang at the Chinese and dug his teeth into the flesh of his left shoulder. Later the policeman staggered back and told his story. His comrades immediately scoured the district for a man with teeth marks in his left shoulder. In a coffee shop a man seated at a table winced when a policeman clapped his hand on his shoulder. The shoulder was uncovered, and there were the tell-tale teeth marks. I D'eelair. At a New York restaurant the colored waiter was handing round the C&k6S "Walter," said a fair young damsel, "I will have that chocolate eclair." "Madam," said Sambo, with offended dignity, "dat's ma thumb." Last. "I see you are at the bottom of the class for spelling!" said a father to his small boy. "Yes," he replied, "that was 'cos I put too many Z's in scissors!' Uncomfortable. "Sit on 'em, Ireland—-sit on 'em," Pat kept shouting at a football majch between Ireland and Scotland. Jock, standing behind him, could endure it no longer, so, touching Pat upon the shoulder, he said: "No, mon; ye can sit on a rose, a leek, or a shamrock, but ye canna sit on a thistle." ' it was two o'clock in the morning, and the doctor wearily put away his instruments. He spoke dolefully: "Madam, I would advise you to send at once for a clergyman, and, if you want to make your will, for your lawyer!" "Heavens!" groaned the patient "Am I as far gone as that 7" "No, madam, far from it. But it doesn't seem reasonable to me that I should be the only one to be dragged out of bed at this hour of the morning for nothing." "May I introduce Mr. Miller? You know, my dear Mrs. Jones, that he was for some time in the Canary Isles." "How charming—l do hope he will sing to us during the evening."