Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-04
A WINDY DETECTIVE.

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 Thompson when Parker arrived, and
 was turned over to him. On October
 18th, Parker departed from Globe with
 his prisones and arrived at Bowie
 without molestation. From that point
 the detective and the accused man
 started for the East, arriving at Provi-
 deneo October 20th.
 The arrest and detention caused no special comment, nor did it provoke any feeling of excitement in Globe, ! Only the slightest interest was mani tested in the affair and the occurrence would have been forgotten but for the marvellous complexion that it has as sumed in the newspapers of the East The Providence journals md those of New York contain graphic accounts of the arrest and Detective Parker is made the hero of thrilling adventure.
 Tho New York World received it's account from Providence, and among other statements says; ''An attempt was made to rescue Mckenzie, and in this a deputy sheriff and the stage coach driver were shot and killed. ' This morsel is followed by other incl dents equally as romantic, equally as false, and combined they conspire to force greatness upon Detective Parker.
 But in the pursuit of renown the de-  tective should have been more dis erect; inc should have been consistent and avoided the truth in every parti- cular. He erred in permitting the truth to be visible at all, and therein he loses the distinction that Q Nun ohausen would achieve, and he falls into that class of pfevancators which merits contempt. He relates that the stage coach driver and deputy sheriff were killed. This is lie direct he aifirrus that there was plot to rescue Mckenzie; he claims that he was warned to be on his guard; he states that party pursued the coach he was in and so on, ad infnitum. Each of these statements is false, directly and indirectly There was not the least circumstance that could give color to any of them there was not the least suspicion of violence; there was not the faintest demonstration that any obstacle would interfere with the course of the law, or intervene 10 de- tor the detective from doing his duty there was nothing Cha; could warrant the peryersion of the truth but the greed of Detective Parker to obtain notoriety at the expense of commu- nifty that is law abiding.
 Detective Parker was shown corsid- erabie courtesy while in Globe he was entertained and every opportunity that could make his soiouln pleasant was readily shown hiuA His trip froih Globe to the railroad was not attended by any danger, and his tales as pub lished in Eastern papers tend in one sense to diseredit the West and indict it for lawlessness. Through this in- dietment Detective Parker feels the flush of fame mounting his face he wins distinction for bravery through faisehood that brave man would scorn to avail himself of; he gains a certain notoriety through the creduli- ty of newspaper readers, and by sacri- acing his sense of honor aud gratitude to the people of the West who treated him kindly. In brief, however, Mir. Parker lies in almost every statement he has given to the press concerning his trip from Globe. He tells the truth once, and that when he admits that he was apprehensiye of danger, and that his fears were aroused. This eonfes- sion is true.
 Mr. Parker was apprehensiye of danger. He Vas frightened by the shadcws of his own imagination, he was haunted to such 8 degree by dreams of Indians attacking him that he became so nervous that he could not hold a revolver s'caiy enough to shoot , crynte when he endeavored to do so from the stage In fact Mr. Parker is q coward and the officers off Globe were not slow 10 discover it, and the natural qualification of coward is Q lack of honor and an adyer.ion to the truth
 Mir. Parker has given such wide pub licity to his alleged experience that it might not he out of place to inform the Providence newspapers of an incl dent that Mir. Parker evidently over looked in his narrative Mir. S. c. Sayler is the stage driver whom the dispatches from Providence announced was killed when the daring attempt was made to rescue the prisoner, as related by Mir Parker Incidentally 1t may be remarked that Mir. Sayler is alive, and runs his coach as usual, knowing nothing of his own death, Mir Sayler this morning relates bis ex. perience with the great sleuth.hohnd from Providence. He said; We were going along smoothly and Parker was 30 nervous he couldn't cock his revolver to shoot coyote. told him a few stories, and he said Did you ever kill man2' Oh yes l replied, T killed nag man in Leadville, Cobra do. stole blanket from him while he was sleeping and the man froze to death. But were you not arrested Parker asked, oh nol' l said, they don't pay much attention to such little things as murders out here, but if a man steals horse he is hanged Mir. Parker swallowed the TaIe as inno-