New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-03
orr.LEyUE HAS IT'S SLEUTH.
r-opys ON THE SHERLOCK HOLMES
- METHOD AND SUCCEEDS.

,,.rrrrvTENDENT RICHARD FINDS THE
LOW OF A lost GIRL WHOSE LANGUAGE
20 ONE COULD UNDERSTAND.
bellevue Hospital yesterday NJ J. Richard
Up cunerintendent gave an illustration OF the
Dep"S -hicb nolice cases should he investigated
way - ,he afternoon a policeman walked into the
bA'.' - with pretty eigh,een-year-oid girl lie
ns'.'s ,ha, she had been found wandering In
rse..er Village the evening before. and IN the
We ,..,,a Court yesterday morning had been COM
Mo- - the Charities Department The police
iH make nothing OF her. She spoke language
GU s,,eared strange 10 all interpreters who couin
-. ,,und and not one could understand WORD
w - evidently lost but how could the police
o., .,v,hlne Of a eirl who was virtually dumb to
'eN % tn policeman had taken the girl TO the
t",,.s Departnisnt but. the Department being
~ IN a holiday. a last resort he had taken
e perevue so she taken in TO be kept
until to-day IN. ~. p,.,,ra soo,aoa
49,. Ne would find out something about his charge
. We go with a bit Of pencil and paper, which
~ ,,oced before the girl making signs that she
=. "a write The girl smiled took UP the pencil.
10, over the paper. and in two minutes had with
-, care set down what looked like the figures
l4o1. ,o
"a him this is evidently the number OF a
$50 or institution which has been impressed
:. ,,a girls mind. This looks simple. All have
~ Al is 70 find every avenue in the city which
80 Number 14Ol Then I'll telephone 10 the
10. s,a,,on nearest 10 the number to send man
p"r,s there. Watch me find out where she
lives -, .,x. ,,-o, ,.as
IT,. - the hospital were busy In an hour and
s.it more Richard had heard from all the liol
-. and no one knew the girl.
n~-,nr this time the police had been al WORK
- Rickard had not let the case drop. You
nov - evnlained this is uncertain; there are
s. ' -rovs ~ working it." He held UP bit OF
- covered with lines OF figures. This girl
pNi 80 the numbers all right. but she may have
nc - ,her incorrectly Now. l have here
1~n.sso combinations, which have made from
We r,,r,hsrs / l. and !. There may be more com
nnatons in it, but can't IND them Now, the
.~a-,,or q which number will take? l can't hunt
eues ~ ,hs numbers in the city. Which shall
take -, -, s
.sr bis finger down the columns OF figures 1
,s',k I have H. This girl looks Ike Jewess
~ .-orn right 70 left. instead OF from LETT 70
rgst Now this number that she has written y,
read from rg5t to left would De i'O4i' ''S'ea' %
IN SoT Continued Richard here's another thing
This girl found in west chester IL just 80
u" TER mat there was lot more telephoning ena
Il. .oea far uptown were instructed 10 SEND men
70 he houses numbered 1,0il Richard was sun
AZ his figures an hour later, "heh lho 'ei'P"0
mar shouted. Here she Is -, ,. ,~o,c,.
From far uptown policeman hao JUST pIoI in1t
=, word that John Guttman, VINO Ives al 80 "a,
Forss,-ave was short servant girl. She ha9
~, the house the day before to go on an en-
~ psa not returned. Guttman, the poNcemHn
,sjsnhoned was on his way TO benevue. ne
,,sssssbed Bellevue at 3 o'clock, four hours sitef
pickard rad begun 10 figure. .., . .-,a,,
A. The sight Of the man the girl uttered I'll a.,
ID rushed NJ 10 him. Guttman SAID 1Als 10
INV servant girl all right. 49, ~, ,ras
tier that the man explained that the slli ,a as
vie ssndar: that she had been IN tne couI,a,S
80 .o,1r weeks and that she was an Hunearlah
49, snoke peculiar accent Guttman tooh ~
5eigbfed girl home. Everybody consrar o,',
Richard. He said: Anyhow my nsuie' N"'''0
all right