blood-smear

Updated: May 18, 2025

Hornby glanced at the paper for a moment, and then said "This is the memorandum slip that I found lying at the bottom of the safe." "How do you identify it?" "By the writing on it, which is in my own hand, and bears my initials." "Is it the memorandum that you placed on the parcel of diamonds?" "Yes." "Was there any thumb-mark or blood-smear on it when you placed it in the safe?" "No."

R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman - The Red Thumb Mark