Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-06-03
THE "sLEUTH.HoUND"

About two yeArs aso, says the OnieAs0
Trfsas. Mr. AfAriAh Body. of Ne~
York. y. j.. an enormously rich. retired
plumber. On returning from Rome, where
be had been 70 select q really good cash
article Of title Coz bin self. Vas ssionish-
Cd % snd the from, door Of bis splendid
residence standing open. although he bad
closed ii securely upon his departure.
Proceeding farihsf. he a. once perceived
by the empty wine bottles and costly vi
ands scattered over the mAgnihoen, satin
firnifafe iha, ne house bad been bursla-
,ifsd in his absence. I, seems strange
that barslar. should always scatter eq,-
" viands about when they rob . place.
bai. according to the paper. they vii do
IL A pondsroas hair.,runk. Ia which
be kep, hi, valaAb'ss. had been opened.
and . mllon-dollAr package Of Z per
cents. removed. Il was impossible to
,el exactly when the robbery occurred,
bar the excited Millionaire a, once started
sor ,hs o.E,s q the "Prcfec' of Police. "
q. they ,ay in Al the Freneh plays.
Oa The ,,sp. q the O;hoe be snooan-
,ercd keen.looking man. with the eagle
no.e and hawk eye peculiar 70 detectives.
who inquired Il he wished TO see the chief
"Immsdia,sly." sAid the millionaire.
"He i IN Ne~ York. replied the man
on ,he steps. "ba, II il i .ny,hins Of
Importance ~ul attend 70 il IN his
place.
"Ihave bcsn robbed" said the victim.
Il anew i,. .Aid the police a,saehs.
wi,h the true PrOmPiness Of the PrOfes-
s.oa "is' Us =, once TO The spot"
The plumber led the way to the house.
II iras, no,hins has been moved since
the crime uas discovered. s.id the de-
,ecuys A. they catered the house.
Absolutely nothing, aid the old
gcntiemAa. Who had rad Gabonsa's
M. L-cocq" foar time.
"Becaass. ,aid the detective. IN aeh
depend. Ca careful study q the sur
roaaains.." an4 be began his inses,igA.
i.on By measuring square inch OF the
dus,-covred hd q the trunk. lie thea
produced small pair Of scales. and scrap
ins of the inch q das, referred 10, care
fsly weighed ihs same.
"Iei me 80" hs mai;erod, makins =
cAlcalaiioa "das, settles a, the rate Of
$4,000 o. an iaeh per hour !, Is there
fore certain TIA, The burglary ws CON-
mi,ed la.i Thursday a. Lisa m.
Dear me '" sad the old gentleman.
hos wonderful"
The detective nov approached the re-
mains of the robber, vpast There
werc three robbers" be sAid.
Yes. bas here are four glasses used. "
exclaimed the old gentleman.
The fourth wAs merely used to pour
the ooiky top of the bottles into" sS-
planned The detective. who gave his name
a. Kick.ha~. "Oae Of them vas .
po~erfal man Of advanced age. See
ihi. bitten cracker wears the marks Of
si1 decayed teeth. The second W. =
dandy. for yoa can perceive here he b.
repeatedly wiped ], On this napkin The
third wAs unmistAkAbly q woman"
"A woman ?" gAsPed the house own
er.
Precisely Nou see she has eaten
nothing save Pieklss and the ieias from
this cake. In her nervousness she has
upse, the salt and spilled her vine on
the cloth. I, was Der srs, affair Of the
kind."
"Ye.-I see. said old Body much
Interested
And pretty woman s well, ~en'
on the detective. "lou see she has
brushed the das from every mirror in
the house to look at herself. Mex, we
fad ,ha, they divided the Plandsr on the
spot. Iook are no, those broken tapes
the ones With which your bond package
vas tied ?"
They are"
"Daring the Division they qaanelsd. :"
"Bat ho~ do you know that" said
Body.
"By this overturned chair. Besides
the piano is open marks Of fingers are
IN the bass keys. Women always 81,
down and ,humP on that end Of the Pi-
ano when angry"
"Even when barglins :" said the o.d
party.
AT all times" replied kieksha~
at makes no difference whatever. The
woman had red hair"
Had. shF
YES; shs threw that book In the
corner a, the old man. and made his
nose bleed. See this towel stained With
bloodl No one ba, q red-hsired woman
would have done that"