The morning times., 1896-11-22
THE OLDEST DETECTIVE
He Spins Another Sherlock Holmes
Yarn at Mrs. Joes.
CIGAR STUMP HIS CLUE
1t Helped Him Srot the Man Who
Robbed SalOCn safe Was u
Respected Citizen and promptly
Gave Up the Money to Avoid
Prosecution.

The Oldest Detective blew In the other
night long with that cold snap that
came in the middle of the week Mrs. joe
was wiping the glasses behind the bar and
Banty and Hutchinson Of the Morning
Globe were pla aying crib to see who would
pay for supper, when tile %. II. dropped
into the big chair BESIDE the fireplace and
called for a hot Scotch
Morning, boys said the o. D., nOdding
his head toward tn criObagc board and
stretching his feet toward the open IRE.
Fifteen two. fifteen four, :; pair are
six. and his nohs' Is sevcn," said Hanty
. by way Of reply.
me y. u. was good deal of a eight
owl and althoughit was an hour after Press
time and the cable cars would soon he run
ming, no one was very much surprised to
SEE him. Mrs. Joe's Is sonnet thing out of
the ordinary, you know, and many people
go there because the rest of the wurid
hasn't found II out. You can whittle The
edge OF the chairs at Mrs. Jt-.'s, and some
OF the names cut ind scratched ON the time
stained oak tables have become more or
less famous. And then there is something
hOnclkc and cheerful about the big open
fire, and the qucCr-lOuking. ald-faShioncd
prints on the walls and tile general At
moSpherr Of cleInlr"ss that pcrva,les the
Surroundings Besides, Mrs. J,c is such an
Iwfuly gouI cook and takes an interest in
''her bGys.'' as she c.IlIS them and lets You
anticipate pay day il necessary.
The O. II. realized this as lie lay back
i'll the arm chair and slipped his hot
scotch thOughtfully, and listened to the
low voices of the crib players. No one
ever spoke loudly or raised Il racket
i'll Mrs. Joe's. 1t was considered de-
cidedly bad form Mrs Joe ALWAYS
I.,x
of all ante payday privileges.
'.Twcnty-oight. with Il pair said
Banty. softly. ITS "A GO said Hutch
i,son. Then ii's thirt y-One for four
holes and out Better make Il steak and
potatoes. III let you down easy" said
Banty, as he hitched his chair toward the
blaze.
Il remember said The O. n. thought
fully. when Mrs Joe had set the plates and
hustled in with supper: aud then hc re-
lapsed into silence Yes" said Hutch
iuson, what" Lets have it echoed
Banty: we've got lots of time" The q.
u. drained his glass and set il down. and
shifted the other foot up to the fire. Did
/ ever tell you. boys NO, you
didn't came in chorus.
We'll = he began. lit was one of those
strange cases we get up mt headquarters
now and then. 1t looked simple at the
start. and when the Inspector called me III
and explained mIttcrs. l thought l was
dead lucky To get assigned omit. You Soc
things had hePn pretty slow around the Of
flee for a coed bit. Seemed rs though all
the crooks had quit working. Ny partner
and had been doing little work around
The pawn shops, recovering watches and
rings. and one thing AMI another, but
that's slow.
But this case was good one. First
class robbery. and pretty neat work too
II was ON Monday morning when the rc
port came in. and the job had been done
Sunday or Saturday night. Ny partner
had gone over to New York after oyster
Jim who was wanted here then. and
got the case alone.
The .. u. stopped for n minute :.nd
looked at Mrs. Joe, who was clearing
away the things. Give us another rot
| one all around he said.
"Wcll,' lie continued. Il found the place
up town, no matter exactly where. II
was IL saloon: you boys have been there
more than once. They had closed up nj l :,