The sun., 1897-09-23
yellow" SLEUTHS WORK
WooDsIDE FARMERS PLANT FAKES
FOR NEW JOURNALISM.


woodsdc, l.. l., is overrun with sloutts.
Any hour of the day or night ono or more OF
them may be seen stealing slyly across tho
fields sinking along tho highways, or pcoring
intently from thickets at the passerby. As
far manner and accessories go, they are the
real thing In the sleuth line made up for their
parts in accordance with the descriptions givon
by the late Capt. Blunderbuss Binglo In his
famous novel. "Doggcd to q Dreadful Death;
or, The Revenge OF Restless Rollo," the last OF
tho Eagle Eye series. They are doing something
In the dime novel line themselves, for they are
New Journalism sleuths, working on the Giold-
sensuppo murder.
Besides tho New journalism sleuths Wood.
side is undergoing boom in tho agricultural
line. Farmers are springing up on all sides.
They plant plaster casts with cabbage in them.
blood.stained clothing, and bullot-perforated
hats, and within q day or two they raise a
crop OF fakes which they sell to the sleuths at
highly remunerativo prices. There is moro
money In CRU bbing for plaster in Woodside than
for gold in the Klondiko nowadays And tho
New Journalism will buy almost any kind OF n
fake, provided only that 1t be dug up out Of the
ground This is because both brands of tho New
Journalism are represented in Woodside. Tho
Junior brand. In whose footsteps tho Senior
has mincingly followed since tho outset of tho
uleIuSensuppe case, ROJ On inc BTounu nrstr unu
now the Senior brands sleuths are spending
lots of their time tracking their rivals for fear
they'll get tho best OF 1t again.
1t all began when tho little Nunhemer girl
found, near the cottage at Woodside where
Mrs. Mack and Thorn are alleged TO have muir
dered Gieldsensuppe and cut him up, piece OF
plaster Of paris showing an imprint that might
have been made By mans head-the head OF
the murdered man, OF course. A mans head
| waa not found with 1t, however, but q cabbage
head was. Now, u cabbage head, TO q person
possessed OF any other kind of head. is suE-
gestive of joke. Not to the New Journalist
intellect, however.
Both the Senior and Junior departments made
q great splurge over it. Then came the horde
OF sleuths. They dclved and dug and raked
and scrabbled' and peered and sniffcd around
every swamp, creek gully, copse and bit OF
woods in tho neig ghborhood, and found much
| congcnal work in the drains and sewers.
Naturally they found nothing There was
nothing there-at that time.
Hardly had their search ended. however.
than the discoveries began. A shrewd mechanic.
who lives near the now famous cottage hap
pening quite by chance to be wading along a
running stream, stepped upon u bundle OF old
| undercothing. At least such was his story
told for publication. This savory mess he hid
in thicket and straightway made for the hotel
where the New Journalists OF each brand were
! stealthily watching one another. First lie en-
| countered two Of the Junior crowd. >,
Tho nG and sei
Here this won't do" said the mechanic
So thoy walked around the block only to
they boarded a trolley car. So did the Senior
trio. They. transferred. but the others. got
and there had the satisfaction Of hearing one Of
the trailer: say to Oh his S;ompanion: tr,h., c,.
They're goin' to New York.
| Instead OF going to New York the mechanic
and his two companions waited in the ferry
house until The Seniors had gone. Then they
| returned to Woodside and went TO the thicket.
The mechanic produced IL bundle OF clothes
and explained how he found it:
| lists. Wen want two columns of that.
| the clothes and have pictures made from
And where do l come inl' asked their
why, you get your name in the paper. What
COME Come e3i!4 of! Take aie ten!' ~ D''''''
"It you won't give 1t, guess the other fell
under his arm. started away,
In great alarm the two sleuths called him
back After fSnsgtntion con they .1s decided E that
order on their office for the amount.
| well, you must think I'm a dam fool. said
| he, and went away - dckcr with the Seniors.
But another planter had got in ahead OF him
there. This gentleman had sacrificed fairly
placed it in a swamp. after having jabbed a
few holes In 1t. and found 1t there two hours
latsr where'plpon he rushed to the Senior ,Ed9
the exclusive story along with history Of tho
life OF the finder and Of his whole family. photo
too good TO lose. OF course. but hardly had tho
deal been made when another planter arrived
raised in q gully back of his hou o. Other
similar news kept coming in until it became
ScsAt Scod there ' was sag chance for W W5oasde to be-.
| como the centre OF the old clothes industry.
A marked depreciation in values followed; Tho
| sleuths stopped buying and went 10 seuthing.
over their eyes, watching the swampy places
as it.they suspected that Gieldsensuppes miss
ing head had changed into u will o the wisp.
and was doing nightly turn near tho scene Of
Just when old clothes were at the lowest ebb
in the markot there arrived a dGputation OF
sleuths who were neither from tho Senior or or
who. having completed seasons labers on the
Ice fund, had come to Woodslde. The first
Gieldsensuppe had worn. undoubtedly the au-
thentic hat, SO the finder assured them lie
| had grated 1t on an elderberry bush and
plucked II Just in time to have it ready for the
FREQ ice-Inen. He pointed with pride to a bullet
hols in tho top 9t the hat made hy square are
crown. Such hole might be made by fall
Ing arrow or a meteorite but II couldn't possi-
| bly, be made by bullet unless the shooler.were
up in a balloon. or the owner OF the hat was
wearing 1t on his stomach. Nevertheless, the
free Ice men were enchanted. They bonght
things about it, together with an interview
with the District Attorney on the subject,
| couched In terms OF mystery. number OF
other hats were found, but this was tho one
that achieved the greatest nOtOriety.
As for plaster OF paris, that was found every
| where. 1t Is impossible 10 dig anywhere In
| WOodsde, II one Is to take evidence the re.
suits of recent excavations, without striking
this product. All tho town needs to do In order
to get good roads is to clear away tho upper
surface, and there. only two feet or 30 below,
will be found a complete plaster OF parisspay
| ment Meantime, OF course, nobody has found
enything that has the slightest value as bear
Ing on the case The plaster. inclosed cabbage
head still stands as the summit OF achievement
and the apolheosis OF the sleuths' genius.
| In this matt er OF the cabbage head the intended
exploit OF a young lawyer OF this city Is siGnlh-
cant Together with most other persons % in
telligence, he entertains a hearty contempt for
the seuth methods of the New Journalism. and
when the dredging for Giedsensuppe's, head
was going on in tho ferry slip he conceived a
plan OF fixing up plaster OF paris cast, neatly
founded and somewhat larger than amap's
head, and OF throwing It into the slip. In the
| was IN be N cah hbnpa haad In