The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-20

'Immediately," said the millionaire.
s.He is in New York replied the
man on the steps, .'but if it is anything
of Importance will attend to it in hi,
place."
II have been robbed" said the VIC
tim.
Il knew it." said the police attache.
with the true promptness of the profess
sion. ''Let us at once to the spot"
The plumber led the way to the house.
II trust nothing has been moved
since the crime was discovered" said
the detective as they entered the house.
Absolutely nothing" said the old
gentleman, who had read Gaboriau's
m. Lecocq" four times.
Because" said the detectiv. .'much
depends on a careful study of che sur.
roundings," and he began his investi.
cations by measuring square inch Of
the dust-covered lid Of the trunk. He
then produced . small pair of scales.
and scraping off the inch of dust re.
ferred to, carefully weighed the same.
"Let me see," he muttered, making
of 4S-1, 000th of an inch per hour. II
is therefore certain that the burglary
was committed last Thursday at a quar-.
ter past one a. m"
"Dear me-" said the old gentleman,
show wonderful.
The detective now approach I'd the
remains of the robbers repast. There
were three robbers he said.
"Yes, but here are four glasses used, "
exclaimed the old gentleman.
''The fourth was merely used to pour
the corky top of the bottles into" ex-
planned the detective, who gave his
name as Kickshaw.
"One of them was powerful man of
advanced age. See, this bitten cracker
wears the marks of six decayed teeth.
The second was a dandy, with long
mustache, for you can perceive here he
has repeatedly wiped it on this napkin.
The third was unmistakably,a woman"
"a woman?" gasped the house
owner.
Precisely. You see she has eaten
nothing save pickles and the icing from
this cake. In her nervousness she has
upset the salt and spilled her wine on
the cloth. 1t was her first affairof the
kind"
"Yes-I see." said old Body, much
interested.
''And pretty woman as WELL" went
on the detective. ''You see she has
brushed the dust from every mirror in
the room to look at herself. Next we
find that they divided the plumber on
the spot. Look! were not these broken
tapes the ones with which your bond
package was tied?"
''They are"
'.During the division they quarreled. "
'.But how do you know that" said
Body.
'.By this overturned chair. Besides,
the piano is open, and marks of fingers
are on the base keys. Women always
sit down and thump on that end of the
piano when angry"
'.Even when burgling?" said the old
party.
AT all times" replied Kickshaw, cit
makes no difference whatever. The
woman had red hair"
'.Had, eh?''
.ssYes, she threw that book in the
corner at the old man, and made his
nose bleed. See this towel stained with
blood? No one but red-haired woman
would have done that"
Chow do you know it was the old
mans nose?"
because, replied the detective,
using microscope, ''the blood globules
are those of an elderly man"
II suppose they did not remain here
abouts long?" queried the plumber.
mo; they left the next morning for
Chicago"
.'Great Heavens! what do you meana"
said the old party, '-are you q magi-
Clamp
lit is very simple" said the human
''sleuthhound."
''On this scrumpled scrap of paper
you will see some figures. OF course
the thieves could not realize on the
bonds at once They, therefore, made
a computation to discover just how far
their immediate cash would take them.
Chicago was the result, as the total ar
rived at is the fare to that city multi
piled by three"
Il see-I see," said the plumber.
81 start for Chicago on the next
train" continued the thief-taker. s.Let
me see, perhaps you had better let me
have $500 for expenses
The other instantly passed over the
amount.
Remember" said the detective, rs
he departed, mot a word of what we
have discovered. Keep perfectly quiet
until you hear from me-"
And to this day the defrauded plum
Der is sitting on his front steps waiting
for news from the detective (who was
nothing more than the robber himself)
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