The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-06
HIS DEATH-W WARRANT


cit was in Western city, some
years ago." remarked the city editor,
that / was holding down the CITY
desk On a da ly Tor the first time
We had d man on the paper who was
simply crank on homlcides: and he
was more than mere reporter, foi
he had detective talent Of the high
est der He didn't care much Tol
the common crimeS-bu"glarles, lar
cenies, and surh-but give him q
good mysterious ma. der, and he was
splendid. Not only did he have the
history Of all the famo S murders at
his fingers ends, but he delighted in
feGreting out the most mysterious
crimes that came within our prov.
ince In every case, except the one
l am telling abOut-and there were
a good many killings in that town
he traced out the murderer before
the detective even dreamed Of his
identity.
y have since thought the secret
Of his success was that he put himself
mentally N the pla Of the muir
ae er. and reasoned il out from mo-
t.ves rather than from the 'cleWS' ol
the ordinary detective.
There is seldom much method
in MURDER he once said to NE, when
in rarely communicative mood.
Most men would commit 1t in about
the same way under the same circum.
stances 1t is only when murderer
goes about it Systematically, as dc
the Thugs Of India, that a murder
becomes truly mysterious. ,
IL once asked him why he did not
become 2 regular. detective.
81 was born and bred newspaper
man. he said, and habit is too strong
to b eak.' That Was literally true in
his case, otherwise l might not have
10 tell this Sto.y.
"One morning, the body Of a fine
looking man was found in an allel
adjoining the electric light works. in
the very heart Of the city. The after
noon papers had chance at
i hr1 didn't mako much
out of it, 50 l at once as
signed it to Joncs-as we Will cal
b;,n AI1honnh no did NOT shaw nr
~ rho nsnYl hnur had no couh,
+h,f hn w,s already at work on it. a
II was * nvsterjo,ls = case As even
he rouId desire
..The victim WAS identified as &
TRAVELLING man who had inst arrived
and as far as known n had no friend.
[r ,c ,n,inr,nres in the ritv r. was
nnt c.,sr of rohhcrv for all hi.
-nnrav and y,luo les wera left on rht
bow vhnre ,yas = slirht contusjor
nm The hack or 1hc head a,,d small
n.oula like hole directly throurh the
MANS hoort IT, wa, esueciail,
strange that.snrh 2 crj,rn could have
hn.n com ,,it,od in y nuhl. . thoro,1oh
,.-. u,bIo tbnr. uv,c ah.o1rtaIv nr
,.Iau =, +ho ,nrrdarnr or hi. n,otive
,p,. .ho..o ~ c,,1+i,s 7uara o,1,
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~, . o++lc :, 5;6 mot 6r1 l,t I nt u,
-.m,,Ia h.vo :, ro~d ,-cnnnt of tho af
f,ir was 1hereforc somewha1 sur
nri,ed when he came speaklng ir
a,on+ : o'cioc,, in tho eyrninr to SCI
yrha1 his ossjunmen: was. He looked
worn and hagrord hut denied that
h. w,s III sE r,rn him the murde,
aI,,;anr.on+ tbnr,nt saw :
~.,,r,rna rorl- j., hi. ovoc hn+ ha main
SO. s ''s0 w an,,nId 1870 arr
"a itLr,t -uor1
"etI0 w, 9GO Co ".'''U"T a., " .,,,;r thor oro
,;,n :, rr,Ir n;lnirhr hnp,n +,
wander wbv | had not heard from
him hut ONLY sneculated on the DOS
sibjljtv OF something having hap
nened to him, for the idea that ht
cnn,d .ossihlv fail never occurred t
mo Finally after an hour had gone
Inv raiarhoneJ To The police station
Wo,d came back that there were nc
new DEVELOPMENTS in the case, anL
1hat Jones had uou been there. Send
inr two men out TO hunt him W..
cot IN Wort; myself to make IN
stn,r of tho murder from the after
~ ,r, Inst tbon Ionoc cau,e