Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-24

my pocket along with half burned ciga-
retto discovered about the same time and
went homo to do little thinking.
"a picco of ribbon which might have
come there in 100 different ways made
rather dubious clew, considering the cir
cumstances and half burned cigarette
was even moro so.
II have curious faculty of being able
to think moro quickly and clearly when I
have pen or pencil in my hand, just as
some writers can map out plots and Incl
dents best when similarly equipped, and
SO sat down with pad in front of me
and began to Systematically go over all
had seen and heard, making motto or a
diagram hero or there and being wonder
fully assisted by the operation.
~ tried In a dozen ways to connect the
supposititious young roisterers, whom no
body had seen and only one man had
heard, with the ak, the bow of ribbon and
the cigarette.
lit was the only thing could do just
at that juncture, and 1t was the easiest
thing in the world to connect them in
theory, all except the bow of ribbon,
which would hardly be thought of in con-
junction with man, young or old, and
of course it wasn't woman who had done
the deed.
This led me to figutatively hold the red
ornament up against feminine back
ground, and was struck by the curious
thought that If such small and peculiar
ly shaped bow had been worn by a female
at all it must have adorned very small
girl. certainly could not remember ever
having seen such a one about the person Of
| woman, either in her hair or upon her
garments.
"'This is unimportant, however, said I
| to myself after revolving the matter in
my mind, for it might really have been
| dropped by little girl in the daytime,
perhaps from her DOLL
"Yct could not dismiss the matter
| wholly from my mind. Having reached the
end of my theory building for the present,
| l mechanically took up the morning pa
per, partly as a duty owed myself and
my country as good citizen and partly
to get a moments respite from my
thoughts.
"Ono Of the first things my eye fell
upon was an article describing the defeat
day before and what was thought about
| L
interested in it, being a baseball crank
myself, but probably more on account Of
the curious fact that the victory had been
with the crimson.
with the crimson!
Like fash the red bow of ribbon
came to me again. 1t fairly Haunted be-
foro my eyes as l read farther down the
column about the crazy goings on of some
of tho Harvard undergraduates over the
defeat OF the hated blue in Cambridge the
night before.
THE hated blue!
Another electric shock fairly set mo
on fire with excitement as I thought OF
the second color
For the victim of the ak had been
dressed in blue suit.
Here was the whole plot unfolded be-
fore me in u flash.
1.-The boisterouS men whom the hard
ware dealer had heard were Harvard stu
dents out celebrating the victory in their
own peculiar Harvard style
Zone Of them, either drunk or made
temporarily insane at tho sight of the blue
suit on the unknown victim, had snatch
ed the ak, rushed up to him and commit
ted the madman's deed that had sent me
forth upon the trail. In the scuffle the
crimson how had been detached from his
coat, and here it was now in my hands.
apparently nothing remained now but
to find out just what particular party had
struck off through this section of the
town, and the fact that there were more
than two in the crowd made the ultimate
discovery of their identity almost certain.
"My conclusions proved to be exactly
right, for half u days work put in be-
tween the spot where the deed was COM
mittcd and Craigio's bridge resulted in q
complete description of all of the members
of the party-they were four in number
and the exact identity of one Of them.
Furthermore, l discovered through q
barkeeper whom knew that every one Of
tho four had crimson bow in his button
hole when he left his place.
well, after that it was mere child:
play" said tho. inspector as he glanced
up ncrvously at tho old statehouse clock
II had no trouble at all in fastening the
guilt upon the particular member of the
party who had done the cutting. Tho ar
rest was made in the yard, and can to-!
you it was dramatic one. would give
you tho details, but am due on the neXt
block in just three minutes"
But the murderer" said. "What
was done with him?"
1.-THE what! Oh he was arraigned in oour
next day, of course. The evidence was
conclusive, and he was fined $50 ant
costs. The judge came pretty near sond
ing him to the island without the option
of q fine
Fined $50 for an atrocious, colo
blooded deed like that!" / sasped. "Yo,
must be crazy"
"Not at ALL" replied tho inspector
suavely as he stepped off tho curb. II for
got to ell.you In tho first place that thu
man who was chopped up was very life
like dummy that had stood in front of thu
furnishing store.
That doesn't prevent it from being {
first class detective story, however, doc
itS just give my regards to Sherlocl
Holmes when you sec him. ''-Thomas +
Anderson i'll Boston Globe.
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