The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-07-13

TH!: sHOTI.DER.
and feet were small, and his gloves and
boots fitted him to perfection.
This gentleman. said the chief,
~Mr.--"
Thank you. Mr.. de Souza has been
gooI enough to bring us some inn
Tortant information about the murder
In the Rue du Bar."
yes, observed dc Souza, "the police
have found clue; p, rhaps as / was tho
first to suggest it may say l found
Il Tor them. And by a singular coin
cidence, and, of course, quite indie
prnden'ly, you suggested in yesterdays
lhanticleer tn. very same solution of
the II ystcry. Indeed. your article in
terestcd mo So much that | thought |
would take the liberty Of calling to let
you know that the pol &C arc on the
Murderers tracks and will almost Ger.
tn My lay him by the heels before this
time Tomorrow"
We are greatly oblige TO you, and I
shall make use OF the information in tho
second article on the same Sub;e | am
just now writing if YOU will kindly give
n" II few details. l suppose you are
connected with tn. police"
In II sense. l haze long been a
student OF tho psychology OF crime
The chief o. tho detective police is
particular friend OF mine, and when he
has an interesting case never fails 10
let mo know and am sometimes ar lie
f. offer him valuable suggestion, as
In tho present instance. Indeed, I
think may call myself an amateur de-
ttctivc.
Yet you cannot be French, your
English is faultless.
No. | am not French. l am an Amer
lean from Louisiana. but for tho last
three years have lived in Paris. And
now for tho details.
When de Souza had fin she'd his mar
-yAtIve the chief thanked him warmly
,Snd observed that whenever he had
anNthinK OF interest to communicate
We should be glad to hear from him.
and would pay tor his contributions at
our usual rate.
WhcreupOn our visitor remarked.
smiling. that he hated writing and did
no; care for money, but that when he
heard of nugh. likely to make good
copy" he would dc himself the pleasure
OF looking in and giving us the facts,
which Mr.. davenport whose articles
were always SO well done, could put
into share ana produce in his own
vivid English"
blushing deeply, while O'Ica thank ed
d. Souza even more warmly than before
AMI assutod him that the oftener he
called the better we should be please /.
A man who could give valuable in:or-
nation ana did not care for mon y was
worth cultivating.
few days afttrward dc SOuIa called
again, and accepted an invitation to
lunch with him on the following morn
ing. at cafe in the neishborhood OF
thc alais Royal, where we had a pleas
an time and IA long talk.
DE SouZa had been attracted by my
articles ana recognized in me a kindred
spirit. lie was All amateur detect We IN
the sense that the pSyc holoSy OF crime
was his favoriic study. and he delighted
in unrav'll'nG complicated cases. The
possession o. al ample fortune ena bitt
hm to follow his bent and he had set
tied in Paris a. being the place best
suited to his purpose. Paris is essen
tjal J a city of strange crimes. The
detective service Is, or. a. any rate. was
then, admiralty or.-aniIed and French
iu.e- Il INSTRUCTION. are probably the
hest criminal invcsti- gators in Europe.
With several II them. a. also with III.
heads OF the detective olicc, he was on
ieraIs So friendly that Whenever thry
hal anything eXcepti' naiIy intcrestin.
afuot they never ia led - let HIM know
and. being keen analyst as We'll as ;
shrewd observer. he was often oI Erea
use to them.
Eut h. assbrcd ne that his most re
markablc discoveries Were the result t
unconscious cerchration. or. as som
people would say. had been made IL
tuitivclv. After huZzing over a ca
for several days and giving it up "a
bad job. he would go 10 bed and wake
ncxt morning with an idea which ri
him on the ri.ht track.
"Fut how. l asked. can cer' bra;lc
go on during sleep
How do we know what goes on du
sns sleep? Don't eoplc walk and VOL
and DO things in their sleep where
they wot not i'll their waxing m
u.tts? SO in the hypnotic state. pc
ple 20 things which. when they retu1
q .h.ir normal condition. they are u