Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-12-20
sLrurHs ON LIE soEMT.
Wild Burlssque Of Scene in tho once Of
n Detective chief.


Wild BurIesque Of y Scene In tho once of
Detective chief.
IL Is the private Office OF the chief Of
detectives OF western city. A myste-
rious murder had been committed, and
Officers Slcut th, Sneak and Traccm had
been detailed to "work on the case"
Chief-oficer Sleuth, what success
have you TO report?
but partial success, captain"
"You located the scene accurately"
Eyes, sir; the body was found with
two bullet holes through the back.
There was no weapon about the body
and the house was ransackcd-"
"There can be no mistake about this,
Officer Sleuth?p
"None whatever, captain. IL is quito
plain murder has been committed"
Chief-Oflicer Sneak, what success
have You TO report?
Officer Stakeholder Tracom and I
worked togeths, while Lieut.. Sleuth
went inside"
GLOW long was this after the body
was found?"
"Supposed TO be about seven hours,
sir. As the lieutenant went inside he
walked three times carefully around
the house; we took accurate measure
ment OF the woodshed door and noted
the color Of the paint on the gate post,
and gathered such other clews as we
thought might be useful the trinl---"
"And did you see nc ,uspicious per.
sons?"
"Made one arrest, sir-n boy, fully
eleven years old, having bloody
hands,"
"was he run in?"
"No; had the nippcrs on him till
Sleuth and Tracem got him hand
cuffed, when"
"What then? QuiclSl"
when he convinced us that he had
been carrying a fve-cent soup bone
home to his grandmother, and that's
how the blood got on his hands"
ANY more arrests?'
Eyes, sir. just as we were measur-
ing the chimney to determine IL the
! murderer could have escaped that way
we noticed n boy who wore white
muslin shirt -"
"And you arrested him?"
Certainly The corpse also had on
a white muslin shirt. and here was u
clew sure enough. We all three put
the nippers on him until he could be
/ handcuffed -"
"What was his agc?"
"lle was all of seven years old -"
where is he now?'
"Oh, he proved TO be grandson Of
the murdered man, and we felt justi-
I III L., ~
lieutenant gave him sharp lee.
/ ture -"
"Is that allP"
'yThat is as far as we have got with
the case, captain. though we think we
can establish that street car passed
/ the house some time in the night; n
milk wagon passed next morning and
the wind was blowing from the north
west at the time"
Chief-Gentlemen, you are doing
splendidly; such conduct will add lus-
ter to our record for efficiency. Now
1t is fairly established that the man
was killed-though this will be veri-
fed by an autopsy by the police sur
geon; II is fairly certain that he was
killed at home and that he was not
killed before coming home; with the
measurements of the woodshed door.
the direction of the wind. the millxman
incident and the two suspicious ar
rests there ought to be no difficulty in
running the perpetrators TO Garth.
though one important clew may have
escaped you. You should have noted
whether the bricks of the pavement
showed signs of having been recently
tramped upon. am proud Of your sue
cess, gentlemen, and you will doubt
less soon receive promotion.-C
land Plain-Dealer.