The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-02
EDITORIAL.
Time TO Call q Halt.

We bad supposed until we read the ac-
count Of Sheriff Dunn's, so-called, explain
alton which appeared in the Mining Jour
nal OF Saturday that he was n truthful
person aud that Jerry l.. had some abili-
ties as a detective, but that account GER
tainly proves that We were mistaken in
both instances.
In the first place, the arrest alluded to
by Mr.. Dunn, OF the man and the woman
we are informed did not take place in
September last. but several mouths be-
fore that, at which time Pearl Schofield
proved too sharp for the sheriff and
Jerry h., IA she got away. We are also
informed she returned TO this place in
September, but although the fact was
known TO both Jerry l.. and the sheriff
she again eluded them. 1t il fortunate
however, that a warrant for her appre-
hension was placed in Jerry LIS hands
aud that he kept it, for il now looks a. if
be we're trying TO use il as an excuse for
his outrageous conduct at Mrs. Kali
strom's rooms. According to the inter-
view Jerry L.. about a month ago, "got
track Of a party answering PEARLS de-
scription who was said TO be living with
her sister and daughter over the Califor-
MIA fruit store" Such being the case.
Jerry l.. had a FIJI month before he made
his raid upon there modest women
Surely during that time he could easily
have ascertained the character OF these
ladies, if be wished to do so; it only took
W. few short hours TO ascertain their
character. Jerry, when we saw him,
gave ar an excuse for his conduct that he
had no time To make enquiries, but made
the raid just az soon az he got the sup
posed information Of PEARLS where
abouts, and did 40 because he
was afraid she might again elude
him. Another part OF the interview
says that upon closer investigation he
found that Mrs Kalstrom was afflicted
with lameness, which Pearl Schofeld
was not aud the resemblance between the
two differing in several Other minor
points he concluded he was mistaken
and left the room" This no doubt may
be the truth, but as the discrepancy was
80 soon discovered by Jerry H., he is the
more To he blamed for not having dur
ing the month tnken some steps to make
this discovery. and before making his
raid upon these ladies. Many people ap-
pear TO believe that this warrant for
Pearl SchOfeld was only an after
thought and ia now brought into play
In order, IL possible, to excuse Jerry LIE,
conduct. This IL one horn To Jerry L.
dilemma the other il that il there il any
truth in his yarn his detective abilities
must be Of the cheapest kind, or he could
have easily, ia a month, found out who
and what Mos Kalstrom was. Which
horn will Jerry l.. prefer to take7
The interview further says: But when
he (Johnson) came back 90 report. his
description vi the elder woman tailed SO
closely with thato Pearl Schoiield that
Sullivan made up his mind TO 20 and get
the woman" In answer to this we may
cay that on Saturday, afternoon before
we had seen the Mining Journal, johnson
(whom we then recognized az man who
had called at the News office long while
ago and complained that Sheriff Dunn
would not appoint him "A deputy sheriff,
claiming be was too fond OF whiskey,
which. however, was no fault apparently |
in Jerry's eye) called Mt the NEWS Office
and informed us that the account II his |
visit as given in the News was about |
rorrect, except that he did not push him
self into the room, for when he knocked
st the door a voice answered "come in"
which he did. We are not aware to what |
Pearl Scho6eId belongs, but
unless she II Sgede, Johnson's report |
could not, II he told us the truth, have
tailed so closely with the elder woman"
az he reported TO Sullivan they were !