The sun., 1900-12-29
RoGERs, PEET ~ COMPANY.

with Funk descriptions, h" jumped for III"
pIao" called columbia, IN Alie7Jlri. here
he went t. work as a carpenter one day
the country constable came along and saw
Funk at work with his sleeves rolled dp, and
he put Funk under H." gun and gathered
him right IN Funk had n CrGcfNion tt
toocd on one forearm and a Venus on tlr
other "a the cir 'ular q! which the cons, abl"
was easy Criminals are not having them
selves tattooed any more, blythe war, since
the general abortion ol the b"rti ,y.-
Another piec" of pure luc, that cam"
my way. for wh."n Received an altogether
50. was when | collared Chicago swindler
IN the promoiing line who had IN" number
bug IL lbs head That is TO 81, DC beloved
that tn" number y was packed away by the
fates and stars for hi, peculiar lucky u>r.
He cleaned 'eWup in Chic'ro, mo~tl trusting
women. for almost hundred thousand on a
wildcat gold mining scheme, and then made
his jump II was 70 toss n die" To und ont
which way, he went. but, when got IN" as.
,gnm ent, braced IN" clerk Of the lak" front
hotel at which the -Nindlrr had been stopyt1g
In order TO get some intlmat" details about
the chap The clerk mentioned in an Of
bug, and that the number IN his ctse wIs Il.
said that the man had insisted On rcttlh;
for several DAYS for th" occupant oI room u
to NOV" out before fetching along his iraIs,
The clerk sud that II the mans bar bill ~
any other hill WIS $3.50. or something liIs
that the fellow would insist upon IL" book
keeper making II u pat sl1. Then the cirri
told me that the swiuGler. in chatting had
often referred TO Honduras as place whcra
there was money 70 be made. aud WITH ~,
slender stoc; Of irforuatiou coucnded ihat
New Orleans would he about as good place
To make for a. any
Il pat mp at the 81. Charles whenl got there,
and without really expecting any results, |
asked tn" clerk in an of-hnnd manner who
was occupy ing room II The clerk laughed
and told me that man with the number pug
had the room, and then knew that luck hai
com" along and given me the cordial hand
once more. The mans Ike" Wa in box Nc.
II. shaving that he was out strolled down
to the Office Of the company that runs tne
steamers yl' ing between New orleans and
liondnrtnian ports &nd the tr.' man ! saw saw
the man whose Itcturr | had In nN. pocket.
He was in,l-tint, upon being assigned 10
leans for Honduras on the following day.
when | gave him tn" ectOnlt" shoultnr
clap aud told him that he was mine, iie o
aten--pecNer. with time oil for good behavior,
but he be sipIinE tai On'- down IN I"Su-
ciGalpa Or some ot her pla"" in Honduras yet
il he hadn't had that number bug.
"On another ocC, sion annexed famous
hotel sneak thief ju-t because hr was too
busy drinnlns win" 10 get Inn ~r,i shaved.
now. and his plotdrc ornat' ui~ all oi the big
albums throughout the country ms fellow
from hna TO France Tor sou worth Of Jew
els in Chicago He had rogrt red at the
hotel at the same time tl" ar,nch diniomgt
way across the country To take the steamer
at New York lie had room on the SHma
floor and not very far from the frcnchman's
suite, 20 that ho had chance 10 attend 10
the rIbbpring He got INTO the French
couples rooms while they were out driving,
which h" undoubtedly knew al about IL
advance GOT II, and then lH~t droppcd out
he reason why suspicion attached to
this fellow was becIu," u" left h- two griIs
behind IN his room in h. hurry to leave
The proprietor of th" hotel described tho
fellow 10 lue as man with the peculiar dis
tlngll~llng marx pl a must E'ilt OIlp-l0l1
black and the other hall snow white He
Thought that this would ho about all that
the man ought 20 be appTeheni"d IN no time
but of cour>" the mustdCho REGULARITY was
quite value!"sS, for of conr,c u" man would
have sens" enough 10 whip i oil with razor
NJ III" first opportunity Ih"r" was nothIhs
IN his grir~ by. which h" could hc traced
but be- had neglected To depo~it his vauables
in IN" hotel safe, and II was ~ to him |
wasn't rut on thl> case ~ a.i, nut anott three
weeks after the robbery happened | came
on here To- New York 10 attend To little idenjI-
fcation business ! did my busn.-,, ant
then a cpupo of the boys down on Mulberry
street took me ont 10 have fun with me, and
We wound M in an uptown Turkish bath.
We We're re'linng IN IN" ho, room when
of protraCtnd iag came IN. acting pretty
skttsh lie wanted Us all 20 drink wine
had LOT of fine diamond rings on the fingers
Of both his hands. hu' what caught me was
the. fact that the stnhbe on III" right side
of hi np was os tlack as ink, Will Tn" other
; dc was white rs frost. | wok" up then
and cot nc>t 10 ono of the bath rubbers
THAT hug said the rubber. in response
on one 81 steady whirl OF bliss for a weok"hc's
spent nearly al Of his tim" mere, and when
lie seems to have nothing but, and he's kept
all Of us around here jagged since he nr {
Hes go, n lot Of the shiny bows on his
fingers. hasn't hc.' said to the attendant
Yes th" rubber replied but they're
not a marker to the bunch H." deposits in
ihe office ~ai" every time h" comes IN When
lc's been Jagged ~ hc'- shown EN- to me
Is' 5unch Of i'%S r"ck ""1 i've been telling him R tpat
Io oughtn't to carry 'rm around with him,
hat he'll be rolled for rnd rm .a9ner or lai"r.
I, LOGGED tu me hE" I was Johnny-on-'he-
course ! wanted 10 get IN" thing right
oil into talk with the hooyy chap with the
upper lip stuhple, and We
Iotels l watched him narrowly while
old him that J thought Chicago had New
York sknnId IN the matter Of ,op-no,yh
ohhrry Was committed He sat right M
II his chair. suddenly sobrrcd. and looked
Nc over with startled face when I said tn.
md th"n ] knew ] had him lie was 20 ing
elln' aud le chose scrap for his when
old him that needed him. hut NV two Nh.
'"rry street friends helped me along and b."
vas down nj eadGuartorS her" In dt, =
N hour, or 81. had descriptions of MS,
II the French diplomats stolen Jewels ,ni
ho rocks hat III" chap with the mixed u...--
ache had deposited in tho Turkish na.u
afc were ~" ONES The frcnchmar n',
,ack in France by this time. however. 30
he thief, after giving up all of the .,n. .l,
hat ha had left got Of light
, The science of deduction" concluded '.'
hlcago detective, is n bully good f..s
q employ your mind with on rai'r a''.r.
loon when Nou don't feel hk" plalus f.".
noes noe or pin"chl". an i reads grcat %
ock HOLMES >iurio-, but Id b. #I.... Cd
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