If we sum up the points determined concerning the murder of the Countess, we shall see how heavily the evidence told against Stauff. She had been attacked in her room, and after a desperate struggle, which went on in both parlour and boudoir, she had been killed. Her secretaire had been robbed. Her body had been burnt. The blood-stains had been effaced by fire. The secretaire had been set fire to; and, apparently, the body removed from where it had been partially consumed, and placed near it. Now all this must have taken time. It could only be done by one who knew that he had time in which to effect it undisturbed. John Stauff was at two separate times, in the afternoon and evening, alone in the house for an hour, knowing that during that time he would be undisturbed. If his account were true, the murder must have been committed during his brief absence with the coach, and the burning of the body, and setting fire to the room, done when he went out to get his supper. But--how could the murderer suppose he would leave the house open and unprotected at eight o'clock? Was it likely that a murderer and robber, after having killed the Countess and taken her jewels at six o'clock, would hang about till eight, waiting the chance of getting back to the scene of his crime unobserved, to attempt to disguise it? not knowing, moreover, how much time he would have for effecting his purpose? It was possible that this had been done, but it was not probable. Evidence was forthcoming from a new quarter that served to establish the guilt of Stauff. On October 6, 1847, an oilman, Henry Stauff, in Oberohmen, in Hesse Cassel, was arrested, because he was found to be disposing of several articles of jewelry, without being able to give a satisfactory account of where he got them. The jewelry consisted of a lump of molten gold, and some brooches, bracelets and rings. Henry Stauff had been a whitesmith in his youth, then he became a carrier, but in the last few years, since the death of his wife, he had sold knives, and been a knife-grinder. He was very poor, and had been unable to pay his rates. In July of 1847, however, his affairs seemed to have mended; he wore a silver watch, and took out a licence to deal in oil and seeds. When he applied for the patent, the burgomaster was surprised, and asked him how he could get stock to set up business, in his state of poverty. Thereupon, Henry Stauff opened his purse and showed that it contained a good amount of silver, and--with the coins was a gold ring with, apparently, a precious stone in it.