Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-15

After all is said and done said Kelly, the
old detective, quietly hailine the latest lis
tener, after all, the commonest weakness
of the best policeman is his anxiety to force
the evidence against his prisoner, The law
regards all men as innocent till proved
guilty, but copper is dead anxious to con-
vince himself and every one else that his
catch" is right. Sometimes it's easier to
fasten a crime on the FIRST suspect than to
catch the real criminal, and few policemen
can resist the desire TO make a case"
against theirma Known crooks are always
paying one anothers debts to the law, and
it's cinch more men are falsely arrested
than escape the long arm of the law.
The queerest experience ever had was
a murder that was pulled of right under
my nose. was detailed on one Of those
long.winded embezzlement cases and in or.
der TO get next my man had taken a room
in pretty swell apartment house near the
park Ny landlord roomed next to me in
the Fat, but he was out of town most of the
time, and as the rest of the family was
made UP of an old Creole housekecper and
her cats, had the place pretty well to my
self In the fiat right under mine lived
man and his wife named Catherwood-a
fine looking prosperous couple. couldn't
quite make them out didn ttry very hard
for that matter, but / knew enough about
them TO believe that She was his best-han
of the partnership and at least held her
own as a mouey-maker She was am artist
"a miniature painter gave lessons TO lot
of the four hundred, and l understood
got fancy prices for little hkeuesses on por.
celain. He classed up as "a broker which
doesn't always mean much, and he wasn't
past sitting in at some pretty mixed poker
games in the teuderloin But they were
both stunning lockers, and seemed to live
In peace and happiness.
We'll TO get back 20 my story. got
home one night about O. and, coming into
my dark room, noticed that the light from
Catherwood's window, below mine, was
glaring on the opposite dead wall of the
adjoining building There wasn't a sound
in the narrow court and / guessed Mrs
Catherwood was alone. IL was a fine
autumn night and my windows were open.
I was turning around to make "a light when
/ heard a hoarse scream, a crash as of
breaking dishes and then the fall as of a
body in the room below. stuck my head
out and listened but saw and heard nothing
But I was not satisfied. ! went down TO
Catherwoods door and rang once twice
three times. No answer, / tried the door.
it opened and ! went in She was on the
floor, her face staring "a, the lighted chan
deher / could see the cut across her neck
! got out my pistol and then latched the
door ON the inside, II was the only outlet
TO the rooms, and ] thought the murderer
must be inside / noticed that the open
window was just next 10 a fre-esCape and
I went there first TO take a quick look !
didn't see any one In the count below, but
didn't get a good look, for hearing noise
behind me whirled around In time to see
a man making for the door. I'm two jumps
had my gun against hishead, but he didn't
make any fuss at all ] put the bracelets
ON him and examined the body 10 was
quite dead. ! took my man ont without
making amy noise and had him at the cor
ncr where I was notifying the patrolmau
of the crime when Catherwood went past
toward his home. ] sent the policeman af-
ter him and took my prisoner lo head
quarters.
"Wen. the thing looked like a ciuch TO us
ALL and I was promoted for the catch The
fellow gave his name as Bolton but he
never offered any defense Murder for
robbery was proved against him, but he
never offered 20 explain anything. lie was
one of those gentle hobos with au English
accent but the most 1 could find ont about
him was that he had been living about town
u cheap lodgings and doing nothing When
! searched him In Catherwood's room he
had In his pocket a roll of money and o
little golden miniature of the poor woman
herself Oh IL was the straightest case of
circumstauual evidence 1 ever heard off,
felt sorry for Bolton AN tine ume-he was
such a hopeless, igieudless, mild sort oft
chap. Itried to cheer him, and did few
turns that pleased him but there was mo-
way of saving him, and Doe went 90 Sing
Sing almost cheeriupy at last That was