The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-02-18
FART THE SECOND.
THE pIsoovERY,
CHAPTER VIII.

In Whitehall 10 consult the police on the
question of tho missing money, He had
previously sent information Of the robbery
10 the Bank of England, aud had also adycr-
tsed the loss In tho daily newspapers
The air was so pleasant and the sun was 80
bright that he determined on proceeding TO
his destination on foot He was hardly out
of sight of his own Offices when hc was over
taken by q friend who was also walking In
the direction Of Whitehall This gentleman
was q person Of considerable worldly wisdom
and experience, he had been officially as,ocI-
ated with eases Of striking and notorious
crime, In which government had lent its as
slstanCc 10 discover and punish the criminals
The opinion ola person In this position might
be of tho greatest value 10 Mr. Troy, whose
practice rs q solicitor had thus far never
brought him into collision with thieves and
mysteries He accordingly decided, In
lsabels interests, on coniding 10 his friend
the nature of his errNnd 10 the police, Con.
cealing the names, but concealing nothing
else he described what had happened on the
previous day at Lady Lydiard's house, and
then put the question plainly 10 his compan,
ion;
"What would you do IN my placer
"ln your place." his friend answered,
quietly, ~ should not waste time and money
In consulting the police,H
mot consult the policol' exclaimed Mr.
Troy, In nmazcment Surely | hnve not
made myself undorstoodi am going 10 the
head office, aud hayO got otter of intro
dustion TO the chief Inspector In the detective
department ! am afraid l omitted 10 mon
ton that
at doesn't make any difference proceeded
the other, Ns coolly ~ over you have
asked for my advice and give you my al.
vice, Tear up your letter Of introduction
and don't stir step farther In the direction
Of whitehall
Mr. Troy began TO understand "You
don't believe IN the dct0ctivo pollceN no said.
"Who odn believe In them who reads tho
newspapers and remembers what hc reads"
his friend roionod. "Portunnt'ly for the
detective department, tho public In general
forgets what 70 reads, Go 20 your club
and look az the criminal history OF our
own time recorded In tho newspapers Every
crime X more or les mystery You will
SOC that the mysteries which the police dis
cover are, almost without exception, mys.
tcrics made pcnctrOhlo by the Commoncst
capacity, through the extraordinary stupidity
exhibited In the means taken TO h.do the
crime On the other hand, lot tho guilty
man or woman be rcsoluto and intelligent
person, capable Of setting his Ior herr wits
fairly against the wits Of tho police-in
other words, let tho mystery really b. a
mystoiy-0nd cito mo case II you
rah Ia really dInlcult aud porplexIng ca,oD In
which tho criminal has not escaped Mind
| don't charge tho police with ncgloctng
their work. No doubt they do their best,
and t0ko the greatest pansin following tho
routine 30 which they have been trained, 10
is their misfortune, not their fault that thoro
* no man Of superior intelligence among
thom--l moan no man who Is capable, In
grCn. emergencies, Of placing himself above
conventional methods and following
now way Of hi, own There havo boon
such men In the po.lco-mon naturally
endowed with that faculty Of mental
analysis which can docomposo u mystery, ro.
solve II into its component parts, aud lind the
clow az the bottom, no matter how remote
from ordinary observation II may bc. But
those men have died or have rctirod. one Of
them would have been Invaluable 10 you In
the case you have just mentioned 10 me- As
things are, unless you are wrong In believing
In the young ladys innocence, tho ICrson
who has stolen that bank note viii be no easy
person 10 find, In my opinion there Ia only
one man now In London who N likely 10 ho OF
the slightest assistance 10 you, aud ho Ia not
In the police"
"Who Il holm asked Mr. Troy.
IAN old rogue, who was once IN your
branch Of the legal proto slon.n the frioud an.
swcrcd "You may, perhaps remember the
man; they call him odd sharon"
what the scoundrol who was struck on
the roll Of attorneys years sncol Ia no still
nlivcN
"Alive aud prosporlng, Ho lives In court
or a lnno running out Of Longacro and no
offers advice 10 porSons interested In recover.
Ing missing objects Of any sort Whether
you have lost your wife or Lost your cigar
case Old Sharon IL equally useful 10 YOU
He has an inbred capacity for reading tho
riddle the right way In chsoa Of mystery,
great or small In short, ho pososca exactly
that analytical faculty 10 which alluded
Just now, ] have his address AT my ofilce, II
You think II worth while 10 try him.
who can trust Hioh manr Mr.. Troy
objected "Hc would DO mrc 10 deceive
mo-
"You are entirely mistaltcn. Since no was
struck of tho rolls Old Sharon ha discovered
that the straight way n, on tho whole, tho
best wny, even In mans own interests, His
consultation fec is guinea and he gives
signed estimate beforehand for any supple.
mentary expenses that may follow. can
toll YOU this Ia, OF course, strictly botwoen
oursuves) that tho authorities nt my oflico
took his advice In n government case that
puzzled the police We approached him, Of
course, through persons who wero 10 10
trusted 10 represent us without betraylng the
source from which their Instructions wcro
derived, aud we found the old rascal's advice
we'll worth paying for. 10 isqute likely that
he may not succeed 10 we'll In your case Try
tho police, by all means, aud II they fail,
why there IL sharon ma last resourceh
This arrangement commended ltself 10 Mr..
Troys professional caution Ile went on 10
whitehall, and he tried tho detective police.
They NJ once adopted the obvious conclusion
10 pcr,ons Of ordinary capacity--the con.
cluslon that Isabel was the thief
Acting on tllis convi tion, the nuthorltie
sent Nh experienced woman from the Office 10
Lady Lydiaris house 10 examine tho poor
GIRLS clothes and ornaments before they were
packed up aud sent after her TO her aunts
The search led TO nothing. The only object
OF any valuc that were discovered had besh
presents from Indy lydiord. No jeweleir
or millinerf bills were among the napl
found IN her dcsk Not dgn Of secret OK
trpvaganca IN dress wns 10 be soon anywhere.
Defeated 80 far, the police proposed next 10