Telegram-herald., 1891-03-06

him to become convinced that they led
up, ip = general way. and Is that was
the direction In which nc wanted to go,
he asccnded half dozen steps Here
he sat down 10 reject. He was aware
OF slight noise, but the house was turn
ing over and over SO fast that he could
not tell whether ID came from the cell
lar or the attic. He bestowed so much
sttentior upon listening that he forgot
To hold on 20 the stairs. and. as a result,
feu 10 the bottom with n resounding
crash.
This frightful rumpus IN the still
watches OF tho night awolre Mrs.
Flukes, who yelled burglars" in a
voice like afty wounded elephants.
f7ukes, not desiring to contradict his
wife at time when ne felt himself to
,bc somewhat az a disadvantage, also
yelled burglars" whereupon Mrs.
Flakes buried her head under the bed
clothes, while male servant, whose
room was IN tho gasret, fred double
barreled shotgun through the root, and
locked himself into closet.
I do not pretend 20 know how tie
household Strengthened itself out, but
nothing was done until morning,
when a search Of the premises revealed
the fact that nothing was missing but
the hall bushel of potatoes With this
cicw to work upon, the police soon ar
rested tramp who was heard TO say
that he hadn't eaten anything except
one potato during the past ten days.
Clever detective work, too" said the
officer who made the arrest To the re-
porters ct headquarters. Then be
winked nysteriously and remarked
that lie expected to have big story for
the boys IN day or two.
At the Central stStion Mr.. Flules un-
besitatfngiy picked the suspected man
ont OF group of policemen who were
sIl noticeably overfed, while the tramp
well. 20 judge by his enaciation. the
potato 70 which ne he'd referred must
have been a very small one. This
identification left no doubt in the mind
of anybody but tho tramp. who began
70 wonder whether he might not be
guilty after all. However. TO make as
sgrance doubly sure, the servant,
.Laggs. was sent for by the police in
the course of the afternoon He was
loaded for an Identification. lie had
heard Mr.. Fluxss at lunch time describe
81 Mrs. Flukcs the formidable and des-
pcrsse appearance OF the man with
whom he had struggled in the dead Of
night in defense If their home. The
lvillainous plsysiognomy pictured by
Mr.. Flukes made such deep impress
sson On The rnied Of La@-s that when
he arrived at the station he promptly
identified ward detective "Flug" Swsc-
IL ss the criminal.
The alleged feelings of Nr. Swagly
were SO much hurt By this mistake tha:
he offered 60 prove that Lagrs had com
raitted burglary. highway robbery or
treason IN March. 1854. or on any other
date that was convenient 20 the au-
thorities. All that Mr.. swsGly asked
was an hour and half 20 collect MS
witnesses. This liberal offer was re-
fused. but Il frightened Laggs 50 haIly
that he couldn't he found on the dsv
when the trsup came NJ for rreiiTui-
nary examination sra inclined to
saink that his alarm was unnecessary.
and that the ward detectivc bad over
---usu-r-- s-<v Y~~ers oeCassr.. n reex
later. when Lsyg< was cinbbed half 10
death IN an alley near near the Flakes
residences. SSaeiy was wholly nnabis
~ discover the perpetrasor of the deed
Bnt where Lays failed Mrs FInlxes
was strong. Al The preliminary exszni-
nation she did not hesitate for an IN
etan1 His honor asked her 20 fx her
.yss ca the rrisuner. snd she did 80
With a severity that shousd have been
er,x,d fer Communication of his seusencs
on ne ground that be had been pun-
shed enough alreaisz She was gosns