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BLOODSTAIN NEVER LEAVES MURDERER
Volume 4, entries 7372. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → MURDER → HOW MURDERER CAN BE CAUGHT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7372
(If they found a person that got killed, had been murdered?)
Yes, [they] say de stain would be on whosomevah did de crime, de stain would nevah leave him - some part of 'im. It would be on 'im, somewheres about 'is han's an' [or] it would be some place about 'im dat it would show dat he be de real per- son dat did de crime. [This belief is based upon the mark placed upon Cain for killing his brother Abel - see Gen. 4:1-15; see also introductory comment to interview with Doctor Marcus Brown, p.1290.]
The editor links the belief to Cain's mark and a Gen.4:1-15 reference. This is an editorial comparison, not the informant's explanation or an independently established origin.